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<blockquote data-quote="Fighter of the Nightman" data-source="post: 1683289" data-attributes="member: 590800"><p>I'm a firm member of Team Rankings DO Matter™ ... but I am counting this as a good thing. We have two MASSIVE opportunities this week, and keeping the team hungry for one more Monday isn't the worst thing in the world. Frankly, given that we were literally #10 a few weeks ago, I think they SHOULD see it as disrespect; the pollsters are signaling that they all believe they were flat out wrong about hyping Illinois at all, and that even having them as a top 25 team was a mistake.</p><p></p><p>I think even if we drop one at Iowa but still can beat Arizona, we will return to the top 25. If we beat Iowa but lose to Arizona, we might even still have a shot? If we win both, we are very clearly back in the top 20 and hopefully never looking back. Lose both, and we probably still have a ways to go. With all of that said, if we come out with energy like we did against RU, I am feeling really optimistic and pumped for this week! Four straight vs. Iowa sounds pretty nice. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Fighter of the Nightman, post: 1683289, member: 590800"] I'm a firm member of Team Rankings DO Matter™ ... but I am counting this as a good thing. We have two MASSIVE opportunities this week, and keeping the team hungry for one more Monday isn't the worst thing in the world. Frankly, given that we were literally #10 a few weeks ago, I think they SHOULD see it as disrespect; the pollsters are signaling that they all believe they were flat out wrong about hyping Illinois at all, and that even having them as a top 25 team was a mistake. I think even if we drop one at Iowa but still can beat Arizona, we will return to the top 25. If we beat Iowa but lose to Arizona, we might even still have a shot? If we win both, we are very clearly back in the top 20 and hopefully never looking back. Lose both, and we probably still have a ways to go. With all of that said, if we come out with energy like we did against RU, I am feeling really optimistic and pumped for this week! Four straight vs. Iowa sounds pretty nice. :) [/QUOTE]
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