[NU Sports] NU Sports News Digest 8/22

[Michael Vance]

At 8/22/2005 01:35 PM, Coach Roy wrote:
>Big 10
>      Listing everyone in the US - we're 49th
>      2005 Unit Rankings: Defense
>       http://msn.foxsports.com/cfb/story/4335696?CMP=OTC-K9B140813162&ATT=24

[I originally meant to send this to the list, but accidentally only replied 
to Coach Roy.  So it's a day late.]

This puts us 6th in the conference, which surprises me.  Of course, these 
rankings were probably created before the losses of Howard and Heinz.  The 
Big Ten is 4th in conference rankings with teams ranging from Penn State 
(#2) down to Indiana (#90).

Their offensive rankings (http://msn.foxsports.com/cfb/story/4032284) have 
us at #46 which is only good for 8th in the conference.  The conference is 
rated #1 offensively, with Michigan at #5 and PSU down at #82.  I'm not 
quite sure how the SEC dropped all the way to #3 in the conference rankings 
with four of the top ten teams.  So, like any preseason prognostications, 
take these with a grain of salt.

-Michael