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Blogpoll Ballot, Week Eight (Really, Week Eight)

RankTeamDelta
1 Texas 2
2 Alabama 1
3 Florida 1
4 Iowa
5 Cincinnati
6 Southern Cal
7 TCU 3
8 LSU 3
9 Boise State 2
10 Oregon 1
11 Georgia Tech 1
12 Penn State 3
13 Oklahoma State 1
14 Virginia Tech 1
15 Miami (Florida) 7
16 Houston 1
17 Pittsburgh 3
18 Utah 1
19 West Virginia 4
20 Ohio State 1
21 Arizona
22 South Carolina 2
23 Central Michigan
24 Clemson
25 Notre Dame
Last week's ballot

 

Dropped Out: Brigham Young (#16), Texas Tech (#18), Arkansas (#22), Nebraska (#25).
Games Watched: Michigan vs. Penn State (part), Michigan State vs. Iowa.

Lots of movement this week, including four new teams.  I might not even be in the running for the Numb Existence Award this time around . . .

  • Texas looked by far the best this weekend, so they're your new #1.  I have a very difficult time differentiating between the top three teams now that Alabama looked terrible on Saturday.
  • Likewise, Iowa and Cincinnati are awfully close in the next two positions.
  • I can't justify ranking Boise so highly anymore.  They've played nobody since Oregon (who look great now, FWIW), and won't play anyone else until their bowl game.  Shame.
  • Penn State looked damned impressive on Saturday.
  • Ohio State may be ranked too high.
  • Welcome Central Michigan and Notre Dame!  (Gross.)

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That picture of LaMichael James is weird as hell. Caption says he’s running, but he looks like he’s just standing there in warm-ups.

by Mike Rogers on Oct 27, 2009 10:37 PM CDT reply actions  

Ha, yep.

It was also a pretty boring picture, so I changed it. This one’s better.

"Do not cheat your team or your teammates. Know your plays. Block. Protect. Add to what we are trying to do."
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by LVS on Oct 27, 2009 10:48 PM CDT up reply actions  

Good call.

Also is it safe here to admit to being a bandwagon USC fan after MSU?

by Mike Rogers on Oct 27, 2009 11:46 PM CDT up reply actions  

LSU ahead of Boise?

Why? Even if you excuse LSU’s loss on the basis that they lost to one of the top three, LSU hasn’t beaten anyone of note and hasn’t been blowing out bad teams either.

To be honest, I don’t think there’s any justification for USC ahead of Boise either (maybe if they win this week … maybe). You lose to a 3-5 team, you do not belong ahead of anyone who hasn’t lost so long as that team has even one good win (and all of them do).

by SpartanDan on Oct 27, 2009 11:43 PM CDT reply actions  

Would that be UC Davis, who they beat 34-16,

or Miami*, or Hawai’i?

*of Ohio

Deus nobiscum, quis contra?

by chocochuck02 on Oct 28, 2009 12:09 AM CDT up reply actions  

Maybe the 28-21 beatdown at Tulsa?

I haven’t seen one inkling that LSU is a top 15 team yet this year. But if Boise State gets caught looking ahead to the University of Mexico, or Grambling, they might be in for it.

Deus nobiscum, quis contra?

by chocochuck02 on Oct 28, 2009 12:13 AM CDT up reply actions  

Actually, it would be Oregon

Who’s been kinda good the rest of the year, in case you hadn’t noticed. That’s a much better win than anything LSU has put up to date.

by SpartanDan on Oct 28, 2009 7:16 PM CDT up reply actions  

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