...talks about how UConn hasn't been in contact and how they're out. (HT: UMHoops)
Blogpoll Ballot, Week 10
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MGoBlog Ballot - Week 10
| Rank | Team | Delta |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alabama Crimson Tide |  1 |
| 2 | Kansas St. Wildcats |  -1 |
| 3 | Oregon Ducks | -- |
| 4 | Notre Dame Fighting Irish | -- |
| 5 | Florida St. Seminoles | -- |
| 6 | Florida Gators | -- |
| 7 | LSU Tigers | -- |
| 8 | Ohio St. Buckeyes | -- |
| 9 | South Carolina Gamecocks | 1 |
| 10 | Oregon St. Beavers | 4 |
| 11 | Georgia Bulldogs | -- |
| 12 | Clemson Tigers | -3 |
| 13 | Oklahoma Sooners | -1 |
| 14 | Texas A&M Aggies | -1 |
| 15 | Stanford Cardinal | -- |
| 16 | UCLA Bruins | -- |
| 17 | Louisville Cardinals | 5 |
| 18 | Nebraska Cornhuskers | -1 |
| 19 | USC Trojans | -1 |
| 20 | Texas Longhorns | new |
| 21 | Northwestern Wildcats | 2 |
| 22 | Rutgers Scarlet Knights | new |
| 23 | Michigan Wolverines | new |
| 24 | Kent St. Golden Flashes | new |
| 25 | Ohio Bobcats | new |
| Dropouts: Texas Tech Red Raiders, Oklahoma St. Cowboys, Arizona Wildcats, Duke Blue Devils, Mississippi St. Bulldogs | ||
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A REMINDER. I don't actually look at my old ballots before I assemble these things so no jitter is pretty weird.
NEW #1. Yeah, beating LSU leaps Alabama back to the top. That game doesn't affect LSU's status at all because hey, everyone behind LSU: just try and lose to Alabama by four points.
Oregon State soars! No reason.
Clemson plummets! No reason.
Michigan! Oh hell you try to find a team to put in there. Michigan's only losses are to Alabama, ND, and Nebraska when they did not have a QB for half of it.
MACtion! See the previous bullet.
November 6th, 2012 at 11:17 AM | 
The Bill Snyder Lifetime Achievement Vote
The Bill Snyder Lifetime Achievement Vote
November 6th, 2012 at 1:24 PM |
I don't know that I'd say Snyder is "everything that's right"
I don't know that I'd say Snyder is "everything that's right"
I think he gets love for being a good coach that took a bad program and made them good, and stuck with them, but I don't know if that makes his program a role model. He traditionally fills his team with Juco players. Not a couple to fill out a roster. Like almost 30 on this squad alone. I don't know that's the college athletic experience I think the sport is modeled after. And guys who like to cut corners for quicker wins that way generally do it other ways too.
He might just look good compared to the other guys running undefeated teams right now.
"I love him, he's a great coach, he's a great mentor, he's a great friend. He's every single thing you want a college coach to be, and he does it flawlessly." -David Molk
November 6th, 2012 at 12:59 PM |
Have you watched a single
Have you watched a single
Have you watched a single K-State game all season? Since this is the internet and you are just going to lie to me, I'll cut you off at the pass and say that you haven't watched a game because then you would have not written this post.
K-State is a good team. They were 10-3 last year and returned just about everyone. Their QB is going to be a heisman trophy finalist and no one is going to question that. Why shouldn't they be respected?
Are you a park ranger at Yellowstone? Say hi to Yogi Bear for me. - the_big_house 500th
I may not be a 70 year old man. - Herm
November 6th, 2012 at 1:04 PM |
KState does play good defense
KState does play good defense
but they feel like w team waiting to lose 35-14 as soon as someone manages to shutdown Collin Klein whereas Oregon is basically the unstoppable machine on offense but without much defense to support it. I do think Oregon has a much better shot of beating Bama than KState does. Collin Klein would be eaten alive
Rudy watches inspirational movies about Shawn Hunwick
November 6th, 2012 at 1:22 PM |
I have no idea who would
I have no idea who would
I have no idea who would match up better vs Alabama since I think their defense would stop both Oregon and K-State.
Are you a park ranger at Yellowstone? Say hi to Yogi Bear for me. - the_big_house 500th
I may not be a 70 year old man. - Herm
November 6th, 2012 at 2:33 PM |
Snyder is such a coward. He
Snyder is such a coward. He
Snyder is such a coward. He backed out of a game against Oregon. How great would that game have been. Oregon vs. Kansas State. As far as I am concerned I don't care if Kansas State is the only undefeated team in the country, they don't deserve to go to the title game.
November 6th, 2012 at 11:27 AM |
Who has USC beaten to deserve a Top 20 ranking?
Who has USC beaten to deserve a Top 20 ranking?
they seem to be living off preseason hype.
November 6th, 2012 at 11:48 AM |
even if that were true
even if that were true
There aren't many teams you could make a case to put ahead of usc.
You could maybe make a case for Michigan, which has significantly better losses (all ranked teams, including 2 top 4).
TTU is a good possibility, as they have better losses than USC (all ranked teams) and better wins than Michigan (WVU, TCU). So what I'm saying is that TTU is a big omission in your blogpoll, Brian (imo).
Texas is the other one that could reasonably be considered ahead of USC in the blogpolls, as they have a better record (7-2 vs 6-3), better wins and better (and fewer) losses.
For my privacy, my new username is "non-Oriental non-Andrew"
November 6th, 2012 at 11:41 AM |
FsU
FsU
I don't understand this at all. FSU has not beat anyone.
November 6th, 2012 at 12:05 PM |
What are you talking about?!?
What are you talking about?!?
What are you talking about?!? You mean Murray St. and Savannah St. aren't quality wins?!?
/s
"And when we play as a team, when the old season is over, you and I know, it's gonna be Michigan again, Michigan."
November 6th, 2012 at 12:09 PM |
Not really related to Brian's
Not really related to Brian's
Not really related to Brian's personal poll, but I went to look at the overall results of the Blog poll and saw that Ohio State had 1 first place vote. Laughing to myself at the obvious homerish behavior of a delusional OSU-slappy blog writer I discovered that it was actually cast by the guy who writes a blog for...Boise State. That was definitely an "LOL...WUT?" moment.
We ARE Michigan....COME GET SOME!!!
November 6th, 2012 at 12:20 PM |
I believe said blogger has
I believe said blogger has
I believe said blogger has been doing this for some weeks. I don't really understand why, but there was a note on SBNation about it a couple of weeks ago.
"And when we play as a team, when the old season is over, you and I know, it's gonna be Michigan again, Michigan."
November 6th, 2012 at 2:01 PM |
I think that blogger may rank
I think that blogger may rank
I think that blogger may rank based on number of D1 wins.
November 6th, 2012 at 2:04 PM |
A&M
A&M
You dropped A&M a spot after they slaughtered MissSt @ MissSt???
If Michigan played Oregon and played KSU, which team would you be the most scared of? For me, hands down, it would be Oregon. I still think lot of voters, bloggers and coaches alike, are giving Snyder and KSU the benefit of the doubt here becuase he seems to be everything that is right about college football, while Oregon seems to be everything that is wrong about college football.
Both programs are morally bankrupt, and cheated to amass their rosters, but Alabama vs Oregon is the only "championship" game that makes sense on the field. Hopefully, KSU and ND can manage to lose once each in the next three weeks and take it out of the hands of voters.
I suppose, in the interest of fair play, that I should hope for Oregon and Alabama to lose and for ND vs KSU to be the "championship" game, but I am old enough to remember how insufferable ND fans are after an MNC. They aren't classless like Sparty, or ignorant trolls like OSU, but their belief that God wants their team to win, and that they are just plain better than everyone else, puts them in a special category of arrogance.