Orlando Sentinel Countdown (So Far)

[Boomer]

In the RANT sports poll---Monroe 72 and Tech 70---think Tulane 90th!!! Waiting for the Cajuns---at least I would hope!!! I think I saw one crazy poll that had us over 100!!!

[Duggie35]

The Orlando Sentinel countdown is already "UP" to #63 and the Cajuns are nowhere to be found! Hud has quickly moved the Cajuns into the upper echelon of college football! Just how high can we go?

Countdown so far:

125. Georgia State
124. New Mexico State
123. UMass
122. Idaho
121. Akron
120. UNLV
119. Eastern Michigan
118. Colorado
117. Army
116. FIU
115. South Alabama
114. Tulane
113. UTEP
112. Boston College
111. FAU
110. Kansas
109. UAB
108. Buffalo
107. Southern Miss
106. Western Michigan
105. Memphis
104. Hawai'i
103. UTSA
102. Texas State
101. Wyoming
100. Troy
99. Colorado State
98. North Texas
97. Kentucky
96. Syracuse
95. UConn
94. Miami University
93. Wake Forest
92. Iowa State
91. Temple
90. USF
89. Texas Tech
88. New Mexico
87. Cal
86. Illinois
85. Bowling Green
84. Marshall
83. Central Michigan
82. SMU
81. Iowa
80. Washington State
79. Duke
78. Purdue
77. Maryland
76. Louisiana-Monroe
75. Indiana
74. Missouri
73. Tennessee
72. Air Force
71. Nevada
70. San Jose State
69. East Carolina
68. Navy
67. Western Kentucky
66. Ohio
65. Louisiana Tech
64. Kent State
63. Middle Tennessee

[wcd35]

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[RedBug58]

The Orlando Sentinel countdown is already "UP" to #63 and the Cajuns are nowhere to be found! Hud has quickly moved the Cajuns into the upper echelon of college football! Just how high can we go?

Some of the teams that interest me are Akron @ 121, away game for us....Kentucky @ 97, Syracuse @ 96, Texas Tech @ 89, Purdue @ 78, Missouri @ 74, Tennessee @ 73,.........I know this is only the opinion of a newspaper but we are getting some respect being placed ahead of many "good named" schools and we are still not on the board. Good stuff in a slow news time.

[Alum78]

That's because our scheduled opponents have already been named in the countdown...very bad schedule.

[moorecajun]

In the RANT sports poll---Monroe 72 and Tech 70---think Tulane 90th!!! Waiting for the Cajuns---at least I would hope!!! I think I saw one crazy poll that had us over 100!!!

Boomer, what is the "at least I would hope" part? This poll is rating ALL the teams ... you are "hoping" we make this poll?

I like our chances.

[BeauCajun]

That's because our scheduled opponents have already been named in the countdown...very bad schedule.

Not all have. Check your schedule.

[cajunfan337]

We will have a bad schedule this year. rated near the bottom last time I checked. DAMN YOU SUNBOLT!

[CrazyCajun]

nobody will care about our schedule when we win the sunbelt, nobody will care about our schedule when we are partying in new orleans with 50k people.

[Just1More]

That's because our scheduled opponents have already been named in the countdown...very bad schedule.

What do you mean "that's because"? What does our preseason ranking have to do with our future opponent ranking? If we're getting some preseason respect... we're getting some respect. Period. The higher we are in the collective opinion of sports media, the better chance our domination of this schedule places us closer to a top 50 or even a top 25 ranking.

And as far as claiming everyone you play is a "weak opponent"... you simply go out and prove that they are a weak opponent. The top IQ football fans usually catch on. Blathering idiot fans whose hearts and minds are with another program... they'll just smack their jackleg jaws like they always do.