Comments on: BLOGPOLL BALLOT DRAFT, WEEK TEN: TROJANS SLIDE DOWN SNUGLY.

By: Aerobab

Aerobab — Wed, 01 Nov 2006 20:11:13 +0000

Re #46:
Why in the world are criteria 2-7 needed in the divisional 2-team tie breaker? Since when do interdivisional teams play one another more than once in the regular season?

By: DC Trojan

DC Trojan — Wed, 01 Nov 2006 19:42:47 +0000

Vanderbilt of the west? What the F–k are you talking about? USC lost to Oregon State not Stanford.

Tzubear, I was wondering the same thing.

By: WDKatie

WDKatie — Wed, 01 Nov 2006 19:23:08 +0000

FYI about how they would work a two way or three way tie with the SEC West….. here’s how it would work….
http://www.secsports.com/index.php?s=&change_well_id=2&url_article_id=46

By: BC Eagle

BC Eagle — Wed, 01 Nov 2006 19:18:05 +0000

canuck you rule for putting BC #10

By: canuck

canuck — Wed, 01 Nov 2006 16:37:48 +0000

It’s just too funny when PAC10 types fail to accept that the SEC has very good 2 and 3 loss teams. It’s equally hilarious when SEC types fail to accept the reverse.

The reason that the PAC10 is #1 in Sagarin SOS with the SEC teams close behind is that U$C WAS the only exception to the Pac10 and SEC having more parity amongst “bowling” teams than the other conferences.

By: James

James — Wed, 01 Nov 2006 16:11:04 +0000

“Vanderbilt of the West. Did I miss a BCS bowl game this decade that Vandy won?”

Did I miss a new issue of U.S. News that had Oregon State ranked higher than third tier??

By: canuck

canuck — Wed, 01 Nov 2006 16:09:59 +0000

Orson,

Florida way low. Texas way high. WVU/Louisville/Rutgers should be bunched together until Thursday.

For all the yahoos and pollsters playing SOS and narrow escape GOTCHA, it has to apply to the SEC and Texas as well. Tennessee’s escape against an ACADEMY is only one example of the idiocy afoot.

From Sagarin here are the current SOS rankings and quality wins for all zero and one lose teams ( E.g. Florida SOS=8, 1 win over Sagarin top 10, 4 over Sagarin top 30).

USC (1) 0/3
California (2) 0/4
Florida (8) 1/4
Notre Dame(13) 0/2
Tennessee (15) 1/1
Michigan (16) 0/3
Ohio State (23) 1/0
Auburn (26) 1/0
Boston College (41) 0/3
Texas (48) 0/1
Louisville (70) 0/1
Wisconsin (77) 0/0
West Virginia (89) 0/2
Boise State (92) 0/1
Rutgers (97) 0/1
Arkansas (98) 1/1

I’d rank as follows PARKING West Virginia/Louisville/Rutgers until they start playing each other:

1. Ohio State (23) 1/0
2. Michigan (16) 0/3
3. Florida (8) 1/4
4. Tennessee (15) 1/1
5. California (2) 0/4
6. USC (1) 0/3
7. Notre Dame(13) 0/2
8. Arkansas (98) 1/1
9. Auburn (26) 1/0
10. Boston College (41) 0/3
11.Texas (48) 0/1
12. West Virginia (89) 0/2
13. Louisville (70) 0/1
14. Rutgers (97) 0/1
15. Boise State (92) 0/1
16. Wisconsin (77) 0/0

By: RacketMan

RacketMan — Wed, 01 Nov 2006 15:08:34 +0000

Look who's eating the Chan Gailey oatmeal now!

By: Will

Will — Wed, 01 Nov 2006 14:37:12 +0000

Orson, I just can’t understand this. This is the second week in a row you’ve stepped on your own peepee.

Unlike the irate Arkansas Fans, I’ll try and take a semi-objective approach to why dropping a team that won by 34 over the weekend 3 spots.

Some of the slotting teams ahead is questionable at best, though. I’ll give you the poster-child example. Texas A&M.

A&M? How? Who have they beat, exactly? Have they gone on the road to beat a Top 15 team at any point this season?
The best win they’ve managed is a home win vs. Missouri. The next most impressive win is a tossup between Baylor and Okie State. Would you rather have beating them, or beating Auburn and Alabama on your resume?

I’m more impressed with this: play with a True Freshman QB, with a season ending injury to your Freshman All-American LB, and in the SEC, and start out 7-1. Actually *fall* in someone’s theoretical ranking poll, for winning. Lose to one team that’s still ranked in the Top 10, without your All-American caliber RB, and a QB who is now 5th on your WR depth chart, and commit 5 turnovers; keep it close at the half though. Be last in the country in Turnover margin; force fewer turnovers than any other team in the country, and *still* start 7-1.

You know its right, Orson. Its just hard to give credit to a team that wins so unglamourously. 40 runs a game may not be as much fun to watch as the Fun N’ Gun, but it still works, and is still winning football games more impressively than many of your Top 15.

By: Aerobab

Aerobab — Wed, 01 Nov 2006 14:25:23 +0000

GCTony: I'm aboard with you; primarilly because either my Vols or Auburn would likely be the receipient of the #2 BCS spot (with LOTS of help elsewhere) while avoiding the SECC. To answer your question the BCS Rules state that "The top two teams in the final BCS Standings will play in the national championship game." No exceptions or caviats. IMO, it's a horrible rule and should be changed ASAP.

By: gamecocktony

gamecocktony — Wed, 01 Nov 2006 13:57:01 +0000

I can’t believe you are in love with Texas and Cal – both horribly overrated. Look at how weak the Big XII and Pac10 are overall.

I, personally, am rooting for the SEC Doomsday scenario where a one-loss team misses the SEC Championship but ends up 2 in the BCS. I would love to see Uncle John Saunders spin that one.

Can someone clarify something for me? I have heard rumors/whispers about an unwritten rule that would not allow teams who don’t make their conference championship games into the mythical NC game. Does anyone know if this exists or if it is set to kick-in at a later year?

By: BJ Strykker

BJ Strykker — Wed, 01 Nov 2006 13:06:23 +0000

Oregon State has had a losing record over the last 6 years. Vandy’s record has been slightly worse, but it’s the SEC after all.

No, they’re no Stanford. But Stanford did beat Oregon State last year– in Corvallis, Oregon no less.

It’s an embarrasing loss for USC.

By: Harris

Harris — Wed, 01 Nov 2006 11:28:04 +0000

Orson drinks martinis? I’d always imagined him swilling Wild Turkey from the bottle while wearing nothing but jorts and one shoe standing among the various livestock and rusted Camaro parts that litter the EDSBS office and singing the Orgeron song. Now I see he is a man of taste and breeding. A man who wears a monocle, smoking jacket and fez. A man who reads “Barely Legal” for the articles. Huzzah to you, sir.

By: Ashamed

Ashamed — Wed, 01 Nov 2006 10:45:05 +0000

Wooderson, (#1) the only thing creepier than Hellraiser is that I made out with a chick in middle school once while it was playing in the background.

By: Beergut

Beergut — Wed, 01 Nov 2006 10:27:21 +0000

Arkansas – Texas A&M would make for a helluva game, although I’d be worried about how the Aggies would fare, simply b/c Nutt > Franchione.
I’d keep A&M beneath Arkansas until we beat another ranked team (Missouri should no longer be ranked).