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Re: 2008 SportsJournalists.com college football poll -- WEEK 5 (9/29), Page 50

didn't see how your BBOC did today, oz. do you have the score on instant recall?

 

Re: 2008 SportsJournalists.com college football poll -- WEEK 5 (9/29), Page 50

Won 35-33 at Iowa State, but trailed 20-0 at halftime and twice let the Cyclones march down the field to score touchdowns late rather than making a stop to put the game away.

 

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christ.

any other big news from the day?

 

Re: 2008 SportsJournalists.com college football poll -- WEEK 5 (9/29), Page 50

in the history of college football, i don't think a team has beaten a 1-loss team ON THE ROAD and dropped 7 spots.

and mizzougrad ... point to me (vandy is hungry this year).

you pick the next game.

 

Re: 2008 SportsJournalists.com college football poll -- WEEK 5 (9/29), Page 50

Top stays status quo, but an influx of teams penetrate the bottom half, including one loser, which sets a precedent in P.O.'s poll. It's time to give other teams some love. Auburn sucks (hi tom petty!), as does USF, as does Wisconsin (hi perennially overrated!). Watch out for Ball State. Nate Davis is a S-T-U-D. Oklahoma State and Vandy made the biggest jumps.

1. Oklahoma (LW: 1)
2. LSU (2)
3. Missouri (3)
4. Alabama (4)
5. Texas Tech (5)
6. Texas (6)
7. Penn State (7)
8. Georgia (8)
9. USC (10)
10. Florida (11)
11. BYU (14)
12. Ohio State (13)
13. Vanderbilt (20)
14. Utah (15)
15. Oklahoma State (22)
16. Boise State (19)
17. Michigan State (16)
18. Kansas (18)
19. Ball State (24)
20. Virginia Tech (NR)
21. Tulsa (NR)
22. California (NR)
23. Cincinnati (NR)
24. North Carolina (NR)
25. Kentucky (NR)

Dropped out: Auburn (9), USF (12), Fresno St. (17), Wisconsin (21), Oregon (23), Maryland (25).

 

Re: 2008 SportsJournalists.com college football poll -- WEEK 5 (9/29), Page 50

Top 5: Oklahoma, Mizzou, Texas, Penn State, Alabama
Biggest climbers: (17) Boise State, [18] Wake Forest, (19) Oklahoma State, all up five spots because other teams lost.
Biggest drop: Wisconsin (down six to 20); South Florida exited the poll from 10th.
Goodbye: South Florida (10), Fresno State (17), Oregon (20), Auburn (21).
Hello: (22) Northwestern, (23) Arizona, (24) North Carolina, (25) Florida State.
Bubbling under: Navy, Ball State, TCU.

 

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1. Oklahoma (1)
2. LSU (2)
3. Alabama (3)
4. Missouri (4)
5. Texas (5)
6. Penn State (6)
7. USC (7)
8. Georgia (9)
9. Florida (10)
10. Texas Tech (11)
11. BYU (13)
12. Utah (14)
13. Ohio State (16)
14. Vanderbilt (23)
15. Kansas (15)
16. Boise State (17)
17. Oklahoma State (22)
18. Virginia Tech (25)
19. Auburn (8)
20. Wake Forest (20)
21. Michigan State (NR)
22. California (NR)
23. Pittsburgh (NR)
24. UNC (NR)
25. South Florida (12)

 

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Because I leapfrogged some undefeateds and dropped Southern Cal, I had to drop Ohio State as well because of their loss to the Trojans. And if I'm looking at 1-loss teams, TCU lost by 25 at my No. 2, Kentucky lost to my No. 3 by 3. Plus, all the undefeateds are in my top 18. The Buckeyes lost by 32 at my No. 13.

 

Re: 2008 SportsJournalists.com college football poll -- WEEK 5 (9/29), Page 50

OCT. 5
1, missouri
2, oklahoma
3, lsu
4, penn state
5, alabama
6, texas tech
7, texas
8, byu
9, usc
10, utah
11, florida
12, oklahoma state
13, kansas
14, ohio state
15, boise state
16, vanderbilt
17, georgia
18, virginia tech (this team will be scary for the next few years; uber-young now and already learning how to win)
19, wake forest
20, michigan state
21, north carolina (nasty defense)
22, california (great against teams that end in "State" and sucky against "University" schools)
23, pittsburgh
24, webby u.
25, northwestern


SEPT. 29
1, mizzou (like kansas last year, never thought i'd live to see the day i voted missouri -- MISSOURI! -- No. 1)
2, oklahoma
3, lsu
4, penn state
5, alabama
6, texas tech
7, texas
8, byu
9, usc
10, webby u. (here we go again, bulls: crest of the wave that breaks back to sea, or are you going to crash into the mix of contenders?)
11, utah
12, wiscy (why, wiscy, why? you'll never be more than that good miles davis song that could've been great but wasn't).
13, florida
14, oklahoma state
15, kansas
16, ohio state
17, connecticut (winning at louisville might be the one they look back on one day and say, "that was when we believed we could compete with anyone, anywhere.").
18, fresno state
19, boise state
20, georgia
21, vanderbilt
22, auburn
23, virginia tech (might not lose again this season)
24, wake forest (well, they still are the new black and gold standard of the ACC, but navy's triple-option is a bitch to defend)
25, michigan state (don't overlook sparty running the conference table; don't know why, but a piece of me thinks he can)


SEPT. 22
1, usc
2, georgia
3, mizzou
4, florida
5, wiscy
6, oklahoma
7, lsu
8, texas tech
9, texas
10, byu
11, webby u.
12, penn state
13, wake forest (the new black and gold standard of the ACC)
14, utah
15, alabama
16, okie state
17, clemson
18, kansas
19, ohio state
20, tcu
21, fresno state
22, nebraska
23, auburn
24, boise state
25, vanderbilt

SEPT. 15
1, usc
2, georgia
3, mizzou
4, florida
5, wiscy
6, oklahoma
7, lsu
8, texas tech
9, texas
10, auburn
11, byu
12, south florida
13, oregon
14, penn state
15, wake forest
16, east carolina
17, utah
18, alabama
19, oklahoma state
20, clemson
21, kansas
22, ohio state
23, tcu
24, fresno
25, nebraska

 

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1. Oklahoma
2. Missouri
3. LSU
4. Alabama
5. Texas
6. Penn State
7. Southern California
8. Texas Tech
9. BYU
10. Georgia
11. Florida
12. Ohio State
13. Vanderbilt
14. Utah
15. Kansas
16. Auburn
17. Wisconsin
18. South Florida
19. Boise State
20. Wake Forest
21. Illinois
22. Virginia Tech
23. Ball State
24. Oregon
25. North Carolina

Missouri jumps over LSU to No. 2. Was already heading that way, and Saturday just clinched it for me.
USC got the big jump up, as did Vanderbilt.
I kept South Florida pretty high, because Pittsburgh does have some players. Once in a while, that's going to outway coaching. Plus, I don't know if there's anyone below them who could beat them.
North Carolina is the newbie to the poll, taking Duke's spot.

 

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Auburn 16 ???
Todd/Burns couldn't start at Hoover. Did you see any football this weekend?

 

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Duke. ?