Alfa4C
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This is commercialized college football propaganda. Sadly it’s where we are in this day in age. UCFs undefeated season gives them some cache but Memphis? No! They push their rankings up to sell the game. Sell the advertisers in selling the importance of the game. Just like putting Michigan #9 preseason after they lose 20 seniors last year. They only had 1 returning senior on D this year and of course they dump an 8-4 record. So they put them #9. That allows them to lose a game or two and still be high enough to sell the crap out of Ohio State/Michigan by years end. Start them where they should have been and it’s not “as big” when they need it to be. It’s the cache of the program. Nebraska lost that cache around 2005 and has been searching for it ever since. The good thing is that Michigan regained theirs not because of their play on the field but because of the Harbough hire. I see Nebraska getting a little cache back with SF coming to Lincoln but it be up to the team to maintain it.CFB has UCF at #9 this week.
Memphis is at #15.
Conspiracy? Maybe
50 million in TV contracts.......maybe not