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

Dickens Cider · Jan 3, 2009

Re: 2008 SportsJournalists.com college football poll -- Week 15 (12/8) Page 110

Whenever you two fight, I go home and punch the neighbor's dog. Just so you know.

Paper Dragon · Jan 3, 2009

Re: 2008 SportsJournalists.com college football poll -- Week 15 (12/8) Page 110

Dickens Cider said:

Whenever you two fight, I go home and punch the neighbor's dog. Just so you know.
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when you say "you two", are you referring to TP and Slappy, PD and Slappy or PD, TP and Slappy, which is probably all the same to Slappy because, apparently, I only exist in Slappy's imagination. And that is a dark and disturbing place to exist.

Dickens Cider · Jan 3, 2009

Re: 2008 SportsJournalists.com college football poll -- Week 15 (12/8) Page 110

Slappy and Petty. Who gives a shit about you?

Paper Dragon · Jan 3, 2009

Re: 2008 SportsJournalists.com college football poll -- Week 15 (12/8) Page 110

Dickens Cider said:

Slappy and Petty. Who gives a shit about you?
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But how do you know I'm not Slappy's alter-ego?

Dickens Cider · Jan 3, 2009

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Paper Dragon said:

Dickens Cider said:

Slappy and Petty. Who gives a shit about you?
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But how do you know I'm not Slappy's alter-ego?
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Because everyone knows that's chazp.

Paper Dragon · Jan 3, 2009

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Dickens Cider said:

Paper Dragon said:

Dickens Cider said:

Slappy and Petty. Who gives a shit about you?
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But how do you know I'm not Slappy's alter-ego?
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Because everyone knows that's chazp.
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lol

Tom Petty · Jan 3, 2009

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slappy4428 said:

Preseason Poll -- Aug. 18, 2008
Week 1 -- Sept. 2, 2008
Week 2 -- Sept. 8, 2008
Week 3 -- Sept. 15, 2008
Week 4 -- Sept. 22, 2008
Week 5 -- Sept. 29, 2008
Week 6 -- Oct. 6, 2008
Week 7 -- Oct. 13, 2008
Week 8 -- Oct. 20, 2008
Week 9 -- Oct. 27, 2008
Week 10 -- Nov. 3, 2008
Week 11 -- Nov. 10, 2008
Week 12 -- Nov. 17, 2008
Week 13 -- Nov. 24, 2008
Week 14 -- Dec. 1, 2008
Week 15 -- Dec. 8, 2008

The good, the bad and the Uga

By SLAPPY 4428
Doormat

Youve been through this before. Lord, have you been through this before.

Its the end of the summer before you head into eighth grade. You remember the girl you had a crush on the year before well call her Ann Marie in a place well call St. Matthews.

You know this year will be different. You wont do the same things to get her attention. You wont let her treat you like something dangling from the dogs ass.

And when you walk in the classroom, the summers worth of bravado quickly melts like room-temperature Jell-o in the time it takes her to turn to her friends and sneer in her quickly developing cigarette voice You? Again?

Years later, were back in class again. You look at the top of poll and cant help but say You? Again?

Yes, we are: The good, the bad and the Uga.

At the beginning of last season, USC was on top; At the end, it was on the outside, looking in thanks to Stanford (Spare me the one-loss defense. It was freakin STANFORD).

End of the regular season, Ohio State had climbed to the top again. End of last season, Ohio State was flat on its back again, compliments of the SEC again. (Even Michigan let John Cooper win occasionally.)

And Georgia? Geez, the puppies had a tough time, what with the BCS conspiring to keep them out of a National Championship Game thanks to a two-loss season and an inability to advance to its own league title game.

Then their beloved dog died, thus moving Georgias president not to say with a proper sense of realistic perspective, Sorry to hear it, but were an institution of higher learning. Life goes on.

Instead, it was, We recognize Uga VI in a way that is very special to the University of Georgia. I would suggest to you that Uga is a very powerful symbol, symbolism of the tenacity and strength of the university, Uga VI, particularly. ... I personally think this dog has exemplified that strength and tenacity very well.

Theyll probably wear a patch on their shoulders all year, one you can see prominently every time Matt Stafford trots to the sideline and Larry Munson says Its fourth down for Georgia and the offense has stalled again.

Anyway, like the mythical throws-of-puberty love affair with a short, swarthy, obnoxious, chain-smoking Italian girl, all that cool you should have developed to pick a breakthrough team at the top disappeared under pressure.

Nevertheless, were back 52 strong (or 50 strong, BYH and Bubbler). For better or worse, were back for a season worth of overrated coaches, underrated teams and as much predictability as The Dwarf writing about himself while in China (and my obsession with it).

As last year, the membership in the poll demands concentration, effort and timing. It demands that we drill the high and mighty and stick up for the little guy (No. Not Saban. Not yet).

From now until Mike Leach, Mike Gundy or Mike Bellotti can stand tall and scream from the mountain tops WE ARE THE BEST! or until Rich Rodriguez trashes every single tradition Michigan has established over the last 40 years starting with winning we will put forth the best college football poll on the net. Or at least until the end of the season. If we wait too long, well run out of games.

So make your picks and place your bets. At the end of the season, USC might very well be the best team in the nation. Ohio State might very well be in the BCS title game headed for a runner-up string not usually seen south of Orchard Park.

But if Georgia somehow wins the national title, well know its from divine inspiration.

One (phone call of condolence) was from (the son of a former player) whose father passed a way just a week or so ago," so quoth the AJC on the day after Uga passed away, "He said, 'Tell the (owners), daddy will walk Uga every day in heaven."

If heaven wanted a bulldog, it should have walked Ann Marie in eighth grade.

The good, the bad and the Uga.

SportsJournalists.com COLLEGE FOOTBALL POLL
Aug. 18, 2008
RK. TEAM (1st) PTS
1. Southern Cal (19) 1208
2. Georgia (14) 1190
3. Ohio State (10) 1152
4. Oklahoma (1) 1104
5. Florida (2) 1024
6. LSU (2) 990
7. Missouri (1) 985
8. West Virginia (1) 888
9. Clemson (1) 853
10. Texas 770
11. Auburn 728
12. Wisconsin 686
13. Texas Tech 624
14. Kansas 607
15. Arizona State 556
16. Virginia Tech 503
17. Tennessee 459
18. BYU 406
19. Illinois 385
20. Oregon 297
21. South Florida 268
22. Penn State 216
23. Wake Forest 135
24. Michigan 123
25. Fresno State 75

Also receiving votes: Alabama 59, Pitt 48, Cincinnati 44, Utah 35, South Carolina 31, California 28, Boston College 25, Oregon State 21, Michigan State 14, Rutgers 9, UConn 5, Florida State 5, Central Florida 3, Virginia 3, Oklahoma State 3, Boise State 2, Nebraska 2, TCU 1, Maryland 1, North Carolina 1, Central Michigan 1, Ohio 1, Miami (Fla.) 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, Mystery Meat, 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
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slappy4428 · Jan 3, 2009

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Dickens Cider said:

Whenever you two fight, I go home and punch the neighbor's dog. Just so you know.
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I was supposed to be fighting?

slappy4428 · Jan 5, 2009

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Reminder: Voters in good standing need to send in their final ballot by 11 a.m. CT on Friday.
NO ballot will be accepted with something like
1. BCS winner
2. BCS loser.

make up your mind AFTER the game, please.

dixiehack · Jan 5, 2009

Re: 2008 SportsJournalists.com college football poll -- Final poll note for voters, Page 113

I can't vote USC Number 1 right now? A certain classic rocker told me that would be fine.

Angola! · Jan 5, 2009

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dixiehack said:

I can't vote USC Number 1 right now? A certain classic rocker told me that would be fine.
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A certain prison and African country also believe it to be cool.

slappy4428 · Jan 5, 2009

Re: 2008 SportsJournalists.com college football poll -- Final poll note for voters, Page 113

Angola! said:

dixiehack said:

I can't vote USC Number 1 right now? A certain classic rocker told me that would be fine.
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A certain prison and African country also believe it to be cool.
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Maybe in the fantasy land where you follow the yellow brick road it is, cause that's the only way...

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