Gobbler Country's Preliminary Week 14 BlogPoll Ballot
by furrer4heisman on Nov 28, 2010 9:11 PM EST
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PrintCraziness. Final ballot is due Wednesday morning, so you have until then to get in your complains, suggestions and reasonings.
Games Watched: Texas A&M at Texas, West Virginia at Pittsburgh, Auburn at Alabama, Arizona at Oregon, Boise State at Nevada, Virginia at Virginia Tech, NC State at Maryland (50%), LSU at Arkansas (50%), Oklahoma at Oklahoma State.
Gobbler Country Ballot - Week 14
| Rank | Team | Delta |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oregon Ducks | -- |
| 2 | Auburn Tigers | -- |
| 3 | TCU Horned Frogs | -- |
| 4 | Wisconsin Badgers |  1 |
| 5 | Stanford Cardinal | 1 |
| 6 | Ohio St. Buckeyes | 1 |
| 7 | Michigan St. Spartans | 4 |
| 8 | Arkansas Razorbacks | 4 |
| 9 | South Carolina Gamecocks | 4 |
| 10 | Boise St. Broncos |  -6 |
| 11 | Oklahoma Sooners | 8 |
| 12 | LSU Tigers | -4 |
| 13 | Virginia Tech Hokies | 1 |
| 14 | Nevada Wolf Pack | 3 |
| 15 | Alabama Crimson Tide | -6 |
| 16 | Oklahoma St. Cowboys | -6 |
| 17 | Texas A&M Aggies | -2 |
| 18 | Nebraska Cornhuskers | -2 |
| 19 | Florida St. Seminoles | 2 |
| 20 | Missouri Tigers | -2 |
| 21 | Mississippi St. Bulldogs | 3 |
| 22 | Utah Utes | -- |
| 23 | West Virginia Mountaineers | 2 |
| 24 | Maryland Terrapins | -- |
| 25 | Northern Illinois Huskies | -- |
| Dropouts: N.C. State Wolfpack, Iowa Hawkeyes | ||
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Notes
- I still have Oregon over Auburn, but man was this difficult. Auburn got a big, big road win against Alabama in an impressive comeback. Meanwhile, the Ducks blew out Arizona at home. Right now I favor the Ducks because their offense is just blowing everyone away. I can be swayed by a good argument, though. Auburn's been played closer this year, but by better competition.
- The same goes for Wisconsin over Stanford. If there were a reason to root against Auburn in the SECCG other than Cam Newton's eligibility questions, its that a loss by the Tigers would basically guarantee us a Wisconsin-Stanford Rose Bowl, which would be amazing. I'll take the Badgers because right now there aren't a whole lot of teams I think could beat them and their defense is a touch better than Stanford's.
- Oklahoma makes a big jump after a second consecutive impressive road win. They blew out Baylor, which isn't a horrible team this year and then beat an OSU team that on paper was a better team going into that game.
- Elsewhere: How much should Nevada move up for beating Boise State? How much should Alabama and Oklahoma State move down for losing at home to good teams?
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I’ve had an issue with Boise State still being ranked higher than Nevada. They’ve played basically the same schedule, not counting VT. And Nevada beat Boise, so it leaves a bad taste in my mouth to have the ranked lower. For this, I like Boise bumped down a few spots so that Nevada can overtake them. On the other hand, I know it looks bad to drop Boise extremely far and move Nevada extremely up. But, this is an issue I’ve always had.
You moved Bama and OSU down the same number of spots, which I can agree with. But I would probably flip flop them. Bama downright collapsed at home to a rival. That’s inexcusable to me.
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by blackjackfishtaco on Nov 28, 2010 9:46 PM EST reply actions
the problem with boise
is virginia tech. i cant in good conscience rank vt above boise, so with what youre asking me to do i would also have to put nevada ahead of vt. you ok with that?
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by furrer4heisman on Nov 28, 2010 10:29 PM EST up reply actions
Using the worst logic possible,
Nevada>Boise>VT. Theoretically, if a team beats the team that beat us, then that team would also beat us. Though by this logic, JMU would have gone undefeated in the ACC as well. Also by this logic, Minnesota would be ranked higher than Iowa.
I guess it’s difficult to do that due to the gap in rankings with BSU being 3 or 4 and Nevada being 19ish IIRC.
The lesson is, I’m an idiot.
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by blackjackfishtaco on Nov 28, 2010 10:53 PM EST up reply actions
Well
Nevada didn’t lose to JMU… they lost to a hot Hawaii squad at Hawaii. Not saying Nevada is necessarily better right now (they aren’t), but it wouldn’t sting too badly if they were ranked above both VT and Boise.
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