Around the SB Nation: updating the Tim Tebow injury

by Joel Hollingsworth on Sep 28, 2009 12:00 PM EDT in Rocky Top Talking Points

Alligator Army is all over the Tim Tebow concussion story and notes that even if Tebow wasn't hurt, Florida will now have to rely on other guys to get the tough yards. EDSBS submits a post completely devoid of jokes and implores Tebow and the decision-makers to have the man sit out as long as it takes for him to recover, even if that means he misses the LSU game and others. Dawg Sports weighs in with sympathy but isn't about to believe Urban Meyer when Meyer says Tebow was winking and saying that it was great to be a Gator moments after being knocked out.
Team Speed Kills has its weekly lessons learned in the SEC post up, which includes this note on Tebow's injury: "The only irony is that the big knockout hit did not come on a run, as his detractors have predicted for three years, but on a pocket pass that they've been saying he needed to do more of all along."

Penn State blog Black Shoe Diaries congratulates Iowa on the Hawkeyes' win over the Nittany Lions and has a warning for PSU fans: "Fuel up the struggle bus, people. It's going to be a bumpy ride."

Gobbler Country, hampered a bit by post-game inebriation, posts stream of conscious thoughts on Virginia Tech's big win over Miami.

There were many problems for Cal on Saturday, but none worse than the poor play of the offensive line.

Dawg Sports, on Georgia's narrow victory over Arizona State.

Bruins Nation says that with the Pac 10 race wide open this Saturday's game with Stanford will be the biggest for UCLA since 2001.

Crimson and Cream Machine makes a compelling case for abolishing polls until October.

Double T Nation says two bad calls by Mike Leach on 4th and Goal from the 1 cost the Red Raiders a loss to Houston.

Gonzaga blog "The Slipper Still Fits" takes an in-depth look at highly touted point guard signee Grant Gibbs.

Blogging The Bracket analyzes the outlook for exempt tournament events in college basketball this year.

What does the loss of the Mountain West's best running back mean for Utah?

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I am 100% on board with not having polls until October.

However, I disagree with his premise. He’s antagonistic toward the computer components after week 4, when the week 4 rankings have absolutely no bearing on the final scores (the ones that actually send teams to bowl games). The reason that I like computer polls early more than human polls is that computer polls don’t award momentum (bias) to teams based on preseason expectations. We humans are notoriously bad about interpreting things in favor of our preconceptions. And I say all that knowing full well just how squirrely the computers are early in the season.

But all these polls early on have a way of predisposing voters to favor certain teams at cost of others. Heck, look at Auburn right now. How is it that they’re not in the top 25 after such an impressive start? What 25+ teams have had a better four weeks than them? But we had them ranked low coming out of the preseason, based partly on last year and partly on an uneventful offseason, so it’s hard for them to overcome that. If they happen to lose to Tennessee next week in a hard-fought game, they’ll be completely off the map; if they were currently 15ish and lost to Tennessee, they’d still be getting a few top-25 votes and be in that “others” category with a chance to make up ground fast.

by David Hooper on Sep 28, 2009 12:24 PM EDT reply actions

This week's Sagarin Ratings

have Virginia Tech ranked 1 spot above Alabama

by golfballs03 on Sep 28, 2009 12:51 PM EDT up reply actions

Do you think Tim Tebow will run for office one day?

I think brain-injury now makes him 100% qualified.

by golfballs03 on Sep 28, 2009 12:56 PM EDT reply actions

btw

I don’t mean to make light of his situation. Very unfortunate accident, and I hope he gets well soon

by golfballs03 on Sep 28, 2009 1:00 PM EDT up reply actions

EDSBS

They made a great point over there about the national debate over whether Tebow should have been in the game at that point: it is like a Rorschach test. People who hate Florida/Meyer/Tebow will think it was ridiculous for him to still be in the game. Others will think it was fine.

FWIW, I hate the Gators and Meyer with the passion of a thousand burning suns (whatever that means) but I have no problem with him being in there at that point. The guy is, after all (or maybe was?) trying to win another Heisman. And it was the third quarter, so it’s not like it was completely out of hand at that point.

Lou Brock loves Lamp.

by birdjam on Sep 28, 2009 1:27 PM EDT reply actions

i agree

by golfballs03 on Sep 28, 2009 1:28 PM EDT up reply actions

Agree on the timing (late 3rd qtr) but the game was out of hand 31-7.

by memphispete on Sep 28, 2009 1:30 PM EDT up reply actions

I once attended a game the Gators led 31-3 in the fourth...

… and it ended in a tie.

Lou Brock loves Lamp.

by birdjam on Sep 28, 2009 2:26 PM EDT up reply actions

Yeah, but this is Kentucky...

And, Florida’s defense is pretty phenomenal.

by memphispete on Sep 28, 2009 9:42 PM EDT up reply actions

I hate Urban Meyer with every fiber of my being

Whatever that means.

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Eric Berry is better at football than you.

by kidbourbon on Sep 28, 2009 1:42 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

Do you think Tebow winked at him?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ki4Lw7Iy09c

by golfballs03 on Sep 28, 2009 2:04 PM EDT up reply actions

Well what that means............

Explained by Cliff from Cheers : Well it’s a little know fact we all are fiber and its a living thing in all of us and makes up most of our body and or being, so when we say I hate this or that with every fiber of our being . We are really saying I hate you with my whole body ! I need another beer here .

Phil,GO VOLS !!!

by bulldurham on Sep 28, 2009 2:11 PM EDT up reply actions

Bulldurham, you are on a roll, my friend.

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Eric Berry is better at football than you.

by kidbourbon on Sep 29, 2009 10:08 AM EDT up reply actions

You guys crack me up !!

I can’t tell ya how many times someone walks by my office and I’m in here laughing my A*** off ! Keep it up !!

Phil,GO VOLS !!!

by bulldurham on Sep 29, 2009 10:34 AM EDT up reply actions

I think Urban Meyer is the result of a lot of fiber in your being.

by memphispete on Sep 28, 2009 9:43 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

lol

Nice.

Rocky Top Talk

by Joel Hollingsworth on Sep 28, 2009 9:54 PM EDT up reply actions

Conference Rankings

Using a “central mean” Sagarin rates the Pac 10 as the best conference. I think that’s a stupid measure. It pretty much means that their “middle” teams are slightly better than our middle teams. (UCLA/Tenn perhaps?)

But using the arithmetic mean, meaning all the teams have equal weight, the SEC rates higher.

What’s interesting is that the ACC is rated #3 using both methods. Which doesn’t seem right. However, the Big 10 rates the worst of the BCS conferences. Which I agree with. The Big 10 is miserable.

by golfballs03 on Sep 28, 2009 1:37 PM EDT reply actions

oh

another intersting number they produce is a “pure points” rating which does factor in final scores in games, and based on historical figures, it proves to be the best predictor of future games. according to that rating, Tennessee is ranked 4th in the SEC behind Florida, Albama, and LSU.

(I filled out a ncaa tourney bracket last year based on these numbers for BBall, and did horrible)

oh here’s the link:

by golfballs03 on Sep 28, 2009 1:42 PM EDT up reply actions