BLOGPOLL DRAFT, WEEK FIVE: STOIC EDITION

Is anyone prepared to live in a world where there are two teams from the state of Utah in the Top 11.
Besided the Mormons, of course…. with all their canned goods, and all.

Bama should be #1. They earned it.

Wow, OSU kills Minny and drops four? (Don’t let the 34-21 score fool you, it was 34-6 in the 4th Q when we put in the 4th stringers). With Beanie back and Pryor improving every week, there are not 18 teams better than OSU right now…

And Northwestern at #21? Just because a team is undefeated doesn’t mean they warrant any attention at all…

I think the words, “right now” should be inserted after the title of “Best team playing the best football” only because we have seen quite a few teams look unbeatable this season and then lose to an unranked team playing out of their gorge(sp?).

And as much as I want Alabama to be number one ( and I think that they might be), we definitely need to take away the lessons learned from this past weekend that no one is invincible (Except for Nick Saban himself, because he just doesn’t have time for this shit).

I am sure the PSU bandwagon will be rendered inoperable after tOSU poleaxes them in Columbus on 10/18. How far will you drop tOSU after they beat Wisconsin in Camp Randle this week? You just dropped us 4 spots for our win over Minny that wasn’t as close as the 13 point margin indicated.

I agree with #2. How does tOSU handle a supremely underrated Minnesota team and drop 4 places? If anything, they should go up for defeating a hungry, scrappy group of underachievers.

I’d also like to point out that tOSU had a huge handicap this week with Glen Mason being honorary captain. Usually a team led by Mason holding a 34-6 lead ends up in the headlines the next day with something along the lines of “Team Blows Insurmountable Lead in Nearly Impossible Manner 35-34”

wow, ohio state fans are working the pollsters already. After the same USC team that de-flowered the buckeyes a few weeks ago was exposed themselves, y’all should stop talking until you’ve beaten someone decent.

@3: Gord sez “gourd, not gorge”.

Do you understand how tOSU might be devalued a bit after their lord and master SoCal went down to Oregon State?

Big Ten Football: Whining Your Way to the Top!

Polish those turds all you want Orson, but at least we beat the Ole Miss of the Big Ten. At home.

Orson,
Any given day any team can hang with, get destroyed by or give the donkey punch to any other team. tOSU did get panced by USC and USC then paid us back by sleepwalking through a game, like they were dorothy in OZ trying to catch a midget who liked to dance.

4 spots I will give you. What the buckeyes need to do, (no capital letter until they put on their big girl panties and beat a real team), is conitnue to play and dominate the big ten as usual. I think Pennitentiary State is the big contender this year for the crown. I do have to argue with lumping all of the big ten teams together down at the bottom.

Just keep in mind the any given day above.

@ Crabapple Buck: Ah, touche! These intestines go right back in, now don’t they…

@#9,

Urban set the precedent, we’re just following his lead.

Wow, you know things are shaky in Columbus when Buckeye fans are touting a win over Minnesota.

THREADJACK:

How many ass rapings is tOSU going to have to take from OCC teams before their fans realize that they should stop trying to justify why their team should be ranked higher than they are, especially after beating a perininal punching bag of the Big Televen?

@ Crabapple -

Minnesota isn’t the Ole Miss of the Big Ten! They’re like the Vanderbilt of the Big Ten. They used to be awesome like 75 years ago, but now they’re just awful. Michigan State or Iowa is more like the Ole Miss of the Big Ten, the former of which I’m not so certain tOSU would beat.

Ok Orson, I have held off on saying it, but your insistence on the “shameful” nature of the Florida loss makes me point out the fact that the game was really won/lost in the trenches.

I guess the control our d-line had over the line of scrimmage had no effect on the outcome of the game.

Or did it?

@#16,

Excuse me, sir, but we’re 4-1. We are not awful. We simply took one step back last year to take two steps forward in the future.

I’d also like to take this opportunity to suggest something about the promiscuity of your mother.

What, Fresno State didn’t win by enough on the road this week?

@rebpup: I’ve mentioned on a few occasions already that the main reason I hated the Tebow Smash call at the end was that our line, already dominated by Ole Miss for much of the game, was injured and even thinner at that point.

Plus: do you need any more confirmation than the score to see who was the better team?

WC

Northwestern is the Vandy of the Big 10/11. Know your conferences.

It was predictable as OU getting blown out in the BCS: the Beanie Wells excuse for LA. “Now that they’ve settled on QB and Wells is full strength, Ohio State is one of the best teams in the country.” Only. A. Matter. Of. Time.

Crabby: if Minny is Ole Miss, who in the Big Ten is Aladamnbama? You need to find this out because take it from me: they will crush you.

This site is fucking retarded. Why do I even spend my time on SEC and florida homers. I guess the way to stay in the top ten is to lose to unranked teams at home ( Florida) and teams that can’t score points (LSU) All you SEC homo’s are assholes and I can’t wait until you are trying to work the pollsters b/c you will all have 3 losses, not b/c your conference is so great but b/c you’re all overrated. Tulane gave Alabama a tough game and according to these scholars they are #2 after one game? I can’t wait when they have 3 losses.

Except for OU over Alabama — I did not understand the explanation above — I think it is as reasonable a poll as one can offer.

Glad to see Texas getting some love. . . . Thanks, Colt.

This site is fucking retarded. Why do I even spend my time on SEC and florida homers.

Probably because this comes from an IP in Columbus, Ohio.

Also: that might really be the Subcommandante. We told you we didn’t make him up.

“Why do I even spend my time on SEC and florida homers.”

Because secretly you want to be one of us.

One of Us! One of Us! One of Us!

Why do I even spend my time on SEC and florida homers.

Killing time before your shift at the laundromat?

I like you “SEC and florida homers,” especially when you put three Big XII schools in the top 5 . . . wait . . . WHAT?!

We played a little powerhouse team called NEVADA, maybe you’ve heard of them.

Ooooooh, so you’re one of those “they drop down because they didn’t play” guys, as with the GT unranked business.

“All you SEC homo’s are assholes and I can’t wait until you are trying to work the pollsters b/c you will all have 3 losses, not b/c your conference is so great but b/c you’re all overrated.”

BWahahaahaahaahaaaa. Misused apostrophe? Check. run on sentence? Check. Petulance? Check. Columbus, OH IP addie. Natch.

Donald Brown for Heisman!

This isn’t directed just at Orson but everybody…how is BYU #7 in the polls? The 1-point victory at terrible Washington? So they blasted a crummy UCLA team? I can’t believe the Mountain West is getting all this publicity from beating up on crappy Pac-10 teams. Oooh we beat Arizona. Big whoop.

CB -

Good point. Of course NW and Vandy are equivalent. We’ll say Minnesota is the Kentucky of the conference…just waiting for that other sport’s season to start (Minny = hockey or wrestling, UK = basketball). Still stand by my Ole Miss = Mich St. or Iowa comment though.

Also, to Orson: Bitch U ride da MARTA bus!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQTuYo6HmiQ if you don’t know what I’m talking about

RE #28

Holly,

You give him too much credit. He’s probably unemployed, living in his parent’s basement, and trying to hit on high school girls.

In other words, loser.

1. This is a blog poll. This means that other people who are not SEC and Fla homos are voting on it, homo.
2. Beating the Ohio University, Y-Town State, Minny, and some other horseshit team I can’t think of at the moment means nothing. OSU has played 1 team this year and gotten spanked once this year. They played 1.5 teams last year, and got spanked twice last year. Notice a correlation?

I didn’t buy into all the hate for tOSU in the past… I mean the big loses were to some tough teams…

but seriously shut the fuck up Buckeye fans. Minnesota is Minnesota so don’t expect to jump after winning by anything less than 100. You’ll get your jump if you handle the few conference foes with a pulse right now (Wisc / MSU / PSU).

If that’s too bitter than just enjoy the delicious irony that SoCal may not have another ranked foe for the rest of the year, precluding them from winning their way back into the MNC debate.

Also, I think you gotta put ‘Bama #1. They’ve beaten some big boys already. If you think OU looks more talented, put them at 1 AFTER they take care of Texas.

#24

As much as this kills me to say it, OU should be No.1. They are a talented team and they had a very good game against a good TCU defense.

Nasty comment of the day coming…
The sheer joy of watching Bradford forced out of his comfort zone (only a few times, but it did happen) was wonderful. There is hope people! If you can get through the OU’s O-line.

Now now now… lets not be hating guys and their high school girlfriends…

I retract my previous statement for it’s obvious homerism inherent in my arguement. Also, Glenn Dorsey is a clever and hansome fellow. I’m sure he was quite pleasant to Todd when they spoke at the bottom of several piles.

I also have no idea how I could have thought that a site decorated in Florida colors would respect OSU, especially after other schools in the conference crushed OSU in another championship.

1. Probably because this comes from an IP in Columbus, Ohio.

This is Big Brother stuff, Orson. Checking our IP addresses to find out where we live? What’s next?

It is a slippery slope…

Look, blon, all you have to do is type your name into the machine, and it will explode.

It worked for Morgan Freeman, why shouldn’t it work here?

Dont lump all Big 10/11 fans in with Bustache Nation. Keep the Sweatervest down!!!

@blon, #35

you worry about getting to Bradford like… ever.

I worry that saxeT will run back two kickoffs for touchdowns.

#34

I’m married, have your standard $X00k job, and a reasonably nice house. more often than not i’d rather be living in my parent’s basement, not going to work, and chasing high school girls.

just sayin…

not to mention that all of you (insert team/conf that isn’t mine) homers ARE assholes.

We,Alabama, would love to play tOSU in the National Championship game. WE actually demand it. If we dont implode the 2nd half of the season, being that we are a pretty good 1st half of the game and 1st half of the season team and all. Actually Nick Saban is trying to get the game itself reduced to 2 quarters, because 4 quarters is really time consuming, its like trying to relight a stick of dynamite that has exploded. And if we can eliminate passing…..or having to defend the pass…..and kickoff and punt coverage….really a waste of time……

#40

I noticed that OU had a little issue with TCU’s run game, not much, but some. I was so happy, thinking we have a chance. Then I remembered… oh, yeah, like we have a run game, other than McCoy, at this point in the season. How many times can the coaching staff expect the QB to load that responsibility against an OU defense?

Oh well, next year.

Orson – you label Texas Tech/Oklahoma State as the same team. Dave Lapham described Okie State as a poor man’s Texas Tech during the Sooner-TCU game. I’m torn between which one of you is correct, but I’m leaning toward Lapham – for once.

You forgot “homo’s”. We’re also “homo’s”. We will correct your English with EESSSSSS EEEEEEE SEEEEEEE SPEED!

I’t’s been too long since I have called someone a “homo.” Much less a whole group of people “homo’s.”

Calling someone (or a group of people) homo’s is pretty weak. I mean, it’s like the Duplo of insults, it’s what you used while in 3rd or 4th grade before anyone really knew what homo meant other than it made some adults want to murder each other out of ignorant rage.

BTW, for those of you who forgot what Duplo was:
http://shop.lego.com/ByAge/Product.aspx?p=5380&cn=100002&d=100001

It’s Legos for either babies or morons, take your pick.

Nine things Orson-
1) Meyer should have sacked up and jump passed on 4th and 1, though given the fact that this was one of the only times, ever that I’ve seen Tebow fail (even when blocking breaks down he usually wills that to being a 1st down- seriously this not the athleticism is why I thought of him as VY), I think this game is where the missing CI hurt us, if we had both him and ESPN (dumbest nickname ever- possibly) we could Double TE and frankly destroy a lot of teams, CI was the security blanket and I think his absence kills us (Bubba was the other one).

2) Can Florida please recruit a kicker, we’ve lost at least one of these games every year I’ve been a Gator fan and I’m 26.

3) With Moody down and the line hurt, I think Tebow actually may have given his best performance in the 4th quarter of this game- seriously this was the first time that I thought he looked like a possible Top Flight pro-QB, I mean until now I was always worried that in a Clutch situation we’d be screwed (see the UM game, when the run is taken away due to time Tebow didn’t have any answers on the final drive, here until the smash he was pretty fricking good— better than Stafford at least) .

4) Percy Harvin is like Reggie Bush with K. Moore’s hands, seriously take away the fumbles and he was the single most dominant guy I’ve ever seen at that hybrid RB/WR position ever.

5) I am terrifed about how we’ll play in 2 years when Tebow’s gone, seriously what the hell can we do if that’s how our offense works and we don’t have another Tebow (Cam’s a tank but he seems weaker than Tebow as a passer, and Brantley’s white Leak without the beautiful no-pressure passing skills).

6) Given our respective rates on line attrition the Cocktail party maybe the frist all A-11 offense game, seriously I wouldn’t be shocked if both the Dawgs and Us enter Jax with like 1 starting lineman remaining.

7) Major Wright- how can you look like RFN 90% of the time and Tony Joiner in the Clutch, seriously dude if you’re like this next year I’m going to be kind of shocked.

8) Man, losing CI in the summer has killed us, I honestly thought we could be the best offense in CFB history this year, and I’m not being hyperbolic, look at our numbers and weaknesses last year, then add Moody, we should have been a 50 ppg juggernaut.

9) I think you have UGA way too high, there loss was nearly USC-OSU (buckeye edition) bad, with 3:01 to play the score was 41-17 those 2 tacked on scores shouldn’t cover up that fact, conversely you are as usual too hard on us, we lost by 1 on a fluke play to a team that’s not as bad as there record indicates (2 plays from being undefeated)— to a coach that’s maddeningly good at this crap (he’s like a slightly better redacted— good for 1 or 2 shockers a year both on the positive and the negative— Arky Fans are the least greatful people alive; seriously you’re the freaking Hawgs, and you had 2 awesome RBs what the hell did you expect 50 passes a game you had a good coach not Fulmer), I think if Moody’s not done for the year (unsure of his status) and the line can come back a bit (can we bring the twin who was converted back to offense?) we can still run the table— LSU and UGA are still the teams that scare me (Bama could kill us up front on D but there O actually plays to our strengths).

Good, I’m rambling the one game I wake up late and miss the first half of (Mountain Time, stupid MT school) and we freaking lose.

No. 37

We are members of the same tribe.

While there is no doubt that OU is talented, their wins hitherto are not as impressive as Alabama’s.

Unfortunately, saying there is hope for teams that can get through OU’s line is analogous to saying there is hope for armies that can withstand the Russian winter. True, but it does not provide much solace.

If Texas can find a running back, they will give OU a good game; otherwise, Colt is going to get killed.

see what happens when you not only loose badly, but do it right in front of Erin Andrews, West Virginia? NO LOVE.

Sorry Erin. Let us make it up to you. You’re a reader here, right? Didn’t we have fun at the Pitt game 2 years ago? Not last year, silly. Remember that? Come to the Auburn game. And we’ll stop calling all the time.

You’re right, Edsall is God… what has BYU done, really? Real teams squeak out home wins over Baylor and need overtime to win 12-9 against… Temple. Yay?

#52

I can see your point about Alabama.

On OU’s O-line, I’m just an optimist. Probably an irrational one, but an optimist none-the-less.

And I do believe we will find a running back soon.

I also believe Congress will work together and get a bill passed to curb this economic downturn…

I guess the way to stay in the top ten is to lose to unranked teams at home ( Florida) and teams that can’t score points (LSU).

Not a single team in Orson’s top 10 has lost to an unranked team at home. Also, LSU is averaging over 35 points per game.

I put Alabama as #1 over Oklahoma because the quality road victory, but Oklahoma is pretty much #1a. With Texas, Missouri, Texas Tech, and Oklahoma State, I can’t wait for Big 12 conference play to begin.

i’m glad bama is at #2 …the dawgs 2nd half blackout comeback was the thing could’ve happened …nick can keep ‘em hungier by chewin’ ass during ea week for each more hyped game (see lsu, barners) …plus remember last #1 for the Tide they were only a #2 (at best, not all year) that season and were discounted and dismissed until they kick the u’s ass in the Sugar Bowl ..rtr …sec rules !.

“the blackout comeback was the BEST thing to happen”
sorry
rtr

love to see an old school matchup ’tween The Crimson Tide and PS nitany lions in the b©s title game …how kewl would that be, eh ?? …oh well jest my 2 cents …rtr …

@ Edsall: Well, who would you move in that spot? Utah’s the next undefeated team in there – Mountain West. Texas Tech has a negative strength of schedule, so: same argument. Really, you have to go all the way down to …what, Vandy, maybe, before running across a team that a) has a solid body of work and b) is undefeated. But putting Vandy in the top 10 is tempting the Fates (and yes, I do mean the Greek mythology ones in this case) just a little too much for us just yet.

I mean, you may be right – BYU may not be top 10 material. But aside from the top 6 (you can add USF if you want), who do we know – based on talent and body of work – is good yet? You can poke holes in everyone, and hey, someone has to be ranked 7th.

Shame. Perhaps if a lack of it during appropriate times caused a debilitating condition (such as scurvy or baldness) aOSU fans might be a little more apt to exhibit some.

19-7? Sure, Wisconsin had that lead. They also led 19-0 at the half.