Power Rankings - Week 7 - Final Update
by peytonsthebest on Oct 21, 2009 12:52 PM EDT
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Average Ranking: 2.1739
Fox Sports bumps us up to 2nd (+1): RPI UPDATE: While they haven't played any of the NFL's top teams yet, four of their five opponents thus far can be considered legitimate opponents, with only winless Tennessee as Peyton Manning's only cupcake victim.
Associated Content drops us the 4th (-1): They have no comments here. How in the world do they rank the Minnesota Favres ahead of our Colts?
Pete Prisco @ CBS Sports ranks us 1st (+1): They come off the bye at the top of the rankings. They really shouldn't be challenged for another couple of weeks. The bye helped their injured players and we know Peyton Manning is on his way to an MVP. He thinks the Colts are the best because we've won without key players who are coming back. See his interview here.
Walter Football moves us up to 2nd (+1): No Colts related comments.
Vic Carucci @ NFL.com keeps us in 2nd: These guys are the AFC's version of the Saints. Or is it the other way around? Either way, they're one of the most dominant teams in the league and are poised to go 6-0.
Michael Silver @ Yahoo.com is slightly less of an idiot this week and ranks us 2nd (+2): Am I just imagining things, or did Peyton throw four more touchdown passes during the bye week?
WEEI in Boston keeps us in 2nd: 5-0-0 Chalk up another win for the Colts this coming Sunday. They get to play the worst team in the league, the Rams. If that wasn’t enough, they also expect to get safety Bob Sanders, cornerback Kelvin Hayden and tackle Charlie Johnson back from injuries. With Peyton Manning not having to worry about who is protecting his blind side, the Colts will continue to march through their schedule. The Colts will only get better and continue to strengthen their weak links.
ESPN keeps us in the #1 spot for the third week: Looking at the Colts' schedule, it is difficult to come up with many real tough games the rest of the year. A 14-2 record looks very attainable. (M. Williamson)
ProFootball Weekly bumps us up to 2nd (+1): Get basically another bye this week when they visit the Rams.
NFL.com's Collective "Brain" Trust ranks us 2nd (+.5375)
Sporting News ranks us 2nd (nc): A bye in Week 6, followed by the Rams, which is almost like having another bye.
National Football Post ranks us 2nd (+1): Indy comes off the bye week and we still don’t see a team in the AFC South that can challenge them.
What If Sports keeps us in 3rd
Peter King @ SI ranks us 3rd (+1): The schedule-maker's nice to the Caldwellmen when they return off their bye: at St. Louis, then a three-game homestand (Niners, Texans, Pats).
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USA Today ranks us 2nd (nc): First up after bye: Rams. Does St. Louis even have a chance?
Cold Hard Football Facts ranks us 2nd (+1): Last week: bye. The Colts are 7-4 (.636) after the bye during the Manning Era, which sounds pretty good until you realize that they’re 117-59 (.665) overall under Peyton.
Don Banks @ SI moves us up to 2nd (+1): Let me preface his quote by saying he is indeed an a-hole imo. I know, you guys had no idea, right? What was I thinking forecasting a non-playoff season for the Colts in 2009? With the Titans self-implosion continuing unabated, there's absolutely no scenario -- baring a Peyton Manning injury -- in which Indy won't be playoff-bound for the eighth year in a row, and 10th time in the past 11 seasons. That's a remarkable run of excellence in the regular season, but you have to admit, with just one Super Bowl win in that span, the Colts have essentially become the NFL's version of the Atlanta Braves during their glory years.
Covers.com ranks us 3rd (-1): Indy had a bye and dropped one spot to the Saints. Of the Colts' defeated opponents only Arizona looked good this week.
And for all of you stat geeks out there (thanks One.Cool.Customer)
John Saragin @ USA Today ranks us 3rd
FO ranks us 3rd - Shake keeps us updated with detail for this one.
Advanced NFL Stats ranks us 1st in efficiency with our Offense at 2 and our Defense at 4
NFL Power Ranks has us in 2nd
GO COLTS!!!
This is a FanPost and does not necessarily reflect the views of Stampede Blue's writers or editors. It does reflect the views of this particular fan though, which is as important as the views of Stampede Blue's writers or editors.
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getting a little too much love. Maybe
the Colts need to throw the game against the rams so that everyone starts hatin again.
STFU...
Dun nuh nuh nuhhhh!!!! Super Mathis
by hoosier in sodak on Oct 20, 2009 4:21 PM EDT up reply actions
meant that in a joking manner...
Where is the damn voice inflection for text button?
Dun nuh nuh nuhhhh!!!! Super Mathis
by hoosier in sodak on Oct 20, 2009 4:22 PM EDT up reply actions
I'M TELLING YOU!
I’m going to be rich when I invent it
I also wish I had time and motivation to blog at Speed Blue Nation
Playing the Rams is like having another bye week, FUNNY.
I’m looking for the Colts to score in the 40’s.
"You can't defend the perfect throw, what can I say?" Peyton quoting Marino
I look for them to score in the 59's
5-0 COLTS? Great!
Jaguars and Texans being 3 games behind? Awesome!
0-6 Titans? Priceless..
line seems low at 13
could be closer than expected
Luck is probability taken personally, clutch is probability attributed to individuals.
by shake n bake on Oct 20, 2009 6:44 PM EDT up reply actions
We don't lose "trap games"
Look at our schedule. Since 2005, I don’t think we ever lost a trap game. Our losses that year were against a good SD team and when we rested everyone. Then, in ‘06, those weren’t trap game losses, those were legit losses. In ’07, we lost to he two 2007 Title game competitors, and ever since Manning got healthy, we never lost.
EVH+DLR=BFFr........ God I Hope So!!
I'm not calling a loss
I just get nervous when the line on one of my favorite teams screams “FREE MONEY” at everyone, because in the long run it isn’t.
Luck is probability taken personally, clutch is probability attributed to individuals.
by shake n bake on Oct 20, 2009 9:32 PM EDT up reply actions
Come on, you know the line is a Vegas construct
because they make money no matter who wins/loses, their incentive is to set a line where half the bettors are on each side. If all the bettors go to one side and win, Vegas makes less money (or loses money). If they all go to one side and lose, Vegas makes more money. So for uniform and predictable cash flow, it’s in their best interest to set the line where they can get a relatively even distribution of bets. They know they won’t take a bath, and might even make a little more than their base-line.
Now setting the line does take into account the teams chances, quality, and public sentiment—some of that is valid, but some is not.
I hate Joe Namath. That's how long I've been a Colts fan.
if they know the true odds and the public perception don't line up they can make more over the long term
by setting it to draw more action on the side that the public is biased towards. When a line looks like free money it isn’t, for the reasons you talked about. It’s a business and they don’t survive by giving up free money. From what I’ve seen and heard a lot of people see Colts -13 against the Rams and think free money. Which makes me nervous.
Luck is probability taken personally, clutch is probability attributed to individuals.
by shake n bake on Oct 21, 2009 3:39 PM EDT up reply actions
To be fair,
a lot of people saw the Colts @ Titans line a week and a half ago and thought free money (line was something like 4). I think the head Steelers blogger put $500 on the Colts covering. Turns out the free money won.
Now a proud annoyance on Stampede Blue, 18to88, Indy Football Report, and Phil B's blog.
Man, I need a life...
Random fact of the week from the empty void that is my mind: The national anthem of Greece has 158 verses. Wonder how long it would take to sing that before a game.
it happens
but over the long run books either make money off those, stop trying to catch the public napping or go out of business.
Luck is probability taken personally, clutch is probability attributed to individuals.
by shake n bake on Oct 21, 2009 4:53 PM EDT up reply actions
Just like how
Delaware St. v. Michigan was a trap game.
"Brett Favre was a man who thought he was retired, but he knew it wouldn't last."
Here's to hoping ;-)
btw I just read up on the background of that game – way to sell your soul, Delaware St.! It’s like when Cal played UoP in 1991: 86-24 was the final score. Pacific shut down their football program not long after that (side note: Pete Carroll went to UoP).
How can you not love a team that does this?
wooooooooooooooooooow thanks people for jinxing us didnt we play the worst team in the whole world last year and we barely beat them so das why i dont wanna say anything i dont want to jinx the colts
"You only get intercepted when you don't know what your doing, I knew what I was Doing".
Johnny Unitas
by 805 on Oct 20, 2009 11:24 PM EDT reply actions
I'm with you 805
That Detroit game had me nervous last year. We’re a much improved team this year, but I don’t consider any game a gimme.
And Oakland a year or two ago was MUCH closer than it should have been
I hate playing chumps, because if you win 59-0, you look like tools, but if you win 24-23, you look bad. And if you lose… well, let’s not go there.
I’ll just hope this game is a countdown to Sorgi time, the sweetest time of any week.
I hate Joe Namath. That's how long I've been a Colts fan.
Im going to this game
and I personally do not want to see Sorgi Orgy out there. I went to the Colts Titans last game last year and was stuck with getting to watch Manning for one damn quarter then they put Sorgi in. I want Payton in the whole game…UNLESS its like a blowout and the Rams start taking cheap shots on him in the 4th. That’d be the ONLY reason I would not want him on the field
The way our defense is set up, it puts me in situations where I'm one-on-one in making tackles on running backs. When I go into it, I think I am going to win. It really doesn't matter the size, height, weight, whatever. I'm not afraid of putting my body in there." - Bob Sanders
thank youuuuuuuuuu finally someone agrees wit me i dont want us to be like the pats thinkin evrygame is just handed to us in a gift basket with a little something called spygate
"You only get intercepted when you don't know what your doing, I knew what I was Doing".
Johnny Unitas
by 805 on Oct 21, 2009 11:49 PM EDT up reply actions
For the hardcore number cruncher
who may find some joy in computer/statistically based rankings, here are three more in addition to the above whatifsports.com (and covers.com, though I’m not sure about them) rankings:
- Jeff Sagarin rankings @ USAToday: Colts No. 3
- FootballOutsiders.com: Colts No. 3
- Advancednflstats.com: Colts No. 1
Also, nflpowerranks.com gives you a handy overview for all the teams in the league, based on their 13 selected rankings.
However, none of them provides you with the painstaking service that PTB provides every week in summarizing all the comments in one nifty fan post. Hats off.
by One.Cool.Customer on Oct 21, 2009 11:08 AM EDT reply actions
Don Banks
has his ranking up. The Colts’ comment looks like it was written by Kravitz.
Now a proud annoyance on Stampede Blue, 18to88, Indy Football Report, and Phil B's blog.
Man, I need a life...
Random fact of the week from the empty void that is my mind: The national anthem of Greece has 158 verses. Wonder how long it would take to sing that before a game.
Thanks...
Ohhhh, I can’t wait to read it! I will get it up when I take lunch…
"I throw, you catch. It's NOT that hard!"
Peyton Manning, SNL, 2007
by peytonsthebest on Oct 21, 2009 2:08 PM EDT up reply actions
Again..........
Facing Ofer teams is spooky. Every game they loose gets them closer to their first win. By no means do I think the Rams have a chance, but look at what Oakland did to Philly. Just sayin.
I've said it before and I will say it again
NFL’s Atlanta Braves>>>>NFL’s Chicago Cubs, Cleveland Indians, Kansas City Royals, Pittsburgh Pirates, etc…
"Brett Favre was a man who thought he was retired, but he knew it wouldn't last."
As a Pirates fan whose teams lost twice in the playoffs to those Braves
(many many many years ago), I have nothing but admiration for the organization and its players. A bunch of those guys are HOF bound (Smoltz, Glavine, Maddux, Sid Bream … just kidding).
I hate Joe Namath. That's how long I've been a Colts fan.
Do you shutter at the name
Francisco Cabrera?
On a team full of stars, he’s the one who got the Braves to the World Series.
If they had Bulger and Avery
I’d give them a snowball’s chance in hell. But with Kyle Boller back there I don’t see how they score any points.
I think Bulger will start
He actually went in 2 games ago when Boller was injured, and I think he started last week
How can you not love a team that does this?
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