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BlogPoll Preseason College Football Top 25 Rankings: Why Limit Ourselves to Looking Ahead to 2012?
(Author’s Note: The rankings following the jump are intended in jest. Bring your sense of humor with you. You have been warned.) Our good friend (and soon-to-be conference coeval) Bill Connelly, of whom I made mention earlier today after he gave Mark Richt the credit due him (and thereby almost...
2011 College Football Final BlogPoll Top 25: The Top Five
We’re clear on the ground rules. We’ve identified the also-rans. We’ve counted down from No. 25 to No. 16, and from No. 15 to No. 6. All that now remains, therefore, is for me to unveil the whole poll and explain the top five. Here now, I give you my final 2011 BlogPoll ballot, which has been set...
2011 College Football Final BlogPoll Top 25: Nos. 15 Through 6
I am working my way through my BlogPoll ballot, having set forth the ground rules, the also-rans, and Nos. 25 through 16. I now come to the ten teams I have ranked between sixth and 15th, which I provide for your consideration, commentary, and constructive criticism; viz.: 15. Oklahoma Sooners...
2011 College Football Final BlogPoll Top 25: Nos. 25 Through 16
We’ve established the ground rules (albeit not without some controversy, though we have covered this ground before) and eliminated the also-rans, so now it is time to begin looking at the teams who made the grade, starting with No. 25 and working our way up to No. 1: 25. Southern Miss. Golden...
2011 College Football Final BlogPoll Top 25: The Also-Rans
I’ve given you the ground rules, now here are the also-rans. Listed below are the nine teams among the "others receiving consideration," whose resumes were reviewed but, ultimately, found wanting. The teams are listed in ascending order as we work our way toward No. 1: 34. Temple Owls (9-4): Yes,...
2011 College Football Final BlogPoll Top 25: The Ground Rules
The coaches’ and sportswriters’ polls have been released, and the final verdict of the BlogPoll is forthcoming, though we in the blogosphere take a little more time, in the hope of getting it right. Ere I publish my final top 25 (which I am apt to do in segments, this being the ultimate...
A Belated Explanation of My Final Regular Season BlogPoll Ballot
I promised I would explain my BlogPoll ballot, and it certainly appears that an explanation is in order, now that I have won the Straight Bangin’ Award and finished first in the "swing" category. Accordingly, here are my reasons for ranking the teams as I did: I trust it is utterly...
College Football BlogPoll Ballot (Week 14): I'm Going to be More Popular in Idaho Than in Alabama This Week
One of the many interesting things about this time of year is that, although the BlogPoll deadline is the same as it is any other week, the need for immediacy otherwise is absent, as there is no upcoming game for which to prepare. That being the case, I have elected to present this week’s top...
Georgia Bulldogs v. LSU Tigers: Too Much Information (Part Three)
The SEC Championship Game kicks off in 24 hours. In the first two installments of this special edition of Too Much Information, I have compared the conference schedules and examined the shared history of the Georgia Bulldogs and the LSU Tigers. I now offer my final thoughts upon the matter, for...
College Football BlogPoll Ballot (Week 13): SEC Homer Edition
Honestly, with everything I have on my plate this week, I would’ve simply eschewed casting a BlogPoll ballot this time around, but duty is the sublimest word in the English language, and besides, Jman781 would never let me hear the end of it if I deprived him of his weekly good luck ritual and the...
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