Preliminary Week 11 BlogPoll Ballot
by furrer4heisman on Nov 7, 2011 12:27 AM EST
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As a fan of defensive football, the Alabama-LSU game was amazing to me. It's really tempting to keep Alabama No. 2 after that game, but in the end I wound up dropping them.
Full ballot is after the jump. Final one is due Tuesday morning, so you have until Monday night to get your suggestions in.
Gobbler Country Ballot - Week 11
| Rank | Team | Delta |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | LSU Tigers | -- |
| 2 | Oklahoma St. Cowboys |  1 |
| 3 | Stanford Cardinal | 1 |
| 4 | Alabama Crimson Tide |  -2 |
| 5 | Boise St. Broncos | -- |
| 6 | Oregon Ducks | -- |
| 7 | Oklahoma Sooners | 1 |
| 8 | Arkansas Razorbacks | 1 |
| 9 | Clemson Tigers | 3 |
| 10 | Houston Cougars | 3 |
| 11 | Michigan St. Spartans | 3 |
| 12 | Wisconsin Badgers | 3 |
| 13 | Virginia Tech Hokies | 3 |
| 14 | Penn St. Nittany Lions | 3 |
| 15 | Georgia Bulldogs | 5 |
| 16 | Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets | 6 |
| 17 | Southern Miss. Golden Eagles | 4 |
| 18 | Nebraska Cornhuskers | -11 |
| 19 | Michigan Wolverines | -8 |
| 20 | USC Trojans | 3 |
| 21 | Texas Longhorns | -- |
| 22 | South Carolina Gamecocks | -12 |
| 23 | Kansas St. Wildcats | -4 |
| 24 | Cincinnati Bearcats | 1 |
| 25 | Auburn Tigers | -- |
| Dropouts: Arizona St. Sun Devils, West Virginia Mountaineers | ||
SB Nation BlogPoll College Football Top 25 Rankings "
Notes
- Alabama drops down to No. 4, but I'm really tempted to leave them No. 2. Those were without a doubt the two best teams in the country we saw Saturday night in Tuscaloosa.
- The middle sees a lot of teams moving up in unison because I didn't see a whole lot that made teams separate themselves, plus there were a lot of teams that were off this week.
- Once again, it was really tough to finish up the ballot after No. 20. There are about 15 teams that each have a legit argument for being ranked between No. 21-25. I'm definitely willing to listen to arguments for teams I currently have unranked to move them into the ballot.
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BOISE STATE!
Don't feed the TROLL!...You have been warned.
by the maroon bird on Nov 7, 2011 7:04 AM EST via mobile reply actions
I'd..
I’d go
1. LSU
2. OK State
3. Bama
4. Stanford
5. Oregon
6. Oklahoma
7. Boise
8 – 25… Arkansas etc..
LSU and Alabama...
only showed me that they both play REALLY, REALLY good defense. Yet, I’d still be tempted to leave them both in the top spots, because I can’t see any of the other top teams scoring on either one of them.
by Leonard Thompson on Nov 7, 2011 7:44 AM EST reply actions
This is the argument I have problems with
The fact of the matter is that teams HAVE been scoring on them. Kentucky and Kent State have even scored touchdowns against these defenses. West Virginia Put up over 500 yards of offense and over 25 points on LSU. The reason this game was so low scoring was due to NO OFFENSE. Yes the defenses looked good, but seriously. Trent Richardson was supposed to be this heisman candidate, and come the biggest game of the year, he doest show up. Lack of offensive production was just sloppy. All of LSU’s offensive play calling was vanilla with runs in between the tackles or up the middle and short yard gain. Really, the only two aggressive play calls in this one were the underthrown LSU TD pass and the debatable interception.
The other side of that coin is that LSU was averaging almost 40 ppg going into the game an got shut down. Also, to say Richardson didn’t show up? He led the Tide in rushing and receiving Saturday and was responsible for over half of their total offense.
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by furrer4heisman on Nov 7, 2011 10:14 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
Half of his stats
Came on the first two or three plays of the game, after that, he seemingly dissapeared.
He had a big run in the 4th to get them deep in LSU territory before Maze threw a pick. His 40 yard catch was in the 2nd quarter. Bama barely had the ball in the 3rd because LSU shut down McCarron.
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by furrer4heisman on Nov 7, 2011 12:28 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Yeah I Checed that out
But also, two of the first 3 plays of the game were 40 of his total yards. And Averaging 3.9 yards a carry, when your average on the season is over 6? Just doesnt cut it for me sorry. Doesnt matter how good the defense is.
LSU is giving up 2.6 ypc this year, 2nd in the country. And yes, it does matter how good the defense is.
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by furrer4heisman on Nov 7, 2011 2:26 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
4th in the country in ypc allowed. My point remains. To say “it doesn’t matter how good the defense is” boggles my mind.
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by furrer4heisman on Nov 7, 2011 2:28 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Once again we are talking about a LEADING HEISMAN CANDIDATE. If he deserves to be in the Heisman discussion, he should be able to play against any defense in the country. If Alabama had a more average back, I wouldnt hold them to as high of a standard. But Richardson is being made out to be one of if not the best offensive players in the country. He just didn’t show it in my opinion. Similarly to how LaMicheal James did virtually nothing against LSU early in the season.
"Without a doubt"
“You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.”
If they were truly “without a doubt” the two best., you would have NO CHOICE but to rank them 1 and 2. The fact that you didn’t, and that you have some angst over that decision, expresses… doubt.
Thanks!
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by furrer4heisman on Nov 8, 2011 10:29 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
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