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The original was posted on /r/cfb by /u/usffan on 2025-05-19 17:33:04+00:00.
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Nobody benefitted more from the impact of Paul Myerberg’s all 136 poll than Sam Houston (high = 54!, low = 111), who come in at #96. At the risk of incurring the wrath of Bearkats fans, I’d sure like to have some of what Myerberg is smoking, because coupling the 112th ranked returning production in the country with the 122nd ranked recruiting class nationally (8th in CUSA) and the 112th ranked portal class (6th in CUSA), including the 135th ranked defensive returning production class, sure seems like a challenge to replicate the formula for last year’s 10-3 team. The most important loss, though, isn’t a player but coach KC Keeler (off to Temple). They replaced him with Phil Longo, and going from being fired as an OC for an underachieving Wisconsin directly into a head coaching job is quite a feat! To be fair, they do have QB Hunter Watson returning (he of the 12 TD, 8 INT, 27 sacks last season) and 80% of the OL, but 9 transfer portal players starting on defense leaves that 54 ranking as a real head scratcher. What’s working in the Bearkats’ favor is a schedule with only 4 teams ranked below them, and the fact that they miss Liberty in the regular season, giving them breathing room. Hard to imagine they won’t go bowling this year.