Re: 2009 SportsJournalists.com College Football Poll -- 10/26/09 Page 16
Oct. 26, 2009
Whoomp! (There it is) -- Another Day with Another Know-it-all
By SLAPPY4428
All-knowing know-it-all
It's time for another installment of "Ask Mr. Football"
Dear Mr. Football: Why does unbeaten Iowa keep winning and stay mired deep in the poll behind inferior teams from inferior conferences? H. Fry, Ioway City, Ioway.
Good point, coach Fox. We’re not quite sure what you mean by inferior conferences. Iowa beat teams from inferior conferences like the Sunbelt and Missouri Valley by the magnificent total of four points. It also beat two teams from inferior states like Michigan by three points. But the Hawkeyes have two things working against it. One, the Big Ten – in a conspiracy theory matched only by SEC officials on the field and in the replay booth – is considered in a down year for the first time since the 2008 season. Two, America loves an underdog, which is why Boise State, TCU and Cincinnati are so high. Win out, and we don’t have this problem. One of the two SEC schools will have to lose and Texas will eat its annual sh it sammich somewhere along the way.
Dear Mr. Futbol: Why can’t the officials off the field match the talent on it? Dougie S. Burmunham, Ayebama.
They do, Dougie. No one has noticed yet.
Hey dude! Love my moobs? I’m sittin here in mommy’s basement, getting high, drinkin beer and eating Hostess Snowballs out the Wazzu and you don’t know me and I don’t know you and I don’t care. Everyone reads my blog even though I can’t write good or spell worth a crap. I know more about football than everyone here. Hell, I know more about junralism too. Ha ha ha! I owen you. Danny Drillbit, Caves of Bandor, Narnia.
You’re right. You do. I loved watching you in The Benchwarmers. You were great as Howie.
Dear Mr. Football: Why all the love for TCU all of a sudden? Don’t these people know there’s only room for one non-BCS team that’s supposed to get love? Which team has been the most consistent over the last 10 years? Which team is the Gonzaga of college football, in a non-Jesuit kind of way? It’s supposed to be Boise State, not this Jimmy Bob Comelately! C. Petersen, Boise, Idaho.
Hey Chris! TCU is no stranger to the national pitcher. Back before your grandfather was born, the Horned Froggies had a Heisman Winner in Davey O’Brien. You might remember his sister Margaret, the child actress, or his bio pic by Monty Python, Life of O’Brien. TCU used to have some great running backs in Orongelo and Limongelo Tucker. And in 1938, they won a by-God honest-to-goodness national title. Not one of those phantom ones some schools claim by going 9-2 and finding someone to give a national title. So this has been a long time coming.
Mr. Football: Seriously. Central Michigan? Central? E. Uzelac, St. Joseph, Mich.
Dear E, While it was one of the many schools you never coaches at in the Midwest, Central’s lone loss is at Arizona – a 13-point loss in the opener looking more impressive now that the Wildcats are sniffing the top 25. Seriously. Central.
Dear Mr. Football: Which is the best team in the country – Florida, Texas or Alabama? Herbie Street, Columbus, Ohio.
Dear Herbie, none of them will win the national title. You can bet the house on it. Ooops, sorry. Wrong quarterback.
SportsJournalists.com COLLEGE FOOTBALL POLL
10/26/2009
RK. TEAM (1st) PTS Last
1. Florida (18) 827 1
2. Alabama (10) 804 2
3. Texas (5) 800 3
4. Boise State 688 5
5. USC 671 4
6. Cincinnati (1) 668 6
7. Iowa 656 7
8. Texas Christian 648 8
9. LSU 585 9
10. Oregon 546 11
11. Georgia Tech 485 13
tie. Oklahoma St. 485 12
13. Penn State 464 14
14. Virginia Tech 406 16
15. Utah 307 17
16. Pitt 302 19
17. Houston 283 18
18. Ohio State 276 19
19. Miami (Fla.) 248 10
20. West Virginia 217 23
21. Central Michigan 113 25
22. Oklahoma 91 NR
23. South Carolina 84 NR
24. Arizona 83 NR
25. Mississippi 79 NR
Also receiving votes: Notre Dame 69, BYU 69, Cal 40, Navy 20, Kansas 18,Wisconsin 11, Michigan State 4, South Florida 2, Texas Tech 1.
The SportsJournalists.com college football poll committee: Slappy4428 (chairman), 2muchcoffeeman, Agate Page, Azom, Bubbler BYH, Della9250, Diabeetus, Dparker85, Elliotte Friedman, GB-Hack, Hank Scorpio, Huggy, Ishouldcoco, Jesus Muscatel, Joe Schmoe, KYsportswriter, Layman, Madhavok, Matt1735, Orville Redenbacher, Oz, Piotr Rasputin, Popedirkbenedict, Precious Roy, Red Smith Clone, Rockbottom, spnited, Starman, Stormsurge, Sxysptswrtr,Trooper Bari, WS, Songbird. Not Voting: Hammer Pants, Rumpleforeskin.
