2011 BlogPoll Top 25: Final Edition Draft
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One Foot Down Ballot - Week 16
| Rank | Team | Delta |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alabama Crimson Tide | 2 |
| 2 | LSU Tigers | -1 |
| 3 | Oklahoma St. Cowboys | -1 |
| 4 | Oregon Ducks | 2 |
| 5 | Boise St. Broncos | 2 |
| 6 | Arkansas Razorbacks | 8 |
| 7 | USC Trojans | -2 |
| 8 | Stanford Cardinal | -4 |
| 9 | South Carolina Gamecocks | 2 |
| 10 | Michigan St. Spartans | 5 |
| 11 | Wisconsin Badgers | -2 |
| 12 | Michigan Wolverines | -2 |
| 13 | Baylor Bears | 3 |
| 14 | Oklahoma Sooners | -2 |
| 15 | Kansas St. Wildcats | -7 |
| 16 | TCU Horned Frogs | 2 |
| 17 | West Virginia Mountaineers | 2 |
| 18 | Georgia Bulldogs | -1 |
| 19 | Clemson Tigers | -6 |
| 20 | Southern Miss. Golden Eagles | 1 |
| 21 | Cincinnati Bearcats | 3 |
| 22 | Houston Cougars | 3 |
| 23 | Florida St. Seminoles | -- |
| 24 | Virginia Tech Hokies | -4 |
| 25 | Northern Illinois Huskies | -- |
| Dropouts: Nebraska Cornhuskers, Louisville Cardinals | ||
SB Nation BlogPoll College Football Top 25 Rankings "
As much as I would love to vote LSU number one, I watched the game last night and cannot, in good conscience, do that. It's a shame we'll never know how Oklahoma State's offense would have fared against either defense - he would have been the best QB either team faced by a country mile - but that is the terrible system in which we are stuck.
After tweaking this a bit, I feel pretty comfortable with everybody at the top. Perhaps the biggest sham of the bowl season is that Boise didn't get to test itself against a real team, but I don't feel like it's fair to punish them for that when they destroyed Georgia perhaps even more efficiently than LSU did, then took care of the business most of the season.
You could make a case that Wisconsin should be even higher, considering of their three losses, two were by Hail Marys and one was a close, competitive loss to a great Oregon team. You could also make a case for Michigan but seriously screw Michigan. Probably wouldn't hurt to have Nebraska ranked, but why not reward some white hot #MACtion at season's end?
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I think a case could be made for Okie State as #2
Their win over Stanford, in a game lacking defense, is almost as good as last night’s contest, a game lacking offense.
But I am tooo lazy to make such a statistical case.
Well hello there hangover. Fancy meeting you here this bright Thursday morning.
If LSU had won, definitely
But LSU has wins over Oregon (Rose Bowl champs), WVU (Orange Bowl champs), and Alabama. That’s a fantastic resume and I don’t think I could rank anyone other than Alabama ahead of them.
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You know that none of the pollsters remember the season, all that counts from Army/Navy onward is the bowl performance.
Well hello there hangover. Fancy meeting you here this bright Thursday morning.
by Cranked_Irish on Jan 10, 2012 2:56 PM EST up reply actions
If this makes sense
I liked LSU over Oklahoma State and Oklahoma State over Alabama. Although I read this and feel a little more inspired to put the Pokes at 1: http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/F/FBC_T25_BCS_PICKING_1?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2012-01-10-12-15-14
by CW on Jan 10, 2012 3:27 PM EST up reply actions
Nothing to do with this
ND nation is calling for Nick Saban to come to ND, and wrote an article about it…dear lord..
This
many times over.
Sometimes I want to invite my wife (the shrink) to view the pages and playfully diagnose some of the more frequent posters. The same can be said for UHND.
Well hello there hangover. Fancy meeting you here this bright Thursday morning.
by Cranked_Irish on Jan 10, 2012 2:55 PM EST up reply actions
First win over a top ten team
Michigan State is the first time ND has beaten that finished in the top 10 since Michigan in Tyrone’s first year. Progress? lol
Has anyone else noticed the USC Masters Ad on the home page???
Or maybe I’m just hallucinating again.
May God have mercy on my enemies, because I won't
-Patton
by Three and Eight-Elevenths Men on Jan 10, 2012 9:31 PM EST reply actions
No I haven't.
But I do get some other random stuff from time to time. I have had a ton of jewelry ads lately. Do people buy a lot of jewelry after the holidays? I guess it is the Valentine’s Day ramp up. Worst holiday ever. Thanks Hallmark!
whiskey
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by whiskey OFD on Jan 10, 2012 11:36 PM EST up reply actions

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