Ron Counts is the worst college football mind in America

[swingman]

Boise writer puts Illini at 18 on his AP ballot.

McMurphy close second with his 19 rank showing Bert man crush.

Dallas, Raleigh, Omaha writers put IL at 20.

Wichita, State College, Cleveland, College Station 21

Ranked 22 by media guys in Boulder (no Gophs; short memory in CO), New Haven, Austin, Seattle, and OKC. Also by Rece.

23rd in Champaign, Salt Lake, Baton Rouge, Athens, Tucson, Palm Beach, Tampa Bay, and Little Rock.

24 in Orange County, at CBS, by Greder (no room for Gophs on Greder's ballot!), Toledo, Pittsburgh, and Eugene.

25th in Ann Arbor, DC, Las Cruces, and Quad Cities.

Lot of respect and love for the Illini throughout the Big Ten and across the nation from Tampa to Seattle, from New Haven to Orange County.

A nice road win should put Gophs back in top 25.

 

[golden_girl]

Who is Ron Counts though?

 

[Gophergrandpa]

Who is Ron Counts though?

He is a complete sentence.

 

[cjbfbp]

Who is Ron Counts though?

I don't know and I don't want to know. As the old saying goes: familiarity breeds contempt.

 

[Gophers7NatTitlesBadgers0]

I'm disappointed Illinois didn't get rated higher so it would look more impressive when the Gophers crush them!

 

[Taji34]

I'm disappointed Illinois didn't get rated higher so it would look more impressive when the Gophers crush them!

A ranked win is a ranked win. Follow that with another ranked win the next week and we should be looking pretty good for the rest of the season.

 

[Go Gophs]

Their defense is legit. They have a top RB in the country. They beat Wisconsin and Iowa. Had they beaten Indiana, they would be sniffing the top 10. Don't sleep on this defense. It is MUCH better than any we have played this season.

 

[#2Gopher]

Ron Counts​

Ron Counts is the Boise State football beat writer for the Idaho Statesman. He’s a Virginia native and covered James Madison University and University of Virginia before joining the Statesman in 2019. Follow him on Twitter: @Ron_BroncoBe