BLOGPOLL. NOT TERRIBLE. NOT GOOD.
We’re off to actually get some sunlight, but behold our latest horror of a Blogpoll. A few random questions and apologies follow.
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| Rank | Team | Delta |
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| 1 | Alabama | — |
| 2 | Texas Tech | — |
| 3 | Florida |  1 |
| 4 | Texas |  1 |
| 5 | Oklahoma | — |
| 6 | Southern Cal | — |
| 7 | Penn State | — |
| 8 | Utah | 1 |
| 9 | Ohio State | 1 |
| 10 | Boise State | — |
| 11 | Oklahoma State | — |
| 12 | Cincinnati | 7 |
| 13 | Oregon State | 13 |
| 14 | Missouri | 2 |
| 15 | Georgia | 1 |
| 16 | Pittsburgh | 3 |
| 17 | Michigan State | 2 |
| 18 | Oregon | 8 |
| 19 | Miami (Florida) | 7 |
| 20 | Brigham Young | 2 |
| 21 | TCU | — |
| 22 | Maryland | 4 |
| 23 | West Virginia | — |
| 24 | LSU | 2 |
| 25 | Ball State | 1 |
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot: What the hell are all those Big Ten teams doing in there?
Should LSU be ranked? Probably not, but we ended up with two empty slots after ranking the 23 teams deserving mention. The two teams benefitting from this absence created by incompetence and an outbreak of MEH all over the place: West Virginia and LSU, who we put in because, well, they’re talented and shiny and mismanaged at the moment in a number of colorful and interesting ways.
Miami? Yes, they benefit from the “Outstanding We Have to Rank Some Teams from the ACC” this week. Crazypants conference ensures this could be two entirely different teams this week.
Ohio State isn’t that good! Yes, but so few teams are legitimately excellent they’re able to hang around. Also, Terrelle Pryor thinks college football is easy.
Ball State Ball State Ball State WAAAAAAHHHH!!! Sit down, Whitlock. On a sturdy chair, please. We’ll bump them up if they beat Central Michigan on Wednesday night in another one of the MAC’s plans to make us admit in public that we will sit at home on an irregular football night watching MAC football rather than socialize. Don’t judge us.
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drb says:
After that LSU/Troy game they dont need to be ranked anywhere. The talent is Top 10, but Les Miles has coached them right out of the Top 25. Jarrett Lee is purely a 2nd half quarterback.
If he would just stop trying to win the game by himself he’d be getting alot better, but he’s actually getting worse each week. Miles says he has “turned a corner” after the 2nd half comeback against Troy, but I remain unconvinced.
November 17th, 2008 at 9:07 am
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AlanInDC says:
As someone who repeatedly calls for the mighty Ball State Cardinals to be ranked higher, I will say after the performance on Tuesday last, they didn’t look like a Top 25 team. We can earn our stripes this week against a very good central michigan team and next week against a talented western michigan team. of course, most everyone will dismiss it, and consider it ridiculous that a lowly MAC school would be good at all, but I hope you stick to your word O/S and reward accordingly.
November 17th, 2008 at 9:42 am
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ssmund says:
Coach Giggity is will gladly remove LSU from your rankings this Saturday beginning at 2:30pm (cst). Incidentally, he knows just the team to replace them with.
November 17th, 2008 at 9:57 am
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MSR says:
@50,
An aub living in the past? Whaaaa?
Good luck holding on to all your 2-star commitments. I hear Troy and UAB are making serious pushes.
November 17th, 2008 at 10:04 am
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chg says:
Criticism of LSU’s spot in the top 25 is like Churchill’s criticism of democracy. They’re the worst option except for every other option out there. LSU could run the ball up the middle every play and steamroll Ball State.
November 17th, 2008 at 10:21 am
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CuseFanInSoCal says:
#37, that doesn’t work out unless there’s an epic-level collapse of non-BCS teams. Heck, I think if all the ranked non-BCS teams lose out, the MWC champ — no matter how the tiebreakers work — might well get in. Having said that, I think an Alabama/Ohio State Sugar Bowl is still pretty likely, like so…
MNC: Big 12 Champ vs. Florida
Rose: USC vs. Penn State
Fiesta: Big 12 #2 vs. Utah
Sugar: Alabama vs. Ohio State
Orange: ACC vs. Big East
November 17th, 2008 at 10:35 am
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PSUfanNYC says:
The Big 10 teams are there because the Big 10 happens to be the second best conference this year, behind the Big 12. I know SEC fans think such a concept is damnable heresy, but it’s hard to argue the SEC is a 2 1/2 team conference: Florida, Alabama, and Georgia counts for the half. After that the SEC is mediocre to weak. The Big 10 at least has 3 solid teams and a couple of so-so teams in there as well. Their rankings are well-deserved.
November 17th, 2008 at 11:07 am
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D-Nice says:
“If UF wins out, could we see a Bama-tOSU Sugar Bowl?
Here’s how I see the BCS potentially shaking out:
MNC Game
UF vs. Big 12 Champ (assuming they’re from the south)
Fiesta
Big 12 South runner-up vs. USC (assuming Ore. St. wins out)
Sugar
Bama vs. tOSU
Rose
PSU vs. Ore St.
Orange
ACC vs. Big East
Any thoughts?”
As a USC fan, I obviously want them to win the Pac-10, but this year, unless they get to the BCS title game (which they won’t), it would really be better if they didn’t win the Pac 10.
I would love to see the Big 12 South No. 2 (or the loser of the SEC title game) play USC. So sick of the afterthough Rose Bowl shit-kicking matchups, though Penn St. v. USC might not be that bad.
November 17th, 2008 at 11:41 am
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M1EK says:
I am not surprised, although still disappointed, that so few of the places that were whining about PSU being undeserving of an MNC shot don’t realize that we already opened up a can of whoop-ass on Oregon State, so a Rose Bowl with them would well and truly be the suck.
November 17th, 2008 at 1:50 pm
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Kranium Kracka says:
So quickly pollsters forget that Texas actually did play football against quality teams several weeks ago, let alone in consecutive weeks. also, they didn’t lose at home to a team who is now .500 in a conference that isn’t what it used to be. i don’t care if it was on a blocked PAT. Texas’ loss was to the number 2 team in the nation FWIW.
November 17th, 2008 at 3:30 pm
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oc phil says:
What several of these projections seem to miss out is that probably Utah or Boise St. will have an allocated slot in the BCS.
At this point you have to figure that the SEC and Big 12 are locks for two spots each unless some big upsets happen. That means that if Oregon State wins out then the last BCS at large spot would come down to a choice between a one-loss USC and tOSU. And that looks like a pretty easy choice.
November 17th, 2008 at 4:59 pm
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Meth crazed hobo says:
If USC finishes second in the Pac-10, aren’t they contractually obligated to the Holiday bowl?
November 17th, 2008 at 10:09 pm
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chg says:
57- You might as well say the MAC is the second best conference.* The Big Ten is a joke this year. The conference has one good OOC win and a lot of close calls against 1-AA+ MAC teams. No one takes the conference seriously, and no one will until you can produce a conference champ capable of at least putting up some semblance of resistance against top competition.
* Our crap conferences are better than your crap conferences. Whoooo Sun Belt speeeed!
November 18th, 2008 at 9:38 am