Posted by Chris
on February 15, 2009
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Fresh off another crazy week in the Top 25 and I get to do another ballot. Horray for me! Seriously though, it feels like 3/4 of the Top 25 teams lost at least once this week. Why now? Why can’t it be like the good old days when it took teams weeks to significantly move up. As we have it, Mizzou went from unranked to Top 10 in 2 weeks. Sheesh. Here’s my ballot, with some notes below.
Dropped Out: Gonzaga (#18), Texas (#20), Louisiana St. (#25).
So I did some thinking this week on a few teams. Texas seems like they’ve lost the plot. The blowout of Okie Lite was nice, but the OT win at Colorado is a bit concerning. And this is a team I was convinced was a solid Top 10 team when they beat ‘Nova earlier in the year. Now? Just not impressed at all.
I dropped Gonzaga from my rankings completely even after a perfect week because they struggled against Saint Mary’s and San Francisco. They are struggling vs. less than stellar competition and after the blowout vs. Memphis they just don’t seem like they are heading in the right direction.
As for LSU, they’re out because their conference is awful. Just be happy you have football SEC guys.
As for the big movers within the poll, Memphis moves up because people in front of them lost. Michigan State makes a big move because I admittedly underrated them last week. The Big 10 is probably better than I think but not as good as the media makes it out to be, and they’ve looked good since the loss to Penn State. UCLA drops a ton after a 2 loss week.
Wake Forest moves up even after a loss, but that’s more because I believe they’re underrated.
My Wildcats also move up a spot because people are going to forget the blowout over Marquette and only remember the blowout at the hands of West Virginia (who are VERY good I realized). Despite what most of the bloggers will probably say this week, ‘Nova are still a quality team. They just met a desperate team in a hostile environment. Besides maybe the Top 3 or 4 teams in the country, what happened on Friday night in Morgantown is happening to anyone walking through that door. The Wildcats’ schedule softens up with Rutgers visiting before a big trip to Syracuse, who will be out for blood.
Lots of movement in my ballot compared to my poll last week I realize. But there’s been a lot of action all across the country. Everyone it seems is losing (besides those Top 4 teams of course). I’ll make sure and post the link to the final CBSSports BlogPoll when it goes online.
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Posted by Chris
on February 09, 2009
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If you don’t know what this is, then go back and read my post about the newly created BlogPoll. If you remember what is going on here, then hopefully you saw my ballot for this week’s poll.
The results from bloggers all across the country have been calculated and the first edition of the poll has been released. Just a note though, CBSSports is having a few technical problems (it’s the first edition, I’m letting it slide) with the formatting of the page. So right now as I post this, it looks a little choppy. But we’ve been promised that the glitches will be sorted out soon, and when they are I’ll post the actual poll here.
If you are having trouble viewing it, know that Villanova came in ranked 14th. I’m actually a little surprised that they were ranked that high, but hell, as I’m about to explain to you, I’m an unabashed homer!
I placed 3rd for the Coulter/Kos Award (a category which I’ll have a seat at the entire year hopefully), which is given to the blogger with the highest bias rating. Bias rating is calculated by subtracting the blogger’s vote for his own team from the poll-wide average. Naturally, my ranking of Villanova at #11 secured me a spot at the table.
I really enjoyed reading the article that was put together by Jerry Hinnen and Brian Cook, and am looking forward to continuing this project they’ve put together. So thanks to them for doing this.
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Posted by Chris
on February 08, 2009
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Last week I wrote about how I had been invited to take part in a new poll put on by CBSSports. The time has come for us to submit our first ballots, and the results will be polled tomorrow and released to the public. When they are, I’ll post it here. For now, here is my first ballot for the new poll.
As you can see I moved our Wildcats up to #11. That may end up be a little higher than others, but they are one of the hottest teams in the country right now, and I’m going to reward them. I did complete this ballot before the Sunday evening games, but looking at the scores it doesn’t seem those games will have much impact on my rankings.
A couple of notes:
- There were a lot of losses for the Top 25 teams this week. Nearly everyone lost at least once. What does that mean in terms of ranking them? I have no idea, and I’m nervous to see how everyone else votes considering the amount of losses.
- Missouri and LSU are two teams I moved into the Top 25. They had strong weeks and basically didn’t lose. Of course, I’ve never seen them play, so I have no idea if they are Top 25 worthy, but they did receive some votes in the AP/Coaches Polls last week.
- I’m excited about being a part of this poll. It’s a great idea and I’m surprised that this is the first year for it. Thanks to all the people for putting this on.
Feel free to leave any comments for me, and hopefully the ‘Cats keep winning and we can move them into the Top 10 next week.
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Posted by Chris
on February 02, 2009
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I received an invitation to join a BlogPoll put on by CBSSports a couple of nights ago and I have accepted. This poll is exactly what it sounds like, which is a Top 25 as voted on by various bloggers around the internet.c
A college football version of the BlogPoll was created in 2005. The basketball version will be operated and managed in the same manner on CBSSports.
The first poll is tentatively scheduled to be released a week from today on February 9th.
…This should be fun…I actually never knew about the college football poll but it does provide an interesting perspective…we always complain about the rankings so this gives us a chance to share our opinions…plus, there are some good blogs that have already signed up, so this should be a well run entity…
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