I'll comment on the Wisconsin/Paul Chryst thing in a second. Right after a post about the latest College Football Rankings:
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5th AP Poll, released on Sunday, has the Top 5 remaining as Top 5 teams. This time, and this year (ahead of a possible SEC Title Game clash), Alabama regained the Top Spot over Georgia.
Oklahoma State, sorta obtaining revenge over Baylor, moves up within the Top 10. Penn State & Ole Miss enter the Top Ten, following the former's struggle against Northwestern and the latter basically swapping places with Kentucky. USC & Tennessee remain where they are.
A lot of movement within the middle of the rankings (11-20), and the bottom five within the Top 25 feature a third of a dozen teams new to the Rankings (Syracuse, Mississippi, Cincinnati, and LSU).
Reigning conference champs Baylor & Pittsburgh finally fell out along with Florida & Texas A&M. Not surprising, PITT was the only team that received zero votes among the teams that fell out. Maybe don't lose to Georgia Tech at home. The weather wasn't a big excuse as Penn State found a way to win, and they were dealing with tough conditions. I probably should've stayed away from that game since the sad part of G-Tech firing everybody before the game meant a chance for G-Tech to regroup. Of course, Nebraska had a chance against Oklahoma but barfed, which is typical given the fact that I picked the Cornhuskers (unlike Georgia Tech), and only after that do the Sooners fall flat on their faces.
For the second consecutive year, Texas A&M falls down below Earth as they "looked ahead" toward Alabama in a primetime game where a win would wreck the Tide toward championship success. It's a current A&M team against Bama again. The only difference is that it's in Tuscaloosa, though that's offset by Young's injury.
Pau Chryst was dismissed on Sunday as the Badgers head coach following a 2-3 start. I think I was surprised, but only for a second. It must have been tough for Wisconsin & Chryst to part ways. That's one of their own. It's more probable than not that the Badgers were going to finish with a winning record, and BTW, that's been the case since Paul was running the program. FWIW, they weren't going to beat Ohio State this year. They weren't going to beat Michigan either, or Penn State. That's in reference to the B1G Title Game. They're okay, one of the better programs. Unlike Michigan, TPTB did not stick with their guy to see if they could make it happen.
Doesn't help losing to Illinois & the former coach. I don't think it was that big of a deal since the teams that blew them out are decent. I don't know or think they're going to do much better in Wisconsin than Paul Chryst, but when things get stale, change is inevitable
