BlogPoll Ballot End of Week #5 - Draft

Was their home win over UC Davis that impressive?

Boise State – ok, I get the “until they lose . . .” reasoning although we’d beat them by 3 TDs. Drop Cincinnati below USC and I agree with your ballot.

But let me add: we would beat ANYONE currently ranked above us. But that’s the story of our lives since 2006 isn’t it. Thanks again Mr. Corp.

I guess after the Weasel started his we just missed on a couple of plays and his chastising the QB on the sideline thing. You would think that would be enough to get them rated #1 at being the most rank team.

Did you watch their game? LSU is awful. They did leave a few points on the field but still. They are a mediocre team that seems to be skating by on reputation alone.

You were right about them from the beginning of the year. For some reason, being a kid who’s dad had season basketball (men and women) and football tickets growing up- they never had “that oomph”, and this year- I didn’t have much hopes for them. Geeze, on both fronts- Oregon and Stanford. . . .I WAS WRONG.

Damn! Either I love the shit outta college football or. . . .I hate it immensely.

Good going Para, Stanford has my undivided attention now.

I would drop ND and keep OU in. ND has no good wins to deserve a ranking. And, OU is still very talented. Other than that, I like this poll. I think the Boise, TCU, Cinci respect at this point in the season, given that NO ONE else other than Bama looks like a champ, is fair. I think each one of those teams is a legit top 15 squad.

i like the rest of the poll but nevertheless I’ll hold my tongue.
See you on Halloween!

We’ll be the ones dressed as Pac 10 Champions, just so you’ll recognize us. White tops, cardinal stripe on the shoulder.

. . . .wrote in his “Potpourri” column on 2009.10.07 about scoring, O & D “balance” – “ranking”, and Sagarin score for USC as it compares to Top 10 teams in the country (albeit, utilizing just FL, TX, VTech, Bama, LSU, Cincinnati and TCU) and with that, he drew some interesting observations and conclusions. I think it’s worthy of considerations concerning this week’s ballot poll.

Overall, considering TX and FL have only played 4 games and, more importantly- both of these teams have two of the worst Sagarin score thus far in the 2009 football season. So, it’s safe to say once these two teams get into the meat of their respective conference schedule- their respective O & D balance and scoring will drop considerably. (notice: FL’s scoring output against the cupcake teams they’ve played and their one game vs. SEC opponent, Tennessee. basically- accumulating only half their scoring vs. TN as opposed to, say. . . .Charleston Southern. I mean, IS THAT REALLY A SCHOOL with a football team or is it a SEC business front to “launder” wins? Oh, right! Same difference)

To conclude, only LSU and VTech have comparable games, data, and Sagarin scores to base or judge USC’s season thus far. And by comparison, USC is not doing as bad as we (and most America) perceive them to be, nor any more worse than the pundits and haters are trying to brainwash us into believing. Have we played poorly? Yes, this much is certain. Are we unworthy of being considered a Top 5 team in the country? Maybe, if you think UW is a hellaciously awful team that got “lucky” with LSU and Idaho (they tanked it vs. Stanford for sure, but lost to the Fighting Rash by incompetent Pac 10 referee-ing). Is USC undeserving of their #7 ranking? No way, as a matter of fact, they’re a much better team than VTech and LSU who are both ranked higher than them, and only time will tell how they compare to TX and FL once both those teams gain a 80-plus point rating- as it applies to their Sagarin score/SOS. Are 6 teams actually better than USC at this point in time in the college football season? No, and the data bears this out- only Alabama can say without question that they have a much better football team than USC, and subjectively- only FL, TX and tOSU fans with complete disdain for Pac 10 football can have the opinion that they are more complete teams than us. Even still, we BEAT tOSU so, there’s that AND as well- FL and TX HAVE TO ACTUALLY PLAY a team or two in the near future with a true BCS championship pulse to have any degree of veracity of opinion in this matter.

Verbosely, Bix says USC is definitely in the Top 4- LSU, although undefeated at this point- and VTech, with their only loss to ‘Bama ARE NOT better than us, and TCU and Cincinnati? Uh. . . .reality of being in the BCS championship game, anyone? Just sayin’. So, no. Uh-uh, TCU and Cincy cannot compete with us right now, with this team of ours- ESPECIALLY if we put RoJo and Mondo back on the pitch in a hypothetical game tomorrow.

But yeah, keep LSU and VTech in front of us- if you’re (the general ms-media, pundits, and haters. . .not you ParaSC) so inclined. Matter of fact, go ahead and keep TCU, Boise State and Cincy in the discussion of being comparable to our team. But. . . .let’s just see where all these teams stand in December. I like the way it looks for us, in comparison to the other top teams vying for a BCS bowl/championship game consideration right now. For all you good people out there reading this, don’t forget what Pete Carroll’s record is in November games. Just sayin’! (I had to)