Blogpoll Week 7 Draft Ballot

by BSD on Oct 6, 2008 10:00 AM EDT in Blogpoll Comment 26 comments

This week was pretty tame compared to last week when half the top ten teams all lost. So you don't see much movement at the top this week. Anyway, here is the ballot for this week. (UPDATE: Ballot edited to switch Missouri and Penn State.)

Rank	Team	Delta

1	Alabama	--
2	Oklahoma	--
3	LSU	--
4	Missouri	--
5	Penn State	--
6	Texas	--
7	Texas Tech	--
8	Brigham Young	--
9	Southern Cal	1
10	Florida	1
11	Georgia	1
12	Ohio State	1
13	Utah	2
14	Vanderbilt	7
15	Kansas	4
16	Boise State	1
17	Virginia Tech	1
18	Michigan State	6
19	Northwestern	3
20	Oklahoma State	6
21	Wake Forest	5
22	Wisconsin	6
23	Pittsburgh	3
24	North Carolina	2
25	California	1

Dropped Out: Auburn (#9), South Florida (#14), Oregon (#20), Connecticut (#23), Fresno State (#25).

Movin' On Up

Nobody, really. Like I said, everyone in the top ten held serve with the exception of South Florida who lost to Pitt. Vanderbilt makes the nicest jump by moving up seven spots after their win over Auburn. Michigan State also moves up six spots. They got a nice little team there that can dominate the running game.

Movin' On Down

Wisconsin drops six spots after blowing another fourth quarter lead. Every year the pollsters rank the Badgers in the top ten to start the season. And every year they disappoint us. As a Penn State fan I'm not thrilled about going into Madison to play a team on a two game losing streak. There are few things nastier than a wounded Badger.

Be Gone With You

So long ,Auburn. Your wins are ugly and your losses are uglier. You are off my poll until you show me something. A win over Alabama would be nice.

Beat it, South Florida. I was never a believer to begin with. There was only one game on your schedule I actually wanted you to win, and you blew it. Thanks.

Get lost, Oregon. Nobody blames you for losing to USC, but I didn't think you would pull an Ohio State on us.

Welcome to the Dance

Oklahoma State debuts at #20 because they are undefeated and I had to add a few teams after dropping five off my poll.

Welcome back, Wake Forest. Perhaps I was too harsh in banishing you after your loss to Navy. You get a five slot gift for sitting home during the bye week. No hard feelings?

Pitt....Pardon me while I throw up in my mouth.

North Carolina is looking like a dark horse to win the ACC all the sudden.

California...eh, we'll see how that goes.

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by rmcmillen50 on Oct 6, 2008 10:32 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Yes.

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by deihlba on Oct 6, 2008 3:20 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Missouri?

Personally, I don’t see how we were able to hop over Missouri as they went over to Nebraska and clobbered them. Nebraska is decent this year.

by GreatScawt on Oct 6, 2008 10:43 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I will back that up...

they won handidly…whilst we struggled

Success without honor is like an unseasoned dish, it will fill you up but it won't taste good. - Joe V. Paterno

by carolinaeasy on Oct 6, 2008 12:16 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I agree

I’m definitely a homer, and in my “personal” poll Penn State is #1, even if we went 0-12 ;-) but for purposes of actually ranking teams, I would have to place Mizzou ahead of PSU right now. They’ll get their chance to fall soon enough (as will we…hopefully we decline the offer, though, and continue to dominate).

by The JuggerNitt on Oct 6, 2008 12:18 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

You're correct

I thought I changed that after I submitted my ballot and looked back on it. I’ll fix it.

Mike
Black Shoe Diaries

by BSD on Oct 6, 2008 1:33 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Illinois

They definitely belong on their somewhere…

Losses to #4 and #5 and they beat Michigan..which is more than Wisconsin can say

by psu1313 on Oct 6, 2008 10:49 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I can’t see us ahead of Missouri yet. They went into a very hostile environment and just dismantled Nebraska. We went to Purdue and just, well, just played a simple, unimpressive game. Not that it’s a bad thing.

I really wanted to throw up watching the Vandy-Auburn game Saturday. That was truly one of the most overhyped and boring games of football I’ve ever suffered through (6-4 Iowa game comes to mind). You can’t tell me Auburn (and vicariously, LSU or Vanderbilt) is a strong defensive team. I just don’t see it. That game Saturday was a pillowfight between two mediocre offenses. That game was like watching old people try to procreate.

…and if I hear one more S-E-C chant on College Gameday, I’m going to personally drive to that school and crap right on the 50 yard line of the offending school.

by shadowfax on Oct 6, 2008 11:03 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Get ready to do just that

You know full well that there will be another GameDay held in SEC land. In that scenario, there’s a 99.99% chance of an ess-eee-see chant. Even if they don’t head to another SEC school, the odds are pretty good that some moronic group of SEC fans will make their presence felt, at, I don’t know, a Big XII game.

Anyone think GameDay will be in Madison this week? Probably not, with Texas-Oklahoma being such a big game this week. But based on recent history, they’ve traveled to a venue where the game was on ESPN (UT-OU is on ABC/PSU-Wisky is on ESPN) and had a late start (UT-OU is at high noon/PSU-Wisky at 8p). Not that any of that matters, nor does it really matter if GameDay goes to Wisconsin, just wonderin…

by Kunk on Oct 6, 2008 11:24 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I think

They are going to the OU UT game

JoePa in '09

by JGuiher on Oct 6, 2008 11:34 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Gameday

With Wisconsin unranked, I would be very surprised to see them there this week.

by shadowfax on Oct 6, 2008 11:36 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Nice badger comment

it reminded me of when ernest went to camp

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMR9M379XEc&feature=related

by Lion Alum on Oct 6, 2008 11:06 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

My two cents

Flip flopping Penn State and Missouri was a straight up homer move.

"I honestly think the "Spread HD" is going to work pretty well, and we’ll be just fine this year". - 8-27-2008

by jesse. on Oct 6, 2008 12:05 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Agreed

I just don’t see it, but maybe a case can be made for our D being better than Missouri’s since we held Purdue to half their usual yardage? I don’t know, I’m grasping at straws trying to figure out the rationale.

Luring recruits with my new "Posting HD" scheme since '08.

by 06Lion on Oct 6, 2008 12:07 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Bama should have stayed at 2...

Or possibly move down to 3 due to their sloppy game against Kentcuky. Penn State seems too high, I really like them at 6 which is where they are in the polls. Oklahoma, LSU, Alabama, Mizzou, and Texas are all superior to the Nittany Lions as of now. If Penn State can go 3-0 these next 3 weeks then we’ll have something to talk about.

"For every moment of triumph, for every instance of beauty, many souls must be trampled"- Hunter S. Thompson

by phishead_psu on Oct 6, 2008 12:06 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

if we go 3-0 the next three weeks

i’ll be more excited than just thinking about being #1/2 in the polls.

Meadville, PA born and raised.

by mikeissurreal on Oct 6, 2008 12:32 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I don't see a problem

You guys are looking at it as a one week thing. Yeah, he had Mizzou ahead of us last week, but honestly…was that deserved? We each beat Illinios, albeit in different fashions, but I would compare Oregon State’s resume favorably to Nebraska’s. Nebraska is NOT wildly improved…they’ve beaten 3 scrub teams, and lost twice at home to a slightly down VT team and to Mizzou, which was a downright spanking. Two losses without even playing a road game yet…sorry, not impressed at all. Honestly, I think Purdue might be better than they are at this point.

So judging solely by the results of this past week, is it odd to see the flip? Maybe. But since it’s still early on, I see no problem with us being ahead of Mizzou at this point, given the sample size.

"We heard all that talk all week about the SEC and their speed, but we knew personally that they weren't nearly as tough as us."

-Tony Hunt

by Cpiritual27 on Oct 6, 2008 12:28 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Maybe

he dropped Mizzou because they blatantly ran up the score at the end of the game while leaving Daniels in the game?

by whiteoutonly on Oct 6, 2008 12:45 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Mizzou Ran up the score?

Three things:
1. Mizzou scored 52 points in three quarters, and let the 2nd team (and eventually 3rd team) offense and defense play the fourth. In the history of the Mizzou-Nebraska game here are some selected final scores from Nebraska victories: 62-0, 50-7, 69-21, 63-6, 57-0, 51-7. So it can be argued two ways: 1. an opponent’st task is to stop the other team, thus negating the entire premise of “running up the score” , or 2. For Nebraska, karma turned out to be a bitch.
2. Penn St. opened the season with a 66-10 victory over a FCS team that has since lost to Colgate and Liberty.
3. There is no “s” on the end of his last name. It’s Daniel.

Even as a Purdue alum my mind is boggled as to how a 14 point victory in Ross-Ade merits leap-frogging a 35 (really 42) point victory in Memorial.

by Maddogmag on Oct 6, 2008 1:00 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

ENOUGH ON MIZZOU

It was a mistake. Didn’t mean to do it. I’ll fix it.

Mike
Black Shoe Diaries

by BSD on Oct 6, 2008 1:34 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I also want to talk to you about your TPS reports.

Didn’t you get the memo?

Luring recruits with my new "Posting HD" scheme since '08.

by 06Lion on Oct 6, 2008 2:31 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Alright, I'm hanging up

Now I have to close this browser and get back to work, as I just laughed out loud at this post.

Convivite Nudem!

by jtothep on Oct 6, 2008 2:39 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

as a koolaid powder snorter

i don’t know how PSU jumps Missou. Also, Alabama should’ve, could’ve, would’ve lost to kentucky while OU is murdering everyone on their schedule, yet they are no.2. if they beat texas, you’ve gotta think about correcting this.

by pjk154 on Oct 6, 2008 4:10 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs