Week Twelve BlogPoll Ballot Submitted
by T Kyle King
on Nov 16, 2008 9:29 PM EST
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It had been my plan to get down into the nitty-gritty when casting this week’s BlogPoll ballot, but, honestly, what meaningfully changed between the time I cast the final version of last week’s ballot and the time I cast the initial version of this week’s?
The teams I had ranked second, fifth, 16th, 18th, 19th, and 25th had open dates on Saturday. The teams I had ranked first, third, fourth, sixth, seventh, eighth, and ninth won over basically no one in particular by margins of 32-7, 35-7, 56-6, 45-23, 63-14, 34-7, and 45-10, respectively. No team ranked in my top thirteen lost and only one team ranked in my top 19 fell.
Consequently, there wasn’t a great deal of movement on my ballot, the first draft of which looks like this:
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| Rank | Team | Delta |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alabama | -- |
| 2 | Texas Tech | -- |
| 3 | Texas | -- |
| 4 | Florida | -- |
| 5 | Oklahoma | -- |
| 6 | Southern Cal | -- |
| 7 | Utah | -- |
| 8 | Penn State | -- |
| 9 | Boise State | -- |
| 10 | Ohio State | -- |
| 11 | Oklahoma State | -- |
| 12 | Georgia | -- |
| 13 | Missouri | -- |
| 14 | Oregon State |  8 |
| 15 | Ball State | -- |
| 16 | Michigan State | -- |
| 17 | Cincinnati | -- |
| 18 | Pittsburgh | -- |
| 19 | TCU | -- |
| 20 | Maryland | 6 |
| 21 | North Carolina |  7 |
| 22 | Georgia Tech | 3 |
| 23 | Boston College | 3 |
| 24 | Miami (Florida) | 2 |
| 25 | Brigham Young | 1 |
Oregon State made the leap from No. 22 to the newly vacated No. 14 spot after the Beavers’ 34-21 win over Cal because O.S.’s losses appear increasingly forgivable and the Beavs have a quality win (over Southern California) and are continuing to give every indication of being a solid squad.
Brigham Young earned inclusion in my top 25 by beating Air Force to add a meaningful victory to the Cougars’ otherwise largely empty 10-1 record. Naturally, B.Y.U. will have the chance to prove itself against Utah.
Between those two teams I arrayed a series of more or less interchangeable 7-3 teams from the A.C.C. Against my better judgment, I gave the highest ranking to No. 20 Maryland, which beat No. 21 North Carolina, which beat No. 22 Georgia Tech, which beat No. 23 Boston College, which beat the Florida State team that beat No. 24 Miami (Florida).
The ‘Noles ended up as the odd man out, despite having defeated the ‘Canes, because of F.S.U.’s weak collection of scalps outside of Miami’s, but I could be persuaded that I ought to rank the Hurricanes 25th and the Seminoles 24th. I could also be convinced that Oregon belongs in there somewhere, as well.
Trying to choose among the A.C.C. teams clustered together in the twenties is as difficult as trying to choose between Colonel Wilma Deering and Princess Ardala, except that the Atlantic and Coastal Divisions both present markedly less attractive alternatives than the choice of smoking hot outer space chicks faced by Buck Rogers.
I dropped L.S.U. in spite of the Bayou Bengals’ win because, if you need a furious rally to beat Troy at home, you’re not a top 25 team.
I watched the Ball State-Miami (Ohio) game on Tuesday, the Central Michigan-Northern Illinois game on Wednesday, and the Miami (Florida)-Virginia Tech game on Thursday. On Saturday, I watched all of the Georgia-Auburn game and parts of the Kentucky-Vanderbilt and Boston College-Florida State games.
I’ll be revisiting and (likely) revising that ballot between now and the Wednesday morning deadline, so your feedback is sought earnestly and would be appreciated greatly. Let me know what you think.
Go ‘Dawgs!
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Col. Deering...
As for the ACC, Miami seems to have finally gotten it together. Which means that they will now lose their next two.
by Stuck in the Plains on
Nov 17, 2008 11:45 AM EST
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Regarding the Wilma/Ardala conundrum:
Far be it from me to speak ill of Erin Grey, but this one isn’t the slam dunk it appears to be at first.
Regular readers of this weblog know that I tend to break in favor of the good girl: Kristin Davis, Helen Hunt, Katie Holmes, Nicole Kidman, Natalie Portman, Jodie Foster, Emily Procter, et al. I prefer the Salma Hayek of “Dogma” to the Salma Hayek of “From Dusk Till Dawn.”
Every now and again, though, a fellow gets himself a hankering for some bad girl. I’d have taken Eliza Dushku over either Kirsten Dunst in “Bring It On” or Shannon Elizabeth in “Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back.” If I’d been Matthew Modine in “Private School,” I’d have ditched Phoebe Cates and gone after Betsy Russell.
This is one of those times. Wilma Deering was some kind of sharp, but Ardala was out of this world (literally).
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by T Kyle King on
Nov 17, 2008 8:45 PM EST
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Salma Hayek
stripper in both roles. In so far as a vampire serial killer isn’t a good girl, I agree, but her character from Dogma wasn’t a “good” “girl” by both measures.
by Skin Patrol on
Nov 18, 2008 11:47 PM EST
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I'm mainly going with the theme of the scenes in question
The theme of her dance in “From Dusk Till Dawn” was “bad girl.” The theme of her dance in “Dogma” was “good girl.” For guys who aren’t sure which way they break on the question, watching both dance scenes is useful because you’ve controlled for all the variables.
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by T Kyle King on
Nov 19, 2008 7:09 AM EST
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I won't try to talk you out of dropping LSU this week!
But will hope that wins (and better performances) over Ole Miss and Arkansas will take care of that.
by hound dog on
Nov 17, 2008 11:58 AM EST
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If L.S.U. beats Ole Miss, I'll probably rank the Bayou Bengals
I am not at all convinced that will happen, by the way.
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by T Kyle King on
Nov 17, 2008 8:40 PM EST
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