BlogPollin': The Week 2 Preliminary
by Chris Pendley on Sep 4, 2011 1:15 PM EDT
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PrintSo. We only have one week's worth of data, which does not a computer ranking system make. That means we're doing it by hand, once again. This is generally a resume-type system, but once again, remember that the brass has no clue what's going on either, and feedback is encouraged, much like retribution.
What mattered this week? A couple of primers:
- If you're going to play someone who doesn't matter, you best be prolific. Want to schedule an easily winnable money game to make the fans happy? Sure, that's your prerogative, but that better be, say, a 57-3 beatdown and not a 42-38 escape job.
- If you're going to play someone who matters and you win, good things await. Similarly, if you get played off the field and need a QB change and a two-hour rain delay to get back into it, you're going to get punished.
- I have no clue what's going on yet. Remember this. I might not have a clue by the end of the season, either.
And now, I wing it. BlogPoll preliminary rankings go!
| 1 | LSU |
| 2 | Boise State |
| 3 | Alabama |
| 4 | Oklahoma |
| 5 | Stanford |
| 6 | Wisconsin |
| 7 | Texas A&M |
| 8 | Nebraska |
| 9 | Florida State |
| 10 | Oregon |
| 11 | Virginia Tech |
| 12 | Ohio State |
| 13 | Arkansas |
| 14 | South Carolina |
| 15 | Mississippi State |
| 16 | Oklahoma State |
| 17 | Baylor |
| 18 | Arizona State |
| 19 | Florida |
| 20 | Penn State |
| 21 | West Virginia |
| 22 | South Florida |
| 23 | BYU |
| 24 | Texas |
| 25 | Michigan State |
As always, I attempt to justify myself below the jump.
- The Contenders: LSU, Boise State, Alabama, Oklahoma, Stanford, Wisconsin. It got crowded up at the top in a hurry, but all these teams took care of business with a Coke and a smile. LSU and Boise State have the best skins on the wall so far (with the possible exception of South Florida and Baylor, who have something to say about that). Everyone else did what was asked of them; I'd be concerned about Oklahoma's box score, but Tulsa has one heck of an offense and OU ran 100(!) plays after penalties. Carry on, sirs. I'd be open to upward mobility for Alabama and OU, but there's a big skin argument to be made at this point.
- The Hangin' Out Club: Texas A&M. Revisions likely here, but they haven't played, so they haven't moved.
- On Deck: Nebraska, Florida State, Oregon, Virginia Tech, Ohio State. Generally speaking, these guys did what was expected - and Virginia Tech looked downright dominant, but quality of opponent kind of matters. (Then again, Ohio State arguably played the toughest opponent of the four teams who won in this group.) Oregon's here because I don't know where to put them; I have a sneaking suspicion last night's game was a Springfield Mystery Spot for them, so they're probably not this bad; on the other hand, they lost and have injury issues. On the other other hand, LSU's defense may be the fastest they see all year.
- The Half Credit Society: Arkansas, South Carolina, Mississippi State, Oklahoma State. This, again, was more of the expected. I don't like Arkansas this high, but South Carolina and Oklahoma State forgot to show up on defense (that being said, ECU's better than you think, even if their ostensible defensive-minded HC is presiding over a dumpster fire on that side of the ball) and Mississippi State's demolition job on Memphis was against, well, Memphis. Even we ran 50 on Memphis, and we didn't allow 14 (edit: I don't know what I'm doing).
- Admiral Sir Robert C. "Cream" Griffin III, Esq: Baylor. I don't think Baylor truly deserves 17th, but that was one heck of a game that deserves some kind of ranking for posterity. Baylor's going to be ranked, though.
- Well, That Was Unexpected: Arizona State, Penn State, Florida. Sure, their opponents had the quality of Cheez-Whiz, but they at least smeared them on enough crackers to make them worthwhile.
- Hangin' Out Club, vol. 2: West Virginia. Please win by 75 so I can at least put 17 legitimate teams in this ranking.
- Road Warriors: South Florida, BYU. Tongue planted firmly in cheek in the latter case (also, how Ole Miss is is to get up 13-0 thanks in part to a 97-yard pick-six and then lose 14-13?), but South Florida took it to Notre Dame. I'd be open to upward mobility on their part, but BJ Daniels is still a walking wild card the likes of which will make Jacory Harris blush with envy.
- Get It Together: Texas, Michigan State, Missouri, Air Force. Yeah, I had to rank two of these teams. I don't think I can put into words how bad Michigan State looked for most of their game, and Texas shouldn't need three quarters to put friggin' Rice away, especially if Rice forgot their best player (Sam McGuffie) on the sidelines.
- Outside Looking In: Georgia, TCU, Georgia Tech, Arizona, UCF, Cincinnati. How'd you know we were scraping the bottom of the barrel already?
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Huh. Table formatting still makes that look awful.
Good to know.
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Got html editing software?
I can send you a couple code fragments that’d be pretty easy to tweak. I used them to make my tables in previous years.
I ...don't think so?
Also, I need to get with you on what the heck to do with the 500 charts you have in the BP spreadsheet. Also, how the heck to use the thing. ;-)
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by Chris Pendley on Sep 4, 2011 1:45 PM EDT up reply actions
I'm more concerned about the rest of the sheet.
I can make the graphs work.
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by Chris Pendley on Sep 4, 2011 1:56 PM EDT up reply actions
Can you not put it into the SBN ballot box as a draft and spit it out all nice and purty while still being able to edit it before the final deadline?
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by Joel Hollingsworth on Sep 4, 2011 2:13 PM EDT up reply actions
Oh, right
It may not be open yet because this is a long weekend full of games through . . . tomorrow?
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by Joel Hollingsworth on Sep 4, 2011 2:14 PM EDT up reply actions
And I forgot to do that, too.
That’s a good idea.
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by Chris Pendley on Sep 4, 2011 2:25 PM EDT up reply actions
Thoughts...
Wait until WVU plays at 3:30 obviously… if their offense suddenly goes nuts that’s a good sign that Holgo’s philosophy has taken hold.
Cinci deserves in above Michigan State and Texas right now… I know it’s Austin Peay, but right now I’d probably put our game with them as a pick’em. And I think Florida is about right… they actually struggled a bit with FAU, but did get yards on the ground.
It's a dumpster fire down there anyway, so sure.
It’s everything above 20 or so that I need help with. I’m hoping once we get enough data the computer will help us with the bottom.
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by Chris Pendley on Sep 4, 2011 1:27 PM EDT up reply actions
Also:
Not sure if anything else is coming out this afternoon, but if not this is as good a place as any to turn into a WVU open thread, since we need to talk about them anyway.
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Plus it means people are theoretically reading the rankings and offering feedback.
hint hint HINT HINT HINT HINT HINT Y’ALL
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by Chris Pendley on Sep 4, 2011 1:46 PM EDT up reply actions
Somewhere below them.
We’re not good enough yet. 9 of the 16 points allowed were fluky to some degree, but we were pedestrian rather than destructive. We win, say, 52-10 and we’re kind of in the mix – but right now, we’re probably around 40 or so if I had to guess.
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by Chris Pendley on Sep 4, 2011 1:52 PM EDT up reply actions
If we beat Cincinnati handily and nobody else separates from the pack, though?
We’re beating on the door, but I don’t think I’d rank us before a UF win regardless.
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by Chris Pendley on Sep 4, 2011 1:53 PM EDT up reply actions
(at which point we're a week before the sheet takes over)
Also: Sagarin doesn’t complete his circle until week 5. Hold the sheet until then using the same set of assumptions, or go with it in week 4?
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by Chris Pendley on Sep 4, 2011 1:55 PM EDT up reply actions
I usually went with the sheet in week 1, so tifwiw.
But then again, I really could care less about early rankings. In my mind, rankings shouldn’t be made until after week 6/7 at the earliest.
I tend to agree, but them rules are them rules.
Hence, why I’m not spending too much time worrying about relative placement or statistical justification.
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by Chris Pendley on Sep 4, 2011 2:37 PM EDT up reply actions
FSU dropped 2 spots with a 34-0 win.
what score wouldve secured their spot? 42-0? lol I think it was the only shut out in the top 25. ULM is a cupcake but one with sprinkles at least. They beat Bama a couple years ago and took Arkansas to the wire last year and even played LSU. Just an FSU fan standing up for his team! enjoyed the piece though.
I was more impressed with the work around them.
They may bounce over Texas A&M if they come out flat, but FWIW we had FSU 10th last week, so I do give them credit for that win. I just want to see it against a team with a pulse.
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by Chris Pendley on Sep 4, 2011 3:58 PM EDT up reply actions
Presented with comment and first line
This will not be popular and many will disagree, but it is becoming more clear to me that Lane Kiffin may not be ready for Prime Time.
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Oh man...
I was hoping those 2pt attempts were going to bite him with a game winning Minnesota FG.
So close.
So was everyone I was with.
I wanted 20-19 soooooo bad.
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by Chris Pendley on Sep 4, 2011 3:46 PM EDT up reply actions
Reality sets in for Trojan Nation....sweet.
And this is (still) just the beginning…
No bowl game this year… three more years of 10 scholarship reductions which will prolong if not exacerbate SC’s depth issues. No blue chip coach is coming to L.A. with that to contend with… so it’s Kiffin or maybe J Rob out of retirement. I remember when I couldn’t remember the last time SC scored less than 20 points in a game. I remember when I couldn’t remember when SC got shut out in a quarter much less a half… .. and let us all pray that doesn’t extend to both of ‘em. After the Minnesota Squeaker… I’d say it’s still just the beginning… of a bad movie we’ve seen before and stuck to see over and over and over again. Thanks a bunch Reggie. So… like it or not faithful… for the next four years or so we’ll have to buck up and enjoy the coma… especially if the likes of Oklahoma and Texas become regulars on the schedule.
trojanWar
by trojanWar on Sep 4, 2011 1:32 PM PDT
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Don't rank Texas.
Just don’t.
If I hit a hole-in-one on this grand slam the dominoes will fall like a house of cards. Checkmate.
Fine. Then who?
There’s a lot of bags o’chum down that way.
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by Chris Pendley on Sep 4, 2011 3:46 PM EDT up reply actions
I'm on the "rank Texas" team
have to get some sort of bounce back out of them
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by Incipient_Senescence on Sep 4, 2011 3:48 PM EDT up reply actions
I agree with your whole top 15
although I’m not sure what concerns you about the OU box score. Tulsa hasn’t been held under 18 since October 2009, and they were only held below 28 once last year. I didn’t see it, but that scoreline impresses me seriously. Other thoughts:
*Arizona State is a lot better than Florida and Penn State. There’s lots to like about Arizona State this year. There’s arguably stuff to like about Penn State. What did Florida do to get ranked? Beat FAU badly? FAU is notorious for laying down against major competition. A 5-7 Texas team beat them 51-17 last year.
*Not sure why your tongue is in cheek on BYU. Stats say that they dominated Ole Miss, and they were able to gut out in a win in a really tough environment. That isn’t easy. Also, their big question mark was on defense, and it looks like it was answered.
*Seriously, rank Air Force over Michigan State. If they lose to TCU this week, you can take it back. But for now, Air Force has potential, and Michigan State looked terrible.
*I didn’t watch the USF/ND game. But I read the stats, and I see that Notre Dame outgained them 500 to 250 but was -5 in turnovers. Notre Dame had three red zone turnovers. How on earth do you get from that “South Florida took it to Notre Dame.” Sounds to me an awful lot like the lesser team building a lead with turnovers and then hanging on late. I don’t object to ranking USF, but I’d bump them below BYU, and I’d consider ranking Notre Dame as well. When you have a three point game, ranking the two teams consecutively (here, 23/24 or 24/25) isn’t unreasonable. I’d say drop out Florida and Michigan State from your draft and add Air Force and Notre Dame.
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by Incipient_Senescence on Sep 4, 2011 3:44 PM EDT reply actions
Counterpoints:
- I don’t have an issue with the OU box score, but if someone wasn’t aware of how dynamic Tulsa is, I could see why.
- Are you thinking ASU should go above Baylor? Above Okie State? I’m cool with the former, not as sure about the latter, but I’m open to discussing that.
- I don’t know what Penn State or UF did to get ranked, but there are just buckets o’bad out there. Simply beating the tar out of an overmatched opponent is kind of enough at this point, even though I don’t like putting them in. I’m just running out of options. I think I can put Cincinnati in without too much issue, but that only covers one team – well, two with Air Force (SPARTANS! WHAT IS YOUR RANK? TWENTY-SIX!).
- The tongue-in-cheek on BYU and USF was that both their opponents self-destructed to a degree. Notre Dame didn’t do anything until Rees came in for Crist, but USF did a good job of forcing those mistakes early. I want to see what ND does with Rees under center for a full game before I really feel okay with ranking them.
FWIW, I’d feel safer ranking Georgia (who may not be good, but Boise is) before Notre Dame at this point, and UCF did at least land a 62-0 beatdown, which is worth something.
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by Chris Pendley on Sep 4, 2011 3:53 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah...
Notre Dame was pretty terrible until the 3rd quarter… Penn State sorta blew out a REALLY BAD Indiana State team, but their starting QB had all of 37 yards. They were simply able to run it down ISU’s throat. Thinking PSU is going to be in deep trouble when they play a real team.
I might put Northwestern in if we’re going on the impressiveness of wins, not many teams played real opponents… and NW did manage a road win against a decent BC team.
oh right, I forgot about Northwestern
and after all the time I spent saying they would be the surprise team of the year.
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by Incipient_Senescence on Sep 4, 2011 4:05 PM EDT up reply actions
Also:
Penn State gets a show-me game against Bama. I’m fine leaving them out pre-emptively.
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by Chris Pendley on Sep 4, 2011 4:12 PM EDT up reply actions
counter-counters
*I’d bump the Sun Devils over Baylor, but they’re in the proper range right now. Florida is too high.
*How many teams beat the tar out of bad opponents? Montana is probably better than FAU. Virginia and UNC also destroyed top FCS teams (which is all Penn State did). The most impressive performances (against bad teams) by teams outside your top 25 are Clemson beating Troy 43-19 (Troy beat FAU 44-7 last year, fwiw) and NIU jumping out to a 49-6 lead over Army. Come to think of it, holy crap. RANK NIU NOW! But both of those are easily more impressive than Florida and Penn State.
*All I can look at are the stats, but they indicate to me that BYU was the better team and overcame some red zone struggles late, whereas USF was a lesser team who relied on turnovers to win.
*If you want to just wait and rank the Notre Dame/Michigan winner, that’s probably fine.
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by Incipient_Senescence on Sep 4, 2011 4:03 PM EDT up reply actions
Clemson...
must have really gone nuts on Troy late… I changed the channel when Troy was leading 16-13 in the middle of the third. The stat sheet looks like a one possession game.
Don't make me pull the LSU-Oregon box score. ;-)
Turnovers in those quantities matter. Yeah, the absurd fumble return is a bit asymptomatic, but I’ll give them credit for winning in South Bend against a team that should theoretically be ranked to start the season.
On Clemson: they ran it up late. I don’t award them much credit for that.
On NIU: yeah, sure. Who goes in place of them?
On Northwestern: good catch (goes to Caban). See the NIU question.
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by Chris Pendley on Sep 4, 2011 4:09 PM EDT up reply actions
I'm not taking credit from USF; I'm just giving it to BYU
I didn’t argue for them being ranked behind ND. Just BYU. Who beat an SEC on the road and statistically looked like the better team.
Clemson: Didn’t realize they ran it up late. I just went through the scores and looked at the ones which looked most impressive (to make the point that Florida and Penn State weren’t the only ones).
I think Florida, Penn State, and Michigan State are the most marginal teams in the poll. NIU, Northwestern, Air Force, UCF, Cincy could all jump into the poll. I’d probably put them in that order too. So I’d trade UF, PSU, and MSU for NIU, NW, and AF.
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by Incipient_Senescence on Sep 4, 2011 4:14 PM EDT up reply actions
Texas in, then?
I’d rather put Cincinnati in (because it makes our schedule look tougher ;-) ).
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by Chris Pendley on Sep 4, 2011 4:18 PM EDT up reply actions
I'd have Texas ahead of Cincy
Seriously, look at Peay’s schedule last year. 56-3 to Jacksonville State. 61-35 to Murray State. Hell, UT-Martin beat them (@Peay) by three scores.
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by Incipient_Senescence on Sep 4, 2011 4:21 PM EDT up reply actions
I'm in objectivity mode for the BlogPoll
don’t worry, I’ll be talking all week about how scary Cincy is.
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by Incipient_Senescence on Sep 4, 2011 4:23 PM EDT up reply actions
Return touchdown Marshall!
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by Incipient_Senescence on Sep 4, 2011 3:45 PM EDT reply actions
Did anybody actually see Stanford?
I heard the score and assumed the best for Luck, but he only got 171 on 17 of 26. I don’t know what it means for them, it’s just curious.
Stanford nearly completely quit throwing...
after one drive in the 3rd, and Luck was pulled at the start of the 4th.
just chuck it down the field out of bounds
you probably have an illegal lineman down there, but 5 yards and repeating the down is better than 8 yards and loss of down
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by Incipient_Senescence on Sep 4, 2011 4:23 PM EDT up reply actions
Or at least just run straight forward if the blocking is busted.
Get the single yard available and don’t give up ground.
well yeah
but after he’d blown that, he could’ve just throw it. I’ve never understood why people don’t do that when they’re looking at a huge loss
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by Incipient_Senescence on Sep 4, 2011 4:24 PM EDT up reply actions
like Geno Smith just did
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by Incipient_Senescence on Sep 4, 2011 4:27 PM EDT up reply actions
Second forward pass, actually, I think, unless they did it twice in a row.
Spot foul and loss of down.
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by Chris Pendley on Sep 4, 2011 4:25 PM EDT up reply actions
was that first one forward?
was thinking it was a lateral
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by Incipient_Senescence on Sep 4, 2011 4:27 PM EDT up reply actions
Marshall uses Mustang package!
It’s not very effective.
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Oops...that looked like us last year...
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They'd jump for sure, provided they can hold their rivalry with Pitt - I think.
I don’t think we have a shot of getting VT FWIW, but getting WV would put a final nail in that coffin.
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by Chris Pendley on Sep 4, 2011 4:36 PM EDT up reply actions
damn Yankees
apart from that, academics are the only real downside
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by Incipient_Senescence on Sep 4, 2011 4:36 PM EDT up reply actions
They are the only reasonable addition...
that I know would come with absolutely zero hesitancy and no legal wrangling… they do fit in terms of fan support and priorities, but not so much culture.
I think they’d probably be a better addition than a lot of folks would give them credit for.
This is an ...interesting variant on the Holgo offense.
Specifically, this is the “bizarro backyard football” variant. (Also, this is a stinging reminder that as frustrating as our OL was last night, it could be worse.)
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Marshall uses Outside Leverage!
West Virginia uses Post Route!
It’s super effective!
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also, forgot to mention this earlier
but what’s up with the “we sure didn’t allow 14 points to Memphis” thing from the BlogPoll comments? I got news for you
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by Incipient_Senescence on Sep 4, 2011 4:40 PM EDT reply actions
We didn't allow 14 points to Memphis in my mind!
IT WAS REAL TO ME (I’ll go edit that)
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by Chris Pendley on Sep 4, 2011 4:41 PM EDT up reply actions
So far:
WVU’s offensive line is an educated guess at best, which is coloring a lot. On the other hand, Marshall’s not really good. Looks like low 20s-ish is the right area. Anyone else?
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Thinking just leave them at 21.
That means we’re looking at ASU – Baylor – BYU – South Florida – WVU – Texas – Northwestern – NIU – UCF to end it.
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by Chris Pendley on Sep 4, 2011 5:07 PM EDT up reply actions
I'll shut up about Air Force for #25
because I don’t have anything tangible to go on, and they’ll have a chance to prove themselves against TCU next week
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by Incipient_Senescence on Sep 4, 2011 5:16 PM EDT up reply actions
on the subject of weather delays
Michigan (favored by 14.5) led Western Michigan 34-10 and were pouring on more steam when the 4th quarter got canceled for rain. Even though the game counts in the standings, all bets on the game were voided.
Ladies and gentlemen,
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by Incipient_Senescence on Sep 4, 2011 5:27 PM EDT up reply actions
I think I'm going to use an outrageous accent during the podcast.
Will, if I do that can I just ask all the questions?
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The system won't let you pick yet and probably won't until after tomorrow night's Miami/Maryland game
but the Week 2 games have been uploaded. And on paper, it’s anywhere between ten and a billion times more exciting than week one.
Arizona at Oklahoma State (Thurs)
Missouri at Arizona State (Fri)
Cal at Colorado
Central Michigan at Kentucky
Iowa at Iowa State
Oregon State at Wisconsin
Virginia Tech at East Carolina
Mississippi State at Auburn
Alabama at Penn State
Cincinnati at Tennessee
Hawaii at Washington
Nevada at Oregon
TCU at Air Force
South Carolina at Georgia
BYU at Texas
UAB at Florida
UConn at Vandy
Utah at USC
Georgia Tech at MTSU
Notre Dame at Michigan
I'll take Central Michigan for 20 points, Alex
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by Incipient_Senescence on Sep 4, 2011 5:35 PM EDT up reply actions
Great games
UConn at Vandy
One of these things is not like the others! One of these things doesn’t belong!
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by Chris Pendley on Sep 4, 2011 5:36 PM EDT up reply actions
In retrospect, I should've said ND-Michigan instead.
Because that isn’t a trollgaze in all directions.
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by Chris Pendley on Sep 4, 2011 5:38 PM EDT up reply actions
even on return TDs now
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by Incipient_Senescence on Sep 4, 2011 5:46 PM EDT reply actions
I don't have sound on.
When are they talking about the delay?
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by Chris Pendley on Sep 4, 2011 5:47 PM EDT up reply actions
and I had thought weather delays only followed zone read offenses
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by Incipient_Senescence on Sep 4, 2011 5:48 PM EDT up reply actions
They just made note of the fact it was the FIRST weather delay...
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4:59 in the 3rd.
'Without change something sleeps inside us, and seldom awakens. The sleeper must awaken.' -Frank Herbert
c'mon
Iowa/TNTech counts as a significant weather delay but Tennessee/Montana doesn’t? Give me a break
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by Incipient_Senescence on Sep 4, 2011 5:55 PM EDT reply actions
Better video associated with the IU/TT delay. Got to get them pocket videos working to get on TV...
'Without change something sleeps inside us, and seldom awakens. The sleeper must awaken.' -Frank Herbert
The phrase "better video" automatically excludes Tennessee's game last night.
No matter what the rest of the context is.
As long as we're complaining about UT and ESPN slights,
UT/UM is the only SEC team without a drive chart and play-by-play posted at the SEC blog page.
'Without change something sleeps inside us, and seldom awakens. The sleeper must awaken.' -Frank Herbert
So...
Stepped outside the light the grill, and the neighbors apparently had a Gator friend over. He’s wearing a UF shirt with a phrase that I can’t repeat in polite company and proceeds to start talking about how he heard Florida beat Florida State last night.
Gotta love “fans”
So ESPN just "timed" Brandon Boykin.
I say “timed” because the mph values they had were basically saying Brandon Boykin could’ve run a 3.15sec 40yd dash.
Formerly 'snail. You get used to it after a while.
Some of the Montana fans on eGriz...
were convinced that true world class sprinters could run sub 4.0 40s because of their 100 meter speed. I didn’t feel like getting in a discussion about acceleration and top speed in relation to track times.
From what I recall, peak speed is around the 60-70m part.
At least that’s what I remember from back when I was a sprinter.
Formerly 'snail. You get used to it after a while.
by Chris Pendley on Sep 4, 2011 6:14 PM EDT up reply actions
Podcast thread, I think.
Everyone (and by everyone, I mean me, you, and Will) will be there anywhere.
Formerly 'snail. You get used to it after a while.
by Chris Pendley on Sep 4, 2011 7:51 PM EDT up reply actions
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