Blog Poll Week 14

by BirdGT on Dec 10, 2009 5:00 PM EST

GT jumped the Hawkeyes this week in the Blog Poll 'cause we actually played football during the last week of the season. Voters felt the lazy Big 10 conference that won't succumb to the changing ways of college football, invite a 12th team, and start a conference title game didn't deserve props so GT got the edge up to #9. Iowa fell to #10. Also, an interesting trend this week was the beginning of Bowl Season and conference partisanship. Big 10 states swung from semi-hostile to super hostile this week (except the Minnesotans 'cause they are incapable of hatred). Here's the map:

Yellow = ~8th-9th place average
Blue = ~9th place average
Brown = ~9th-10th place average
Red = ~10th-13th place average

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If you are all so concerned about us having a championship game

tell ND to suck it up and join the Big 10.

It never gets to be easy

by chitownhawkeye on Dec 10, 2009 7:43 PM EST reply actions

then ND would lose

the Notre Lame Broadcast Channel.

This new learning amazes me, Sir Bedevere. Explain again how sheep's bladders may be employed to prevent earthquakes.

by BirdGT on Dec 11, 2009 8:28 AM EST up reply actions

Or else maybe we can pilfer VA Tech or BC from the ACC...

Not likely, as those institutions have shown unparalleled conference loyalty over the years…

"Oh no, don't do that, don't do that. If you shoot him, you'll just make him mad." - The Waco Kid

by HawkOnRails on Dec 11, 2009 10:33 AM EST up reply actions

Since I believe conference loyalty is a myth

Here’s how I would break it down. GT moves back the SEC, the ACC can go pick up ECU since they want to have every Carolina team anyways, move Arkansas to the Big12 and move Iowa St. into the Big11 and rename the conference the Big11+1 or the Northern12 or w/e. Makes sense to me, let’s do it.

"Big Ten can have this challenge. Duke loses, we all win..."
-Marcus Ginyard, G - UNC

by Jesse28 on Dec 11, 2009 11:42 AM EST up reply actions

Iowa State in the BigTen would be hilarious.

Even Northwestern would laugh at them, and they’d still find a way to ruin our dream seasons.

by The Mexican't on Dec 11, 2009 4:27 PM EST up reply actions

I think

the SEC would go after Clemson before us. Questionable characters hold highest podium…Danny Ford…check. Academics lower than the average bear’s standards…check. Iowa St. to Big 10…that’d be interesting and I think the Big 12 is a realignment disaster away from breaking up again.

This new learning amazes me, Sir Bedevere. Explain again how sheep's bladders may be employed to prevent earthquakes.

by BirdGT on Dec 11, 2009 6:19 PM EST up reply actions

As discussed ad nauseum over in our corner of Blogistan

Big XII team most likely to go the Big Ten would be Mizzou. Don’t see the Big Ten going after Iowa State, adding them does nothing to enhance the league’s rep/open up media markets.

I ate the blue ones ... they taste like burning.

by HoyaGoon on Dec 13, 2009 7:33 PM EST up reply actions

Minnesotans are not incapable of hatred.

They just lack the ability to comprehend that there’s more to the United States beyond themselves and their nemeses Iowa and Wisconsin. The other 47 stars on the flag are just “glitter”.

"Oh no, don't do that, don't do that. If you shoot him, you'll just make him mad." - The Waco Kid

by HawkOnRails on Dec 11, 2009 10:48 AM EST reply actions

Minnesotans are very capable of hatred

Their big chant is “WHO HATES IOWA? WE HATE IOWA.”

Sometimes they even chant it when they are playing a team that is not Iowa.

I bet when they play Iowa State in the Insight Bowl, fans from both teams will join in that chant in a show of solidarity against their most hated and successful rival, the Iowa Hawkeyes!

by HawkeyeRecon on Dec 11, 2009 11:18 AM EST reply actions