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Re: SportsJournalists.com College Football Poll -- NEW -- WEEK 4 -- 9/24/07 PAGE 16

Apparently you missed Saturday's game when they didn't allow ECU to get a first down for more than two quarters. And you're right, their offense is gimmicky, which is why they have two potential Heisman finalists.

I'm the one who voted them No. 1, as I have all season. I'm not dropping them till they lose. You're just bitching because they punked your precious Terps. Boo-fucking-hoo.

 

Re: SportsJournalists.com College Football Poll -- NEW -- WEEK 4 -- 9/24/07 PAGE 16

Can Tulane have some of that gimmicky offense? We'll need it against LSU.

 

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We?

 

Re: SportsJournalists.com College Football Poll -- NEW -- WEEK 4 -- 9/24/07 PAGE 16

Only if they bring Teevens back.

 

Re: SportsJournalists.com College Football Poll -- NEW -- WEEK 4 -- 9/24/07 PAGE 16

Good to see Jon Wilner stick to his guns and keep South Carolina fourth despite its loss to LSU, which apparently, on the strength of that victory jumped USC for No. 1.

 

Re: SportsJournalists.com College Football Poll -- NEW -- WEEK 4 -- 9/24/07 PAGE 16

Sometimes voters "jump" teams just for the ding-dong hell of it. What, all of a sudden LSU is better than USC? What, just cuz the Bayou Bengals beat the Cocks? What, USC is lesser of a team now because of that SEC game? Makes zero sense.

 

Re: SportsJournalists.com College Football Poll -- NEW -- WEEK 4 -- 9/24/07 PAGE 16

I don't think people who do that necessarily believe USC is any lesser a team; they might simply believe that LSU is better than they once thought. Combine Nebraska's home scare against Ball State (possibly taking away some from the USC victory) with LSU having whipped two top-15 opponents at the time, which no one else can boast, and I can see where some might change their mind, believing they might have sold LSU short before.

 

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And USC is punished because it wins games. Beating the shit out of Washington State is just as big as LSU beating South Carolina. Both were league games. I can understand your logic, Oz, but again, voters are too jump-happy.

 

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Not my logic specifically for USC and LSU, just throwing out the logic behind the move. It's like voters who slid Texas with its close calls for, say, Ohio State. Sometimes, you look at the poll and wonder whether you have teams in the correct spot.

Would you rather Wisconsin be in the top five? Because without this logic, the Badgers most certainly would be.

 

Re: SportsJournalists.com College Football Poll -- NEW -- WEEK 4 -- 9/24/07 PAGE 16

Indeed.

But like I said, voters jump teams sometimes just for the hell of it, as if it'll kill them to keep the status quo for a week or three. USC beat a league team. So did LSU. In my mind, Washington State and South Carolina are equal; if they were to play 10 times, they'd split.

You don't punish a team for winning games. The top teams have to fight and struggle every single week. Ain't as easy as it looks to be great.

USC and LSU and Texas and West Virginny are getting everyone's "BCS National Championship" effort every week. You must credit the top teams for winning games, not drop them because one voter thinks LSU's win over South Carolina is bigger in stature than USC's over Washington State.

 

Re: SportsJournalists.com College Football Poll -- NEW -- WEEK 4 -- 9/24/07 PAGE 16

Hard for me to say USC beating Wazzu was "as big" as LSU beating the Cocks, considering the other S.C. was a much stronger opponent, IMO.

USC leapfrogged LSU at No. 2 (behind Florida) for me last week, not this past Saturday. Didn't think for a second about dropping USC this time.

That said, I didn't punish Florida for "struggling" with Ole Miss on Saturday, either. Everyone's gearing up to stop the national champions, and I don't think a close win makes them any worse a team than when they stomp Tennessee 66-13 next month. ;D

And my top 10, for one, has largely stayed the same all season (save for Michigan, of course.)