Week 2 Blogpoll Ballot
by BSD on Sep 2, 2008 9:30 AM EDT
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That was a surprisingly entertaining first week of college football. We had a few upsets and a few good matchups. Let's take a look at this week's blogpoll ballot.
Games Watched: PSU vs. Coastal Carolina, Michigan vs. Utah, Illinois vs. Missouri, and bits and pieces of Wisconsin/Akron, USC/Virginia, Ohio State/YSU, Minnesota/Northern Illinois, Northwestern/Syracuse.
| Rank | Team | Delta |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Florida | -- |
| 2 | Southern Cal |  3 |
| 3 | Oklahoma |  1 |
| 4 | Ohio State | 1 |
| 5 | LSU | 3 |
| 6 | Georgia | 2 |
| 7 | Texas | 3 |
| 8 | West Virginia | 1 |
| 9 | Missouri | 3 |
| 10 | Auburn | 1 |
| 11 | Kansas | 1 |
| 12 | Alabama | 13 |
| 13 | Texas Tech | -- |
| 14 | Penn State | 4 |
| 15 | Wisconsin | -- |
| 16 | South Florida | 1 |
| 17 | Oregon | 4 |
| 18 | Arizona State | 1 |
| 19 | Clemson | 10 |
| 20 | Brigham Young | 2 |
| 21 | Utah | 5 |
| 22 | California | 4 |
| 23 | East Carolina | 3 |
| 24 | Wake Forest | -- |
| 25 | UCLA | 1 |
Movin' On Up
Southern Cal - The Trojans looked really impressive against Virginia. You have to admire USC and their "anyone, anyplace, anytime" mentality to their scheduling.
Penn State - The quarterbacks looked a lot better than I expected. The offense was firing on all cylinders. But the defense needs to tighten things up a bit.
Alabama - Saban's team took a heavily favored Clemson team and put the beatdown on them on national television. This is a very young team that could make some noise this season.
Movin' On Down
Georgia - The Bulldogs looked completely uninspiring in giving up 21 points to Georgia Southern. Don't get me wrong, they won comfortably, but they just didn't look like a top five team in doing it.
Missouri - I know they beat a ranked team in Illinois, but they gave up a ton of points and let Juice Williams throw for 450 yards. I'm sorry, but if your defense gives up 450 yards passing to Juice Williams you're not very good.
Clemson - A lot of people had them listed in the top ten including this guy. I guess Alabama proved to us they're just another Tommy Bowden Clemson team: High on promise, short on results.
Virginia Tech - A lot of people were saying they were overrated going into the season. I guess they were right. For all the flak the Big Ten is taking, where are the ACC haters?
Tennessee - How in the hell did Phil Fulmer get a contract extension?
Treading Water
Florida - The Gators stay on top of my poll based on their 56-10 whoopin' of Hawaii. Only some late Hawaii garbage points made it look as close as it was.
Ohio State - I only moved them down a spot because I felt like USC had to be moved up after their impressive win. If the Buckeyes are without Beanie Wells for the next few weeks they suddenly start looking a lot more human.
Wisconsin - I was not impressed by the Badgers at all. They managed to beat Akron 38-17 by basically running over them with P.J. Hill. BUt they turned the ball over three times and only managed 75 yards passing. This team is going to struggle against anyone that can slow down their running game.
Am I missing anything glaringly obvious in this ballot?
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If it were me
I’d have USC over Florida because USC beat a BCS conference team across the country, while Florida beat a not that great Hawaii at home. Other than that it looks good to me.
by psuphiman80 on Sep 2, 2008 9:41 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
ACC
I think there aren’t any ACC haters because when at any time has the ACC achieved a level of greatness as the Big-10? My point is that the ACC doesn’t deserve haters, also East Carolina is no push over.
I'm worried about the beer supply. After this case, and the other case, there's only one case left- Barney Gumble
by CptChaosSidekick on Sep 2, 2008 9:50 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Clemson
Do they even deserve to be in the poll this week? I can see a free fall to the 20somethings in a close loss. But, they got stomped like a narc at a biker rally.
Of course I'm home. I'm always home. I'm uncool.
by WestPointLion on Sep 2, 2008 9:54 AM EDT reply actions 1 recs
UCLA
I watched that game(UCLA Tennessee) and would suggest they may deserve a little higher ranking. I would also agree with giving USC the nod at number 1, they looked really good.
I don't know, Mello Yello is pretty awful. What's the worst that could happen?
by psu on Sep 2, 2008 10:21 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Just goes to show your
QB can throw 4 picks in a game and still bring home the victory. The key is when they are thown. We’ve seen a little more of the 4th Q variety than the 1st half type.
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by rahpsu92 on Sep 2, 2008 10:50 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
the fact that they won
Despite 4 picks (from their inexperience QB) impressed me. Tennessee is a physical team (more power than “sec speed”), and as their QB gets better they UCLA will be a good team. Plus they have Norm Chow, I wish we had Norm Chow.
I don't know, Mello Yello is pretty awful. What's the worst that could happen?
by psu on Sep 2, 2008 11:52 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
UCLA
I’m still not sold on them but who else can you put there? I’m surprised you didn’t find room for Maryland after their “inspired” 14-7 win over Deleware. Speaking of which, I’m still trying to gouge my eyes out due to the horrid football I endured in the few minutes I watched that game praying for a Deleware upset.
by psu1313 on Sep 2, 2008 10:46 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Ohio State
Agree with you on putting USC there. I was surprised at how much the Buckeyes struggled punching in TD’s in the red zone against YSU.
by Cairo on Sep 2, 2008 12:17 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
What about Bowling Green?
They beat a team that national pundits picked to finish in the top 10.
by PSU Mudder on Sep 2, 2008 12:21 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Blogpoll Wrap-up
I’m sorry if this is slightly off topic, but will mgoblog still do a weekly wrap-up of the blogpoll like last year? I didn’t see him do one for the preseason ballots. Just wondering.
by TrueBluePSU on Sep 2, 2008 11:16 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Yes he does
It usually comes out in the early afternoon on Wednesdays.
Mike
Black Shoe Diaries
by BSD on Sep 3, 2008 9:27 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
BlogPoll
I would have taken Clemson completely out of the top 25. I don’t really see ‘Bama beating anyone in the top 10, a few of who they play. Expect ’bama to dive later in the season. They just don’t have the experience yet.
by deihlba on Sep 3, 2008 7:39 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Ok then
Like I said a few weeks ago, whatever. Once you get outside the top 15 you can throw any winning team in there and make a case for them and I’ll say, “Whatever.”
Mike
Black Shoe Diaries
by BSD on Sep 3, 2008 9:28 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
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