BLOGPOLL DRAFT, WEEK ELEVEN/TWELVISH
This week’s blogpoll draft, put up to get the obvious mistakes charred out of the hide of this beast before submission. Preparation: it’s the new procrastination!
Errors, early apologies, and questions below.
| Rank | Team | Delta |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ohio State | — |
| 2 | Oregon |  1 |
| 3 | LSU |  1 |
| 4 | Kansas | 2 |
| 5 | Oklahoma | — |
| 6 | Missouri | 1 |
| 7 | Connecticut | 3 |
| 8 | West Virginia | 1 |
| 9 | Arizona State | 5 |
| 10 | Boston College | 2 |
| 11 | Georgia | 6 |
| 12 | Southern Cal | 14 |
| 13 | Virginia | 10 |
| 14 | Virginia Tech | 6 |
| 15 | Texas | 4 |
| 16 | Tennessee | — |
| 17 | Penn State | 9 |
| 18 | Florida State | 8 |
| 19 | Michigan | 1 |
| 20 | Florida | 6 |
| 21 | Clemson | 8 |
| 22 | South Florida | 3 |
| 23 | Boise State | 3 |
| 24 | Alabama | 2 |
| 25 | Arkansas | 1 |
Errors, queries, other minor tragedies.
Dropped: Wake? Unsure why the first draft doesn’t have them on, other than that we feel the marginal victor of choice in the ACC is not the Demon Deacons but the Virginia Cavaliers. Purdue and Hawaii get no apologies for lack of performance and lack of schedule strength, respectively. BYU gets bumped in the bustle, but Auburn’s the real question mark here. They have the best defense overall in the SEC, and are likely worthy of an edit for inclusion.
Added for dubious reasons: Arkansas, who may be in the poll as a nod to McFadden/Jones alone.
The muddle at the top: The Big 12 dominates the top ten, and we’re suspicious of that clump up there, especially Kansas, who now that everyone has universally acknowledged their goodness will immediately choke–because this is 2007, and we trust no team given a compliment to not let it go to their head and immediately crash and burn the following week.
Oregon at 2 looks like a keeper, though. Their nod over LSU at this point is their snappy, clean offense and discipline, something LSU’s rollicking mess of an offense–talented beyond belief but prone to errors that make things far, far harder than they need be–does not have.
Critiques, invective, and comments below.
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51
PSUfanNYC says:
The SEC has some hot women, without question. I was simply defending the Big 10 ladies. The PAC 10 and ACC are pretty loaded as well. The Big East….not so much.
November 6th, 2007 at 3:04 pm
52
Harleyman says:
Pat Forde, Mel Kiper, Todd McShay, Mark Schlabach, David Albright, Bill Curry, Rece Davis, Jim Donnan, and Bruce Feldman all have LSU #2 (That’s 9 out of the 16 analyst from ESPN) and Rod Gilmore and Colin Cowherd have LSU #1. That ups it to 11 out of 16. Maybe it’s just me but I see LSU above Oregon.
November 6th, 2007 at 3:12 pm
53
Crabapple Buck says:
Every school has good looking women. Hell, they are all 18-22, they should be decent looking at that age. I don’t think any team is suiting up the babes though. We did however have a cheerleader, Tara Zinslen, that kicked a 25 yd FG to beat a Miami cheerleader at halftime of the BCSCG in 2003.
November 6th, 2007 at 3:14 pm
54
Crabapple Buck says:
Harleyman @ 52
Are you seriously pointing to ESPN as a source of reason? Does Orson still have the thread of 1000+ comments on how shitty the WWL is? Maybe we need another one for the talent starved mouse affiliate. Yes, I’m aware they have tOSU guys employed there.
November 6th, 2007 at 3:20 pm
55
Harleyman says:
#49 – the All Time AP football Poll has 8 SEC teams in the top 25. only 5 Big 10.
The Southeastern Conference had 269 players on the 2007 National Football League active rosters, which leads all conferences.
The Atlantic Coast Conference was second with 238 players, followed by the Big Ten with 234 players, Pac-10 with 183 players, Big 12 with 176 players and the Big East with 84 players
The SEC had five of its schools with 30-or-more-players on NFL rosters. No other conference had two.
Dang – why do SEC’ers have to defend this every year!
November 6th, 2007 at 3:22 pm
56
MiseanAuFan says:
PSU, you may want to change #2 and #3 in the SEC to #3 and #4, since like the Big 10 last year, the SEC fielded two BCS teams (and unlike the Big 10, the SEC managed to win both of their BCS games handily, as opposed to having their asses handed to them in both of them). Granted, Arkansas did win the West division, but LSU was better by pretty much any objective measure (including head-to-head).
Plus, since the way the SEC bowls tie-ins are, it’s really hard to say who was #3 or #4 in the SEC last year (I’d certainly say that a 10-2 Auburn was better than a 9-3 UT, e.g.). The SEC has agreements to play in bowl games against 3 BCS conferences’ runners-up (Capital One-B10, Cotton-B12, Peach-ACC), which virtually guarantees that an SEC #4 or 5 will play against another conference’s runner up. I’d be hard-pressed to find another conference with such arrangements.
November 6th, 2007 at 3:26 pm
57
SonofSamford says:
Auburn doesn’t have time for this bullshit.
November 6th, 2007 at 3:35 pm
58
bada-bing says:
Blogpoll redacted.
November 6th, 2007 at 3:42 pm
59
HooShotYa says:
I’m a UVA guy, and I started to write this comment about how having the Cavs ahead of VT at this point isn’t defensible (even if I think they’ll win in Charlottesville in 3 weeks), but ended up coming to a different conclusion. Both are sitting at 2 losses with comparable signature wins (Clemson/UConn), but UVA also holds a win over 6-3 Wake while VT holds a win over I-AA William and Mary. Of course, UVA’s losses are to less-than-average Wyoming and NC State, while VT dropped to #2 and #10. I guess they should be pretty darn close to each other, but probably should each be 3-4 spots closer to the back of the 2-loss pack on account of 1) miserable losses, or 2) lack of achievement.
On teams I don’t care about, Tennessee and Penn State are way overvalued, and I definitely question the inclusion of the plummeting Leavitt Eradication Squad in Tampa.
November 6th, 2007 at 3:45 pm
60
marcillac says:
Erik @ 27
350 yards on AUBURN’s D, in a close game where every yard matters is damn impressive.
To be honest only saw 4th qtr of Oregon/ASU game and that out of corner of my eye and while ASU moved the ball well Oregon certainly looked in control. Still LSU has firepower like Oregon hasn’t seen yet and on a netural field (an in a hypothetical MNC mathcup NOLA would only be so neutral). The ASU win was excellent but I’m not sure the outcome doesn’t change in Tempe.
Oregon’s offense is the shit – at this point I’d give it an edge over the LSU D. I like the LSU O over Oregon by a bigger margin, though.
LSU 35 – Oregon 31 (unless the kitties fuck it up – which they may).
November 6th, 2007 at 4:27 pm
61
Stockman says:
Connecticut has a footbawl team….get out.
November 6th, 2007 at 4:38 pm
62
PeterPumpkinhead says:
Orson, I understand you apologize each week when releasing this thing, but apologizing up front doesn’t make up for doing a half-ass job… this poll is embarrassing… it’s the kind of thing that allows people to defend the idea of Mark May voting in the AP Poll.
Fix it. Fix it now. For the love of god, fix it now.
November 6th, 2007 at 4:52 pm
63
Brian O'Blivion says:
You might as well rank Notre Dame just for fun. After all, they beat UCLA, who beat Stanford, who beat #12 USC. Rank the UW one spot higher, since Ty’s recruits are responsible for both teams’ records.
November 6th, 2007 at 5:02 pm
64
OhioDawg says:
Buy Cincinnati Bearcats! Buy, Buy, Buy. They WILL beat UConn this weekend.
November 6th, 2007 at 5:39 pm
65
Holly says:
Recognizing that this is 2007 and that everyone’s lost to everyone…I am so uncomfortable seeing Tennessee in the Top 25. I like us at about 27. (Well, not *like*, but lordy, we’ve played one decent game all year.)
November 6th, 2007 at 6:16 pm
66
Justin says:
Your ranking of Tennessee, Connecticut, and your relative ranking of UM/PSU, as others point out, is indefensible. I’ll throw in:
Virginia the best school in the state?
Texas over Michigan?
Note that I agree with Oregon at #2.
November 6th, 2007 at 6:24 pm
67
flattop says:
38,
Oh, don’t mistake my post for saying speed isn’t important. What I am saying is that there is speed everywhere, not just the SEC. Don’t you really think that most DB’s that start at BCS conference schools all aren’t fast? Are Miami/FSU/USC/OSU/Texas/OU players so much slower just because they don’t play in the SEC. OSU has a true Frosh from GA that is getting significant PT this year that was down to UGA and OSU, does the fact that he choose OSU make him slower. The SEC speed myth would be akin to me saying that there is a B10 size advantage or a P10 strength advantage etc, etc. Everyone, EVERYONE, is big, fast, and strong, not just the SEC.
November 6th, 2007 at 9:37 pm
68
DanPeck says:
so Arkansas AND Florida both get nods despite being 3-loss teams with home losses to Auburn
but we drop Auburn from 15 to out of the poll because they only beat Tennessee Tech by 32?
good job
November 6th, 2007 at 10:44 pm
69
Gary Danielson says:
wtf soopid
November 7th, 2007 at 1:33 pm