BlogPoll Ballot Week 12: And Then There Were Two
by CW on Nov 14, 2011 4:37 PM EST
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PrintAs always, this is neither a power poll nor a predictor of future success.
One Foot Down Ballot - Week 12
| Rank | Team | Delta |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | LSU Tigers | -- |
| 2 | Oklahoma St. Cowboys | -- |
| 3 | Alabama Crimson Tide |  2 |
| 4 | Oregon Ducks | 2 |
| 5 | Clemson Tigers | 4 |
| 6 | Oklahoma Sooners | 1 |
| 7 | Virginia Tech Hokies | 3 |
| 8 | Stanford Cardinal |  -5 |
| 9 | Arkansas Razorbacks | -1 |
| 10 | Kansas St. Wildcats | 1 |
| 11 | Boise St. Broncos | -7 |
| 12 | South Carolina Gamecocks | -- |
| 13 | Georgia Bulldogs | -- |
| 14 | USC Trojans | -- |
| 15 | Michigan St. Spartans | 3 |
| 16 | Wisconsin Badgers | -1 |
| 17 | Nebraska Cornhuskers | -1 |
| 18 | Michigan Wolverines | 1 |
| 19 | Houston Cougars | 5 |
| 20 | Baylor Bears | -- |
| 21 | Penn St. Nittany Lions | -4 |
| 22 | Southern Miss. Golden Eagles | 3 |
| 23 | Notre Dame Fighting Irish | -- |
| 24 | West Virginia Mountaineers | -- |
| 25 | TCU Horned Frogs | -- |
| Dropouts: Ohio St. Buckeyes, Texas Longhorns, Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets, Cincinnati Bearcats | ||
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* Right now, BCS supporters must be pretty happy. They have two undefeated teams (and Houston, which we'll get to) that have been playing great, entertaining football for the entire season. To make it even more exciting, Les Miles used to coach at Oklahoma State before moving down to the bayou. It's a perfect, compelling matchup...
...but there is so much danger to those that somehow think this terrible system works. The easy one is just for Oklahoma State to lose to Oklahoma, a task they've not done since 2002. If there was a year for this to happen, it's this one, as injuries pile up for the Sooners and the Pokes' offense goes nuclear week in and week out. But it's possible. Then there's the nuclear scenario: LSU loses to Arkansas.
"Oh, not happening!" you say, but recent history suggests otherwise. The Razorbacks have won three out of the last four against LSU, with the last three Tiger wins coming by 3, 5 and 2 points. The LSU secondary is filthy, but if you're going to go at it, it helps to have Bobby Petrino behind the controls of your offense. Arkansas wasn't quite ready for Alabama in September and struggled to stay at one loss for most of October, but it's possible.
With no ill will meant towards either the Bayou Bengals or Cowboys, I'll be hoping for them each to drop a game, just to make the few remaining BCS supporters feel even more alone on an island.
* I'm all for treating the smaller conference teams with respect (sorry, Boise - you'd think of all the teams in the country, they would try to score the go-ahead touchdown), but Houston being mentioned as a BCS team is a joke. Sagarin has their schedule at 123. That means there are Division I-AA teams with tougher schedules than the Cougars. There are a few opportunities for them to impress with somewhat legitimate wins, with Tulsa and a C-USA title game against Southern Miss, but there's just not enough there. If they end up playing Alabama in the Sugar Bowl, I hope Case Keenum gets his last rites before kickoff.
* The best two-loss teams in the country are Georgia, USC and Kansas State. The Big Ten are an unmitigated mess and I hate them all. I'm not sure why Florida State is being ranked, as their best win is Miami and their next-best win is...Boston College? Duke? NC State? It's not good.
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FSUcks
We will own them in the postseason.
by Mouth of the South on Nov 15, 2011 12:10 PM EST reply actions
You are very confident, my friend!
Sky rockets in flight.
by Eric Murtaugh on Nov 15, 2011 1:07 PM EST up reply actions
Do you doubt?
What have they done?
I guess you could say “what have we done?” but outside of our three close losses and Pitt we’ve owned everyone we’ve played.
We’ll see what we do against the Tree.
by Mouth of the South on Nov 15, 2011 2:21 PM EST up reply actions
Their athletic defense worries me
And their offense doesn’t at all besides the fact that Manuel will probably run for 5 or 6 first down’s in the game—-and I hate playing a QB like that.
Sky rockets in flight.
by Eric Murtaugh on Nov 15, 2011 3:25 PM EST up reply actions
BUT BUT BUT THEY PLAY IN THE SOUTH!! THEY'RE GET ALL THEIR RECRUITS FROM FLORIDA!!
THAT MEANS THEY BY DEFINITION MUST BE FASTER THAN OUR SLOW MIDWESTERN TEAM!!! EXPLOSIVE OFFENSE!! DEFENSE THAT FLIES AROUND THE BALL!!! OTHER RANDOM FOOTBALL SPEED CLICHE THAT HAS UTTERLY NO MEANING!! HOW WILL OUR TEAM FULL OF GRITTY, GAME-MANAGING PLODDERS KEEP UP??
"HEY! The inspiring speech is my bit, and I'm not going to let some fancypants Nobel Laureate take it away from me."
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by Kelly's Gyros on Nov 15, 2011 4:19 PM EST up reply actions
Their D can run, true.
And we must account for the Rees factor.
by Mouth of the South on Nov 15, 2011 4:18 PM EST reply actions
Georgia one of the best two loss teams?
They lost to the only two good teams they played so far this year. Same can be said for KState (and yes, I do recall they beat Miami). Worst one loss team has to be VaTech at this point.
Which conference wins in back-alley brawl this year—the ACC or the Big Ten? Both conferences are dumpster-fire worthy, but head and shoulders above the Big East.
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