EARLY WARNING
This will be received in a cool-headed, rational manner, we’re sure.
Also, your new top 25 is hyah. We can’t decide if sharing so many similar picks with the hivemind is a sign that we’re more wrong than we imagined, or that everyone communicated the same talking points so quickly the consensus snapped into place. We’re ahead of the curve on one thing, however: at least we didn’t throw in votes for Rutgers (6 votes) or Notre Dame (1 honking, stee-ew-pid like them fancy British ladies would say it vote.)
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doubtingthomas says:
As an Alabama fan, I dunno why my fanbase is so delusional in thinking we don’t get any respect. Media can’t post stories about Alabama fast enough, as it generates hits/papers/magazines/etc sold.
And if we didn’t get respect (which we get more than we deserve as a team off back to back 6-7 & 7-6 seasons) you get it by beating SEC teams, not Tommy Bowden.
September 2nd, 2008 at 5:08 pm
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DevilGrad says:
Jinx!**
[/Auburn fan]
** Not that I’m bitter about SI picking the Tigers to win the World Series. Nope, not at all. No reason to point to that as the reason they can’t FUCKING PITCH AT ALL AND MAILED IN THE FUCKING SEASON AFTER THE TRADE DEADLINE! ‘Cause that would be wrong — and run the risk of offending our fair, baseball-hatin’ proprietor.
September 2nd, 2008 at 5:09 pm
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PeterPumpkinhead says:
re: SI Cover
DAMMIT DAMMIT DAMMIT DAMMIT DAMMIT GODDAMNMUTHERFUCKINGSONSOFBITCHES!!!!!!!
re: Hive Mind
Orson, check out the individual rankings… I’m shocked the average actually makes ANY sense at all… for instance, pollsters in Cali, GA, and AZ ranked Bama 2 or 3, while the guy at the Tennessean (real shock here) ranked Bama 21… BEHIND TENNESSEE AND CLEMSON!!!… can’t they just take his voting rights away now?
September 2nd, 2008 at 5:16 pm
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the croominator says:
Well, there went THAT season…
(consoled by the fact there are still three other teams in the rooting-interest-file)
September 2nd, 2008 at 5:16 pm
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PeterPumpkinhead says:
Seriously, can you interview this Mourice Patton guy at the Tennessean and just ask him what his justification is? I mean, if the guy’s on heroin and sold his vote to his dealer, ok, I can understand that.
September 2nd, 2008 at 5:18 pm
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ClwFlGator says:
Paging Mr. 2Cents, or LSUFreek. Nice, large size source pic to work with here.
September 2nd, 2008 at 5:28 pm
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mobilevol says:
Anyone else think that a certain vp candidate looks like a hot teacher from one of those porn sites?
September 2nd, 2008 at 5:31 pm
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Andy says:
Curses!
While I was glad to see my Bama do the smash-mouth mule whipping on the infidels from Clemzin Saturday night, this scares me more than a fully loaded UGA on the schedule. Look out Bama, you’ve been served warning that Tulane may pull one off some kind of miracle!
Suddenly the 2008 season looks like the Hindenberg…
Can programs negotiate with SI NOT to put them on the cover?
September 2nd, 2008 at 5:55 pm
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Tater Salad says:
I share Mr. Pumpkinhead’s thoughts about being on the cover, but dayum that’s an awesome picture.
Oh, and the obligatory:
ROLL MOTHAFACKIN TIDE WE ARE GOING TO WIN IT ALL SUCK IT BARNERS WE ARE BRINGING HOME THE CRYSTAL AND JULIO JONES, MARK INGRAM, JPW AND TERRANCE CODY WILL FINISH IN A FOUR WAY TIE FOR THE HEISMAN OMG OMG OMG I HAVE TO BE A BOOKSAMILLION AT 4 IN THE MORNING MAYBE CNS WILL SIGN THIS COPY AHHHH
September 2nd, 2008 at 5:55 pm
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InsaneCoachPosse says:
heard behind locked doors at the Auburn atheletics building…
“…..$40,000, $45,000, $50,000. There it is. Now, next week we want you to put the picture of that damned Richt on the cover…fucking pretty boy…”
September 2nd, 2008 at 5:55 pm
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Terry Tate, Office Linebacker says:
no bullshit- cool picture.
but i really prefer how the whole media world still plays highlight clips and pictures to promote the Gators by showing the Auburn game from last year. nevermind the fact of who won…
if nothing else, since last year was chock full of natural (albeit ungodly) upsets, i guess we can count on the rankings being a little tilted to allow for more “surprise wins” and “upsets” if the unnatural kind. I mean seriously- Was VA Tech deserving of being above E. Carolina? Nope. but let’s rank them that way and give the people their upset. Hey- lets do the same thing to Michigan! Awesome idea!
September 2nd, 2008 at 6:06 pm
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NRBQ says:
Speaking from a UGA bias, easily building a 38-0 lead before pissing on the fire and calling in the dogs shouldn’t get you bumped down. The starters enjoyed a couple quarters on the sideline and all the boys got to play. But I won’t dwell on it.
The game wasn’t televised, but do take note: C. King and A.J. Green will open some eyes at SI and the WWL very soon.
September 2nd, 2008 at 6:07 pm
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Gen. Stoopnagle says:
Like anyone paying any attention didn’t know that Clemson was going to seize up and sputter on Bama. They can still win the ACC. If they can beat Wake.
I guess the UCLA-UT game finished too late for consideration?
September 2nd, 2008 at 6:39 pm
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Reasonable Bama Fan says:
Well, crap. There went one potential season down the drain.
And, I mean, Clemson was only the 4th best team on our schedule before the season even began. On paper. They sure were paper Tigers, too.
Well, maybe we can still sneak a bowl out of this upcoming debacle. And here I was thinking we were looking at 9-3. Sigh.
September 2nd, 2008 at 6:46 pm
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oc phil says:
NRBQ: Speaking from a USC bias, I agree with you. It is scheduling the cupcake in the first place that got you bumped down. And it really wasn’t Georgia moving down, it was USC moving up. Clearly kicking the asses on the road of a team that played last New Years day trumps whatever anybody else does to a 1AA team. As it should.
Rewarding USC this week is good for all of college football if it encourages more schools to schedule tougher games instead of cupcakes.
And it wasn’t like USC had the starters play the whole game, 4 QB’s were used and a whole bunch of running backs got the ball (granted there is not much drop off from 1-6 at that position).
September 2nd, 2008 at 6:51 pm
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BamaCPA says:
Even I think we’ve been back more times than Cher.
If we could turn back time…
September 2nd, 2008 at 7:00 pm
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Spazzy McGee says:
Wow, Cal got screwed…
September 2nd, 2008 at 7:20 pm
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Lawrence Ross says:
So Cal plays someone with a pulse for the first game and doesn’t get rewarded with a Top 25 ranking? Sure, that UCLA win was fine, but everyone knows that UCLA is going to finish around seventh in the Pac 10.
September 2nd, 2008 at 7:24 pm
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hlh says:
@13
oc, no whining from me. That beatdown was impressive, as was the one from the Saben Spartans. Damn, talk about motivated! A wall of bodies from the past to protect the chosen! Tonight, we dine at Dreamland!
The pollsters considered the strength of opposition as they should.
Just remember that when USC is playing Stanford, the Washington teams and Oregon State (the worst Pac-10) and UGA plays Vandy, Kentucky, USCe and Bama (the worst SEC), that this same logic applies.
September 2nd, 2008 at 7:25 pm
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kwaj says:
I’m sorry my Bama friends……
Yall are hosed now…..
September 2nd, 2008 at 7:42 pm
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Rob says:
#11: If this were the end of the season, I’d agree with you. A #1 team who wins shouldn’t be moved down.
However, we just wrapped up week 1, and this iteration of the poll is an adjustment on preseason polling. After Sturdivant went down I saw in more than one place voters were saying that Georgia stopped being their preseason #1, which IMO means Georgia wasn’t a solid #1 to them in the first place. I don’t know if I agree with them, but I see the point.
Just keep winning IMO and the ranking will sort itself out anyway.
September 2nd, 2008 at 8:14 pm
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OhioDawg says:
Georgia and tOSU scheduled cupcakes, but at least in-state cupcakes. In Ohio, there’s pressure on tOSU to schedule in-state teams. Next up: Ohio University. Two years ago they ended a 4 season stretch with UC Bearcats/
And after their second cupcake (God I hope I didn’t just unleash some sort of App State curse), UGa goes on the road to ASU.
NRBQ got it right.
And whoever gave ND a vote should be beaten. Especially since you know it’s not Willingham or Davie pulling a Spurrier.
September 2nd, 2008 at 8:32 pm
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Lawrence Ross says:
Since the real Orson Swindle is about to speak at the Repub convention, it would be fantastic if he held up an EDSBS sign at the podium.
September 2nd, 2008 at 8:33 pm
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Dr. Strange says:
#16 UCLA is gonna finish 7th in the league? Just like they were gonna get rolled by Tennessee? Get out the prediction business, Oski.
I’d worry more about Cal’s defense, which as usual under “genius” Jeff Tedford looks like garbage. And by “genius” I mean a guy with a losing record to Karl Dorrell.
September 2nd, 2008 at 8:37 pm
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Grady says:
Orson! I didn’t know you were speaking at the RNC! So, how did Charlie treat you all those years in the Hilton?
September 2nd, 2008 at 8:40 pm
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The Humanitarian says:
I wish this guy was a college football blogger.
September 2nd, 2008 at 8:44 pm
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Mr.Pelican Pants says:
Well shit. Thanks SI….thanks for putting all the bad mojo on a team that was poised to do a little better than last year. Now you have to put us on the cover? WTF? Now Terrance Cody is doomed to have a heart attack or some sort of injury now, and he was the logjam in the middle that turned Thunder and Lightning into Static Electricity and Flatulence….We even have a bootleg version of Knowshon Moreno as a freshman named Ingram…..just when things were looking up…..
September 2nd, 2008 at 10:32 pm
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NewAZTiger says:
First outta the blocks.
September 2nd, 2008 at 11:23 pm
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SpartanDan says:
#11: Your post is a perfect example of why preseason polls should not exist. Too often what people thought before seeing a single snap ends up being the difference in the end (see: Auburn). Poll inertia would be understandable if it was week 13 and everyone’s played 90% of their games, but from the preseason poll to week 1, when 100% of the actual game data you have is new?
September 3rd, 2008 at 1:04 am
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oc phil says:
hlh @17: At this point Georgia’s overall strength of schedule looks like it will end up as one of the toughest. But the games still have to be played and some might not turn out the way you expect so the issue might not be as clear as you expect at the end of the year. I’d have no problem with the winner of USC/tOSU going to the title game in the second slot behind an undefeated SEC team if it turns out that way though. If a Big XII team also runs the table though, things get very messy again.
Lawrence Ross @16: Based on the results first week alone, yeah I agree Cal should be ranked. But that isn’t the way it works and people still remember last season’s collapse.
September 3rd, 2008 at 3:06 am
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Because They Can says:
“…..$40,000, $45,000, $50,000. There it is. Now, next week we want you to put the picture of that damned Richt on the cover…fucking pretty boy…”
SI already cost UGA the anchors of both lines, and that was just a regional cover. But if they were to put the inverted, levitating Richt on the cover, I’m betting Sturdivant and Owens would play the following week.
September 3rd, 2008 at 6:52 am
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Crabapple Buck says:
BTC @ 28
Beanie Wells was on a regional cover too…WTF happened to all of the other regional cover boys?
September 3rd, 2008 at 7:20 am
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bama_buck says:
Cool cover.
We’re back, if you mean we’re back in a position to possibly start competing with other top tier SEC teams.
I have enjoyed beating our first decent regular season, non-conference oponent since Penn State in ‘89.
September 3rd, 2008 at 7:44 am
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Voice of Reason says:
You people do realize that curses aren’t real, right?
September 3rd, 2008 at 7:56 am
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Grady says:
Help…me…I’m sitting here innocently watching TV and some scary guy pops up and yells at me with his finger pointing at me like he’s Uncle Sam, “We are DUKE!”. And then these other big ugly players start yelling “We are Duke! We are Duke!”
Oh the unintentional comedy when you mix football and the ACC.
September 3rd, 2008 at 8:04 am
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PSUgirl says:
I would have fallen out of my chair laughing – but I was sitting on the floor when Orson Swindle took the stage last night.
It was a great moment for America – but no one on the live blog (in which I was participating) got my college football reference. sad.
September 3rd, 2008 at 8:24 am
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Tom Jones' Speedo says:
@7
Yes. Yes she does.
And was anyone expecting a great season from Bama this year? I think they’re two years away; since whoever the next QB is couldn’t jump JPW or is a Freshman this year, I don’t expect much then either.
September 3rd, 2008 at 8:50 am
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zzgator says:
Crabapple @ 32
Our regional coverboys…Harvin and Spikes…both missed the opening game.
Tebow, of course, was unaffected.
September 3rd, 2008 at 10:25 am
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Adam Verducci says:
VoR @ 34:
I can’t hear you because Carlos Zambrano’s torn labrum is stuck in my ear.
September 3rd, 2008 at 10:32 am
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Gen. Stoopnagle says:
Wasn’t the Mizzou WR on a cover as well? He’s a little bit hurt, but expected to play…
September 3rd, 2008 at 10:59 am
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Cardiac Kids says:
@ #7:
To tie that in to sports, as this is a sports blog, she kinda looks like the teacher/stripper from Varsity Blues.
September 3rd, 2008 at 12:23 pm
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citiesweregreat says:
Jebus #7, I thought you were talking about Biden and one J W Holmes. Glad to get that straightened up.
September 3rd, 2008 at 2:19 pm
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au4040 says:
that version is fake, here is the real version.
http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w187/au4040/Alabama-SI-1.jpg
September 3rd, 2008 at 2:56 pm