BlogPoll Ballot - Regular Season Week #3
by Paragon SC on Sep 18, 2011 5:12 AM PDT
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PrintLots of movement in this weeks ballot as we start to see some things shake out. There is still some baby seal clubbing going on on some of the schedules so quality wins are still not in abundance as teams start to hit full steam of conference play.
Here is this weeks ballot...
Conquest Chronicles Ballot - Week 4
| Rank | Team | Delta |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | LSU Tigers | -- |
| 2 | Oklahoma Sooners | -- |
| 3 | Alabama Crimson Tide | -- |
| 4 | Boise St. Broncos |  2 |
| 5 | Wisconsin Badgers | -- |
| 6 | Stanford Cardinal | 2 |
| 7 | Nebraska Cornhuskers | 2 |
| 8 | Texas A&M Aggies |  -4 |
| 9 | Oklahoma St. Cowboys | 2 |
| 10 | Oregon Ducks | 5 |
| 11 | South Carolina Gamecocks | 1 |
| 12 | Arkansas Razorbacks | 1 |
| 13 | South Florida Bulls | 5 |
| 14 | USC Trojans | 5 |
| 15 | West Virginia Mountaineers | 5 |
| 16 | Virginia Tech Hokies | -6 |
| 17 | Florida Gators | -- |
| 18 | Clemson Tigers | -- |
| 19 | Florida St. Seminoles | -12 |
| 20 | Texas Longhorns | 3 |
| 21 | Miami Hurricanes | -- |
| 22 | Baylor Bears | -- |
| 23 | Utah Utes | -- |
| 24 | TCU Horned Frogs | -- |
| 25 | Michigan St. Spartans | -9 |
| Dropouts: Ohio St. Buckeyes, Arizona St. Sun Devils, Auburn Tigers, Mississippi St. Bulldogs | ||
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On to the particulars...
LSU stays at the top, two quality wins away from Baton Rouge make LSU's resume pretty stout so far.
Oklahoma's win in Tallahassee was impressive but not enough to overtake LSU at the top spot.
Alabama - Baby Seal clubbing...
Stanford, Wisconsin and Boise State all had pretty good wins this week.
I am not yet sure about Nebraska. Don't let the score fool you into this being a dominant win. Nebraska had a couple of gift calls from some sloppy Big 10 officiating. UW didn't help matters by fumbling a kick at their own 1-yard line that SHOULD HAVE and did lead to a score...it's not like Nebraska broke a sweat on that drive. UW has some talent, I think we really see them make a move next year, if not......
I dropped Texas A&M because the weight of their wins is diminishing a bit. Yes, they beat Idaho but it started out sloppy and it was at home. Their bye week hurts them as well.
Okie St. was a late start but they dispatched Tulsa with ease.
Oregon played with what amounts to a high school football team, but from what I read it looks like they firing on all cylinders...starting work out the kinks. Darron Thomas pretty much sat the whole 2nd half and DeAnthony Thomas is proving to be the human highlight real that we knew he would be...just in the wrong uniform.
I was impressed that Navy went into South Carolina and made it a game, but some stout defense by the 'cocks and some uncharacteristic mistakes by Navy gave South Carolina the win. I really thought that Navy would win. I am still not convinced That south Carolina is all that, but Clowney is a BEAST!
Arkansas had a ho-hum win against Troy but I sure liked Joe Adams TD catch and run. Just imagine what Adams would have done at 'SC!
I moved USC up because things are starting to click. The O-Line still has issues as does the secondary but USC has all the weapons it needs, things just need some tightening up, more on USC's win later today.
I am liking WVU, winning at Byrd Stadium isn't always easy.
On the flip side I am not yet sold on Va. Tech. they haven't yet been tested so I am really not sure what they have under the hood.
Florida beating Tennessee, at home, isn't all that impressive as the Vols still have a lot of issues to address.
I was impressed with Clemson, though some would say that Auburn finally got exposed for the team they are. Either way it was a nice win for Clemson so they earn a spot in the ballot this week.
Florida State has a little more work to do than I thought. They showed some flashes last night but they need one more year...
Texas looked like world beaters...but then they played against UCLA. I can't give them too much credit there. I have no idea what Slick Rick was thinking in starting Prince. He should have pulled him after the 2nd INT. I am really surprised that he didn't play Hundley. I still laugh at the comments of Rick Kimbrell when UCLA got Brehaut's commitment, saying that they thought they got a better QB than what USC got in Matt Barkley.......right.
I liked what Miami did last night. Sure there were some questionable plays by Jacory Harris but they exposed Ohio State whose previous two wins were against the Little Sisters of the Poor...tOSU exits my ballot this week.
Utah replaces Arizona St. in this weeks ballot because of their impressive win against BYU.They took their frustrations of their loss to USC out on BYU...BYU did a lot to help with 5 turnovers.
Sparty isn't as good as many thought they were.
Other departures...Miss. St., Auburn.
Where am I wrong?
I need any changes that you think that should be done No Later Than MONDAY EVENING!
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I think you were way too harsh on FSU
I personally think that Oklahoma is the best team in the country and that game was a very close slug it out affair until Manuel got knocked out of the game in the 3rd quarter, and Laundry Jones made a great throw in the 4th. At least you need to put them at the top of the ACC teams above Clemson (almost lost to Wofford) and Va Tech (who hasn’t played anything resembling a BCS team this year), regardless of FSU’s one loss.
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My take
- You move Braska up after two very unimpressive wins, then drop A&M big-time after two sound wins. Doesn’t jive.
- Not sure Oregon deserves a big jump after clubbing a baby seal (love that line!)
- Navy is good this season. Good results in every game.
- Sagarin has USC #7. I think we deserve to be around #12 as the only team in nation w/ 3 BCS wins, 2 of them over top 50 teams in Utah and Cuse.
- Florida looks good. Can’t believe there was no hiccup from the coaching staff transition. Amazing.
- Florida St was in that game late. I wouldn’t drop them as far.
- I would drop Mich St after their turd and add San Diego St, who got their first win against the Pac 10 in about 20 games. Old Brady Hoke team playing New Brady Hoke team next. SDSU is dangerous this season.
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by Nestor on Sep 4, 2010 9:24 PM CDT
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