Sporting Fools
Sporting Fools
Sporting Fools
Sporting Fools
The frequent and occasional humorous musings behind two of the World's greatest underappreciated sports minds.
Wednesday, September 21, 2005
My BlogpollThe official poll is up here and the individual ballots are here.
Now a quick synopsis of what I did.
1) Southern Cal (No change) -- I have serious issues with those who ranked the Trojans behind Texas.
2) Louisiana State (No change) -- Believe it or not I almost moved Texas here because they've played so many more games, but LSU has Tennessee coming up and they can prove their worthiness.
3) Texas (No change) -- With Oklahoma as bad as they are, Texas Tech and Texas A&M become important swing games.
4) Georgia (No change) -- Nothing good or bad about their game against La-Monroe. They didn't put up a huge score, but they weren't trying to either.
5) Virginia Tech (No change) -- Good bye Dukes and Ohios, hello Georgia Tech.
6) Louisville (+1) -- The team I saw Saturday is the one I expect to see for the rest of the year.
7) Florida St. (+1) -- Two quality wins in the belt going into a bye week.
8) Florida (+2) -- Defense looks good if teams don't run against them. I wasn't impressed. Fulmer gave them a win with his inept coaching.
9) Miami (Florida) (+2) -- Showed me a lot of character this week against Clemson.
10) Georgia Tech (+3) -- That's the fourth ACC school in my top ten if you are counting.
11) Ohio State (+1) -- Going with Smith in the long run is the right way to go.
12) Alabama (+3) -- Now I was impressed with these guys, they completely embarassed Spurrier and his gang of cocks.
13) Michigan State (NR) -- Something tells me they won't be this high for long. Consistency has never been this program's strong suit.
14) Cal (+2) -- Nothing great, but they are winning and they made a comeback against an Illinois team that plays hard.
15) Notre Dame (-9) -- Slow defense means they are DOA against the Trojans.
16) UCLA (+2) -- A strong, steady climb for Dorrell's group. Will the UCLA/USC game mean something again?
17) Michigan (-3) -- They didn't do anything to warrant a slip, but they have no quality wins to speak of.
18) Tennessee (-9) -- Fulmer could've given the ball to Riggs 35 times and won by double digits. Horrible job of coaching.
19) Arizona State (+1) -- The Sun Devils are a fun team to bet the over on.
20) Vanderbilt (+3) -- At the top of the SEC East and deservedly so with two road victories.
21) Purdue (+1) -- Avoided an upset alert in Arizona.
22) Oregon (+4) -- If they can hold the Trojans under 40 maybe they can stay ranked next week too.
23) Texas A&M (+2) -- They are ranked ahead of Clemson because they should have won the game if it wasn't for coaching.
24) Boston College (-5) -- Will be very tough for the rest of the season. I give them credit for wanting FSU early and being up for the challenge
25) Clemson (-1) -- No shame in losing to Miami in three overtimes.
Now a quick synopsis of what I did.
1) Southern Cal (No change) -- I have serious issues with those who ranked the Trojans behind Texas.
2) Louisiana State (No change) -- Believe it or not I almost moved Texas here because they've played so many more games, but LSU has Tennessee coming up and they can prove their worthiness.
3) Texas (No change) -- With Oklahoma as bad as they are, Texas Tech and Texas A&M become important swing games.
4) Georgia (No change) -- Nothing good or bad about their game against La-Monroe. They didn't put up a huge score, but they weren't trying to either.
5) Virginia Tech (No change) -- Good bye Dukes and Ohios, hello Georgia Tech.
6) Louisville (+1) -- The team I saw Saturday is the one I expect to see for the rest of the year.
7) Florida St. (+1) -- Two quality wins in the belt going into a bye week.
8) Florida (+2) -- Defense looks good if teams don't run against them. I wasn't impressed. Fulmer gave them a win with his inept coaching.
9) Miami (Florida) (+2) -- Showed me a lot of character this week against Clemson.
10) Georgia Tech (+3) -- That's the fourth ACC school in my top ten if you are counting.
11) Ohio State (+1) -- Going with Smith in the long run is the right way to go.
12) Alabama (+3) -- Now I was impressed with these guys, they completely embarassed Spurrier and his gang of cocks.
13) Michigan State (NR) -- Something tells me they won't be this high for long. Consistency has never been this program's strong suit.
14) Cal (+2) -- Nothing great, but they are winning and they made a comeback against an Illinois team that plays hard.
15) Notre Dame (-9) -- Slow defense means they are DOA against the Trojans.
16) UCLA (+2) -- A strong, steady climb for Dorrell's group. Will the UCLA/USC game mean something again?
17) Michigan (-3) -- They didn't do anything to warrant a slip, but they have no quality wins to speak of.
18) Tennessee (-9) -- Fulmer could've given the ball to Riggs 35 times and won by double digits. Horrible job of coaching.
19) Arizona State (+1) -- The Sun Devils are a fun team to bet the over on.
20) Vanderbilt (+3) -- At the top of the SEC East and deservedly so with two road victories.
21) Purdue (+1) -- Avoided an upset alert in Arizona.
22) Oregon (+4) -- If they can hold the Trojans under 40 maybe they can stay ranked next week too.
23) Texas A&M (+2) -- They are ranked ahead of Clemson because they should have won the game if it wasn't for coaching.
24) Boston College (-5) -- Will be very tough for the rest of the season. I give them credit for wanting FSU early and being up for the challenge
25) Clemson (-1) -- No shame in losing to Miami in three overtimes.
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