2008 sj.com college football poll -- (1/9) Final Poll, Page 118

[Sxysprtswrtr]

My Top 5:
1.   Alabama
2.   Texas Tech
3.   Texas
4.   Florida
5.   Oklahoma

* I'm glad to see others aren't putting Florida in the top three. Just don't see them there, yet.

[Tom Petty]

if you look back, i predicted the penn state loss.

What do you want, a cookie?

i want the BBOC nation to admit that i'm a college football god.

Are you Mark Mangino?

solid ... and no, btw.

[slappy4428]

I am SO far behind right now... never going on vacation again...

[slappy4428]

Be it ever so humble, there's no place like Dome

Nov. 10, 2008

By SLAPPY 4428
World Traveler

Things I noticed over a weekend while wanting to put an ice pick through my temple on a weekend with my family (or, Mailing it in after a weekend vacation):

-- You know you’re a team in deep shit when John Parker Wilson starts running yang and backing it up.

-- The overall record of the Directional Michigans is 19-20. Central Michigan is 7-2, Western Michigan – after beating Illinois – is 8-2 and Division II Northern Michigan is 2-8. Anyone care to guess who that leaves?

-- The pilot on my first leg to Minneapolis was a dead ringer for Henry Waxman. Swore I saw him kick an old guy who looked like John Dingell in the ass.

-- Happy talk TV: I thought the Fox station in my town was a bunch of bandwagon boys. Nothing on Fox 9 in Minneapolis, who constantly used “we” in referring to the Vikings. Runner-up: Tools on the Vikings radio who constantly referred to Adrian Peterson as “Adrian” like he was family.

-- Mike Leach? There’s a collect phone call for you from Knoxville.

-- Nothing says jump off the bandwagon like Minnesota Golden Gophers football. After starting 7-1, the goofs sold out the football game with Michigan. After starting 7-2 with a loss to Northwestern, there were gaping holes in the crowd for said Michigan game. They might have actually had the 55,000 in the building, but 15,000 were cleverly disguised as empty seats.

-- Mike Gundy hasn’t had an asskicking like that since he was 12. Does this make him less of a man or just an older one.

-- Happy Talk TV II: Same boobs on Fox9, showing a shot of the Chilean president, the honorable Wazzername Whoserface, kicking a soccer ball and losing a shoe. (Yuk, yuk, yuk.) Blow-dried male anchor could not resist the obligatory “Maybe the Vikings should sign her?” I could not resist having another shot of Jack.

-- Gophers, Part Two: Drunk in the crowd spotting Ms. Slappy’s Michigan shirt and my Michigan hat at halftime: “Michigan Sucks! Two-and-seven! (clap, clap, clapclapclap).” Ms. Slappy: “16-nothing” (Clap, clap, clapclapclap). Drunk’s friend: “Dude, shut up. You got flamed by a woman.”

-- Laugh all you want, but the ACC has more teams bowl-eligible than the Pac-10, Big 12, Big 10, Big East, C-USA, Mountain West, and MAC. Georgia Tech to Detroit to play the MAC champ?

-- Wyoming? Wynonna, I can see. Wyoming?

-- Listening to talk-radio this morning on the way to the post office and catching up on the weekend. Tune in just in time to hear…
“…10-and-0! No coach has ever won a national title with one team, then turned around, gone 10-0 and beat that team on its home field. Can yew say Bear Bryant II?”

There’s no place like home. Where the hell did I put the ice pick?


SJ.COM COLLEGE FOOTBALL POLL
11/10/2008
RK. TEAM (1st)              PTS   Last
1.   Texas Tech (31)     1159   1
2   Alabama (16)          1131   2
3.   Florida                  1036   4
4.   Texas                   1033   5
5.   Oklahoma              1001   6
6.   USC                       969   7
7.   Utah                      862   9
8.   Penn State              853   3
9.   Boise State             788   10
10.   Ohio State            675   12
11.   Oklahoma State      667   8
12.   Missouri                655   12
13.   Georgia                 575   14
14.   Ball State              557   17
15.   BYU                     555   16
16.   TCU                     466   11
17.   Michigan State       398   18
18.   North Carolina        381   19
19.   LSU                     354   15
20.   Florida State          250   25
21.   Pitt                      202   NR
22.   Cincinnati              193   22
23.   Oregon State         113   NR
24.   Tulsa                    104   24
25.   South Carolina         57   NR
 Also receiving votes: Air Force 43, Oregon 38, California 35, Central Michigan 24, Georgia tech 18, Virginia Tech 16, Arizona 13, Miami (Fla.) 11, West Virginia 9, Western Michigan 9, Minnesota 8, Maryland 7, Wake Forest 6, Northwestern 4, Iowa 4, Navy 2.


The sj.com college football poll committee: Slappy4428 (chairman), 2muchcoffeeman, 93devil, Agate Page, Amraeder,Angola, Appgrad05, Azom, Barsuk, Bubbler, Buckweaver, Budcrew08, BYH, Cadet, Della9250, Diabeetus, Dickens Cider, Dixiehack, Dparker85, Elliotte Friedman, GB-Hack, Hammer Pants, Hank Scorpio, Huggy, Hustle, Idaho, Inkywretch, Joe Schmoe, Joel Hammond, jps, KYsportswriter, Madhavok, Mustangj17, OJ1414, Orville Redenbacher, Oz, Perennially Overrated, Piotr Rasputin, Precious Roy, Rufino, Rumpleforeskin, Spnited, Sportschick, Stagger Lee, Starman, Sxysptswrtr, Tom Petty,Trooper Bari, Xanadu, Zebracoy, Zeke12.

Missing voters in italics

[dooley_womack1]

Not a good time of year to have four missing voters.

[Tom Petty]

Not a good time of year to have four missing voters.

i think Perennially Overrated is done for the season.

[slappy4428]

Especially since I didn't get to it until 3 p.m. and very publicly said I was running late.

[Evil ... Thy name is Orville Redenbacher!!]

No first place vote for USC this week?
I shook my poll up a little and jumped Florida to No. 2 over Alabama.

[Tom Petty]

No first place vote for USC this week?
I shook my poll up a little and jumped Florida to No. 2 over Alabama.

i'm guessing that guy thought bama and tech had a coupla quality wins this week.

[Diabeetus]

No first place vote for USC this week?
I shook my poll up a little and jumped Florida to No. 2 over Alabama.

i'm guessing that guy thought bama and tech had a coupla quality wins this week.

What a schmuck.

[Tom Petty]

No first place vote for USC this week?
I shook my poll up a little and jumped Florida to No. 2 over Alabama.

i'm guessing that guy thought bama and tech had a coupla quality wins this week.

What a schmuck.

hey fucker, er ... well, he has his reasons.

[Xanadu]

No first place vote for USC this week?
I shook my poll up a little and jumped Florida to No. 2 over Alabama.

for any specific reason or just because there was an urge to shake it up for shake it up's sake?

[Evil ... Thy name is Orville Redenbacher!!]

There is some rational behind it.

1. I think Florida is gonna kick the every livin' ever lovin' shit out of the ol' Tide.
2. I have been more impressed by UF's play of late. Yeah, they have one loss, but I think they are the second best team in the country and the best team in the SEC right now.
Alabama has won, but not so convincingly.
Auburn, UGA and LSU aren't so tough. LSU's QB being its fatal flaw. and UGA, being, .. well UGA. Auburn ... 'Bama has struggled, see UK as well.
Top to bottom, inside and out I think the Gators are the superior team right now.

[Barsuk]

My apologies to slappy and my fellow pollsters for missing my first ballot in two years. I did not have internet access at home until this afternoon and wasn't able to get it done. It won't happen again.

[Tom Petty]

i blame the titans.

[Xanadu]

There is some rational behind it.

1. I think Florida is gonna kick the every livin' ever lovin' shit out of the ol' Tide.
2. I have been more impressed by UF's play of late. Yeah, they have one loss, but I think they are the second best team in the country and the best team in the SEC right now.
Alabama has won, but not so convincingly.
Auburn, UGA and LSU aren't so tough. LSU's QB being its fatal flaw. and UGA, being, .. well UGA. Auburn ... 'Bama has struggled, see UK as well.
Top to bottom, inside and out I think the Gators are the superior team right now.

i disagree with your rationale for no. 1 ... i don't believe you can leap a team because you think it will beat the undefeated team to a pulp. that's not a reason to shake things up.

right now, alabama, from the same conference, is undefeated and didn't lose at home to a 4-loss team.

[Tom Petty]

outing alert: zanadu is paper dragon.

[Hank_Scorpio]

There is some rational behind it.

1. I think Florida is gonna kick the every livin' ever lovin' shit out of the ol' Tide.
2. I have been more impressed by UF's play of late. Yeah, they have one loss, but I think they are the second best team in the country and the best team in the SEC right now.
Alabama has won, but not so convincingly.
Auburn, UGA and LSU aren't so tough. LSU's QB being its fatal flaw. and UGA, being, .. well UGA. Auburn ... 'Bama has struggled, see UK as well.
Top to bottom, inside and out I think the Gators are the superior team right now.

i disagree with your rationale for no. 1 ... i don't believe you can leap a team because you think it will beat the undefeated team to a pulp. that's not a reason to shake things up.

right now, alabama, from the same conference, is undefeated and didn't lose at home to a 4-loss team.

Agree. You have to base it on results and what HAS happened on the field. Not what you think will happen.

[Evil ... Thy name is Orville Redenbacher!!]

There is some rational behind it.

1. I think Florida is gonna kick the every livin' ever lovin' shit out of the ol' Tide.
2. I have been more impressed by UF's play of late. Yeah, they have one loss, but I think they are the second best team in the country and the best team in the SEC right now.
Alabama has won, but not so convincingly.
Auburn, UGA and LSU aren't so tough. LSU's QB being its fatal flaw. and UGA, being, .. well UGA. Auburn ... 'Bama has struggled, see UK as well.
Top to bottom, inside and out I think the Gators are the superior team right now.

i disagree with your rationale for no. 1 ... i don't believe you can leap a team because you think it will beat the undefeated team to a pulp. that's not a reason to shake things up.

right now, alabama, from the same conference, is undefeated and didn't lose at home to a 4-loss team.

But ultimately, including now, I beleive UF to be the better team.
I jumped TT up after they won the last two weeks? That was justified just because they were also unbeaten?
So what, UF lost a game - a hiccup. They lost it early enough in the season - another flaw of the system - to recover and make a charge a No. 1.
They are playing really, really well.
If TT loses I f have no problem giving the Gators a No. 1 vote.

[Paper Dragon]

How is Texas ranked below Florida? Both losses came in the final seconds but Texas' was on the road against a Top 2 team. Can someone explain that one to me?

I know Florida is playing really, really well, but Texas ain't exactly stinking it up.

[dixiehack]

There is some rational behind it.

1. I think Florida is gonna kick the every livin' ever lovin' shit out of the ol' Tide.
2. I have been more impressed by UF's play of late. Yeah, they have one loss, but I think they are the second best team in the country and the best team in the SEC right now.
Alabama has won, but not so convincingly.
Auburn, UGA and LSU aren't so tough. LSU's QB being its fatal flaw. and UGA, being, .. well UGA. Auburn ... 'Bama has struggled, see UK as well.
Top to bottom, inside and out I think the Gators are the superior team right now.

i disagree with your rationale for no. 1 ... i don't believe you can leap a team because you think it will beat the undefeated team to a pulp. that's not a reason to shake things up.

right now, alabama, from the same conference, is undefeated and didn't lose at home to a 4-loss team.

Agree. You have to base it on results and what HAS happened on the field. Not what you think will happen.

If you think a team is the best team in the country, you vote them No. 1. Period. Full stop.

If the NFL lived and died with a Top 25 poll, would you vote the Titans ahead of the Giants right now?

[Xanadu]

so then, if florida's loss is a hiccup, you'd agree usc's road loss is just a hiccup, as they have devastated people since then, too.

(i think i knoow what your response will be).

[Diabeetus]

There is some rational behind it.

1. I think Florida is gonna kick the every livin' ever lovin' shit out of the ol' Tide.
2. I have been more impressed by UF's play of late. Yeah, they have one loss, but I think they are the second best team in the country and the best team in the SEC right now.
Alabama has won, but not so convincingly.
Auburn, UGA and LSU aren't so tough. LSU's QB being its fatal flaw. and UGA, being, .. well UGA. Auburn ... 'Bama has struggled, see UK as well.
Top to bottom, inside and out I think the Gators are the superior team right now.

i disagree with your rationale for no. 1 ... i don't believe you can leap a team because you think it will beat the undefeated team to a pulp. that's not a reason to shake things up.

right now, alabama, from the same conference, is undefeated and didn't lose at home to a 4-loss team.

Agree. You have to base it on results and what HAS happened on the field. Not what you think will happen.

If you think a team is the best team in the country, you vote them No. 1. Period. Full stop.

If the NFL lived and died with a Top 25 poll, would you vote the Titans ahead of the Giants right now?

Yes. I love the Titans D and running game. Built to win when it really counts.

[Evil ... Thy name is Orville Redenbacher!!]

so then, if florida's loss is a hiccup, you'd agree usc's road loss is just a hiccup, as they have devastated people since then, too.

(i think i knoow what your response will be).

I agree. But I think UF is better the USC.

If we are bound to rank unbeaten teams over one-loss teams, somebody better start showing Utah, Boise State and Ball State some love.

[slappy4428]

There is some rational behind it.

1. I think Florida is gonna kick the every livin' ever lovin' shit out of the ol' Tide.
2. I have been more impressed by UF's play of late. Yeah, they have one loss, but I think they are the second best team in the country and the best team in the SEC right now.
Alabama has won, but not so convincingly.
Auburn, UGA and LSU aren't so tough. LSU's QB being its fatal flaw. and UGA, being, .. well UGA. Auburn ... 'Bama has struggled, see UK as well.
Top to bottom, inside and out I think the Gators are the superior team right now.

i disagree with your rationale for no. 1 ... i don't believe you can leap a team because you think it will beat the undefeated team to a pulp. that's not a reason to shake things up.

right now, alabama, from the same conference, is undefeated and didn't lose at home to a 4-loss team.

Agree. You have to base it on results and what HAS happened on the field. Not what you think will happen.

True, but you also have to take into account how a team looks doing it. Right now, Florida is playing better than Alabama.