BlogPoll Ballot Week 8... Official
Comments welcomed, as always.
Something I will defend to the death is my omission of Cal. Wins over I-AA Sac State, awful awful NMSU, UW, Arizona, and Illinois, losses to the only two half competent teams they've played. They trailed Illinois in the fourth. I hated putting them and their no-QB having, no-defense having asses in at all, and now I don't have to. Like Texas Tech with two losses.
Also Texas Tech and Auburn get no love because of the level of competition they've defeated. Sorry, TT, I don't think Nebraska is any good.
Rank | Team | Snark |
---|---|---|
1 | Southern Cal | Their margin over the rest of the field is now very thin, but a margin it is. |
2 | Texas | Texas Tech appears to be the last serious hurdle... but who knows how serious they are anyway? |
3 |
Georgia |
As discussed earlier, VT and UGA are very similar teams. Georgia's played better competition. |
4 |
Virginia Tech | Um... yeah. Schedule is about to ramp up. |
5 |
UCLA |
Giant jump based on everyone else eating it, but they didn't exactly cover themselves in glory either. Past this point... it's a mess. |
6 |
Alabama |
A last second field goal to beat Ole Miss? Er... that Florida win doesn't look so hot any more, does it. |
7 |
Florida State | Yeah, they lost. So did basically everyone else. |
8 |
Miami |
Functional DNP vs. Temple. |
9 |
Penn State | Loss of Williams will hurt very badly. |
10 |
LSU | Arizona State close call keeps looking worse. Florida win doesn't really impress much given the offense's failing to exist. Not going anywhere. |
11 |
Boston College | Thrilling last second victory! What a game! |
12 |
Notre Dame | DNP. |
13 |
Oregon | I dunno. I think they're pretty decent, but I'm really uncomfortable with them here. |
14 |
Ohio State |
Won via gift. (Ok, ok, you gifted them five fumbles as well.) |
15 |
Wisconsin | Won via gift. |
16 |
Michigan State | Maybe you do hate winning. |
17 |
Minnesota | You hate winning too. |
18 |
Auburn | Why is this team behind the Big Ten clusterintercourse? Wins over WKU, Ball State, South Carolina, Arkansas, and Miss State. Loss to the one non awful team they played. |
19 |
Texas Tech | Opportunity to prove it Saturday. |
20 |
Florida | Not to go all Sports Guy, but how do you think Orson felt watching Urban cry in the postgame? That's never, ever a good sign. It's like having a quarterback named "Joey." |
21 |
Tennessee | DNP. |
22 |
Georgia Tech |
Functional DNP vs. Duke before Miami showdown. |
23 |
Fresno State |
Last best hope against USC? |
24 |
West Virginia |
Um... I guess? |
25 |
Virginia |
Probably temporary. |
Dropped Out: Cal(#15, ITYS),Louisville(#21), Colorado (#24)
Games I Saw: Michigan-PSU, UVA-FSU (half), MSU-OSU(half), Minnesota-Purdue(bits of the first half); Iowa-IU (yes, I taped it... help me); LSU-UF.
Help Requested: Anything you've got. This is a disaster.
Update: Dropped Michigan for UVA at #25, dropped Iowa for WVU at #24.