August 22, 2005
Who votes in the new Harris Poll for the BCS?
Harris Interactive has announced the 114 voters for the Harris College Football Poll for the 2005 college football season.
Q: How will the Harris Poll be used in the BCS?
The Harris Poll will replace the AP poll as the second of two human polls (along with the USA Today Coaches Poll) as components of the Bowl Championship Series standings.
Q: When will the first poll be released?
The Harris Football Poll will be released weekly beginning September 25th.
Q: Will the Harris Poll release the ballots?
The Harris Poll will release the final ballots at the end of the season, as will the Coaches poll.
Q: Who are the voters in the Harris Poll?
According to Harris Interactive (pdf), the voters in the Harris Poll are:
Bobby Aillet
Bill Battle
Gene Bartow
Dick Bestwick
Joe Biddle
Blaine Bishop
Kim Bokamper
Terry Bradshaw
Wilt Browning
Earle Bruce
Brentson Buckner
Bob Casciola
Charlie Cavagnaro
John Congemi
Jake Crouthamel
Eddie Crowder
Peter Dalis
Charles Davis
Pete Dawkins
Gerry DiNardo
Bill Dooley
Boots Donnelly
Kevin Duhe
Spike Dykes
Bert Emanuel
Bump Elliott
Boomer Esiason
Don Fambrough
Foge Fazio
Bob Frederick
Andy Geiger
David Glazier
Jim Grabowski
Mike Grace
Bob Grim
Pat Haden
Bob Hammel
Dick Harmon
Tommy Hicks
Clarkston Hines
Lou Holtz
EJ Holub
David Housel
Rocket Ismail
Fred Jacoby
Charlie Johnson
Blair Kerkhoff
Mike Kern
Roy Kramer
Larry Lacewell
Dave Lapham
George Lapides
Steve Largent
Robert Lawless
Jack Lengyel
Jim Lessig
Ferd Lewis
Ted Lewis
Mike Lucas
Mike Lude
Tom Luicci
John Mackovic
Don Maynard
Don McCauley
Joe McConnell
Mike McGee
Lance McIlhenny
Ray Melick
Ted Miller
Darrell Moody
Jim Morse
Craig Morton
Jack Moss
Anthony Munoz
Chuck Neinas
Tim Neverett
Dave Newhouse
George Perles
Ed Podolak
John Pont
Steve Preece
Jason Rash
Homer Rice
Pat Richter
Paul Roach
Kenny Roda
Harvey Schiller
Dr. Terry R. Schmidt
Dick Schultz
Lee Roy Selmon
Dick Sheridan
Ken Shipp
Irwin Smallwood
Jim Ray Smith
Larry Smith
Sam Smith
Gary Spani
Amant Lou St.
Ron Stephenson
Nelson Stokley
Don Sweeney
Whit Taylor
Jack Thompson
John Toner
Steve Townsend
Glenn Tuckett
Max Urick
Roger Valdiserri
Bob Wagner
Frank Weedon
Frank Windegger
Bill Yeoman
Hugh Yoshida
Comments:
posted on August 22, 2005 5:42 PM — link — abuse?Kevin Donahue said:
You have to consider the fact that the conferences submitted former player/coach/administrator names, so at some level there is some method to the madness.
Murphy said:
posted on August 22, 2005 9:56 PM — 67.9.108.135 — link — abuse?
Asking Gerry DiNardo to provide an informed football opinion is akin to asking Dale Brown to cover the technical aspects of basketball.
For anyone unfamiliar with "Coach" Brown, just rest assured that he couldn't pick out an X or O from an alphabet chart.
WTF is Gerry DiNardo doing on this list?
Stephen Schaefer said:
posted on October 28, 2005 10:04 AM — 68.83.190.21 — link — abuse?
Are you kidding me???? Lou Holtz???? Is it just me or is Lou Holtz out of his mind. Every time I watch him on these espen shows he is always calling a player by the wrong name and mixing up teams. How can he have a factor in this when hes not sure who is on what team????
Fan of the Game said:
posted on October 28, 2005 3:57 PM — 12.43.234.14 — link — abuse?
I think there is a bigger problem here. How many of these voters are contractually obligated by different media groups and/or partnerships that have a financial stake in the BCS games? Will those who are on the ESPN payroll be obligated to vote a certin way? Are those employed by ABC obligated to vote for teams that could increase ratings over other(possibly even better)teams? I'm not sure the Harris Poll is going to solve any of the negative issues surrounding the BCS system.
Tim said:
posted on December 1, 2005 9:11 PM — 68.163.183.138 — link — abuse?
Getting rid of the AP and replacing it with the Harris and its appointed members is an easy way for the BCS to get the teams it wants to play in the games it wants. (Read: Notre Dame) If the BCS were actually createrd in a way to make everything fair, then there would be no poll (opinion)aspect, only a computer formula that was fair to all
Ed Harris said:
posted on September 6, 2006 7:57 AM — 65.216.158.130 — link — abuse?
Did any of these voters actually watch any college football this past week?? I mean, Florida State plays a close one with Miami and wins, but remains 13 spots behind them, while Notre Dame puts up a terrible offensive performance and moves up 2 spots to #5, jumping past LSU and Virginia Tech, both of whom dominated and emptied their benches. What's up with this??
Tampa Hurricane said:
posted on September 6, 2006 3:50 PM — 24.96.199.254 — link — abuse?
Ed ND did move down in their polls. As I have been stating Notre Dame is the most overrated program in college football, and they will lose multiple games this year. Don't worry about how high they are now, by the end of the year ND will not even be a top 25 team.
Please note that all comments are subject to the Fanblogs Comment Policy.
gaffbag said:
posted on August 22, 2005 4:11 PM — 141.156.242.8 — link — abuse?Wow, Terry Bradshaw AND Boomer Esiason. Apparently you don't have to pass anything resembling an IQ test to qualify as a voter. How can these guys follow college football closely enough (particularly on Saturdays) to be legitimate voters if they are ostensibly preparing for their gigs as the NFL premier analysts on Sundays?