Saturday August 25th, 2007

8:14pm

BlogPoll Round Table V3.1

My favorite part of the BlogPoll is the roundtables. We start this season out with more of a questionaire but it's a nice way to start.

BlogPoll Roundtable V3.1

This is the part where we flesh out our opinions on specific teams. As part of the two-preseason-poll thing we have this: a roundtable in which people, bloggers and commenters alike, are invited to take a look at the preseason poll and answer the following questions:

Q1. Who is overrated?
Q2. Who is underrated?

A1. Any time I say something negative about a rival, I'm sure it comes across as pro-A&M propaganda. Maybe it is, but I think it has more to do with the fact that I follow those teams more closely than any others and since my favorite hat isn't their school color I have some objectivity.

I'm going to knock texas at #4. I have a few reasons.

This is a team that is coming off of an Alamo Bowl season, has lost 3 All-Big 12 starting offensive linemen, half of their rushing tandem, and lost two #1 draft picks from a defensive backfield that finished 99th in pass defense. Number 4 team in the country?

A2. I have no doubt that Miami is going to finish the season ranked, if not in the top 15. They simply have too much talent. In most situations I think that a new head coach results in a small step backwards but Shannon is coming from within the program and I think he has the attention and respect of the players. They're not even ranked in the BlogPoll.

I'll be reading through the other responses to get an idea of what tweaks I should make to my final preseason ballot that is turned in before next weekend's games begin.

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Tuesday August 21st, 2007

12:01am

BlogPoll Pre-Season Ballot

The time has come for me to cast my Pre-Season BlogPoll Ballot. I didn't pour over for hours but I did a little due diligence and I think it's just as good as the AP or Coaches will do. What we're doing is submitting an intial ballot then next week we'll have a Roundtable that tackles the most over & under rated teams which will be followed with a second, more "educated" balloting for the official Pre-Season Poll.

Here's what I came up with:

Rank	Team	Delta
1	Southern Cal	25
2	LSU	24
3	Florida	23
4	Michigan	22
5	Oklahoma	21
6	Wisconsin	20
7	West Virginia	19
8	Ohio State	18
9	Louisville	17
10	Virginia Tech	16
11	UCLA	15
12	Penn State	14
13	Texas	13
14	Georgia	12
15	California	11
16	Tennessee	10
17	Arkansas	9
18	TCU	8
19	Auburn	7
20	Nebraska	6
21	Texas A&M	5
22	Miami (Florida)	4
23	Florida State	3
24	Alabama	2
25	Rutgers	1

Dropped Out:

The compilation of all the blogger's ballots will appear on Wednesday over at MGoBlog.

Feel free to throw your own thoughts and comments into the comment section.

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