Myerberg Pre-season ranking

[NJCat]

Paul Myerberg, who used to publish exhaustive team analyses before joining USA Today, published his pre-season ranking. He used to be pretty knowledgable, not sure how up to date he is now.

At any rate, and FWIW, he ranks NU at #53, one spot behind NIU. NU falls 32 spots from the final 2015 ranking, the second largest drop in the list after Cal. Other teams of note for NU fans:

WMU 32
Duke 60
Nebraska 26
Wisky 27
Indy 76
Illinois 99

http://www.usatoday.com/story/sport...ma-ohio-state-florida-state-clemson/89537594/

I think he is way off on both NU and UNL......

 

[The_Waterboy]

Another clueless internet "sports writer" spewing commentary on subject matter (i.e.: 2016 NU football team profile/status) with which he is completely uninformed. He's just one of many such internet sports writers who, in the pre-season, do little, if any, actual analytics regarding teams he feels are Power 5 "also rans" rather than make the needful effort required to approach anything deeper than surface observations of a particular less-than-popular college football program's capabilities and then draw broad brush conclusions and put them into a internet blog/column. Pure drivel, to be sure.

As for me personally, I predict vast upward mobility in the yardage production capabilities of the 'Cat O, especially with the Thorson-led passing attack, and some fall-off on the D side of the LOS due to DL foibles - until the 'Cats get to the B1G schedule where they, as a team, will have gotten their field play performance issues ironed-out and be truly competitive, even with the Big Dogs of the B1G. A minimum 8 "W" season. Bank on it.

 

[FloridAlum]

Some more preseason rankings, Sagarin, 47, CFN 40, CBS SPORTS 38, and Massey, my favorite, 42. I cannot find Phil Steele. I like Massey because it includes every poll and computer model on the planet. Some of them are really wacko, but with so many included the wacko ones seem to average out to a fairly reasonable result. Some of their computer models do not kick in until the third or fourth week. By then there will be roughly 120 or 130 different polls and computer models. Right now there are only 58. The number of computer models seems to go up every year because any doofus with a computer can create his own, but I don't know how they can get included in the Massey ratings. Also, if you look at Massey early in the week There are only a small number of ratings in for the new week. The number will go up every day, and you can see the total at the top. You can also click on each individual computer model or poll and see that individual breakdown . Therefore it is more interesting to look at Massey late in the week, like Thursday or Friday. Anyone need to know how to find the Massey ratings?
PS Waterboy, dear Waterboy, of course all of these ratings leave something to be desired, some are better than others, some are totally meshugana, but it gives people like me something to talk about other than trying to get a free drink, speaking of which, don't you owe one?

 

[Deeringfish]

I used to really love his preseason articles. I thought he was pretty good.

The thing that you never know is if these guys are rating the actual talent or the predicted finish.

Western Michigan may lose to us and go on to win the rest of their games, beat us and they likely run the table IMO. At the end of the season they will be highly ranked WO beating very many good teams. NU will have to play a much harder schedule a will likely lose more games.

I could see us beating WM but being ranked lower than them at the end of the season.

 

[NURoseBowl]

Paul Myerberg, who used to publish exhaustive team analyses before joining USA Today, published his pre-season ranking. He used to be pretty knowledgable, not sure how up to date he is now.

At any rate, and FWIW, he ranks NU at #53, one spot behind NIU. NU falls 32 spots from the final 2015 ranking, the second largest drop in the list after Cal. Other teams of note for NU fans:

WMU 32
Duke 60
Nebraska 26
Wisky 27
Indy 76
Illinois 99

http://www.usatoday.com/story/sport...ma-ohio-state-florida-state-clemson/89537594/

I think he is way off on both NU and UNL......

So we're rated well behind half of these teams, and I don't think it'd shock many of us if we beat ALL of 'em. We'll be no more than a three-point underdog in any of these games; not one win here would be all that much of a surprise.

 

[Figrating]

Everybody is guessing.

Any respect NU gets from these folks will be won on the field.

 

[willycat]

Paul Myerberg, who used to publish exhaustive team analyses before joining USA Today, published his pre-season ranking. He used to be pretty knowledgable, not sure how up to date he is now.

At any rate, and FWIW, he ranks NU at #53, one spot behind NIU. NU falls 32 spots from the final 2015 ranking, the second largest drop in the list after Cal. Other teams of note for NU fans:

WMU 32
Duke 60
Nebraska 26
Wisky 27
Indy 76
Illinois 99

http://www.usatoday.com/story/sport...ma-ohio-state-florida-state-clemson/89537594/

I think he is way off on both NU and UNL......

Nu behind Northern and WMU are just plain stupid. Even 20 some spots behind UNL and Wisky. are big stretches.

 

[WoodersonCat]

Some more preseason rankings, Sagarin, 47, CFN 40, CBS SPORTS 38, and Massey, my favorite, 42. I cannot find Phil Steele. I like Massey because it includes every poll and computer model on the planet. Some of them are really wacko, but with so many included the wacko ones seem to average out to a fairly reasonable result. Some of their computer models do not kick in until the third or fourth week. By then there will be roughly 120 or 130 different polls and computer models. Right now there are only 58. The number of computer models seems to go up every year because any doofus with a computer can create his own, but I don't know how they can get included in the Massey ratings. Also, if you look at Massey early in the week There are only a small number of ratings in for the new week. The number will go up every day, and you can see the total at the top. You can also click on each individual computer model or poll and see that individual breakdown . Therefore it is more interesting to look at Massey late in the week, like Thursday or Friday. Anyone need to know how to find the Massey ratings?
PS Waterboy, dear Waterboy, of course all of these ratings leave something to be desired, some are better than others, some are totally meshugana, but it gives people like me something to talk about other than trying to get a free drink, speaking of which, don't you owe one?

I find Sagarin particularly interesting because the whole justification for Sagarin rankings is who have you beaten and who have they beaten and who have they beaten? Thus, it's hard to imagine Sagarin even having rankings until a few weeks into the year.

 

[DaCat]

This list is an affront to my existence and a slap in the face to wrassler!!

 

[YesterdaysCat]

I used to really love his preseason articles. I thought he was pretty good.

The thing that you never know is if these guys are rating the actual talent or the predicted finish.

Western Michigan may lose to us and go on to win the rest of their games, beat us and they likely run the table IMO. At the end of the season they will be highly ranked WO beating very many good teams. NU will have to play a much harder schedule a will likely lose more games.

I could see us beating WM but being ranked lower than them at the end of the season.

This is a cogent post that explains the WMU ranking perfectly without surrendering to the hyperbolic outrage attached to NU's lower ranking. Thanks.

 

[julescat]

Pretty much the only thing worse than watching the NU offense last year was watching the NIU offense at the end of last year. Just putrid.

 

[Wrestlerneverdiesasacatfan]

No Respect!!

 

[Deeringfish]

This is a cogent post that explains the WMU ranking perfectly without surrendering to the hyperbolic outrage attached to NU's lower ranking. Thanks.

You're welcome. I appreciate the comment. Never surrender!