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Utes 28th in preseason Coaches' Poll
The USA Today Coaches' Poll is out and Utah is ranked 28th, just outside the top-25. Oregon and Stanford are the only two Pac-12 teams ranked, though it should be pointed out that SC is ineligible to receive votes in this poll due to their sanctions. Arizona State is 26th, while Arizona is 32nd...
Preseason Expectations: Feast, Famine, Or F-Bombs Galore?
Iowa's season is creeping up, and ESPN released its power poll rankings. Iowa comes in at no. 9 on the list, which is high praise, and ESPN uses that E word that most of you are afraid of*: After a BCS bowl win and an 11-2 record in 2009, it's possible that expectations are even higher for the...
Utah picked 2nd, TCU 1st in Mountain West
The defending conference champion TCU Horned Frogs were picked by an overwhelming margin to repeat as conference champions, while the media pegged the Utes as second and BYU third. Air Force, who has finished fourth the last two years, was once again picked at that spot. Wyoming, the Mountain...
Your 2009 Preseason AP Poll
The 2009 preseason AP poll is out, and as with the Coaches' Poll, there are no surprises at the top: Florida (58 first place votes), 1,498 points Texas (2), 1,424 Oklahoma, 1,370 USC, 1,313 Alabama, 1,156 In the Coaches' Poll, there was a large gap between Florida and a neck-and-neck Texas and...
Draft of the Other BlogPoll Ballot
With cocknfire putting out his draft ballot yesterday, I figured it was about time to put mine together. I am philosophically opposed to preseason ballots so I'm not thrilled about doing this, but I feel a sense of responsibility now that I'm (half) a BlogPoll voter. Before I throw it at you, I...
Sprints Thinks More is Better // 08.12.09
Another preseason awards list? Sure! The Outland Trophy watch list is out, which is for the award that goes to the nation's top lineman. It has a distinctly SEC flavor to it, with ten players from the conference making it: UGA's Geno Atkins, LSU's Ciron Black, Alabama's Terrence Cody and Mike...
Number Twenty in the Coaches Poll?
I was all set to ignore the preseason polls when they came out. Sure, if I had a free moment I'd throw up another bitter rant about the fix being in for the BCS already (I can churn one of those out in a minute thirty-five flat) but otherwise, it's a preseason poll, which should be greeted with a...
Your 2009 Preseason Coaches' Poll
The 2009 preseason Coaches' Poll is out, and at least at the top, there's no surprises: Florida (53 first place votes), 1,466 points Texas (4), 1,386 Oklahoma (1), 1,358 USC (1), 1,321 Alabama, 1,134 There's the Big Four at the top, a big gap, and everyone else. We knew this was coming. Florida...
ACC Preseason Poll Out
Hey, it's ACC Media Day! Where coaches say absolutely nothing of interest and sportswriters take a stab at who's going to stumble their way to Tampa come December. It's all very, very boring. The Coastal Division was picked to finish in the exact order as last year final results, with Virginia...
Media picks Utah third, BYU second, TCU first
The media poll is out and they have Utah finishing 3rd and only receiving three first-place votes. This is a bit of a surprise, since even though Utah loses some talent, I expected them to either be picked first or second by the media -- after all, they are the defending champions. Third place is...
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