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ATOT College Football Poll - 9/1/04

Your link is highly misinformed, not to include No. 12 West Virginia (who Lee Corso picked to win it all, let alone the Big East) is ludicrous.
 
Looks like you put a lot of effort into these polls. But I'm not going to vote. Until I see each one of those teams play THIS YEAR, I refuse to go off of assumptions and guesses to claim that one team is better than another. For example, USC has the talent and they won last weekend. But they looked sickly and vulnerable. They'll probably finish top 10, but who can say exactly where until I see the other top 10 play.
 
Originally posted by: SP33Demon
Your link is highly misinformed, not to include No. 12 West Virginia (who Lee Corso picked to win it all, let alone the Big East) is ludicrous.
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hmm i just noticed that, WV is 10 and 11 in the AP and USA Today polls, but thier avg for all 23 rankings is 29. Perhaps they are hype?

 
Originally posted by: SP33Demon
Your link is highly misinformed, not to include No. 12 West Virginia (who Lee Corso picked to win it all, let alone the Big East) is ludicrous.
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Thanks for the laugh. I think over the years, Lee Corso has had the worst record of predicting winners of any sports caster. One could make a great living by betting on the opposite team that Corso picks. I'm not saying anything about West Virginia, but about Corso.
 
Originally posted by: dullard
Looks like you put a lot of effort into these polls.
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wasnt that bad, once i got the 1st place one done, it was all just clicking from the autofill drop down list in IE.
But I'm not going to vote. Until I see each one of those teams play THIS YEAR, I refuse to go off of assumptions and guesses to claim that one team is better than another.
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oh c'mon, I do another one next week, its not like you have to stick to your votes all season.
For example, USC has the talent and they won last weekend. But they looked sickly and vulnerable. They'll probably finish top 10, but who can say exactly where until I see the other top 10 play.
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I agree, USC didnt play all that great, they kinda played the "wait for the big play" strategy, not Championship material, IMO
 
Originally posted by: dullard
Originally posted by: SP33Demon
Your link is highly misinformed, not to include No. 12 West Virginia (who Lee Corso picked to win it all, let alone the Big East) is ludicrous.
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Thanks for the laugh. I think over the years, Lee Corso has had the worst record of predicting winners of any sports caster. One could make a great living by betting on the opposite team that Corso picks. I'm not saying anything about West Virginia, but about Corso.
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I freaking hate Lee Corso, and traditionally he has always hated on WVU... but maybe the stars are realigned this year, or he's a Klingon? He also picked WVU at Pitt as the "Game of the year" which is mind boggling as well considering that Pitt sucks this year and UMD@WVU is clearly going to be WVU's biggest game... Even though WVU and Pitt hate each other, it will hardly be a contest in this year's "Backyard Brawl".

 
Originally posted by: dullard
Originally posted by: SP33Demon
Your link is highly misinformed, not to include No. 12 West Virginia (who Lee Corso picked to win it all, let alone the Big East) is ludicrous.
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Thanks for the laugh. I think over the years, Lee Corso has had the worst record of predicting winners of any sports caster. One could make a great living by betting on the opposite team that Corso picks. I'm not saying anything about West Virginia, but about Corso.
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Whoa. You are way off. There was like a six or seven year streak going when Corso never had a wrong pick for ESPN's College Gameday game of the week!!!!

And most of the time, these are games when the spread is neglidgeable. Corso nows his stuff.
 
Originally posted by: Train
Originally posted by: SP33Demon
Your link is highly misinformed, not to include No. 12 West Virginia (who Lee Corso picked to win it all, let alone the Big East) is ludicrous.
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hmm i just noticed that, WV is 10 and 11 in the AP and USA Today polls, but thier avg for all 23 rankings is 29. Perhaps they are hype?
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Hardly hype... they have an O lineman returning from when they set the Big East rushing record, and are extremely deep at the RB position... their QB only needs 353 yards rushing to break McNabb's Big East record, and he's a senior. Their best receiver Henry is 6-4 and causes matchup nightmares because of his height. Their main weakness will be at LB, where they lost a couple of seniors last year, but their line is pretty solid.

Also, who will beat them for the Big East title? UConn? Highly doubtful, although they will be good this year. Boston College? They will be decent, but not good enough to beat WVU. Syracuse, Temple, or Pitt? All bottom feeder teams this year. Miami and VT left for the ACC. Which means that the Big East winner goes to a major BCS bowl, since they still have their BCS berth. How many teams make a BCS bowl and aren't in the top 15? hmmm.
 
so your saying they have no schedule? thats even worse. MAC teams have tougher schedules than that. They will get thier "automatic bid" and get placed with Miami(OH) or whoever else gets the At-large bid, and then will get embarrased on Bowl day.
 
I'd love to vote for my boys in Clemson but I don't think we're top 10 material right now. Come talk to me in a few weeks after we start navigating our murderous schedule (@Texas A&M, @Florida State, @Miami, @Virginia). If we win 2 of those and the rest of our games, maybe we're top 10 depending on what else happens across the football landscape.
 
Originally posted by: Train
so your saying they have no schedule? thats even worse. MAC teams have tougher schedules than that. They will get thier "automatic bid" and get placed with Miami(OH) or whoever else gets the At-large bid, and then will get embarrased on Bowl day.
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No, they play Maryland, an underrated BC (see link below for top 5 underrated teams), and UConn in their new house. They also play@VT who almost took it to USC, so it's not going to be a cakewalk for WVU.

Proof of your polling error. Look under the "Top 5 Underrated" where it says "5 That Are Just About Right:"

5 That Are Just About Right:
USC (1,1); West Virginia (11, 10); Wisconsin (22, 21); Boise St (28, 30); Notre Dame (NR, NR).
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From today's ESPN "The Daily Quickie".
 
Originally posted by: Train
:roll: ahem Avg of 23 Polls

But if your still convinced, good on ya I guess, we'll see in a month or so.
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Ok, so if I polled 30 of my friends what they thought the top 15, and took an average, it would be more valid than ESPN/AP/Coaches top 15? lol

 
these aren't your "friends" they are football magazines, other sportswriters, as well as the computers that are in the BCS. Dont you think its odd that the AP/CNN polls are the ONLY ones that have them that high? im sure your friends in WV would rank them higher, but WV peeps might be a tad biased no?
 
Miami will be the best team this year.. just like they are every other year... depends if they play like it or not though...
 
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