We're trying to improve Conversations.
Please take a brief survey and help us out.

Underrateds have great records, fewer resources

By Jay Bilas
ESPN.com

Wednesday, May 9, 2007

You've heard it a million times: "That team is overrated!" We bill a team as a world-beater, and then it loses before we predict it should and we thrash it as being overrated. Or we get tired of how much a good team is talked or written about and lash out by calling that team overrated. If a team fails to live up to our lofty expectations, we peg that team with the dreaded overrated tag. Of course, to say that a team is overrated is not to say that the team isn't any good; rather, it is a ...

Read full story | Create Your Profile

Activate your ESPN Profile!

Sort comments by: Most Recent | First Posted

Comments that include profanity, or personal attacks, or antisocial behavior such as "spamming" or "trolling," or other inappropriate comments or material will be removed from the site. We will take steps to block users who violate any of our terms of use. You are fully responsible for the content that you post.


Conversations in Real-Time

CONTESTS & PROMOTIONS

ESPN Fantasy Salary Cap
Create your own fantasy game day living room and win BIG!
Heisman Vote 2009
Vote for the next Heisman winner and enter for a chance to win a trip to the awards show. Mor
Engineered to Win Challenge
Test your football smarts by playing NFL trivia and enter each week for a chance to win a 2010 GMC Sierra.