ESPN Power Ranking blurb on the game...

[futurecane]

Wins are the most important thing in the CFB season, followed closely by how you win. It matters in the polls, to recruits, to the media, and can have effects on a program’s perception for long after the game.

Example, from ESPN:

ESPN Week 4 Power Rankings

The Hurricanes survived a lackluster two-touchdown win over the Panthers, and coach Mark Richt might have a difficult quarterback decision to make. N'Kosi Perry came off the bench to complete his first 10 passes in place of starter Malik Rosier, following his two scoreless possessions. Perry finished 17-for-25 with 224 yards, three touchdowns and one interception.

 

[John77]

Wins are the most important thing in the CFB season, followed closely by how you win. It matters in the polls, to recruits, to the media, and can have effects on a program’s perception for long after the game.

Example, from ESPN:

ESPN Week 4 Power Rankings

*Written by someone who did not watch the game, as is required by ESPN.

 

[404Usernamenotfound]

Survived a lackluster 2 td win? Clearly they didn’t watch the game.

 

[Problem2]

We dominated, anyone who watched the game knows we dominated

Who cares

 

[futurecane]

Survived a lackluster 2 td win? Clearly they didn’t watch the game.

That’s my point, the score does matter. Most people won’t watch our game, especially if even ESPN didn’t!

 

[NJshoreCane]

I should give that uninformed clown one of my seats Thursday night.

 

[Canedog]

 

[MikeCane18]

Who cares. Just win.

 

[acento]

That’s my point, the score does matter. Most people won’t watch our game, especially if even ESPN didn’t!

The only time perception matters is when the CFB playoff committee is trying to pick the top 4. That’s likely not something we need to worry about this year. Just win

 

[NJshoreCane]

That’s my point, the score does matter. Most people won’t watch our game, especially if even ESPN didn’t!

Score does matter, but who knows, the reps those two's and three's got could be the difference between a W and an L down the line.

 

[cubin10]

So let me understand, it's not important if you won, but by how much and people writing about games they obviously did not even see. Explanations welcome.

 

[Mikeiavelli]

Same people who tell us not to boo our punter and get a life after his "first mishap"

 

[ncncanes]

Score does matter, but who knows, the reps those two's and three's got could be the difference between a W and an L down the line.

Really good point - we have played a ton of young kids the last few weeks .... they will make mistakes now as opposed to on the the road later in the season

 

[Empirical Cane]

Who cares. Just win.

Here, here.

 

[ArchersFury]

Oklahoma should have lost to Army lol Okie State loses LSU almost blew a 24 to 0 lead

Va Tech lossed Washington continues to struggle every week. Miss state got blown out by Kentucky

And we’re worried about recruits reading some blog on espn.

 

[BS85]

ESPN is a ******* dumpster fire. It's crazy they write something that is so factually incorrect when it's literally their job to evaluate sports. I can see why they're going bankrupt.

 

[MumbleRap]

you can't care about "power rankings" in week 4... give me a break. Miami wins out they're in. Miami loses another game they're out. It's simple. Don't be a debbie downer today, Canes have a QB

 

[NJshoreCane]

Really good point - we have played a ton of young kids the last few weeks .... they will make mistakes now as opposed to on the the road later in the season

This, and rest for the starters.

 

[futurecane]

So let me understand, it's not important if you won, but by how much and people writing about games they obviously did not even see. Explanations welcome.

The most important thing is to win.

After that, is how you win. That impacts perception of your program, which plays a big role in rankings and recruiting (in general, recruits want to play for successful, dynamic programs).

The reason for this is to call out that how we play and win can have follow-on effects. 2/3 score victories and a couple losses are much worse than 5 score victories and a couple losses, and we will see an impact in recruiting as a result (which equals wins in the following years).

 

[Girthquake]

Espn is the definition of fake news