November 23, 2005
Fanblogs XIV Poll - Week 13
Poll of the Fanblogs.com authors & contributors for games played through November 2, 2005:
First place votes in parenthesis. Weighted ballot points appear beside team name. Teams are ranked on likelihood to beat lower ranked teams on a neutral field, rather than a forecast of final season rankings.
1. Texas (6) 123
2. Southern California (3) 120
3. LSU 104
4. Penn St. 88
4. Virginia Tech 88
6. Notre Dame 78
7. Ohio St. 77
8. Auburn 59
9. Oregon 54
10. Miami (Fla.) 45
11. West Virginia 37
12. Georgia 23
13. Alabama 17
13. UCLA 17
Others Receiving Votes:
TCU 11, Fresno St. 3, Georgia Tech 1
How They Voted:
Kevin Donahue:1) Texas, 2) Southern California, 3) LSU, 4) Ohio St., 5) Notre Dame, 6) Virginia Tech, 7) Auburn, 8) Oregon, 9) Miami (Fla.), 10) Georgia, 11) Alabama, 12) West Virginia, 13) TCU, 14) UCLA
Dave Frey:1) Texas, 2) Southern California, 3) LSU, 4) Notre Dame, 5) Penn St., 6) Miami (Fla.), 7) Virginia Tech, 8) Ohio St., 9) Oregon, 10) Auburn, 11) UCLA, 12) Georgia, 13) Alabama, 14) Georgia Tech
Jeff Quinton:1) Texas, 2) Southern California, 3) LSU, 4) Penn St., 5) Virginia Tech, 6) Notre Dame, 7) Ohio St., 8) Auburn, 9) Miami (Fla.), 10) Oregon, 11) West Virginia, 12) Alabama, 13) TCU, 14) Georgia
John Ludwig:1) Texas, 2) Southern California, 3) LSU, 4) Penn St., 5) Ohio St., 6) Notre Dame, 7) Virginia Tech, 8) Oregon, 9) Auburn, 10) Miami (Fla.), 11) West Virginia, 12) TCU, 13) UCLA, 14) Georgia
Mike Boone:1) Texas, 2) Southern California, 3) LSU, 4) Virginia Tech, 5) Penn St., 6) Auburn, 7) Ohio St., 8) Oregon, 9) Notre Dame, 10) West Virginia, 11) Georgia, 12) UCLA, 13) Miami (Fla.), 14) Fresno St.
Josh McClain:1) Southern California, 2) Texas, 3) Penn St., 4) LSU, 5) Virginia Tech, 6) Notre Dame, 7) West Virginia, 8) Ohio St., 9) Auburn, 10) Oregon, 11) Georgia, 12) Miami (Fla.), 13) Alabama, 14) Fresno St.
Dave:1) Southern California, 2) Texas, 3) LSU, 4) Virginia Tech, 5) Penn St., 6) Ohio St., 7) Notre Dame, 8) Miami (Fla.), 9) Auburn, 10) Georgia, 11) Oregon, 12) West Virginia, 13) Alabama, 14) TCU
Robert Knodell:1) Texas, 2) Southern California, 3) Penn St., 4) LSU, 5) Virginia Tech, 6) Notre Dame, 7) Ohio St., 8) West Virginia, 9) Auburn, 10) Oregon, 11) Alabama, 12) UCLA, 13) Miami (Fla.), 14) TCU
Aaron White:1) Southern California, 2) Texas, 3) Penn St., 4) Virginia Tech, 5) LSU, 6) Ohio St., 7) Oregon, 8) Notre Dame, 9) Auburn, 10) Miami (Fla.), 11) UCLA, 12) West Virginia, 13) TCU, 14) Fresno St.
Comments:
deo in sin city said:
posted on November 23, 2005 12:23 PM — 68.108.117.180 — link — abuse?
MAN.....
-you people are still hung up on Texas as the #1 team in the country....
you guys should be ashamed of yourselves.....
Well, if you guys aren't right now, you will be in JAN. 4.....
-after SC treats the longhorns like a matador and literally kill them.....
At least three of you guys have some sense.....
do you guys live pretty close to each other?????
if you do, you guys should have a bet.....
whomever's team loses should kiss the winner's @$$.....
If you guys do..... let me know.....
Oh by the way......
Josh, Dave, Aaron, prepare to bend over and drop trou..... Because I'm 1000% positve that Texas will literally get their @$$ spanked.....
Make sure you take a bath prior though, because all the other guys maybe wrong, but they do not deserve the inhumanity of kissing someone's @$$ cheeks, which hasn't been cleaned for the past 24 hours.....
So let me know if you do guys live together and go ahead and go with a little friendly bet among friends......
FIGHT ON MEN of TROY......
posted on November 23, 2005 12:32 PM — link — abuse?Kevin Donahue said:
That's a mistake on my part. I've rated them all year. Just messed up my ballot.
cware said:
posted on November 23, 2005 4:33 PM — 68.59.109.33 — link — abuse?
AJ is right. But I will go further with it. How is it that anyone has VT ranked so high? LSU, Ohio State, Oregon even Notre Dame and Auburn ranked below VT on some ballots. VT lost only one game, but it was a beatdown. They were totally embarrassed and lost (lost as in confused) against Miami. That isn't top 10 material to me.
Aaron said:
posted on November 23, 2005 6:17 PM — 67.183.232.99 — link — abuse?
Virginia Tech's defense allows them to be in most any game. In the Miami game, everything that could go wrong went wrong. Their defense crumbled against a far inferior offense and their offense was pathetic. It is unlikely that both their offense and defense would play so poorly again.
Trey said:
posted on November 23, 2005 11:39 PM — 24.161.7.25 — link — abuse?
As a VT fan, and with a grasp on reality it is easy to understand how Tech is in the top Five. Hell they should be a lock for the #4 spot. The thing I can't believe is that anyone would rank a two loss ND team over Tech and Penn State. (Even though ND is winning their conference, 1 of 1, don't get me started on that again). You two need to start filling out your polls sober, or at least more sober. Oh and to the comment that Miami would beat VT again, possibly. And it's possible Miami could lose to FSU and Georgia Tech again too. So, what's your point? Miami has lost two games, VT just on.. Simple math. Well, simple for everyone except the predictible Notre Dame bandwagon.
Trouty said:
posted on November 24, 2005 8:53 PM — 68.186.113.11 — link — abuse?
NO respect again. USc is number one without a doubt. Hello they havent lost in like 2 years they've lost one game in the last threee years and that was on the road in triple over time. I dont care who u are u are retarded if u actually think right now Texas is better than SC. It disgusts me that there is no respect for Oregon Either. You guys are drinking the kool aid and i dont like it. I think whats gona happen come bowl time is u guys kissing some serious ass because your top 10 is so stupid. Stay up late for once and watch the pac 10 jeez a balanced confrence thats only geting better.
Trey said:
posted on November 25, 2005 7:18 AM — 24.161.7.25 — link — abuse?
Dave, you say you think it's highly unlikely that Miami could do that again to VT....I agree, maybe Tech could lose again...but not that badly. Yet you rank 2 loss teams, Miami and Notre Dame, above a one loss VT team. Lay off the sauce man..
duckman said:
posted on November 26, 2005 7:39 AM — 66.223.208.241 — link — abuse?
How can one justify ND’s ranking? Who the hell have they beat?? They lost to Mich. State who is if I am not mistaken 5-6!! Please justify their ranking without using the fraise “ we almost beat USC”!! My stomach turns when I see ND’s ranking every weak so please remedy my situation by justifying their ranking. Every one in the top 10 has an argument as to why they should be their so I want to know why they are ranked 6th? Any one.
duckman said:
posted on November 26, 2005 7:42 PM — 66.223.208.241 — link — abuse?
To who ever wrote these rankings,
We are waiting for an explanation!! I would also like to know why (In the BCS polls) Oregon is ranked over ND and the BCS is going to place them in stead of Oregon. Why Evan have a poll? I think that we who play in very competitive conferences deserve an answer. THE BCS IS RUINING COLLEGE FOOTBALL!! It is corrupt and obviously favors traditional teams and know one seems to care enough to make a HUGE deal out of it. I think that who ever wrote these polls owes not only me but US an explanation and until you do take these polls and shove them up your ass!!
Old Timer said:
posted on November 26, 2005 10:25 PM — 69.133.197.73 — link — abuse?
With all due respect to VaTech and Frank Beamer, any team that gets beat on its home field by 20 points does not belong in the top 5. If this had happened to Penn State this year, all sorts of voters would be saying, "See? They're not for real."
The fact of the matter is Va Tech doesn't belong where they are.
Notre Dame's schedule looked tough at the beginning of the year, but it turned out that the teams they defeated weren't all that great.
The Big Ten was the best conference this year. USC will pummel Texas in the championship game.
Ben Johnson said:
posted on November 26, 2005 11:55 PM — 66.220.125.210 — link — abuse?
why are my posts not making it on your site?
duckman said:
posted on November 27, 2005 5:38 PM — 66.223.208.241 — link — abuse?
I finally found out why ND will be taken to a BCS bowl despite how good they really are (or are not). I was under the impression that the basic goal of the BCS was to place the best teams against each other. This is sadly incorrect. The basic goal of the BCS is to have the best T.V. ratings possible and generate as much revenue as they can. It is down right disgusting that we have allowed them to do this to collage football. This is good for some teams like ND. They don’t have to be all that good to get in to a BCS game. All they have to do is win 9 games (despite a very weak schedule) and their in. It dose not matter if better teams deserve to be there more. It also dose not matter if a team like ND gets blown out as long as people watch. All that matters is T.V. ratings. The BCS should be shut down. I still believe this even if they do select Oregon. I know the difference between right and wrong and the BCS is WRONG!!! They are ruining collage football and it’s about time that someone did something about it. We can take only so much! P.S. GO DUCKS!!!
posted on November 27, 2005 6:50 PM — link — abuse?
The only goal of the BCS is to match the #1 & #2 teams in the championship game. Yes, everything else is about the money. Anyone who believes that bowl games haven't ***always*** been about the money is fooling themselves. BCS or not, bowl games are about the money.
posted on November 27, 2005 7:05 PM — link — abuse?
To be eligible for the BCS, Notre Dame has to win nine games. That doesn't mean the BCS *has* to take them, that just means they're eligible.
Trey said:
posted on November 27, 2005 7:06 PM — 24.161.7.25 — link — abuse?
Old Timer you are just wrong...Look at VT's defensive numbers..2nd in the nation in most major catagories. They had one bad game against what is a pretty decent Miami team..One that, I dare say, would beat Penn State. I know you Penn State Fans are happy to be over 500 but come on, you guys are not that great..you are better than Notre Dame... But settle down up there...
Martin said:
posted on November 28, 2005 3:02 AM — 69.231.239.195 — link — abuse?
From the official BCS website:
For the 2005-06 season, Notre Dame gets an automatic qualification if it is ranked six or better with nine wins. The Irish are eligible for BCS bowl selection if ranked 12th or better with nine wins.
deo in sin city said:
posted on November 28, 2005 9:52 PM — 68.108.117.180 — link — abuse?
besides piting #1 against #2,
you people never figured it out that the BCS is all about money.....
I don't know which topic i posted it on, but that's what i've been saying this whole time.....
The whole BCS controversy is just a marketing strategy, and that, unless college football goes into playoff format, will keep on making money. College football is not football anymore, it's a business, not in the same level as the NFL, pretty close though, but it still a business backed by money, period......
FIGHT ON MEN of TROY.....
Martin said:
posted on November 29, 2005 4:24 PM — 69.231.198.168 — link — abuse?
deo:
I am in complete agreement. The purpose of the post season is to produce additional revenue. Originally the big Bowls did this by locking up the major conferences which travelled well and had national followings. The main purpose of the BCS is to contain the revenue among the original 6 conferences and Notre Dame. The only reason they opened up the "at-large" to others was under threat from congress.
As a fan of most of the traditional powers, I personally don't have a problem with this. I would rather not see USF or some other Johnny come lately on New Years. I have seen bowls succeed (Rose) or fail (Freedom) because they either could or could not consistently attract a large enough fan base.
posted on November 30, 2005 12:58 PM — link — abuse?
Trey - I ranked ND over VaTech because we saw what an aggressive defense could do to the Hokies. Not sure ND has the athletes to shut down VaTech so convinvingly, but I think they can make up for some of that in scheme.
ND's an enigma. They don't stack up in talent, but they seem to be so well prepared that it's hard to say they wouldn't prevail.
mikew said:
posted on December 12, 2005 4:57 AM — 71.111.14.15 — link — abuse?
duckman im just gonna throw this out there, but once you learn how to spell COLLEGE you might get taken a little more seriously in your arguments about not only the BCS, but anything else you might want to rant about....and if you plan on attending college, especially the University of Oregon, (which by the way i do attend so no im not some kid from ND talking shit,) you probably should know how to spell COLLEGE. not collage COLLEGE, its an e not an a.
Mark said:
posted on November 23, 2005 10:48 AM — 68.85.104.123 — link — abuse?Kevin, how is it that everone has Penn State ranked 3,4 or 5 and you don't even put them in the top 14?