ESPN Way Too Early 2016 Top 25

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Clemson Tigers, Alabama Crimson Tide lead the 2016 Way-Too-Early Top 25


1. Clemson
2. Alabama
3. Baylor
4. Michigan
5. Oklahoma
6. FSU
7. LSU
8. Stanford
9. Notre Dame
10. Houston
11. Tennessee
12. Ohio St
13. Ole Miss
14. Mich St
15. USC
16. Iowa
17. N Carolina
18. Oregon
19. TCU
20. Wash St
21. UCLA
22. Okie St
23. UGa
24. Louisville
25. Washington

Hope that the Vols and my Bears live up to these lofty rankings. Baylor loses all four DL and 4 of 5 OL starters.

Of Note (IMO):

*Houston at #10 and A&M not ranked.
*The Pirate of Wash St ranked (at all) #20...GREAT job Mike Leach
*Ole Miss waaay down at #13 (great recruiting class' of late)
*Mich St (see Ole Miss)
*Michigan waaay to high at #4
*Fv%k Notre Dame

Edit: WTF Ohio St...can Urban's heart take it?
 
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gordonr24 said:
With a QB and a better head man, they're top 5 with ease. They're loaded.
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But when is this mythical good QB going to come? That has been the missing piece on that team for quite a few years now. Mettenberger is the only blip on the radar of recent QB success there.
 
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I'm not getting the Baylor hype. They lose some serious weapons on offense this year and they end up going head to head with teams bringing back some fairly complete teams like OU and Oklahoma State.

I would have figured OU to get the nod ahead of them for that position.
 
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Grand Vol said:
I'm not getting the Baylor hype. They lose some serious weapons on offense this year and they end up going head to head with teams bringing back some fairly complete teams like OU and Oklahoma State.

I would have figured OU to get the nod ahead of them for that position.
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OU was very lucky last season. They played Okie State, TCU and Baylor teams that were all without their starting QBs for that game. If those teams had been at full strength the Sooners would have had a very different season. Look at what Clemson did to them in the playoffs.
 
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BUBear said:
OU was very lucky last season. They played Okie State, TCU and Baylor teams that were all without their starting QBs for that game. If those teams had been at full strength the Sooners would have had a very different season. Look at what Clemson did to them in the playoffs.
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The same could be said about UT. if we had a healthy Maggitt and Robertson, who knows if the OU game might have turned out differently. Or the UF game. Etc.

That's the way the ball bounces. My point was I was surprised that Baylor came in over OU in that ranking considering what OU is bringing back next year and what Baylor is losing. Replacing Striker and Shepard won't be as easy, but OU is bringing back most of the pieces of the puzzle.
 
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LSU, like Tennessee, has had a ton of freshman and sophomores on the field the last couple of years. Most of our starters should return next year. Brandon Harris didn't exactly light the world on fire, but he at least showed some promise and could be surmised to improve next year. With a loaded recruiting class coming in, there's reason to be optimistic, but only cautiously. Miles knows if he rolls out the same crappy offense next year, the media won't come to his rescue. He has to change his philosophy or GTFO and he knows it, so let's see what happens.
 
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Grand Vol said:
The same could be said about UT. if we had a healthy Maggitt and Robertson, who knows if the OU game might have turned out differently. Or the UF game. Etc.

That's the way the ball bounces. My point was I was surprised that Baylor came in over OU in that ranking considering what OU is bringing back next year and what Baylor is losing. Replacing Striker and Shepard won't be as easy, but OU is bringing back most of the pieces of the puzzle.
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The parts are there on defense but the question is can our retard DC ever figure it out. The offense should reload as usual. Corey Coleman declared for the draft but there is ample NFL talent to replace him, starting with KD Cannon and Ish Zamora. There will be four starting QBs to choose from, and 2016 early signee Zach Smith, in spring camp. Same with the RBs, the top four are back (including two 1,000 rushers) and an early signee that is faster than Lache Seastrunk was.

Even though Dino Babers (Syracuse) and Phil Montgomery (Tulsa) have moved on, Kaz Kazadi and Randy Clements have been the secret to Briles success.

Each year at this time, S&C Coach Kazadi puts the team through the Navy Seals endurance test, strengthens the mind as well as the body. Four AM workouts are mandatory.


kaz-june09.jpg​


OL Coach Clements has been with Briles since the days of Sephenville where he also served as OC and Head Power Lifting coach. Clements' Power Lifting squads made it to at least the state regionals twelve straight years, winning state in 2001.



Clements is responsible for establishing Baylor’s impressive pipeline of o-linemen to the NFL. The Bears have had six linemen drafted in the last seven years (including two first-rounders) – Cyril Richardson (fifth round, Bills, 2014), Philip Blake (fourth round, Broncos, 2012), Robert T. Griffin (sixth round, Jets, 2012), Danny Watkins (23rd overall, Eagles, 2011), J.D. Walton (third round, Broncos, 2010) and Jason Smith (second overall, Rams, 2009) – as well as three other NFL signees (Kelvin Palmer, Cardinals; Ivory Wade, Steelers; Dan Gay, Saints).

Five of Clements’ pupils have been named All-Americans at Baylor: Spencer Drango, Richardson (twice), Smith, Walton and Watkins. Baylor linemen have for three straight seasons been named the Big 12 Offensive Lineman of the Year (Richardson in 2012 and 2013, Drango in 2014 [co-OLOY]).

Drango was also the BIG XII OLOY and All-American for 2015 and will be the seventh OL drafted in the last eight years.

Edit: Video of Coach Kaz handling drunk hecklers after the 2010 loss to TCU in Ft Worth. Too bad the State Troopers wouldn't get out of the way lol. Looks like Big Griff ( Robert T) is thinking about going into the stands.

Heckler At The Baylor Tcu Football Game 2015, Rg3 - YouTube
 
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