Blog Poll Rough Draft: Week 3
by EffinDane on Sep 21, 2009 9:32 AM EDT
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Edit: Oops, jumped the gun. They need to move those draft and publish buttons farther away from each other.
So here's a quick rundown of our blog poll rough draft:
Bird: I guess I'm like the rest of the country and I wanna see the Top 25 team that is supposed to be at GT before I rank them any higher. You may have noticed that Winfield's ridiculously high ranking of Pitt booted GT from our poll despite GT being ranked by all three of us. I'm sticking with my "You beat 'em, you're ranked higher" rule for now (exception Washington). I kinda believe that with Barkley, Washington doesn't do much against USC and I also feel that the Sooners would've pounded BYU with Bradford, which leads to my higher votes for those two squads. By season's end, I believe the Sooners and Trojans will have redeemed themselves. I really don't feel like GT should be punished as harshly as they were. We played 3 games in 11 days for God's sake. Secondly, I remember 2006 where GT WAS BY FAR the best team in the conference and we got smoked by Clemson at Clemson. The year is young and the team will recover (or Dave Wommack will get fired).
Winfield: Well Bird, Pitt manhandled Navy which should have beaten tOSU who you have ranked 14th. So I'll continue your argument and around and around we go! Seriously, Miami looked good on Thursday and if they take VPI to the woodshed, they'll probably get my #1 or #2 vote. Washington moves in the poll because of a well played game against LSU and USC. Can't decide if Boise should be higher and if Oklahoma deserves any accolades. Bring on the conference schedule! Finally, the California Bears...what a game on Saturday by Jahvid Best (Heisman front-runner??) I won't go as far to say the entire team is perfect, but if you can't stop Jahvid Best, does it even matter?
Dane: Out of the top 5, Alabama has the most impressive victories - please note that they are ranked 2nd only because of a .01 stdev difference. They destroyed their patsies and their game against VPI makes for the strongest resume out there. Cal has the most explosive offense in the nation, and their defense looks like the real deal. I don't understand how Washington would not be in anyone's top 15... they played LSU very closely and beat USC. If that isn't top 15 resume, then I don't know what is. OU hasn't done crap, so they get to hang out with us.
Good Picks: Whatever.
Bad Picks: John for not ranking Miami. WTF?
Give us your thoughts! Also note that in the official ballot USC and VT are TIED. You, the readers are the tiebreaker!
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1. I wrote my poll after two 32 oz. of Budweiser yesterday. Hence, I forgot to rank the Miami team.
2. There isn’t a reason not to rank Florida #1. They would murder anyone in the top 5 right now in a BCS championship game.
I'm about to write you a reality check. Or would you prefer the cold, hard cash of truth?
I'd be willing to be a lot of money
That if Bama and UF played right now, Bama would win convincingly.
you are so wrong
It’s not even funny…
You are more wrong than a Miami fan wearing a suit and tie and working a respectable job.
You are more wrong than a Georgia fan using GT’s loss on Thursday as vindication for their loss to us last November.
You are more wrong than a South Carolina fan that thinks Steve Spurrier cares about South Carolina.
I'm about to write you a reality check. Or would you prefer the cold, hard cash of truth?
Tennessee has one of the better defenses in the SEC
And UA completely blows it away. Rivalry my ass, if Florida is really all that and a bag of chips they would have splattered the Vols’ brains across the stadium.
Let’s mention that Alabama’s offense output has been pretty sick and is only going to get much better, and you are looking at the #1 team in the nation.
*Also by win convincingly, I mean that there would not be some miraculous muffed pat turned conversion for the Tide to win it. It wouldn’t be a blowout, but Bama would prove themselves the better team.
If either of them are as good as we think
Then we should settle the argument on December 5th in ATL
Maker's Mark--nectar of the gods...
I gotta go with the South Carolinian...
…on this one. Tebow is the best player in college football, bar none, and, IMO, maybe the best ever. The guy is a freakin stud. Granted, I do grow tired of his now-weekly motivational meltdown/yelling fit/Braveheart speech…but hey, it works.
OK, so maybe they didnt kill Rocky Top the way they should have, but that’s a rivalry game. We all know what can happen in rivalry games (just play NCAA XX, it’ll tell ya the same thing).
They are, in my mind, the team to beat right now.
Maker's Mark--nectar of the gods...
by chrisinindy on Sep 21, 2009 12:19 PM EDT up reply actions
also, note
VT/USC are tied currently. We have to break the tie.
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Easy
VPI played very well against Alabama, crushed Marshall and had Tyrod prove that he really is a quarterback vs Nebraska.
USC played similarly against Ohio State, but they lost to Washington (a lesser team than ’Bama). VPI wins out by a hair.
just because
Tyrod played 1 minute of football doesn’t mean he is a QB. He has the arm of Marcus Vick coupled with the legs of Bryan Randall coupled with the decision making of Tyrod Taylor aka the worst VT QB since Sean Glennon.
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I'd rather have a qb
Play one minute of awesome football and win a game than have a quarterback play 60 minutes of mediocre football and lose it.
VPI wins games because they almost always come through when it counts. We can sit around and pick them apart for why they should suck, or look at the fact that they have won 10 games the past couple of seasons.
I'm not arguing VT versus the world
I’m arguing VT vs. USC. I’d rather have Barkley and USC’s run game over Tyrod’s terribleness and VT’s special teams.
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That's the past couple of seasons, though
I’m voting USC based on their talent and coach. You guys all know that in college football, anyone can lose at any time—thats why we love this freakin sport. Losing to Washington is not an unforgiveable sin. USC beat OSU—who is a pretty damn good team—at the horseshoe….
VPI lost to Bama (who is the subject of another frickin debate) and played Nebraska much closer than it should have, IMO.
I dont even see why this is a debate to be honest. USC is the better team and deserves the higher ranking. Quit being ACC homers and rate the teams how they are…
Maker's Mark--nectar of the gods...
I think it's less about being ACC homers
And having USC prove it’s not the best or even second best team in the Pac-10. Look, VT should have beaten Nebraska better, but didn’t.
However, USC barely beat Ohio State and isn’t punished the same? They lost to Washington, which isn’t a sin but is much less forgivable than losing to Alabama. VPI goes on top.
I agree that
losing to Washington is much less forgiveable, but barely beating OSU at home carries more weight to me than barely beating ’braska in Blacksburg.
Thats all I got…
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Shouldn’t the rankings be based by what happened on the field and with who played, and don’t give them a boost because of injury. We aren’t ranking based on potential but on production. USC and OU shouldn’t be ranked higher because they would have done well w/ their starting QB. Injuries are part of the game and you have to deal with them.
true
I’d say that’s true at the end of the season but I think right now if the two QB’s come back, then those two teams dominate next week. That’s a big IF though.
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FSU is there
In the combined poll. Dont’ worry
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 Sep 21, 2009 12:08 PM EDT up reply actions
You're right
We are tools who think to highly of ourselves. FSU will be and GT will not be on my ballot.
As I said in my drunk post on Saturday night...
….I feel vindication upon seeing FSU shellack the Mormons with no holding back whatsoever. Again, not that I have anything against them (other than doorbell ringing), but any team with a QB named Max is destined for mediocrity.
As a whole ballot, I think it speaks volumes about parity when you see teams like Cincinnati, Boise State, and Washington in the top 10. Ten years ago, this would have never happened—but now it seems like the constant—having relatively non-traditional powerhouses ranked so highly.
I’m pretty intrigued by Bird’s ranking of Auburn, too…havent seen them that high yet…
Maker's Mark--nectar of the gods...
Tiebreaker?
F**k VT, there’s your tiebreaker :)
by MaizeAndBlueWahoo on Sep 21, 2009 2:03 PM EDT reply actions
safe to assume
Brendan has found his way onto sbnation?
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Safe to assume
That is my usual message board handle.
by MaizeAndBlueWahoo on Sep 21, 2009 8:36 PM EDT up reply actions
I love arguments
amongst the writers of the site.
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 Sep 21, 2009 2:28 PM EDT reply actions
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