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

Re: 2008 SportsJournalists.com college football poll -- PRESEASON, Aug. 18

Boy, USC must have some kind of team to crack that SEC/Big 12 alliance you have.

 

Re: 2008 SportsJournalists.com college football poll -- PRESEASON, Aug. 18

So two hours from deadline, can we publicly shame the stragglers yet?

 

Re: 2008 SportsJournalists.com college football poll -- PRESEASON, Aug. 18

that's the only reason i signed on.

 

Re: 2008 SportsJournalists.com college football poll -- PRESEASON, Aug. 18

Just sent in my poll. I'm golden

I kept my top 3 the same, but moved up LSU. Them Tigers sure looked sharp -- albeit against a 3-time FCS champion, but still, color me impressed.

I had trouble rounding out the last 5 picks... Gamecocks' offense was horrid against NCSU; Vols lost in OT; Pat Hill has Fresno State cookin' and well, par for his Clemson career, Bowden's Tigers looked like kittens that couldn't find a teat to suckle on.

22. Tennessee
23. South Carolina
24. Fresno State
25. Clemson

 

Re: 2008 SportsJournalists.com college football poll -- PRESEASON, Aug. 18

Alabama, Oregon, UCLA, Fresno, East Carolina and South Carolina all cracked my 25 (Utah was already there).

Not only for the wins, but they actually decided to play a football team and not a sisters-of-the-poor squad this week.

Clemson, Michigan, Tennessee, Rutgers and the others that lost are out. You gotta win to be in this early in the season.

 

Re: 2008 SportsJournalists.com college football poll -- PRESEASON, Aug. 18

P.O.'s Week 1 Poll

1. Georgia (LW: 1)
2. Ohio State (2)
3. LSU (3)
4. Oklahoma (4)
5. USC (5)
6. Missouri (6)
7. Florida (7)
8. West Virginia (9)
9. Auburn (10)
10. Alabama (16) (big mover)
11. Texas Tech (11)
12. Wisconsin (13)
13. Texas (15)
14. Arizona State (14)
15. Kansas (25) (biggest mover)
16. South Florida (17)
17. BYU (19)
18. Oregon (20)
19. Fresno State (24)
20. Clemson (8) (biggest drop)
21. Wake Forest (NR) (big mover)
22. California (NR)
23. Utah (NR)
24. Illinois (23)
25. Penn State (NR)
Dropped out: Michigan, Michigan State, Virginia Tech, Tennessee

 

Re: 2008 SportsJournalists.com college football poll -- PRESEASON, Aug. 18

Am here to man up and accept my well-deserved dose of shame, since it was pointed out by our Dear Leader that I had a double dose of Jayhawks. Carry on.

1.USC
2.Georgia
3.Missouri
4.Ohio State
5.Florida
6.Oklahoma
7.Texas
8.LSU
9.Wisconsin
10.West Virginia
11.BYU
12.Penn State
13.Kansas
14.Auburn
15.Wake Forest
16.Texas Tech
17.Kansas
17.Utah
18Alabama
19.Arizona State
20.Clemson
21.Oregon
22.South Florida
23.Nebraska
24.Fresno State
25.Purdue

 

Re: 2008 SportsJournalists.com college football poll -- PRESEASON, Aug. 18

Perhaps next week, you can send this to the right person...

 

Re: 2008 SportsJournalists.com college football poll -- PRESEASON, Aug. 18

yes.
Inkywretch
Madhavok
Stagger Lee
Starman (only because his ballot was sent in before Tennesee lost)
and.... (wait for it...)



Bee Why Aych

 

Re: 2008 SportsJournalists.com college football poll -- PRESEASON, Aug. 18

Stagger might be without power.

 

Re: 2008 SportsJournalists.com college football poll -- PRESEASON, Aug. 18

Actually, he PM'd me that he was probably going to be doubtful this week because of circumstances beyond his control, so yeah, he gets a free pass signed by Principal Gustav.

 

Re: 2008 SportsJournalists.com college football poll -- PRESEASON, Aug. 18

To answer two questions in one post: Not an Alabama/Big 12/SEC fan at all. My team lost to open the season and it's not one of the two I have in my poll. Again, I'm all about results. The rest will take care of itself as the weeks pass. I have reasoning for every pick at every spot.

LSU gets my top spot as the defending national champ until they lose, something I've done since we started this poll.

Southern Cal flat dominated Virginia more than any other school against a power conference opponent.

Alabama shut down a team widely thought to be the best in the ACC on a neutral field.

The only think that kept Missouri from No. 3 was that Illinois' offense had an easy time with them. But even with a garbage TD with no time on the clock, they beat a good team (but maybe only the fourth best in the Big 10) by 10 points on a neutral field.

Oklahoma was up 50-0 at halftime, had already taken its starters out early in the second quarter and then had to endure and hour and a half rain delay.

Even though Florida played a June Jones/Colt Brennan-less Hawaii, they are still a D-1 program and they beat them handily.

Texas is right on Florida's heels because while they did defeat a team that won a bowl game last season, it was the Sun Belt champion. But it's still D-1.

Auburn and Ohio State could have probably flip-flopped but I'll give the team that shutouts a D-1 school and scores 34 the edge over a team that shuts out a D-1AA that had a losing record last season and didn't make the playoffs and scores 34.

It's real simple to me. Play better people and you get rewarded. Take on Northern Arizona and win 30-13, Arizona State, and you don't. Struggle with Eastern Washington for three quarters, Texas Tech, and you'll get nothing. But I;m not going to go crazy and give Arizona a boatload of credit for putting up 70 on Idaho.