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Final Coaches Poll Voting by Coach - Coach Rhule left someone out.

Elwood von Kiowa said:
Looks like just Barry Odom had them top 15. Many coaches had them at 17 or 18.

And to think that they only beat us by getting extremely lucky (again).
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Get that part right, watch out. Not only not beating ourselves the obvious ways, but being better when were hurting ourselves in not so obvious ways
 

DuckTownHusker said:
Iowa is one of those teams that's right on the threshold of being a top 25 team. You could rank them number 20 just as easily as number 40.

I love Rhule playing chess here. He's taking the obvious position of not ranking those idiots to the east, but it's a completely plausible and justifiable position to take. Seems like a very diplomatic way of taking a jab at your rival. I love it.
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I imagine he probably didn't consider them a top 25 team because in real life, they're no better than NU in '23. Seriously.

In fact, you could take the # 15 - 40 teams, put them in a box, shake it up, dump it out in a random order, and it would make just as much sense.
 
Elwood von Kiowa said:
I imagine he probably didn't consider them a top 25 team because in real life, they're no better than NU in '23. Seriously.

In fact, you could take the # 15 - 40 teams, put them in a box, shake it up, dump it out in a random order, and it would make just as much sense.
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It comes down to lucky breaks, bounces of the ball and turnovers. YMMV
 
AquaGuy said:
I presume we are talking about Iowa not being included in Rhules top 25.
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at the top of the poll

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How many think Ruhle actually did these rankings? He likely rubber-stamped it before submitting it, but to actually sit down and go through the process of ranking, probably not.
 
DuckTownHusker said:
Iowa is one of those teams that's right on the threshold of being a top 25 team. You could rank them number 20 just as easily as number 40.

I love Rhule playing chess here. He's taking the obvious position of not ranking those idiots to the east, but it's a completely plausible and justifiable position to take. Seems like a very diplomatic way of taking a jab at your rival. I love it.
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The question is whether or not you reward Iowa for winning. Their record is good enough to be a top 25 team. Their play on the field, however, doesn't look like a top 25 level of play. We, a team that didn't make a bowl, had them on the ropes with a decimated offense. If you are Rhule and you head to the locker room after that game, I don't think you feel like you got outplayed by some top level opponent.

Looks like Day and Franklin had them ranked the highest at 17th.
 
Cornhuskers7 said:
The question is whether or not you reward Iowa for winning. Their record is good enough to be a top 25 team. Their play on the field, however, doesn't look like a top 25 level of play. We, a team that didn't make a bowl, had them on the ropes with a decimated offense. If you are Rhule and you head to the locker room after that game, I don't think you feel like you got outplayed by some top level opponent.

Looks like Day and Franklin had them ranked the highest at 17th.
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When we are top 25 we don't want teams going into lockers rooms saying 'only one play'.
I don't think MR wants that either
 




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