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Message: [QUOTE="Alydar, post: 3295058, member: 730"] Outstanding analysis. There are at least 50 people on this board who can do as well or better than the AP and all their "experts". I'd say that if the name wasn't Tenn they never would have that 70.8 preseason mark. It's the most obvious example of how the media hypes those teams that "just happen" to be prominent on their schedule or more importantly, play in a major market. Mid-majors like Buffalo and Dayton of recent years never make it to the table until the NCAA's while teams like Georgia, who had a history of scheduling a dozen cupcake home games and are in the top 15 by Christmas because they are 12-0. Then they start playing real teams and play the rest of the season at .500 or less but only slowly drop down. By being in the top 15 for so long early they get a decent seed. Not to pick on Georgia, who has a newer coach and seems to be improving but several P-5 teams benefit in exactly the same way. Texas is another. [/QUOTE]