BlogPoll Calling: Week One Ballot Submitted
by Todd on Sep 8, 2009 7:09 AM CDT
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| Rank | Team | Delta |
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| 1 | Florida | |
| 2 | Texas | |
| 3 | Alabama | |
| 4 | Southern Cal |  1 |
| 5 | Ohio State | 2 |
| 6 | LSU | |
| 7 | California | 2 |
| 8 | Georgia Tech | |
| 9 | Mississippi | 1 |
| 10 | Penn State | 2 |
| 11 | Oklahoma State | 3 |
| 12 | Brigham Young | 7 |
| 13 | Oklahoma |  9 |
| 14 | TCU | 1 |
| 15 | Boise State | |
| 16 | North Carolina | 1 |
| 17 | Virginia Tech | 6 |
| 18 | Cincinnati | |
| 19 | Michigan State | 3 |
| 20 | Arkansas | 3 |
| 21 | Miami (Florida) | |
| 22 | Texas Tech | 1 |
| 23 | Nebraska | |
| 24 | Iowa | 6 |
| 25 | UAB | |
| Last week's ballot | ||
Explanations, etc.:
- Cincinnati makes it's debut in the Top 25 after completely dismantling Rutgers yesterday. I was tempted to put them in to begin on the strength of Brian Kelly's coaching alone, but with only 1 starter back on defense I just wasn't too sure about the Bearcats. They have my attention now.
- By that same token, West Virginia is out after struggling with Liberty and being included in the first place behind the oh so solid reasoning "someone has to win the Big East, right?" Yes, someone does, and judging by this weekend's results they are the Bearcats
- Oregon is out of the poll for obvious reasons.
- Nebraska makes their debut as well on the strength of needing someone to replace Oregon and their so called football team.
- It may seem weird to move Ohio State up after they scraped by Navy, but considering how difficult it is to defend that offense when you never see it and can't duplicate in practice I have to give them some credit for finding a way to win.
- LSU got jumped because they had far too much trouble with Washington, and what should have been an improved defense for them gave up more yardage than it did in any game last year, including against Florida, to a team that didn't win a single game last year.
- I expected the Miami/FSU game to be the usual craptacular display that it's become, but that was a great game and both teams looked solid on both sides of the ball. I said I would rank whoever won, so here are the 'Canes at #21.
- Iowa is still ranked for some reason, though I've flopped them back to the bottom of the poll and put Michigan State back higher.
- UAB stays at 25 'til they lose. Go Blazers.
Joe Webb, your CUSA Offensive Player of the Week after racking up 415 yards of total offense and four total TDs.
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Quibbles
-Ohio State moves up two spots after an embarrasing performance against Navy? They at least need to be penalized for one week.
-LSU should also be dropped for giving up nearly 500 yards on defense to a team that went 0-12 last year.
Quibble Part Two
“I expected the Miami/FSU game to be the usual craptacular display… both teams looked solid on both sides of the ball. "
FSU can’t stop a pass, and Miami can’t stop the run. No problem with the rankings, but a team like Clemson is going to eat FSU alive, ditto for Ga. Tech and Da’ U.
You always forget that Nebraska is a state until they pop up in the news about some guy who has 25 kids buried in his backyard
-Ripped off from Deadspin
by Stuck in the Plains on Sep 8, 2009 7:57 AM CDT reply actions
Weird...
…these are auto generated and that’s a new feature from last year. Didn’t even notice it, to be honest. Noted and corrected.
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You dropped Oklahoma awfully far
for losing to a Top-20 team. Is it because Bradford’s going to be out for the foreseeable future? I mean, you dropped them further than you dropped Iowa, who almost lost to a 1-AA team.
Its because...
….they gave up almost 400yards passing to Max Hall after I said their defense gives up too many big plays to be dominant and because their suspect o-line, which I also mentioned as a reason I didn’t trust them, got their Heisman winning QB knocked out for the next several weeks. Honestly, I wish I had just dropped Iowa altogether, but they did find a way to win and have the overall talent to be much much better than that, so I’m taking a wait and see approach.
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Major Oversight
Todd,
I’m writing today to express my disapproval for your BlogPoll ballot. You have made a serious omission, and one that you must rectify post haste if you expect to be seen as anything but a dirty, homer, idiot bammer!
It appears that you have Alabama ranked in the Top 10, and I guess that’s okay, but Auburn played just as fierce an opponent in Louisiana Tech (they’re both “____ Tech”, see?) and put up even more yards than Alabama did.
The only thing a reasonable fan can conclude from this is that you have Alabama over-ranked and Auburn under-ranked!
Please explain how you expect to regain your credibility after this horrible affront to logic!
Warmest Regards,
All Really Brilliant Football Fans Everywhere
I'm wrong all the time.
seriously, pete,
if you don’t stop linking to those creepy S&M sites we’re gonna have to ban you altogether.
by kleph on Sep 8, 2009 11:26 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Not to be picky...
but it’s not S&M…its SM.
Rookie mistake.
You always forget that Nebraska is a state until they pop up in the news about some guy who has 25 kids buried in his backyard
-Ripped off from Deadspin
by Stuck in the Plains on Sep 8, 2009 11:34 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Who let you out of the dungeon?
I'm wrong all the time.
by PeteHoliday on Sep 8, 2009 12:12 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
I love how we get no credit for dominating Virginia Tech's defense
Over the last five seasons, only two teams have scored 34+ points on Virginia Tech and you have to go back to the 2nd week of 2007 to find another team that did it (LSU 48-7).
Well, at this point in the year it is really tough to make strength of schedule type assesssments.
The team that LSU played Saturday night will not be 0-12 this year and I fail to see how their record last year matters. UW is going to a bowl game this year.
Having said that, putting LSU at #6 in the country after that performance is baffleing. It’s almost like you are artificially inflating the rankings of Bama opponents…There just isn’t any basis for thinking the LSU is a top 10 team right now.
At this point in the year...
…you are right that its difficult to make accurate assessments about teams. I still think LSU has the talent to be a top ten team, and most times you just can’t hold a team’s performance in week one against them when they do manage to win despite a lackluster performance.
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The way their defense looked Saturday
makes all the Chavis skeptics look prescient.
MATRIX: Bennett, I thought you were--
BENNETT: Dead? You thought wrong. Ever since you had me thrown out of the unit, I've been waiting to pay you back. Do you know what today is, Matrix? Payday.
Not
to mention traveling 12,000 miles to play your first game can take a bit of a toll.
"A demagogue is one who preaches doctrines he knows to be untrue to men he knows to be idiots." -H. L. Mencken
The team that LSU played Saturday night will not be 0-12 this year and I fail to see how their record last year matters. UW is going to a bowl game this year.
Well, the record last year matters because, in general, statistically speaking, huge changes from year to year (especially upwards) are less common than small changes, and it’s not impossible to look at a team last year, consider the losses, experience gains, and so on to come up with a relatively accurate picture of the team. Are you going to be right all the time? Of course not. Are you going to get pretty close most of the time? Yes.
Also, going to a bowl game is not particularly impressive. Over half of the teams in college football go to bowl games.
No, last year’s record isn’t all that matters, but to say it’s irrelevant is a bit . . . dense.
I'm wrong all the time.
Not in this case.
UW was without their star RB last year, and without their star QB for 2/3 of the season. Also, taking into account that their coaching last year was horrible and the team completely gave up and it is easy to see that this year’s UW team is nothing like last year’s.
However, in general I agree with you, but my point was specific to UW this year.
Will the winner of the
California Los Angeles and Tennessee game be ranked next week?
MATRIX: Bennett, I thought you were--
BENNETT: Dead? You thought wrong. Ever since you had me thrown out of the unit, I've been waiting to pay you back. Do you know what today is, Matrix? Payday.
Dear God No
But that’s just my opinion… UCLA was ranked last year after their win and look how that turned out. Of course, last year is not this year.
by CrimsonWraith on Sep 8, 2009 2:37 PM CDT up reply actions
2009 Tennessaw
is a spitting image of 2007 Alabama.
MATRIX: Bennett, I thought you were--
BENNETT: Dead? You thought wrong. Ever since you had me thrown out of the unit, I've been waiting to pay you back. Do you know what today is, Matrix? Payday.
I'll be honest...
….I like UCLA as a sleeper team this year (like Ole Miss last year). They brought in a lot of talent, Chow’s offense should be clicking in year two, and I think they could go on a pretty good run. I still say they finish behind USC and Cal, but a decent bowl and 9 wins (maybe even ten) are more than possible. I would consider ranking them with a win over UT if it was fairly decisive (and if someone ahead of them *cough*Iowa*cough* continues to look crappy).
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In Iowa's defense...
They lost Jewel Hampton (e.g., their entire offense) after the Preseason BlogPoll. The spread is -8 @ Ames this weekend…and I’m not sure I like their chances.
You always forget that Nebraska is a state until they pop up in the news about some guy who has 25 kids buried in his backyard
-Ripped off from Deadspin
by Stuck in the Plains on Sep 8, 2009 4:31 PM CDT up reply actions
Hopefully not...
Because that would mean they’d wax us in Knoxville…
by Bama philosophe on Sep 8, 2009 6:03 PM CDT up reply actions
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