What's with the fascination with Power Rankings?

[82CardsGrad]

All these threads being started about Power Rankings, and how the Cards get no respect, blah, blah, blah....

I don't get it... What does it matter where the Cards sit in some Power Ranking listing? This team has SUCKED in historical proportions for decades. Does it really matter what ESPN, or SI, or Fox Sports, or anyone else says about us??

 

[Shane]

Absolutely not! It doesnt matter one iota! But certainly gives us stuff to talk about.

 

[dreamcastrocks]

All these threads being started about Power Rankings, and how the Cards get no respect, blah, blah, blah....

I don't get it... What does it matter where the Cards sit in some Power Ranking listing? This team has SUCKED in historical proportions for decades. Does it really matter what ESPN, or SI, or Fox Sports, or anyone else says about us??

If it didn't matter, we wouldn't have them.

They matter to some people on some level for sure. It is nice to see where we stand against our competition.

I do agree that it is silly to get all worked up about it though.

 

[CaptTurbo]

I want Troy Aikmans rankings where are they he does a great job.

 

[Lloydian]

What's with this insistence on talking about your favorite team in a bulletin board on the Internet? It's not as if the team is reading along and taking notes. I just don't get it!

 

[82CardsGrad]

Cool... to each his own...

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[black]

At first the power rankings don't matter. Then the season wears down and then they do, right now the power rankings feel like week one in college basketball. Duke vs. Mcneese st.

Everyone looks beatable except them Cowboys. I hope we can take them.

 

[RugbyMuffin]

All these threads being started about Power Rankings, and how the Cards get no respect, blah, blah, blah....

I don't get it... What does it matter where the Cards sit in some Power Ranking listing? This team has SUCKED in historical proportions for decades. Does it really matter what ESPN, or SI, or Fox Sports, or anyone else says about us??

Cause it is an Arizona Cardinals Message board and we should post stuff here that has to do with the Arizona Cardinals.

The more information about this team that we can post the better.

This should be your one stop place for all things Arizona Cardinals

You should be able to come here and see where this team stands on 16 different power rankings, etc., etc.


And the reason there are so many......I have become fascinated with the "Power rankings" I like to see how they differ and like to see how off base these guys are

 

[82CardsGrad]

Cause it is an Arizona Cardinals Message board and we should post stuff here that has to do with the Arizona Cardinals.

The more information about this team that we can post the better.

This should be your one stop place for all things Arizona Cardinals

You should be able to come here and see where this team stands on 16 different power rankings, etc., etc.

As I said - to each his own...

I see no value in Power Rankings. They tell me nothing. They don't influence a thing. They are not used in any manner that impacts who the Cards play...
For me - it's all about the Cards, all about Sunday. I couldn't care any less about what ESPN, FOX or SI has to say about the Cards or other teams. Bottom line for me is how I feel about the team, who we are playing on Sunday and how we played...
I certainly won't feel any better about a Win or Loss simply because of what a Power Ranking said about us or our opponent.

But hey, if Power Rankings make you feel better (or worse) about the Cards - have at it fellas!!!

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[RugbyMuffin]

As I said - to each his own...

I saw it mid post.

I also admitted guilt for being power ranking crazy.

 

[Sandan]

Something to do mid week

 

[Cards_Campos]

I think they matter a little. These sports writers sit down and rank each team based on how good they think they are. It does get frustrating that the Cards are ranked so low.....especially when we went 8-8 last year....and finished the season 5-3. I know the game is played on the field but we have alot of talent and yet no one thinks we do. What makes it really more annoying though...Is if and when we win the division and say we go 10-6 or 11-5....We are going to hear all this Sports writer bandwagon crap. It will be like yea...where were you 2 months ago....and boot ...kick them right off the wagon. I hope we are like 6-2 or 7-1 when we play the 49ers on Monday night football. Like to hear Kornhole then.

 

[earthsci]

I hope we are like 6-2 or 7-1 when we play the 49ers on Monday night football. Like to hear Kornhole then.

He'll talk about what an easy schedule we've had.

 

[crisper57]

Something to do mid week

Exactly!!! What else is there to talk about on a Wednesday?

And I don't care where we are ranked, I care more about the comments that come with those ranks. You can obviously tell who watched the game (or even its highlights) and who didn't. Yet some fools (mostly with an East-Coast-Tom-Brady-Man-Love-AFC-Superiority-last-year-is-a-perfect-predictor-of-this-year-Complex) still feel the need to spew the "expert" opinions without educating themselves about this year's teams.

And we still choose to read them and take issue, because it is "news" about our favorite team.

 

[Mulli]

As I said - to each his own...

I see no value in Power Rankings. They tell me nothing. They don't influence a thing. They are not used in any manner that impacts who the Cards play...
For me - it's all about the Cards, all about Sunday. I couldn't care any less about what ESPN, FOX or SI has to say about the Cards or other teams. Bottom line for me is how I feel about the team, who we are playing on Sunday and how we played...
I certainly won't feel any better about a Win or Loss simply because of what a Power Ranking said about us or our opponent.

But hey, if Power Rankings make you feel better (or worse) about the Cards - have at it fellas!!!

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Thanks, Professor.

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[MrYeahBut]

I like reading Dr Z. Even though he is a tool, I think he actually watches film and I find him amusing, maybe because I'm almost in his age bracket.

 

[MadCardDisease]

The Cardinals will never make a BCS game if they are always snubbed in the power rankings! This is complete BS!

 

[Russ Smith]

The Cardinals will never make a BCS game if they are always snubbed in the power rankings! This is complete BS!

 

[SoCal Cardfan]

I think its funny when someone makes a new thread, about a topic they think has too many threads.

:claphat:

 

[82CardsGrad]

I think its funny when someone makes a new thread, about a topic they think has too many threads.

:claphat:

3-plus years of posting on this board has taught me well!

 

[Goldfield]

It doesnt do anything for me.

 

[Gee!]

I ranked this thread 1 star..