2009 sj.com College Football Poll -- FINAL POLL PG 25!!!!!

[TrooperBari]

-- Utah might be a bit high

I'm not sure who's more high -- you, or your choice of Utah. Yes, the fourth-quarter pullout over San Jose was a real show of strength. And that thriller at home vs. Air Force? Stuff of champions.

Exactly how many teams this year have dominated every opponent they're supposed to dominate?

You could stick the bottom third of the poll in a sack, hit the sack with a stick and there's not a one of those teams that wouldn't deserve to get hit.

[AgatePage]

-- Utah might be a bit high

I'm not sure who's more high -- you, or your choice of Utah. Yes, the fourth-quarter pullout over San Jose was a real show of strength. And that thriller at home vs. Air Force? Stuff of champions.

Exactly how many teams this year have dominated every opponent they're supposed to dominate?

You could stick the bottom third of the poll in a sack, hit the sack with a stick and there's not a one of those teams that wouldn't deserve to get hit.

I'm not disagreeing with you, I'm merely saying ranking utah No. 7 in the poll is ludicrous. that's all.

[Rumpleforeskin]

1. TCU (They can get it done)
2. Florida
3. Alabama
4. Texas
5. Cincy
6. Boise State
7. Georgia Tech
8. Pittsburgh
9. Ohio State
10. LSU
11. USC
12. Miami Fla.
13. Houston
14. Oregon
15. Iowa
16. Utah
17. Oklahoma State
18. Arizona
19. Penn State
20. Virginia Tech
21. Wisconsin
22. BYU
23. South Florida
24. Stanford
25. Clemson

[azom]

Mine:

Team   Pvs
1. Alabama   1
2. Texas   3
3. Florida   2
4. TCU   5
5. Boise St.   4
6. Cincinnati   7
7. Georgia Tech   11
8. Pittsburgh   14
9. Iowa   6
10. Utah   12
11. Ohio St.   17
12. LSU   8
13. Houston   13
14. Oregon   9
15. USC   15
16. Miami   16
17. Penn St.   10
18. Oklahoma St.   18
19. Arizona   23
20. Virginia Tech   24
21. USF   25
22. Wisconsin   22
23. BYU   NR
24. Oregon St.   NR
25. Clemson   NR

Fell out: Notre Dame (pvs 19), Oklahoma (20), Cal (21).

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

How can anyone justify ranking Penn State?
They have played two -- TWO! - quality teams and lost them both! At HOME!

There is no way the Lions should be ranked.

[slappy4428]

Poll's ready to go... Now all I need are the ballots...

[2muchcoffeeman]

You'll get mine as soon as I get done staring in horror at the W-L results and telling myself, "I'm supposed to put one of those teams in the top 10 now? Yagottabefukkinkiddin!"

[slappy4428]

Hey, there's one voter who has their ballot posted on this page, yet never sent it in...

[spnited]

How can anyone be voting for Rutgers...winner over such powerhouses as Howard, Florida International, Texas Southern and Army?

[2muchcoffeeman]

How can anyone be voting for Rutgers...winner over such powerhouses as Howard, Florida International, Texas Southern and Army?

spnited, why do you hate America New Jersey?

[slappy4428]

Nov. 9, 2008

I've Got The World On A String,
and I'm Stringing You Along

By SLAPPY4428
Accused Stoolie

History tells us of several evil men who would stop at nothing to get what they want. And they tell us of their sidekicks who would do whatever their master bids to curry favor.

Mr. Burns and Smithers. Pinky and The Brain. Doug and Dinsdale Pirahna. Blackadder and Baldrick. Sir Rodney and that King from the Wizard of Id. In 2009, we have a new anti-hero and faithful chum who, together, plot to take over college football as we know it from their office overseeing a vacant lot in downtown Magic City.

They are known as Slimy Mike and Bloomin Chuckie.

Chapter 10: Oh, there’s nothing halfway about the Iowa way we cheat you

BC: Slimy Mike! Did you see what happened to Iowa! They lost to an inferior opponent, just like you said they would.

SM: Of course they did, Bloomie. It’s all part of my cunning plan to have our two teams in the BCS Championship.

BC: I have a cunning plan too. First you take a doggie, two parts fulminate of Mercury…

SM: Enough. The last time you had a cunning plan, the World Series was played during the day. Now, my cunning plan is so cunning that people will forget James Cunning as the father of cunning plans and name them after me – Slimy Plans.

BC: Are we still trying to sweep the Heisman and National Championships in the same year?

SM: Of course we are. We know one of these two teams is going to lose. But we just have to convince the lemmings in the Harris Poll and the sheep in the coaches poll that America needs two teams from our conference in the BCS title game.

Look at how it’s going. Another undefeated team lost on Saturday and that takes the number down to six. Jim Delany thinks he’s all that and a bag of nuts because of his network. HAH! We’re like Rupert Murdoch and Fox. If we can’t beat the media, we’ll buy them out. Soon, they’ll fall into our control.

BC: How do we do that? They can be so pigheaded and… you know… independent thinking.

SM: We’ll sway them to our side. Look around you. We’ll just blow a Little Ray of Sunshine up their ass and any wisdom they’ll have will disappear faster than George Solomon at an ESPN Office Party. The sheep…

BC: But your excellency. People are already talking. They think…

SM: … What I tell them to think.

There’s already talk of not one, but two Heisman candidates from our realm. One is perfect, everyone loves him. ESPN can’t get enough of him. Sometimes, Gary Danielson forgets to rinse.

BC: But the other one has a daddy in jail.

SM: We’ll just tell people not to talk about that. We can do it for our coaches.

BC: But Sire. You can’t tell people who to talk about and what not to talk about. That’s against the Constitution.

SM: The only Constitution around here is me. What do they expect for their $4 million contracts? They’re selling their soul to the company store. So some of our friendlier officials overlook things like easy penalities, eye gouges, and divots the size of a beaver pelt from a defensive back dragging his toe inbounds on an interception.

BC: Narf! Linda Cohn what?

SM: Look, the Peasants are Revolting. The only thing that matters is getting these two teams of ours into the Rose Bowl. Do you realize one of them has the words “remember the Rose Bowl” in its fight song and hasn’t been there since the Coolidge Administration?

We have to be subtle about this – especially with Texas. If they all lose now, they’ll have a chance to creep back in the picture. Think about it, Boise and TCU are media darlings. But only TCU will have a chance to go to a BCS bowl because at least it used to be a member of the Southwest Conference. Boise’s not going. America isn’t going to send a bunch of potato farmers to the Fiesta… oops, Rose Bowl.

BC: I remember the SWC. That’s the only organization in sports other than the NCAA that played favorites more than we did.

SM: Right. Cincinnati? We’ll just plant a few well-placed rumors about the Big Least and the media on our side will eat it up faster than grits and jowls. And that leaves Texas, which is due to have one bad game, and Colt McCoy, who is due to have a bad game…. Know what I mean squire?

BC: Oooooh. How are you going to fix that? Have one of our officials work their game and ruin a fair contest? Overlook a helmet to helmet tackle? Bring in that female soccer player from New Mexico to run the replay booth? Throw in an unnecessary unsportsmanlike conduct call? They’re pretty good at that, you know.

SM: No, Bloomie. Better than that. We’ll encourage Mack Brown to hire his brother, Watson. Nothing spells Division 1 fail like Watson Brown.

SJ.COM COLLEGE FOOTBALL POLL
11/9/2009
RK. TEAM (1st)              PTS   Last
1.   Florida   (14)          773   1
2.   Texas (9)              764   2
3.   Alabama (7)           752   3
4.   TCU (2)                 689   6
5.   Cincinnati              669   5
6.   Boise State            666   4
7.   Georgia Tech         590   10
8.   Pitt                      476   14
9.   Ohio State             459   16
10.   LSU                    453   9
11.   Utah                   444   12
12.   Miami (Fla.)          429   17
13.   Houston               424   15
14.   USC                    422   13
15.   Iowa                   399   7
16.   Oregon                392   8
17.   Oklahoma St.        275   18
18.   Arizona                263   19
19.   Penn State           226   11
20.   Virginia Tech         169   24
21.   Brigham Young      154   23
T22.   Wisconsin           115   NR
T22.   South Florida       115   25
24.   West Virginia           48   NR
25.   Clemson                 40   NR

Also receiving votes: Auburn 33, Oregon State 32, Stanford 31, Navy 25, Mississippi 14, Texas Tech 14, Rutgers 12, Troy 10, Nebraska 8, Temple 6, North Carolina 4, Central Michigan 3, Notre Dame 2.


The sj.com college football poll committee: Slappy4428 (chairman), 2muchcoffeeman, Agate Page, Azom, Bubbler BYH, Della9250, Dparker85, Elliotte Friedman,  GB-Hack, Hammer Pants, Hank Scorpio, Huggy, Ishouldcoco, Jesus Muscatel, Joe Schmoe, KYsportswriter, Madhavok, Matt1735, Orville Redenbacher, Oz, Piotr Rasputin, Popedirkbenedict, Precious Roy, Rumpleforeskin, spnited, Starman, Stormsurge, Sxysptswrtr,Trooper Bari, WS, Xanadu. Not voting: Diabeetus, Layman, Red Smith Clone, Rockbottom.

[AgatePage]

SM: We’ll sway them to our side. Look around you. We’ll just blow a Little Ray of Sunshine up their ass and any wisdom they’ll have will disappear faster than George Solomon at an ESPN Office Party. The sheep…

Nice.

Also, Navy missing its total points in the "others" category.

[slappy4428]

SM: We’ll sway them to our side. Look around you. We’ll just blow a Little Ray of Sunshine up their ass and any wisdom they’ll have will disappear faster than George Solomon at an ESPN Office Party. The sheep…

Nice.

Also, Navy missing its total points in the "others" category.

fixed...

[Bubbler]

Wisconsin ranked in November? Whoda thunk it? 

[slappy4428]

Wisconsin ranked in November? Whoda thunk it? 

Only cause Purdue had a bye week on Saturday...

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

No No. 1 vote Cincy? What happened?

[2muchcoffeeman]

No No. 1 vote Cincy? What happened?

Can't speak for that voter, but sometimes it's how you win. Cincy didn't exactly put UConn away.

[Precious Roy]

Lots of yards offensively but nothing on the defensive end. TCU is the vote now, and will likely stay that way the rest of the season.

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

Lots of yards offensively but nothing on the defensive end. TCU is the vote now, and will likely stay that way the rest of the season.

I don't know... Cincy has a tremendous task the next few weeks with WVU, Pitt and I think South Florida.
If they stay unbeaten I will be impressed.
 

[Rumpleforeskin]

I also voted TCU at No. 1. The Horned Frogs have allowed more than 20 points once this season (Sept. 19 vs. Texas State). TCU's true test will be this weekend vs. Utah.

[slappy4428]

I also voted TCU at No. 1. The Horned Frogs have allowed more than 20 points once this season (Sept. 19 vs. Texas State). TCU's true test will be this weekend vs. Utah.

In theory, ahem, you didn't vote. Had I not seen that you posted your ballot, you'd have had a miss...

[Rumpleforeskin]

I also voted TCU at No. 1. The Horned Frogs have allowed more than 20 points once this season (Sept. 19 vs. Texas State). TCU's true test will be this weekend vs. Utah.

In theory, ahem, you didn't vote. Had I not seen that you posted your ballot, you'd have had a miss...

Thanks for looking out, Slap.

[Precious Roy]

Lots of yards offensively but nothing on the defensive end. TCU is the vote now, and will likely stay that way the rest of the season.

I don't know... Cincy has a tremendous task the next few weeks with WVU, Pitt and I think South Florida.
If they stay unbeaten I will be impressed.
 

Quite true, and I like Cincy- A LOT- which is why I put them there last week. I guess I look at my poll as more fluid than most. I think a stumble one week can show holes that can be exploited another. That's why my vote changes so much, especially this season.
If Cincy wins out and TCU wins out and both do so impressively, it will take a good hour of waffling before I make the final decision.

[Oz]

1. Alabama
2. Florida
3. Texas
4. Texas Christian
5. Boise State
6. Cincinnati
7. Georgia Tech
8. Pittsburgh
9. Louisiana State
10. Oregon
11. Ohio State
12. Utah
13. Brigham Young
14. Oklahoma State
15. Iowa
16. Penn State
17. Virginia Tech
18. Clemson
19. Miami, Fla.
20. Arizona
21. Stanford
22. Wisconsin
23. Southern California
24. Oregon State
25. Houston

[Della9250]

1. Florida (0)
2. Alabama (0)
3. Texas (0)
4. Cincinnati (0)
5. TCU (+1)
6. Boise State (-1)
7. Georgia Tech (0)
8. Pittsburgh (+1)
9. Oregon (+2)
10. LSU (0)
11. Oklahoma State (+3)
12. Utah (-4)
13. Ohio State (+4)
14. Iowa (-2)
15. Rutgers (+9)
16. Penn State (+3)
17. BYU (+3)
18. Wisconsin (+5)
19. Central Michigan (NR)
20. Houston (-7)
21. Clemson (NR)
22. South Florida (-1)
23. North Carolina (NR)
24. Temple (NR)
25. Navy (NR)

Out: Southern Cal, Miami (Fla.), Arizona, West Virginia, Oregon State.