blogpoll - Week 9 (10.29.08)

by RolloTamasi on Oct 26, 2008 11:27 PM CDT in Texas Longhorns and Other Football

Here's is this week's.

Comments and questions below.

Rank	Team	Delta

1	Texas	--
2	Alabama	--
3	Penn State	--
4	Florida	1
5	Oklahoma	1
6	Texas Tech	4
7	Southern Cal	3
8	Oklahoma State	1
9	Georgia	--
10	Utah	2
11	Missouri	5
12	TCU	3
13	Boise State	1
14	Ohio State	6
15	Florida State	9
16	Tulsa	5
17	LSU	6
18	Minnesota	7
19	Brigham Young	2
20	Ball State	2
21	Oregon	5
22	South Florida	9
23	Maryland	3
24	North Carolina	2
25	Michigan State	1

Dropped Out: Georgia Tech (#18), Pittsburgh (#19), Kansas (#20), Boston College (#23).

Thoughts and questions:

I really like Ok State. Our panel of expert college football bloggers had UGA and the pokes tied. I pushed the Pokes one higher. I'm calling the win at home in Bedlam. The K State / OU game highlights were potentially instructive, I thought.

Any chance Sparty can beat Penn State? That no conference championship game may be a smart move by the Big Televen.

Do we assume Florida beats UGA next week? Can they beat Bama in the Championship game?

It feels odd to rank Texas Tech, then USC. Who would you put money on if they played in a New Year's day bowl game? Yeah, me too. Irrespective of next SAT.

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I moved PSU ahead of Alabama in my submittal. I’ve been a big fan of both teams all year, but am now convinced Alabama is just too lacking at QB and WR to cope with Florida or Georgia.

PSU, meanwhile, just played the last team that was in its class talent-wise. Given that it’s after October 15, there is pretty much zero chance MSU hangs with them. Had they played in September, it might have been a hell of a contest.

I do think Florida beats Georgia, although Florida could just not show up like they did against Ole Miss.

I like Oklahoma State to just sheep dip OU in Stillwater. OSU is better than OU on defense, and has a running game to go with its explosive passing attack. OU’s defense at this point in time is just not very good at all.

by EyesOfTX on Oct 27, 2008 6:52 AM CDT reply actions

I watched the last quarter of the USC-Arizona game and I give USC’s offense a F-. It was weird. A bunch of big strong guys stumbling all over themselves.

by PatronSaint on Oct 27, 2008 9:41 AM CDT reply actions

There are eight or nine legit teams and then everyone else. Filling out my ballot from #10 on is brutal each week.

by HenryJames on Oct 27, 2008 9:44 AM CDT reply actions

Exactly, HJ. We have Utah ranked 10th yet would we bet on them straight up on a neutral field against the teams behind them? Probably half of them.

by Scipio Tex on Oct 27, 2008 10:02 AM CDT reply actions

Big 12 could have really used an LSU victory over UGA last week. Looking increasingly difficult for a one loss Big 12 champion to make the NCG. Keys are/were a PSU loss or a 2 loss SEC champion. Getting difficult to see PSU laying an egg, and looks likely that the winner of the UGA/UF game will go on to win the SEC east with only 1 loss, pretty much ensuring the SEC champion will have at most 1 loss, and therefore be selected over a 1 loss Big 12 champion.