The polls are normalizing. And a bit more, I'd say, than in recent years at the Week 3 mark. The pre-season "experts" are scratching their heads about Auburn and Bama and LSU and even BYU. It's good to see this shift before the heart of conference play begins.
We can thank mostly Ole Miss and Stanford for normalizing the polls. It'll be interesting to see if they can keep it up. Ole Miss should cruise for the next few weeks as they don't meet up with LSU until season's end. Bama and Georgia both have cupcake games this week and then meet up to further normalize the SEC.
I was at the BYU-UCLA game and what a great atmosphere and fun game to be at...even if BYU didn't pull out the Hail Mary miracle again. One less holding call or one better tackle and the game could have gone the other way - it was that close. And it was a wake-up call for UCLA and likely prepped them well as they head into conference play next week (you're welcome).
We can thank mostly Ole Miss and Stanford for normalizing the polls. It'll be interesting to see if they can keep it up. Ole Miss should cruise for the next few weeks as they don't meet up with LSU until season's end. Bama and Georgia both have cupcake games this week and then meet up to further normalize the SEC.I was at the BYU-UCLA game and what a great atmosphere and fun game to be at...even if BYU didn't pull out the Hail Mary miracle again. One less holding call or one better tackle and the game could have gone the other way - it was that close. And it was a wake-up call for UCLA and likely prepped them well as they head into conference play next week (you're welcome).