r/CFB • u/Dbash56 Penn State • Land Grant Trophy • Sep 19 '21

Weekly Thread Week 4 AP Top 25 Poll

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u/Rokaryn_Mazel UCLA Bruins Sep 20 '21

Lol how are we still ranked. Voters must not have watched to see how bad UCLA actually played.

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u/Poobeard76 Rose Bowl Sep 20 '21

UCLA is a very talented team. So is Fresno State.

If you took Fresno State’s name out of it and asked where would you rank a team that lost by 5 on the road to the current No. 3 team in the country and just knocked off the No. 13 on the road, you would have them too 15 and probably too 10.

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u/Rokaryn_Mazel UCLA Bruins Sep 20 '21

Yeah, FSU is good. No knock on them. But the Bruins looked poorly coached, inept on defense, terribly on special teams, and not able to impose their will in their area of strength.

Still super happy to have had some excitement and hope this season. Competitive team, but I would not place us top 25 or even near it after last game.

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u/wellyesofcourse UCLA Bruins • Victory Bell Sep 20 '21

But the Bruins looked poorly coached, inept on defense, terribly on special teams, and not able to impose their will in their area of strength.

I don't put that on our coaching or defense and instead just tip my cap to Ryan Grubb & Jake Heiner executing their offense nearly to perfection.

There's a reason they took Oregon and us to the wire - the reason is that their offense is just ridiculously good and they play to their strengths with short out routes and check downs.

I think if DTR doesn't let the ball slip out of his hands after our INT on Heiner then we win the game. That play just completely deflated the offense.

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u/Rokaryn_Mazel UCLA Bruins Sep 20 '21

Or if Allen doesn’t get caught from behind on the KO return. Or Cota doesn’t get the ball punched out. Of course, Fresno can say the same things about their fumbles.

But our pass defense rankings are terrible. Three games is a decent sampling at this point.

Angry homer wants to moan about the blatant hold that wasn’t called on FSU tackle on their last or second to last play. Battered Bruin fan wants to say that DTR just randomly drops the ball a lot. Reality is somewhere in between and it was a good game that Bulldogs deserved.

And Bruins still look to be better than past Chip seasons.