Preseason BlogPoll is UP
by The Ghost of Jay Cutler on Aug 27, 2009 10:15 AM EDT
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As you'll be sad to learn, the blogosphere doesn't like our chances as much as we'd hope. We're ranked 11th. However, after looking at Ole Miss' vote distribution, I saw that a majority of bloggeurs had us at #10. There were two interesting outliers, one at #4 and the other at #23 which, while I haven't looked, I don't imagine Oklahoma State got, giving the Cowboys the slight edge over the Rebels. Those outliers, interestingly enough, came from blogs which represent schools defeated by our Rebels last season. Care to venture a guess as to which schools those may be? And no, I'm not going to call out individual blogs, so don't even ask. And yes, that information is all out there anyway so if you really care that much, go find it.
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Pretty sure we bumped VA Tech down, but that's probably it.
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by The Ghost of Jay Cutler on Aug 27, 2009 10:37 AM EDT up reply actions
I'm curious as to VT's offensive production with the loss of their starting RB
it seems that Taylor is a good qb, but I thought their offense was gonna a run-based attach. If so, I would think that would drop their ranking into the teens
Actually
we turned in our blogpoll ballot before the injury bug hit their backfield. Also, I predicted an Alabama loss to VT. That prediction has been called seriously into question now.
In other news, the standard deviation between the RCR ballot and the AP is 2.72. The standard deviation between the RCR ballot and the blogpoll is 2.64. So, we are, statistically, more in line with the bloggers than the old media. Very much influencing our difference with the old media is our ranking of The U, which the writers did not do. Additionally, we have Holtz-like faith in Notre Dame that neither the writers nor the bloggers have.
We disagree about Utah, which the writers and bloggers ranked. And Nebraska (up 5 and 6 spots in our poll) and TCU (up 4 and 4 spots in our poll) get our affections, while tOSU (-4, -4), Cal (-5, -5), and GT (-4, -5) do not.
Destroying your traditions since [YEAR REDACTED].
It was either Saurian Sagacity or Alligator Army
who got all bitter after the game last year and made a ton of lame “ole miss is racist!!!11” jokes/ rips, then went on to bash the entire state, amazingly using Croom’s firing as some sort of indicator of our ku kluxitude.
So seriously, eff that dude. Its a good thing nobody reads that stupid blog anyway.
DING DING DING!!!!
His preseason ballot is also based on recruiting rankings. I do get his point that preseason polls are stupid to begin with, but still.
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by The Ghost of Jay Cutler on Aug 27, 2009 12:24 PM EDT up reply actions
Coming full circle
I love the growing adversity. I love all the media stories that start out sounding great but end up wondering if we’re really worthy of so much hype. I love that the optimists have had their say and now the naysayers are emerging.
It is what this team needs.
Don't try and lay no boogie woogie on the king of rock 'n roll.
The #4 vote, for what it’s worth, came from the cleverly named Auburn blog, the Auburner. Looks like a little love from within the SEC.
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I just don’t get LSU being ranked three slots above us, and I grew up a Tiger fan exclusively for the first nineteen years of my life (commence with the corndog throwing now). I do not think they’ll be able to pull off a season meriting the #8 ranking with Jordan Jefferson this year, despite the coaching change.
Next year, however, will be a different story…
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