Blogpoll Ballot: Week 8

by Truzenzuzex on Oct 26, 2009 11:47 PM EDT in Football Comment 9 comments

It's Blogpoll time! Hooray! Blogpoll... Blogpoll... Blogpoll...

I love the Blogpoll, it's just so much fun these days. This week, I am Mr. Stubborn, I think -- very few changes from last week, and no big, sweeping jumps, just little bunny hops. Part of that, I guess, is due the age of the season -- its getting to the point just before the big rivalry games where everything can really go south. Plus, injuries are really starting to take their toll now, and healthy teams wil begin upsetting banged-up ones.

My ballot and comments follows the jump.

My ballot is as follows:

Rank	Team	Delta

1	Alabama
2	Florida
3	Texas
4	Iowa	1
5	Boise State	1
6	Cincinnati	2
7	TCU	1
8	Southern Cal	1
9	Oregon
10	Houston	2
11	Georgia Tech
12	LSU	1
13	Oklahoma State	1
14	Pittsburgh	4
15	Virginia Tech	1
16	Penn State	1
17	Miami (Florida)	7
18	Ohio State	2
19	South Carolina	4
20	West Virginia	2
21	Utah	3
22	Clemson
23	Arizona
24	Oklahoma
25	Notre Dame
Last week's ballot

Dropped Out: Brigham Young (#17), Kansas (#19), Texas Tech (#21), Central Michigan (#25).

OK, here are my comments:

Cincinnati has sold me, but strength of schedule moves them down a couple of notches. Actually, UC and Boise State could easily be considered 5a and 5b if you like. But Cincinnati has more opportunities for improvement than Boise State does in the SoS area. And UC is drubbing their weaker comp by embarrassing margins (I'm looking at you, Louisville).
Iowa has risen about as far as they can unless one of the top 3 loses. The difference in points between them and Texas is as wide as the Gulf of Mexico, which also says a lot about teams below them.
Southern Cal at Oregon this week. Something's gotta give. USC West could get a big boost, or Oregon could.
Houston is almost maxed out. They can realistically rise no higher than about sixth, and that assumes everybody above them loses. Their SoS from here on out is embarrassingly weak. Look for them to win and still drop on my ballot.
Georgai tech can still rise a bit if they keep winning, but the only quality foe left on their schedule is their rivalry game with Georgia, and that game looks to weaken unless Georgia can surprise in the Cocktail Party.
LSU is about to hit a tough strech after this weekend, but they can really improve their position if they win out -- maybe even to the BCS title game. I wouldn't bet a wooden nickle on that happening, though.
Pittsburgh's spot really gets tough, but they just took down a good FSU team at home. I'm not quite sold on the Panthers, but they are interesting.
Ohio State is the most schizophrenic team I have seen in a while. Tyrelle Pryor is wasted in Tressell's system.
Look at Clemson suddenly playing some football and taking out top ten Miami. They have a really great schedule to advance well up into the top fifteen if they keep winning -- all BCS teams but one, (an FCS this late? Well, UK has one) and all of them in the top sixty except rival USC East in the top 20. The Tigers are suddenly in a good place.
How big was that OU thrashing of Kansas? I have never been a believer in Kansas, and I thank the Sooners for exposing them as the frauds I knew they were.
Arizona is not long for the top 25. Trust me on this.

That's it. Your comments are welcome, and encouraged.

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I see the point about Cincinnati,

but still, I think they deserved a bump UP or two for absolutely dismantling Louisville, because, ya know, it was Louisville. . .

Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.
--O.W.

by blbskue on Oct 27, 2009 12:23 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Heh.

Well, that would have been one way to approach it.

But then again, Louisville is pretty bad this year, and beating them isn’t much of an accomplishment.

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by Truzenzuzex on Oct 27, 2009 12:56 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

but they did it with a backup QB.....lol.....should we here at UK be rewarding

that heavier these days considering our predicament

Remember, we're having fun now!!!

by ALLBLUCAT on Oct 27, 2009 1:39 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Heh. Well ...

… I don’t worry much about personnel. You either win or lose.

Of course, it does matter, particularly if there is a loss where a major star is only temporarily out, but I don’t factor that in at all. I can’t keep it straight in my head. :-)

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by Truzenzuzex on Oct 27, 2009 3:01 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Beating Louisville

Let’s face it. Being better than Louisville is like being the prettiest girl in Iraq.

by UKCat on Oct 27, 2009 4:15 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Ouch!

Are you sure about that?

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by Truzenzuzex on Oct 27, 2009 7:06 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Sorry, but

I don’t really get it. I have to imagine there are lots of pretty girls in Iraq.

Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.
--O.W.

by blbskue on Oct 28, 2009 3:03 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I was kind of thinking the same thing.

But then again, I have never been there, so I am not qualified to say.

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by Truzenzuzex on Oct 28, 2009 6:24 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Clemson

As a Clemson fan the last 6 years, here is how the rest of the season will fall out:

Clemson will give an “ok” performance to beat CC for homecoming this week
They will then stagger to the end of the season and need to beat South Carolina to become bowl eligible.

I hope that doesn’t happen. Clemson is 10 points away from being undefeated, but they have no one but themselves to blame for all 3 losses.

There is no gravity - the earth just sucks.

by JLeverenz on Oct 27, 2009 8:46 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs