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What Tennessee Volunteer fans should watch, record this week

Watch these live

Thursday, 11/19/09
Colorado
@
Oklahoma State 7:30 p .m. ESPN
Saturday, 11/21/09
Mississippi State
@
Arkansas 12:21 p.m. SECN
LSU
@
Mississippi 3:30 p.m. CBS
Vanderbilt
@
Tennessee 7:00 p.m. ESPNU

Flip between/DVR these

Saturday, 11/21/09
Ohio State
@
Michigan 12:00 p.m. ABC
Kentucky
@
Georgia 7:45 p.m. ESPN2
Oregon
@
Arizona 8:00 p.m. ABC

All times EST

 

 

 

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RTT BlogPoll Computer Rankings: Week 11 Final Ballot

Still a bit volatile for my tastes, but already with substantial override.  It must have just been that crazy of a week.

 

Changes from the draft are discussed below:

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Rocky Top Talk Podcast: 9:30 PM Eastern Tonight!

The Rocky Top Talk Podcast will begin a half hour later than normal tonight - 9:30 PM - due to scheduling conflicts (a/k/a real life knows no podcast).  We will update this space with the podcast information sometime between now and then.

We'll talk about the Vols over the last few days and going forward, and we'll have Jeremy Mauss from MWCConnection on board to talk about the midmajors who are crashing the BCS party.  Time permitting, we might get in some basketball talk as well.

And, as always, feel free to join in and be a part of the conversation!

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SEC Power Poll: Rocky Top Talk Ballot

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Here is RTT's ballot for the SEC Power Poll.  I made some adjustments to the computer numbers because a lot of teams are bunched very closely together, and head-to-head suggested a human override.  Here is the ballot proper, and the numbers follow below.

  1. Florida Gators
  2. Alabama Crimson Tide
  3. LSU Tigers
  4. Mississippi Rebels
  5. Georgia Bulldogs
  6. Auburn Tigers
  7. Tennessee Volunteers
  8. South Carolina Gamecocks
  9. Arkansas Razorbacks
  10. Kentucky Wildcats
  11. Mississippi St. Bulldogs
  12. Vanderbilt Commodores

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RTT BlogPoll Computer Rankings: Week 11 Draft

Here is the rough draft for RTT's BlogPoll Ballot.  As always, the rough is taken straight from the computer rankings.  We will then use feedback and human judgment to make adjustments - and there are some adjustments that will be virtually mandatory this week.

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1 Florida
2 Texas
3 Alabama 1
4 TCU 1
5 Georgia Tech 2
6 Cincinnati
7 Boise State 2
8 Ohio State 6
9 Virginia Tech 9
10 Penn State 5
11 Pittsburgh
12 Oregon 2
13 Iowa 5
14 Brigham Young 3
15 Oklahoma
16 LSU 3
17 Arizona 8
18 Miami (Florida) 5
19 Oklahoma State 5
20 Nebraska 3
21 Oregon State
22 Wisconsin
23 Clemson
24 Southern Cal 12
25 Stanford
Last week's ballot

Dropped Out: Houston (#16), Utah (#20), West Virginia (#25).

 

Wow.  Lots of movement.  Topics of discussion follow, as well as all of the computer data.

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Evening Games and Open Discussion Thread

It's been a while since we've had an early game, so we're not exactly used to having games after the Vols play.  If you're still watching, feel free to give us some thoughts.  Also feel free to exhale about the Tennessee Volunteers loss some more if you haven't already done so.  Just remember:  it's never a good idea to go to bed angry.

Also on tap is the Auburn Tigers / Georgia Bulldogs tilt, which has huge implications for Tennessee's divisional standings:  a loss by Georgia re-establishes Tennessee in the driver's seat for second place - a feat that very few people thought was possible at the beginning of the season.

Other topics:

  • Upsets.  What are your thoughts on USC or Houston?
  • Bowl Standings.  Where do you see Tennessee going?  What about the rest of the SEC?
  • BlogPoll Rankings.  How do you see teams moving?  Which teams will give the computers problems?

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ESPN College GameDay and late games open thread

Brace yourself, Vol fans. GameDay may be in Fort Worth, Texas for TCU-Utah, but you can expect much discussion of our little journey into the bizarre this week.

Leave your thoughts on the show below. We'll bump this puppy back to the top after the Tennessee game so it can serve as the open thread for the rest of the day as well. Here's the suggested schedule again:

Watch these live

Saturday, 11/14/09
Tennessee
@
Mississippi 12:00 p.m. CBS
Florida
@
South Carolina 3:30 p.m. CBS
Auburn
@
Georgia 7:00 p.m. ESPN2

Flip between/DVR these

Saturday, 11/14/09
Iowa
@
Ohio State 3:30 p.m. ABC

All times EST

 

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What Tennessee Volunteer fans should watch, record this week

Watch these live

Thursday, 11/12/09
Bowling Green
@
Miami of Ohio 6:00 p .m. ESPNU
Friday, 11/13/09
West Virginia
@
Cincinnati 8:00 p.m. ESPN2
Saturday, 11/14/09
Tennessee
@
Mississippi 12:00 p.m. CBS
Florida
@
South Carolina 3:30 p.m. CBS
Auburn
@
Georgia 7:00 p.m. ESPN2

Flip between/DVR these

Saturday, 11/14/09
Iowa
@
Ohio State 3:30 p.m. ABC

All times EST

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