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

Re: 2008 SportsJournalists.com college football poll -- WEEK 6 10/6, Pg. 55; VOTERS NOTE PG 57!!

pretty sound thinking on TT... who told you to make sense

 

Re: 2008 SportsJournalists.com college football poll -- WEEK 6 10/6, Pg. 55; VOTERS NOTE PG 57!!

Agree totally, the Raiders are a fraud and will be beat soon enough. Likely when Texas comes calling.

 

Re: 2008 SportsJournalists.com college football poll -- WEEK 6 10/6, Pg. 55; VOTERS NOTE PG 57!!

Dont know that they're a fraud... but do agree that moving up three after an OT win against a Nebraska team that got its collective dick knocked in last week is a little high

 

Re: 2008 SportsJournalists.com college football poll -- WEEK 6 10/6, Pg. 55; VOTERS NOTE PG 57!!

I'll give you that, good sir.

 

Re: 2008 SportsJournalists.com college football poll -- WEEK 6 10/6, Pg. 55; VOTERS NOTE PG 57!!

At this point, a win's a win to me.

And when they lose, they'll be dropped accordingly.

 

Re: 2008 SportsJournalists.com college football poll -- WEEK 6 10/6, Pg. 55; VOTERS NOTE PG 57!!

A quick insight on my ballot -- 1. Alabama, 2. Texas, 3. Penn State, 4. Oklahoma State, 5. Texas Tech.

Top five gets sem-shook up. I know Texas Tech is too high, but Tech stays high until they lose, and there will plenty more opportunities. I thought about jumping Texas and Penn State to the top spot but I'll give the slight edge to Bama right now. Texas has the worst schedule of the three.

Added to the top 25 -- North Carolina at 22, Michigan State at 23, Kansas at 24
Dropped from top 25 -- Vanderbilt, Kentucky, Auburn

Other Notes: I dropped Oklahoma from 2 to 8 as my top 1-loss team, followed by Georgia, Mizzou, Florida, Southern Cal and LSU. Bumped Ball St. up two spots to 15. Dropped Northwestern from 16 to 25.

 

Re: 2008 SportsJournalists.com college football poll -- WEEK 6 10/6, Pg. 55; VOTERS NOTE PG 57!

Hey! How 'bout those Auburn Tigers. WAR EAGLE!

Edit: I missed it, since I was driving back from covering the unending misery that is my beat, and had very important work to do when I returned (cough: watch the F1 race), but did national power Missouri lose? At home? To Oklahoma State?

How are such things possible?

 

Re: 2008 SportsJournalists.com college football poll -- WEEK 6 10/6, Pg. 55; VOTERS NOTE PG 57!!

Highlights of my 1970s-style poll (where's Nebraska?) this week ...

1. Texas
2. Alabama
3. Penn State
4. Oklahoma
5. Brigham Young

Biggest rise -- No. 6 Oklahoma State, season debut
Biggest fall -- No. 20 Louisiana State, down 16 spots
Breaking in -- No. 6 Oklahoma State, No. 19 Michigan State, No. 21 Wake Forest
Dropping out -- No. 21 Auburn, No. 22 Wisconsin, No. 25 Pittsburgh

 

Re: 2008 SportsJournalists.com college football poll -- WEEK 6 10/6, Pg. 55; VOTERS NOTE PG 57!!

The other team played more better

 

Re: 2008 SportsJournalists.com college football poll -- WEEK 6 10/6, Pg. 55; VOTERS NOTE PG 57!!

OCT. 12
1, texas (rarely jump teams ... but, really impressed with how the longhorns showed big cojones and beat okie when i thought they might lose by 2-3 touchdowns)
2, penn state (the lions had an equally impressive win at wiscy ... 48-7!)
3, alabama (Texas-Alabama title game would be kinda cool for old-school sake)
4, oklahoma state (rarely jump teams ... but, the cowboys beat my no. 1 from last week -- in columbia!)
5, texas tech (a win's a win's a win ...)
6, byu (even 24- and 25-year-olds deserve a shot at the national championship)
7, usc (fight on!)
8, utah (what's a ute? apparently a really good football player)
9, florida (so the gators scored 51 on the bayou bengals. big whoop.)
10, oklahoma (this should've been the unbeaten national champion. yeah, should've ...)
11, missouri
12, kansas
13, ohio state
14, boise state
15, georgia
16, virginia tech
17, wake forest
18, michigan state (i just hope they stay at one loss going into the penn state game)
19, louisiana state
20, north carolina
21, california
22, pittsburgh
23, webby u.
24, minnesota (gopher fans from roseau aside ;D, these kids are all right.)
25, ball state


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

 

Re: 2008 SportsJournalists.com college football poll -- WEEK 6 10/6, Pg. 55; VOTERS NOTE PG 57!!

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

OUT: Vanderbilt (13), Kentucky (25)
IN: Wake Forest, Minnesota (Both by default...I spent a good 45 minutes trying to come up with No. 23 and 24.)

LURKING:
Western Michigan (two more victories and the MAC gets two in the top 25)
Oregon (My poll just isn't ready for a two-loss team)
TCU (Beat BYU and you're in, fuckers)
UConn (The next two weeks -- against VaTech and UNC -- will decide)
Vandy (I think you're done next week against UGA)

Texas wasn't going to be No. 1 until LSU and Mizzou lost. Since Oklahoma was my No. 1, I had to put Texas there. That said, I dropped Oklahoma a good way, even though its loss is to my new No. 1, because my poll is based on past performance, along with future. I think losing Reynolds might even be a bigger loss than losing Bradford. We'll see.

I said before the season Penn St. wasn't very good, but it's been beating the absolute shit outta teams...even though I also said Wisconsin is, and always will be, a fraud of the highest order. The Badgers are the Bob Huggins-coached Cincy basketball teams.

Georgia is my top-ranked one-loss program because its loss was to, arguably, the best team in regards to the other one-loss teams' losses. Florida leap-frogged USC because it beat the piss outta what I thought was a good LSU team. Other than its one-point loss, the Gators are not giving the common courtesy of a reach-around. They're fucking everyone without using any lubricant.

Fire away, pussies.

 

Re: 2008 SportsJournalists.com college football poll -- WEEK 6 10/6, Pg. 55; VOTERS NOTE PG 57!!

I've been saying this all along, and I'm not trying to influence ballots, but ...

I'm the biggest Alabama fanboi here, but Alabama is NOT a top five team. The offense is inconsistent and ebbs and flows with JPW's decision-making skills. The secondary is weak, and both lines are one blown knee from paper bag terrible.

If they beat LSU, who's still a good team despite the drubbing they took last night, then we'll talk.

Until then USC and Florida are the best teams in the country.