Somebody Out There Still Believes in Us!

by Barking Carnival Staff on Sep 16, 2008 4:42 PM CDT in Texas Longhorns and Other Football

Scott Wolf of the Los Angeles Daily News makes his case for keeping Georgia #1 in the AP poll.

For the record, if anyone was crazy enough to give me a vote, I would put the Dawgs at #3 behind USC and Oklahoma. I just think the guy makes an interesting point.

He likes us, he really likes us!

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If Scott Wolf was writing for the Atlanta Journal Constitution his column would be a justification for his voting Georgia 6 — behind Florida and LSU.

by srr50 on Sep 16, 2008 5:22 PM CDT reply actions

Sounds good to me…at least someone in LA has balls.

by uthookem on Sep 16, 2008 9:50 PM CDT reply actions

Us? Is this Barking Bulldog?

by Black Scholes on Sep 17, 2008 1:38 AM CDT reply actions

Can somebody explain to me all the Texas Tech reporting and now this Georgia stuff too? I thought this was a Longhorn site.

by Hippie Killer on Sep 17, 2008 8:43 AM CDT reply actions

Interesting point? He actually did not offer a single justification for ranking Georgia number 1.

by anonymous on Sep 17, 2008 8:58 AM CDT reply actions

I’m starting to question USC’s “super duper fantastic amazing” start.

They beat Virginia 52-7. Virginia then beat Richmond only 16-0 and then lost to Connecticut 45-10.

They beat Ohio State 35-3. Ohio State beat Youngstown State 43-0, but Youngstown State lost to South Dakota State 40-7 in their next game. Ohio State also beat Ohio 26-14. Ohio is now 0-3 after losing 21-20 to Wyoming and 31-28 to Central Michigan.

Yes, USC looks outstanding. But judging by results so far and not team names, they haven’t really played anyone. They certainly beat up the teams they played, though.

by Huckleberry on Sep 17, 2008 9:18 AM CDT reply actions

They also get Oregon, ASU, Cal and ND at home. They are a sure-fire, five star hammer lock for the the MNC game.

by Sailor Ripley on Sep 17, 2008 10:44 AM CDT reply actions

I see your points Huck, but you know as well as I do that the transitive theory doesn’t apply to CFB. You can throw it out the window.

by South '06 on Sep 17, 2008 11:01 AM CDT reply actions

It definitely seems that way Sailor, but you never know. They did lose to Stanford last year, after all. But it will probably take two losses to knock them out of the picture all together.

by mdr on Sep 17, 2008 11:20 AM CDT reply actions

Transitive theory has nothing to do with it. These are the only games these teams have played so they are all we have to go on to determine which teams are the best this season without introducing preconceived biases.

And what I see is that USC throttled a truly shitty Virginia team and whipped a mediocre Ohio State team. I don’t see any evidence that Ohio State is better than mediocre at this point of the year. That certainly might not end up being the case, but what about a 12-point win over Ohio at home and an asswhipping against USC in a team’s only two games against 1-A competition shows that they’re a good team?

And if they’re not a good team, exactly what has USC accomplished so far this year other than looking good?