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CBSSPORTS.COM BECOMES EXCLUSIVE HOME FOR COLLEGE FOOTBALL BLOGGER TOP 25 POLL BEGINNING MONDAY, OCTOBER 6

CBSSports.com to Host Weekly Top 25 Poll Voted on by Nearly 100 Top College Football Bloggers

CHICAGO, IL – CBSSports.com will become the exclusive home of the College Football BlogPoll beginning on Monday, October 6. The CBSSports.com BlogPoll Top 25 is a weekly ranking of the top 25 college football teams as voted on by nearly 100 of the leading college football bloggers, representing every BCS school and several non-BCS schools.  TeamWorks Media, a Chicago-based sports and entertainment content company and the rights holder of the College Football BlogPoll, has created a partnership with CBSSports.com. 
 
Since 2005, the most influential, popular and expert college football bloggers have weighed in each week of the season, combining to create a weekly Top 25 ranking unrivaled in its authenticity and transparency. Each blogger's weekly ballot is publicly available, and the bloggers themselves post their ballots on their blogs, subject to the scrutiny of the fans. 
 
As the new home for the BlogPoll Top 25, CBSSports.com will continue this tradition: The BlogPoll's initial results will be released on Monday, displayed side-by-side with the more traditional AP and Coaches' polls. Fans will be encouraged to review the ballot of the blogger associated with their favorite team and, if interested, even challenge them to defend their decision-making. The BlogPoll voters will take this fan feedback into account before submitting their final ballot, released each Wednesday exclusively at CBSSports.com. 
 
The BlogPoll's founder and administrator, Brian Cook -- who publishes MGoBlog.com, the leading blog dedicated to Michigan football -- will continue to provide his weekly analysis, calling out individual bloggers for qualities like excessive deviation from the overall poll and "homerism." 
 
Voting bloggers are vetted for editorial integrity before being allowed to participate and comprise many of the most knowledgeable, responsible and influential experts in the sport. The weekly BlogPoll ballots are among the most highly anticipated posts each week 
 
CBSSports.com will begin hosting all aspects of the College Football BlogPoll, including the week's preliminary rankings, individual ballots and final rankings, on Monday, October 6. Visit
www.cbssports.com to view the rankings and get in on the action.

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Awesome!

…and the line between old-media and new-media just got thinner! Watch out, Buzz Bissinger! We’re coming to getcha!

One question though…is this Cook’s actual “BlogPoll”, or will this be some other variant of “popular blogs”?

by Aerobab on Oct 6, 2008 9:25 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

This is the same thing we've been doing for four years

My understanding is that Brian’s going to continue to do the extracurriculars at MGoBlog. Nothing changes except that the results are published at CBS Sports, too, and, supposedly, CBS readers are going to be encouraged to go to the blogs of their favorite teams and fuss at the proprietors for their wacky draft ballots in hopes that they can influence the final ballots.

Go Vols!

by Joel on Oct 6, 2008 10:03 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Well THAT could get interesting.

Has Brian Cook just invited every ESPN-type commenter over to the blogs?

by Hooper on Oct 6, 2008 10:10 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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