August 24, 2005
Four voters quit, others question the Harris Poll
A masonry company executive has removed himself from the new Harris College Football Poll because of the new found notoriety stemming from his participation. Jason Rash, son-in-law of Troy University coach Larry Blakeney, resigned from the poll after The Boston Globe identified Rash as nothing more than a college football fan.
"There's people that really care about college football, then there's the politics of it," Rash said. "It's no big deal to me. I have plenty of other golfing opportunities to take advantage of on Sunday."
Former coaches Lou Holtz and Gerry DiNardo, as well as former Pittsburgh quarterback John Congemi, quit the Harris Poll because of their relationships with ESPN.
Among the other question marks in the Harris Poll:
Kevin Duhe currently is territory manager for Blue Bell Ice Cream. He played at Northeast Louisiana. Former SMU quarterback Lance McIlhenny was quoted in the Dallas Morning News as saying: "Any given weekend, if I'm fly-fishing, how am I going to make sure by 1 o'clock on Sunday that this Harris group will have my input?" Voter Kenny Roda, a radio talk show host in Cleveland, has a link to "Hotties" on his Web site. It includes (clothed) shots of Playboy Playmates and "pickup lines to bag a hottie." George Lapides, a Memphis-based radio host, has a link to a gambling service at the top of his personal Web site.
Attention Harris Poll: Since you're down a few voters, call me - maybe we can work something out.
Comments:
posted on August 25, 2005 3:26 AM — 144.59.12.138 — link — abuse?dave said:
What about taking people with the last name of "Harris" to vote. That way you could put a vote in the hands of football great, Franco Harris. Then there is Detective Harris from the old Barney Miller show. Since the Harris pool may run dry (after all, we are trying to fill in voters for those who are dropping out) you may want to expand into those with the name "Harry," because that sounds like Harris. That would include the hairy guy from Harry and the Hendersons. Harry Connick Jr. would get a vote, along with Billy Crystal, who played in the movie, "When Harry Met Sally." Harry Caray would be excluded because he has passed away, but his heirs may get a vote by representation. If more fall out, you could expand the list of voters to include very hairy guys, since the descriptor "hairy" phonetically sounds like the name Harry. Franco Harris would get a second vote because of his hair. Both Hanna and Barbara would each get a vote for creating Captain Caveman, who is a very hairy, albeit fictional, person. If we were to continue with the hair theme, Texas head coach, Mack Brown, may get a vote, because his hair looks like Jimmy Johnson's hair. However, Mack has not beat Bob Stoops, who has perfect hair for a visor, in this current decade. Therefore, Coach Stoops would get that vote. Coaches should not be able to vote, because they already have the "Coach's Poll," therefore his vote should go to a Stoops supporter in the military, who is not allowed to have much hair, me.
I know, it all sounds too hairy for Harris.Senor Pez said:
posted on September 26, 2005 3:35 PM — 63.162.183.2 — link — abuse?
Looks like this poll is off to another fantastic start. :) I think they should do it like the Neilsen ratings... send 1000 ballots out to random individuals each week. Maybe that way, Nebraska could still be in the Top 25.
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Mike said:
posted on August 25, 2005 1:39 AM — 68.35.231.61 — link — abuse?Sounds like a real quality group of motivated and discerning voters.