flameshaw wrote:The big thing with me is that they play such a very poor OOC football schedule, are ranked much higher than they should be, seemingly based on past year's successes (while good, are not really in the same ballpark as MANY FCS schools). I know they can't control the polls, but they can control their reactions and smugness to it. I am done saying anything about their schedule from here on out, because they have no control over who they play, the rest of the way. Ultimately It is good for us, for them to have such a high ranking.
1. Coastal made it to the quarterfinals last season.
2. They are 5-0 on an all D-I slate. Alabama A&M, SC State, and Bryant are bad teams. Furman (beat UCF) and Western Illinois (beat Southern Illinois) are quality teams.
3. We're going into week 6. Polls are getting more important with each passing week, but they're not critical at this point.
Don't complain about their rankings. As far as reactions and smugness, almost everyone on here was dancing when we were in the top 10.
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