Schnauzer
Pretty Sure You are Wrong
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It is often said rankings don’t matter. They do matter. The ranked teams are the ones that are on the highlights. The ranked teams are the ones that are being talked about on the college football shows.
I am in that annual mode where in August I start getting really pumped for college football and consume everything I can find on Gopher football. Even though I am confident the Gophers will surprise all these people that currently aren’t considering them, that doesn’t do me much good in the preseason when they aren’t being talked about.
And as others have suggested, any loss now matters more for the Gopher’s ranking potential and all those preseason ranked SEC teams won’t fall far when they eventually start losing. And they’ll be losing to other preseason ranked teams so they are guaranteed to not fall far. Self fulfilling prophecy.
I am in that annual mode where in August I start getting really pumped for college football and consume everything I can find on Gopher football. Even though I am confident the Gophers will surprise all these people that currently aren’t considering them, that doesn’t do me much good in the preseason when they aren’t being talked about.
And as others have suggested, any loss now matters more for the Gopher’s ranking potential and all those preseason ranked SEC teams won’t fall far when they eventually start losing. And they’ll be losing to other preseason ranked teams so they are guaranteed to not fall far. Self fulfilling prophecy.