2008 sj.com college football poll -- (1/9) Final Poll, Page 118

Re: 2008 SportsJournalists.com college football poll -- WEEK 9 10/27, Pg. 68

No way does Alabama schedule Arkansas State in November and think that is the week they are jumping to #1.

1. Texas Tech
2. Penn State
3. Alabama

 

Re: 2008 SportsJournalists.com college football poll -- WEEK 9 10/27, Pg. 68

I'm in. Put some time in yesterday and shuffled teams back and forth several times. This was the best I could do...
Team Pvs
1. Penn State 2
2. Alabama 3
3. Texas Tech 9
4. USC 4
5. Oklahoma 5
6. Florida 6
7. Texas 1
8. Oklahoma State 8
9. TCU 16
10. Boise State 13
11. Utah 10
12. Missouri 11
13. Ohio State 12
14. Georgia 7
15. LSU 15
16. BYU 18
17. Ball State 19
18. Michigan State 22
19. Georgia Tech 25
20. North Carolina 23
21. Florida State 17
22. Northwestern UNR
23. Cal UNR
24. Tulsa 14
25. Minnesota 21
Fell out: Oregon (fmr 20), USF (fmr 24)

 

Re: 2008 SportsJournalists.com college football poll -- WEEK 9 10/27, Pg. 68

The ACC is just a mess.

I should have just had the #21 team be ACC 1 and the #25 be ACC 2.

Every week they reshuffle teams.

 

Re: 2008 SportsJournalists.com college football poll -- 2 ballots out, 5 pts from 1st to 3rd

FWIW, I put Central Michigan in my poll, and not 24/25th. (No, I did not attend CMU.)

The best team in Michigan by two touchdowns. Not like that's some terrifically big deal.

 

Re: 2008 SportsJournalists.com college football poll -- WEEK 9 10/27, Pg. 68

But what about Okie's loss to Texas, who you have below them?

 

Re: 2008 SportsJournalists.com college football poll -- SOMEONE REALLY NEEDS TO FIND ZEBRACOY

Budcrew, haven't seen CMU play so i didn't know how well they had been playing.

 

Re: 2008 SportsJournalists.com college football poll -- SOMEONE REALLY NEEDS TO FIND ZEBRACOY

Glad to see I'm not the only one who gave Texas Tech a No. 1 vote.

 

Re: 2008 SportsJournalists.com college football poll -- SOMEONE REALLY NEEDS TO FIND ZEBRACOY

Smoke him out, Slap!

 

Re: 2008 SportsJournalists.com college football poll -- SOMEONE REALLY NEEDS TO FIND ZEBRACOY

Dumbass was on the board this morning and didn't send in his ballot. Am finishing up the story now and assembling the poll.
And when the poll is posted, he's going to look like a bigger fucktard for not voting.

 

Re: 2008 SportsJournalists.com college football poll -- SOMEONE REALLY NEEDS TO FIND ZEBRACOY

Is he out of strikes yet?

 

Re: 2008 SportsJournalists.com college football poll -- SOMEONE REALLY NEEDS TO FIND ZEBRACOY

No. It's his first, but should be his only out of GP...

 

Re: 2008 SportsJournalists.com college football poll -- Week 10 Page 76

Nov. 4, 2008

Figuring the odds on heading to Miami

By SLAPPY 4428
Poll Boy



It is appropriate that on this Election Day eve, we also consider a bigger picture. No, we’re not talking about Phil Fulmer’s profile as it squeezes through the door at the end of the season (or Tom Amstutz for that matter).

We’re talking about polls and votes and how it affects your quality of life. Are you happy because your team is winning, happier because it is ranked, or happiest because Michigan, Auburn, Tennessee are imploding in front of your very eyes?

Just like knowing that your favorite candidate has a shot at winning, knowing your favorite team has a shot at a larger goal can improve your quality of life. Conversely, knowing your least favorite team or candidate has a chance to succeed can turn your innards into a mass of bile and festering hate before your time. (So unless you want to turn into a bitter, old pony, don’t do that.)

So we here at Slappyland and poll central want to help. We’re going to take an honest, realistic look at the seven teams with a shot at the title – maybe eight if Okie State dumps No. 1 Texas Tech on Saturday (How many of you thought you’d ever read that?). And with apologies to Utah, Boise State and TCU, one of you might get into a BCS game, but not that BCS game.

-- ALABAMA (9-0): The Tide have shot from unranked to unbeaten on the strength of two things – the reputation of a coach who wins and a buttery-soft non-conference schedule. While the SEC is the greatest conference in recorded civilization, it’s also one that had Bammer play one tough road opponent and three patsies. Naturally, the Tide was more impressive against the tough team than it was the patsies. If they can get past Saturday and an LSU team that Florida beat by 30, they’ll head to Atlanta unbeaten. They still go brain-dead at times on defense and having this quarterback lead your team is a lot like having Braden Looper as the ace of your pitching staff. But they go to Atlanta with a shot at Miami. ODDS: 6-1.

-- FLORIDA (7-1): So the Gators had that little one-point hiccup against Ole Miss. At home. It’s not like anyone saw it, since The Daves did the game. Since then, they’ve won by an average of 42.6 points against three teams that Alabama beat by an average of 16 points. Everyone knows about this Tebow guy and how just wonderful he is (mom shoulda had twins… ), but the defense gives up just nine points a game in its wins. Funny thing is, any one of the two remaining SEC games could be traps as could Florida State. But this team is the favorite to win the SEC; whether it wins its last four is another story. ODDS: 8-1.

-- PENN STATE (9-0): Yeah, we know what you’re thinking – “not another Big Ten team!” Bitch all you want because the Nittany Lions have probably the best chance at finishing unbeaten of the top three teams. Iowa could trap them and this is just the kind of stupid Michigan State team to pull off an upset (if Indiana beats Penn State, however, JoePa needs to retire now). Laugh all you want at the Big Ten, how it isn’t strong as other conferences and those uniforms. But Penn State has beaten more teams ranked at the time they played than Alabama and beat a pretty good Oregon State team. The Nittany Lions finish unbeaten, but as we learned from Auburn in 2004, that doesn’t mean a thing. ODDS: 10-1.

-- USC (7-1): Remember them? The best team not only in college football but in the NFL? That team? W-e-l-l, that team still has the best team that Friends of Reggie Bush can find. It just got drilled early at Oregon State and couldn’t come back, then struggled with Arizona. The Trojans still have the best talent in college football, but play only one ranked team down the stretch. They should tear up Notre Dame and UCLA; everyone thinks Cal might pull off an upset, but if any team gets them, it’s Stanford. ODDS: 25-1.

--TEXAS (8-1): Welcome to vintage Mack Brown football. Or Watson Brown… one of the two. All the Longhorns had to do was get through Texas Tech – a team it hasn’t lost to since 2002 and had a 42-14 edge against. But nooooo, the Longorias displayed a remarkable inability to play defense – especially on the last drive when they dropped two would-be interceptions thrown in the numbers, had a defensive back quit on a play, thereby leaving the other DB to try and tickle the receiver into submission (it didn’t work). If they win out (Baylor, A&M, Kansas) and get help from Oklahoma against Texas Tech, Texas can head to the Big 12 title game. ODDS: 9-2

--TEXAS TECH (9-0): Beating Texas at home is special. Beating Okie State would be special. Beating Oklahoma in Normal would be special. Get the point? (Cause beating Baylor is no big deal.) The Red Raiders have a hell of an offense, but a defense that has only held one opponent to single digits (and it wasn’t Eastern Washington or Nevada). Great win, big boost, enjoy it now. The defense buckles in one of the next two games (Mike Leach blames the officials) and the Red Raiders head to Dallas for the Cotton Bowl. ODDS: 15-1.

-- OKLAHOMA (8-1): Even with the likes of Chattanooga and Washington on the sked, the Boomed Sooners still have the toughest schedule among the candidates, having beaten TCU (its only loss) and Kansas (there is that Texas thingy) while closing out at home with Texas Tech and at Okie State. As with most Big 12 teams, offense leads the way because the defense can’t. My gut feeling is that Texas Tech catches them at home, but screws them both.: ODDS: 15-1.




SportsJournalists.com COLLEGE FOOTBALL POLL
11/04/2008
RK. TEAM (1st) PTS Last
1. Texas Tech (15) 1191 5
2. Alabama (20) 1190 3
3. Penn State (14) 1185 2
4. Florida 1051 7
5. Texas 1043 1
6. Oklahoma 1010 4
7. USC (1) 1001 6
8. Oklahoma State 896 9
9. Utah 834 10
10. Boise State 788 11
11. TCU 708 12
12. Ohio State 648 13
13. Missouri 631 14
14. Georgia 569 8
15. LSU 537 16
16. BYU 507 17
17. Ball State 490 18
18. Michigan State 361 22
19. North Carolina 316 21
20. Georgia Tech 243 NR
21. West Virginia 211 NR
22. California 204 NR
23. Maryland 173 25
24. Northwestern 93 NR
25. Florida State 72 20
Also receiving votes: Pitt 55, Tulsa 47, Kansas 37, Cincinnati 35, Oregon 25, Air Force 22, Oregon State 22, Minnesota 17, Central Michigan 13, Arizona 12, South Carolina 8, Miami (Fla.) 4, Navy 1..


The SportsJournalists.com college football poll committee: Slappy4428 (chairman), 2muchcoffeeman, 93devil, Agate Page, Amraeder,Angola, Appgrad05, Azom, Barsuk, Bubbler, Buckweaver, Budcrew08, BYH, Cadet, Della9250, Diabeetus, Dickens Cider, Dixiehack, Dparker85, Elliotte Friedman, GB-Hack, Hammer Pants, Hank Scorpio, Huggy, Hustle, Idaho, Inkywretch, Joe Schmoe, Joel Hammond, jps, KYsportswriter, Madhavok, Mustangj17, OJ1414, Orville Redenbacher, Oz, Perennially Overrated, Piotr Rasputin, Precious Roy, Rufino, Rumpleforeskin, Spnited, Sportschick, Stagger Lee, Starman, Sxysptswrtr, Tom Petty,Trooper Bari, Songbird, Zebracoy, Zeke12.

Missing voter in italics



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