BlogPoll - #4 - 2010
by Scipio Tex on Sep 20, 2010 12:17 AM CDT
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Barking Carnival Ballot - Week 4
| Rank | Team | Delta |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ohio St. Buckeyes | -- |
| 2 | Alabama Crimson Tide | -- |
| 3 | Oregon Ducks |  1 |
| 4 | TCU Horned Frogs |  -1 |
| 5 | Nebraska Cornhuskers | 5 |
| 6 | Texas Longhorns | 1 |
| 7 | Florida Gators | 1 |
| 8 | Boise St. Broncos | 1 |
| 9 | Arkansas Razorbacks | 2 |
| 10 | Oklahoma Sooners | -4 |
| 11 | South Carolina Gamecocks | 1 |
| 12 | Stanford Cardinal | 4 |
| 13 | Utah Utes | -- |
| 14 | Arizona Wildcats | 10 |
| 15 | Auburn Tigers | -1 |
| 16 | Iowa Hawkeyes | -11 |
| 17 | Miami Hurricanes | -2 |
| 18 | USC Trojans | -1 |
| 19 | West Virginia Mountaineers | -- |
| 20 | Michigan Wolverines | -2 |
| 21 | Missouri Tigers | -- |
| 22 | Wisconsin Badgers | -- |
| 23 | LSU Tigers | -- |
| 24 | Penn St. Nittany Lions | -2 |
| 25 | Clemson Tigers | -- |
| Dropouts: Texas Tech Red Raiders, California Golden Bears | ||
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Alabama's defense has holes, but they've been masked by being able to play with a large lead. Their trip to Arkansas will be instructive.
Texas may have the best defense in the nation - at least it's the team you least want to play from behind against in college football, but an offense that will continue to lay eggs in big games means our days of fortune are numbered.
Nebraska's defense has taken a step back in the front 7, but the offense has an identity with Taylor Martinez and a style of play that suits their personnel beautifully. The beauty of zone read offense is how counters are naturally built into the offense. You don't need 11 five star recruits and a perfect symphony of offensive execution to move the football.
Watching Stanford's offense play after the Texas-Texas Tech contest was exquisite torture. The Cardinal feature aggressive OL with a motor, RBs with an attitude, and a big play play action game built around a strong armed QB. They put up 68 on the board against a well-coached team with defensive personnel not much different from Tech. The schemes were simple but well executed and each play built off of the next. Obviously, Stanford is a football factory teeming with elite talent and none of that is duplicable.
Wisconsin continues to get Top 10 votes while scraping by every week against bad football teams.
Iowa still hasn't won in a Western Time Zone since the Polk administration. I still like Iowa long term, but they really struggled outside of the Big 10 cocoon of mutually agreed upon style of play.
Michigan is a blast to watch on O, but their defense is a blast crater.
Clemson garnered more Top 25 credibility for me in its loss to Auburn than in any of its wins.
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Watching Stanford’s offense play after the Texas-Texas Tech contest was exquisite torture. The Cardinal feature aggressive OL with a motor, RBs with an attitude, and a big play play action game built around a strong armed QB. They put up 68 on the board against a well-coached team with defensive personnel not much different from Tech. The schemes were simple but well executed and each play built off of the next. Obviously, Stanford is a football factory teeming with elite talent and none of that is duplicable.
Damn you. For that, I will put up 3-5 Brett Favre posts this week.
Stayed up and watched the Zona / Iowa game. And really, not that it hasn’t been said too many times already, but those Stoopseseseses sure are a bunch of sour pussed whiny motherfuckers. I think Mike has really taken the pole position on this.
by Sailor Ripley on Sep 20, 2010 12:23 AM CDT reply actions
OU doesn’t scare me too much but Nebraska seems perfectly built to stop Texas. No way we hold them down below 14 between their difficult to defend offense and whatever amazing opportunities their defense inevitably provides their offense.
On the other side, I don’t trust their interior D but I trust our running game far less. Their back 7 looks well primed to handle our skill people. Unless we find some identity and cohesive plays to base around with Gilbert I anticipate at least 1 loss and it occuring in Lincoln.
The defense is probably enough to squash everyone else.
by Nickel Rover on Sep 20, 2010 1:02 AM CDT reply actions
This offense’s identity is established after three games, but we have seen Texas teams change identities in midseason before. Unfortunately, it usually comes after a loss. If this offense changes, it will be after losing to Nebraska. Our defense will play brilliantly, but will be put into too many holes by the offense. Muschamp bolts to Georgia out of frustration. We all shoot ourselves afterward.
Or maybe I’m just being a Gloomy Gus.
by LurkerintheDark on Sep 20, 2010 3:01 AM CDT reply actions
GD, Michigan is entertaining. For the first time in year’s, those early abc/espn Big 10 games are going to fun to watch.
by BatesHorn on Sep 20, 2010 10:51 AM CDT reply actions
“Stayed up and watched the Zona / Iowa game.”
You animal!! What are you 90? You live on the West Coast. Sheesh.
Scip, what makes you rate OSU ahead of ’Bama?
I like that you make drastic jumps. Each week some teams play to their potential or on the flip side are exposed as patsies, often times even in victory. The polls are never adjusted accordingly.
by magnusbleuveigner on Sep 20, 2010 11:44 AM CDT reply actions
I actually watched the Stanford game and the OU first you fucking nihilist.
And yes, I’m like 90.
by Sailor Ripley on Sep 20, 2010 12:26 PM CDT reply actions
Look I understand the vagina rubbing around the Nebraska game. They look like a better team than expected but last I checked they’re still nebraska and we’re Texas. We’ll win in some crazy ass unlikely way.
History says if you want to worry worry about K State and the Big 12 championship game if we play Nebraska.
by Bob on Sep 20, 2010 4:38 PM CDT reply actions
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