Week Two SEC Power Poll Ballot: 0-2 with a Bullet, Baby!
by T Kyle King on Sep 13, 2011 8:45 AM EDT
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PrintIt’s a new week, which means it’s time for a new SEC Power Poll ballot. If you spot any inconsistencies between this and my BlogPoll ballot, well, in the words of Walt Whitman: "Do I contradict myself? Very well, then I contradict myself, I am large, I contain multitudes." That, and I haven’t gotten a lot of sleep the last couple of weekends, so there’s a fair to middling chance I’m just not making a lick of sense.
If so, feel free to let me know in the comments, but, for whatever it’s worth, here’s my assessment of the Southeastern Conference, as matters presently stand. (Not so fast, Texas A&M!)
1. Alabama Crimson Tide (2-0): Though you could as easily justify putting Louisiana State here, I’m giving ‘Bama more credit for beating Penn State than I’m giving the Bayou Bengals for beating Oregon. Why? Have you seen any wraparound ads for the Pac-12 Network on this site lately? Well, O.K., then.
2. LSU Tigers (2-0): Les Miles is going to have to step up his game if he doesn’t want to be lapped by this guy.
3. Florida Gators (2-0): Given the schedule they’ve played so far, I have no basis for placing the Sunshine State Saurians higher than Arkansas or South Carolina . . . no basis other than every nightmare I’ve endured in the last 20 years, that is!
4. Arkansas Razorbacks (2-0): Listen, when we get into conference play, gripes about Boise State’s strength of schedule are fair game, but, until the Hogs actually man pig up and play someone, I don’t want to hear about the easy row the Broncos have to hoe.
5. South Carolina Gamecocks (2-0): I wanted to rank the Palmetto State Poultry higher, but, after USC’s narrow escape from Sanford Stadium in a game both sides thought the ‘Cocks would win handily, I felt compelled either to rank Georgia higher or rank South Carolina lower. Yeah, you knew which way that one was going, didn’t you?
6. Auburn Tigers (2-0): If I can credit the Bulldogs with a moral victory, am I also allowed to dock Gene Chizik for suffering moral defeats?
7. Mississippi St. Bulldogs (1-1): It could’ve been worse. Tommy Tuberville could’ve been there to make a smart-aleck comment about the need to run the ball to win in the SEC.
8. Georgia Bulldogs (0-2): Yes, the ‘Dawgs are 0-2; a lot of teams would be if they’d played the Classic City Canines’ early season schedule. The Red and Black’s solid effort against a strong opponent on Saturday offers some hope of an upcoming surge. (Please let there be a surge. Please let there be a surge!)
9. Vanderbilt Commodores (2-0): The Music City Mariners have a win over a team from an automatically-qualifying BCS conference. Yes, Connecticut still counts. No, really, it does.
10. Tennessee Volunteers (2-0): The Vols are basically Arkansas with a worse color scheme and a bigger stadium. Well, that, and a win over Cincinnati that was tied at 14 after the first quarter in Knoxville.
11. Mississippi Rebels (1-1): Ole Miss is going to peak right before Georgia arrives in Oxford. I know it. I just know it.
12. Kentucky Wildcats (2-0): I know, they’re undefeated. They also trailed Central Michigan by a touchdown at halftime in Lexington. The ‘Cats are the shakiest 2-0 team in the league, which is saying something in a conference whose 2-0 teams include Auburn, Tennessee, and Vanderbilt.
Every bit of that could be wrong. In fact, that likely would be the way to bet, so, should the spirit so move you, feel free to correct my errors in the comments below. Please, though, be nice about it.
Go ‘Dawgs!
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Nope...
That’s about right.
It’s hard to tell until we get further into the SEC slate, for UGA would be 2-0 if they had played some of the other teams’ schedules and some other schools would be 0-2 having played UGA’s schedule. (I’d argue only Alabama and LSU would beat Boise State at this point, and even they could lose.)
Records mean little at this point.
"Don't go ninja'n nobody that don't need ninja'n!" ~ Kung Fu Hillbilly.
UGA should be dead last. And just keep it there until week 12.
"One thing I will never do as long as I’m at Georgia is lose to Florida." - Herschel Walker
This seriously never gets old
I laugh every time
"Uvarum, Uvarum Fit, Uvarum.... double Fit..."
- Augustus "Gus" McCrae
by Munson's_Marbles on Sep 14, 2011 6:32 PM EDT up reply actions
I think it is the glove...
"Uvarum, Uvarum Fit, Uvarum.... double Fit..."
- Augustus "Gus" McCrae
by Munson's_Marbles on Sep 14, 2011 8:07 PM EDT up reply actions
It's always good that 5 secs of hard work on my part
Can be used over and over and over. So, for that, I say thank you, Dawgs. Now, if I never have to use this pic again, that would be most pleasing…
Success is never final. --Winston Churchill
UGA's rank: 8.
Average rank of UGA’s remaining SEC opponents: 8.28, with 3 ranked ahead and 4 ranked below. Of the three ranked above, two occupy the spots immediately above the Bulldogs.
by first and thom on Sep 13, 2011 10:29 AM EDT reply actions
I would argue for number 9 or even 10
My gut tells me that UGA should be switched to probably 9 or maybe even 10. South Carolina was a moral victory, Boise was a beat down. I haven’t watched Tennessee besides about 20 minutes of their first game and some highlights, but I don’t think they should be behind us for playing down to a bad team’s level for a quarter. Now they should have run over that caliber of an opponent, and they don’t have a “administration in chaos” excuse anymore, but I don’t think they’re as bad as behind us. But anyway its Tuesday so I’m going to stop being the wet blanket and start getting positive about these bulldawgs. :)
They won by 22.
Saying “They were tied at 14 after the first quarter!!1” is a lot different that saying “They outscored them 31-9 after that point.”
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Re: Auburn
am I also allowed to dock Gene Chizik for suffering moral defeats?
If the NCAA couldn’t do it by now I don’t know what chance the rest of us have. But make no mistake I admire the effort.
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by The Quincy Carter of Accountants on Sep 13, 2011 2:52 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
The rankings are fine. . .
. . . but quoting Walt Whitman in a post about football? Good grief.
by College Buddy on Sep 13, 2011 4:30 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
This is dawgsports.com, you know? The blog with a 100 post count about the oxford comma?
We’re like smart on football and words and stuff. (we meaning all folks here, even you lurkers I can see you)
"One thing I will never do as long as I’m at Georgia is lose to Florida." - Herschel Walker
I'm okay with esoteric discussion. . .
. . . and happen to favor the Oxford comma. Just not a fan of Whitman and believe a more manly poet might be fitting. Am I to be disparaged as a “lurker” because I have a dissenting view?
by College Buddy on Sep 13, 2011 5:03 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
"Lurkers," by definition...
… lurk. By posting, you automatically disqualify yourself as a lurker, College Buddy. :-)
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by vineyarddawg on Sep 13, 2011 6:09 PM EDT up reply actions
Given the state of the season...
I’m gonna go ahead and suggest Bukowski. It turns out love really is a dog from hell.
Sacrificing goats, chugging Maker's Mark, and walking underneath The Arch.
by RedCrake on Sep 13, 2011 6:30 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
A more manly poet?
I always thought Edna St. Vincent Millay had some muscle.
by NCT on Sep 13, 2011 8:19 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
It's rare, but the two subjects coincide more than one might think for instance
In his exit interview, Mark Richt told John Fabris to make like a tree and leaves of grass. And I get the feeling that later we might see him name Brandon Boykin O Captain D Captain.
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by The Quincy Carter of Accountants on Sep 13, 2011 5:19 PM EDT up reply actions
We've got Yoda on our side, so post esoteric poetry why not?
by vineyarddawg on Sep 13, 2011 6:05 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
REC THIS!
Yoda…sportin’ the G! Simply marvelous, Vineyarddawg!
Success is never final. --Winston Churchill
I stole it from another thread.
From DTD, I think. Either way, it’s a pic I intend to keep re-using when appropriate. :-)
by vineyarddawg on Sep 14, 2011 6:44 PM EDT up reply actions
I have to admit, College Buddy, . . .
. . . I wrestled with whether to quote Whitman, primarily because there’s only so much air time I want to give to a fellow who wrote a poem idolizing a president who burned my home town to the ground! :)
Go 'Dawgs!
True dat.
Which was in part my point. Sometimes I forget these comments aren’t just to you.
by College Buddy on Sep 13, 2011 11:14 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Mixed feelings.
I have mixed feelings about the SC-UGA game for multiple reasons.
the good
1) We won the game. Historically, carolina chokes. We dont have the oompf to get through a bad game and the players that step up to make the plays to win us the game. If only I had a dime for every “moral victory” that Carolina has had over the years, including several against Georgia.
2) Lattimore. Seriously, hes a beast.
3) Clowney teh coaches said he was as good as advertised. Melvin Ingram is quoted as saying that he called for that sack and fumble at the end of the game which is why he was ready to scoop the ball up. Thats crazy.
The BAD
1) oh wait we have a defense? Not to take away from Georgia’s offense, your o-line was blocking very well fro Crowell who was tearing it up….but it should not have been as bad as it was. I saw missed tackle after missed tackle and our guys seems to have NO spirit or desire to stop yall. later in teh 2nd half,(Im not sure when) yall switched to a 3-step-drop-and-fire offense and gashed us for 22 points. again. I thought I saw that last week against ECU. WHY are our guys lining up 10 yards off the receiver when its so obvious what is happening that even I can see it.
2) Garcia……need I say more? but I will rant anyway. After ahving all day in the pocket, he steps up and fires into open field….as a matter of fact taht field is so open that NOBODY is within 10 feet of the ball when it landed. He had 0 pressure. None. My sister is more accurate than he is right now. he had two good passes all game. TWO. forget the SEC east if he keeps playing like that.
3) Receivers(besides Jeffrey) our other 2 top receivers are DL Moore and Jason Barnes and it is beyond me why Bruce Ellington or Ace Sanders is not in the game for them more often. They cant keep the ball with Gorilla Glue on their fingers…
Georgia was the better team last week, but SC still found a way to win. Thats been the storyline for SC too many times and seeing them pull out the win was refreshing in its own way. The great teams manage to find a way to win(i.e. Auburn last year…Cept Garcia a Cam Newton is NOT) but if we dont get our act together, I can see us losing 4 games easily. As Steve Spurrier likes to say well anyway it was a win, yall played very well and *thanks for making us look that much worse than Boise…..
*Sarcasm font is needed
The Gamecocks win and feel bad, the Bulldogs lose and feel good. Dogs and Cats, living together.......
"One thing I will never do as long as I’m at Georgia is lose to Florida." - Herschel Walker
by chuckdawg on Sep 13, 2011 7:42 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
Love it
"Uvarum, Uvarum Fit, Uvarum.... double Fit..."
- Augustus "Gus" McCrae
by Munson's_Marbles on Sep 13, 2011 8:00 PM EDT up reply actions
Garcia was awful
…particularly in the first half. I’ve sweated out a hangover or two, and I swear that’s what it looked like he was doing.
by FisheriesDawg on Sep 13, 2011 9:49 PM EDT up reply actions
What is this coming out a hangover you speak of?
Bro ain’t never heard of that. Nothing keeps the hangover away like beer for breakfast.
by first and thom on Sep 14, 2011 2:24 PM EDT up reply actions
This comes to mind
"Uvarum, Uvarum Fit, Uvarum.... double Fit..."
- Augustus "Gus" McCrae
by Munson's_Marbles on Sep 15, 2011 11:16 AM EDT up reply actions
Missed tackles by SC...
was the same reason as missed tackles by BSU…team speed. Recall that Murray was the guy just behind Boykin when they crossed the goal line on the 80 yard run. Granted he took a more direct route, but he was there. Heck, maybe MR should add a few more runs to Murray’s plate. He is twice the QB Garcia is, especially mentally. Speed at all the skill positions will make a diff down the road. Again, I don’t see the Dawgs losing any more than one more game if the replacement LB’s can do a decent job. Ogletree is back in 4 weeks…hopefully.
Did anybody hear Lou Holtz blaming the pick 6 on the receiver rounding off the route, rather than Murray’s fault? He was the only analyst I heard say that.
I will root for Alabama or Ohio State when they play the Chinese...maybe.
Yes, I did hear Lou comment on that, and I posted it here somewhere. It maybe the first piece of decent color Lou has had in years.
"One thing I will never do as long as I’m at Georgia is lose to Florida." - Herschel Walker
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