Week 8 Preliminary Blogpoll

by Winfield Featherston on Oct 26, 2009 3:15 PM EDT

Rank	Team	Delta

1	Alabama
2	Florida
3	Cincinnati	1
4	Texas	1
5	TCU	1
6	Boise State	1
7	Southern Cal
8	Georgia Tech	1
9	Iowa	1
10	Oregon	1
11	LSU	4
12	Penn State	1
13	Houston	3
14	Pittsburgh	4
15	Oklahoma State	2
16	Virginia Tech	4
17	Ohio State	2
18	Utah	2
19	Miami (Florida)	11
20	South Carolina	2
21	Texas Tech
22	West Virginia
23	Central Michigan
24	Brigham Young	10
25	Arizona
Last week's ballot

Dropped Out: Idaho (#23), Nebraska (#24), Kansas (#25).

Here is what we got for the Week 8 Rough Draft. More explanations and critiquing later.

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Just my opinion here

But does anyone really think Boise St is better than GT? I don’t. I’m not sure if having us above them in the polls is doable, but if each week’s poll is not tied to the last, then we definitely should be above them, especially if we are above Iowa & Oregon already.

I’m trying hard to not be biased, but really.

"This is America, if we can’t self-righteously look down on others and blame them for our faults, the commies win."-----Cormican on Bleeding Green Nation w/r/t fans overreacting to the Eagles signing of Michael Vick

by Jesse28 on Oct 26, 2009 3:56 PM EDT reply actions

undefeateds

Generally speaking, I think it’s good to leave undefeateds at the top. I did forget to rank VT. So they’ll go back up.

I'm about to write you a reality check. Or would you prefer the cold, hard cash of truth?

by BirdGT on Oct 26, 2009 4:59 PM EDT up reply actions

I suppose

I’m not trying to take away from what Boise St seems to do every year, but I don’t think the competition is the same. If you are telling me that GT is better than Iowa (8-0 remember), then what’s keeping us from being better than Boise St?

I know this is the combined poll for the three of you, but I think this need to be looked at further. Either put Iowa above us, or move us above Boise St, but the way it is now doesn’t make sense, even by what you have just stated.

by Jesse28 on Oct 27, 2009 9:41 AM EDT up reply actions

I'm playing a BS card over

Cincy being ranked over Texas…it just seems unAmerican.

Maker's Mark--nectar of the gods...

by chrisinindy on Oct 26, 2009 8:31 PM EDT via mobile reply actions

That's Winfield putting cincinasty over Tejas

I'm about to write you a reality check. Or would you prefer the cold, hard cash of truth?

by BirdGT on Oct 26, 2009 8:54 PM EDT reply actions

Goddammit, WF

Where’s your southern allegiance? I’m sitting in a bar in Ft Worth and I feel like kickin my own ass for your choice.

Maker's Mark--nectar of the gods...

by chrisinindy on Oct 26, 2009 9:11 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions

haha

Man, I could throw the top 10 teams in a hat, pull them out, and we could validate them all. Cincy is taking care of business and Texas is squeaking by.

The college football season is so fragile. It's like a glass ball being pushed around from stadium to stadium by a rhinoceros.

by Winfield Featherston on Oct 26, 2009 10:28 PM EDT up reply actions

Make it

the top 11 and ya got a deal

Maker's Mark--nectar of the gods...

by chrisinindy on Oct 26, 2009 11:30 PM EDT up reply actions

Nit-picky, but ...

- Central Michigan (#23) lost to Arizona (#25)
- Texas Tech still ranked after getting smoked by aTm? They are a mere 5-3 and have 2 wins against BCS conference schools (Nebraska, K-State). There are a lot better teams out there IMO with fewer losses.

by Brian Favat on Oct 27, 2009 9:38 AM EDT reply actions

I agree

however, Dane/Winfield are obsessed with the Red Raiders

I'm about to write you a reality check. Or would you prefer the cold, hard cash of truth?

by BirdGT on Oct 27, 2009 9:40 AM EDT up reply actions

This is why we have a rough draft

Thank you for your critiquing you all. It’s no excuse but I was on a bus until Monday at 3AM so my CFB football scoreboard investigating didn’t go as deep as it usually does. You’ll see some changes tomorrow for sure.

The college football season is so fragile. It's like a glass ball being pushed around from stadium to stadium by a rhinoceros.

by Winfield Featherston on Oct 27, 2009 12:15 PM EDT up reply actions