KITTENATED: MICHIGAN DROPS FROM TOP 25

Does anyone else see No Replies and get the singularly titled Beatles song stuck in their head?

I strongly resent the insinuation. that Gaines is performing oral sex in that picture.

Also…

KU got a media vote! WOOO!

i think the sweatervested one voted meeshigun at 10 so as to boost his cred.

Well I think Michigan’s placement is a perfect example of how what you view a poll ranking to mean.

If it’s a current ranking of a team then yes, obviously they’re out of the top 25 at the moment.

If a poll is a predicator of where a team may end up then, yes, I can actually see Michigan being ranked #10.

B/c the other thing is this- Last time I checked results against I-AA opponents don’t count in strength of schedule or the BCS formulas. Unless that has been changed. If it is still the same, then Michigan in the formulas’ eyes is still 0-0… ..discuss…

Obviously, in the world of perception, Michigan took a major, major blow…

I’m probably the only one, but I can’t get the image of Terry Gilliam in a suit of armor whacking Wayne Phillips in the head with a rubber chicken.

I mean, come on. There’s about 70 teams with better records than Michokegan. Anyone who gave them even the 25 spot should have their ballot revoked.

Here’s all you need to know about the Coaches Poll…

Cal gains 2 spots for a win against Tennessee…while
Louisville gets bumped THREE for beating Murray Fraking State…

Texas drops 3 for their crap game vs Arky St, while Va Tech stays still for the same thing against ECU…

And Ohio St, evidently winning 38-6 is not enough to overcome a loss by a completely different team in conference, since they drop one, presumably for Michigan’s loss…

IOW, the coaches are idiots…

Now now, Pants McPants, the sports information directors that fill out the coaches’ ballots are probably hurt that you refuse to give them credit for voting!

Well, Michigan should have know better than look past any 1-aa champions and for letting them hang around so long. I knew Michigan, the Notre Dames, and even the Ohio States were sliding when they all got mopped up last yr at the end by the SEC. Most of these smaller schools, although small, have atheletes that didn’t qualify to go to bigger schools for academic of economic reasons, and basically you have to dominate them from the 1st play and smash em in the ground, if not, they get that little spark and all of a sudden, they are the “little engine that could” of big time college football. Just goes to show you, you still have to play the game, how it looks on paper doesnt mean anything. PARITY is making a comeback.
The Big House looked like the Big OutHouse.

On a different note, now that he’s been named the starter, what’s the over/under on Jimmy Clausen getting knocked out of the game next week by Penn State’s D? I’m thinking mid-2nd quarter.

Any Appalachian State fans out there?

I had the misfortune of attending the Big Debacle and was wondering if, as some small bit of silver lining, I could get, like, $10 for an auction of my damn ticket stub?

Fuckity fuck fuck.

I think we’re over-ranked at nine as well, especially after the lack of production on Saturday. Everyone is quick to blame Glennon but that’s not entirely fair. The first INT was spit-take stupid but after that the sacks and forced fumbles had a shared responsibility with our offensive line, specifically Marshman who’s filing in on the end. He’s an inside guy who’s too big/slow to play outside and it shows. Go back and look at every play that was blown up and you’ll see Marshman either on his face or standing upright without contacting an ECU defender. The O-line was a serious liability last year and continues to be a major concern this year.

When is Tennessee going to start getting some heat. Back to back OOC losses (Penn State and Cal), lost to ND back to back and once badly 41-21 here recently.

When is Tennessee going to start getting some heat.

Just wait until after the Florida game. If they lose, and look at all bad doing it, it’s going to get ugly.

Phil gets a pass because he’s a good recruiter, and he’s won a MNC.

Re. #4: I could be wrong here, but I think you’re referring to the BCS trig formula from the early 2000s when there was an explicit SOS factor (oh how I miss that quality wins factor – punish yourself for a big, late season win!). 1-AA teams’ records were not factored into that, but that explicit component has been removed.

Also, until this year there was the rule that a school could only use wins over 1-AA schools once every two years for the purposes of gaining bowl eligibility. That was removed also, so now teams can beat a 1-AA team every year to get to six wins and bowl eligibility. No word on whether Michigan can schedule two 1-AA teams in a single year in hopes of beating at least one of them.

Florida’s defense is good. Really. So what if they have to beat Tennessee 56-42. Why must I be reminded about all the missed tackles when we have a shiny new toy at quarterback. Buzzkill.

From perusing the early BlogPoll week 3 ballots, I find myself nodding in agreement with most of the picks. Bloggers, much unlike the AP and Coaches polls, actually seem to be weighing individual efforts rather than some b.s. “ethereal” quality or arbitrary comparison.

Perhaps this is precisely why I’m not, nor will ever be an poll voter: but how hard is it to drop UM entirely this week and say, “If they can bounce back against Oregon, they’ll crack the 25 again?”

Ugh… the damnable polls. We are all Charlie Brown, and cockgobblers like Stewart Mandel (http://tinyurl.com/2zbaw5) are Lucy — forever pulling the football out from under us.

(Note: I was also going to draw and Ike & Tina Turner comparison, but Stu Mandel is no Ike Turner.)

One and Done – some computers don’t count games against 1AA teams.

All the poll voters do. They’re in the BCS, so losses to 1AA teams count.

And this one will count for about 100 years.

Fuckity fuck fuck
Fuckity fuck fuck
Look at Corey Go
Fuckity fuck fuck
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Blocking that UM Field Goal

1. — And save us the agony of watching Clausen’s career slowly implode over the next four years?

1. — Any more pissant dot-com bowls, and they’ll need to drop it to five wins or go four-deep in the Sun Belt to fill them all.

I’m curious what www.pissant.com is, but I fear that going to the site might cost me my job. It can wait.

tuesday nights are cold and lonely without EDSBS Live. :(

Not for me! :)

Dave — told ya so. Condolences.

http://www.everydayshouldbesaturday.com/?p=3214

Keep yer ticket, tho. I’m burning a DVD.

Texas drops 3 for their crap game vs Arky St, while Va Tech stays still for the same thing against ECU…

Yes, but Virginia Tech is American’s Team.

How far would a fifth-ranked team drop after a loss to a mid-level MAC team? Because that’s not too far from what happened Saturday.

“Phil gets a pass because he’s a good recruiter, and he’s won a MNC.”

Palouse, by the transitive property:

Phil Fulmer = Bobby Bowden = Mack Brown

Give or take 50 lbs, of course.

#6: Texas was also ranked 5 spots ahead of Virginia Tech in the preseason poll. The standards are a little more stringent the further up you go.

Preseason polls are shit anyway.

1. Michigan didn’t lose to anybody from the SEC last year, since neither tOSU nor USC belong to that conference. Notre Dame did lose to LSU of course, but they were a fraud and would probably have been beaten by any team that earned a legit BCS berth.

Florida earned the right to gloat over tOSU, no doubt about that. But tOSU has done better (including last year’s BCS loss) than any other SEC school this decade.

1. Tennessee better worry about beating USM this weekend.

And oh, by the way. Which is worse? Losing by two points to a good, sister bangin’ hillbilly team, or not showing up for a good GT team and getting blown out in your own house? I think ND has more to be ashamed of than Michigan.

Well these polls prove it…Michigan did lose and Lloyd Carr did not slip on a toilet seat and invent the flux capacitor.

Yes, OSU has a better record than anyone in the SEC over the last decade. They have also failed to beat any of their SEC opponents in that time.

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Could this be because the SEC isn’t that good, or could it be because the Big Ten is a shadow of its former self and Ohio State is just a really big sixth grader in a class full of fourth graders while the SEC is a giant pack of high school kids who fight amongst themselves?

Wonder what Mark-eece Slo-come has to say about them losing to A. State?

“dis be fux0r3d up " ?

1. Not a good analogy at all. By beating Miami in 2002 and playing Texas to a split in 2005 and 2006 tOSU showed that there is no doubt that they are one of the big boys.

That’s it Gaines….now just the tip!!!