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I figured OU would still be top 10. Wow.

2 months ago Horns_tiny patienthornsfan 12 comments 0 recs  | 

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Also, tOSU drops from 6 to 8 after their squeaker.

Texas now only leads USC by 69 points – down from 111 last week.

Still a Blaine Irby fan

by patienthornsfan on Sep 8, 2009 11:26 AM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Also just noticed, Florida lost two of their first place votes to Bama, Texas held on to their two.

Still a Blaine Irby fan

by patienthornsfan on Sep 8, 2009 11:29 AM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Exact same vote total for us (1424)...

USC only gained like 40 points over their vote total from last week. Alabama not only took 2 1st place votes from Florida, they gained almost 150 points on USC. Okie State and BYU were the biggest winners.

by Rickyspub on Sep 8, 2009 11:48 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

you beat me to it

didnt see your post til i finished mine, so i deleted.

the lessening of our lead on USC is not due to us dropping points though. our point total remains the same as last week. just a result of USC picking up a couple more 2nd place votes that had previously gone somewhere else and not to us.

by 6th street on Sep 8, 2009 11:46 AM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Most were probably 3rd place votes they took from OU vacating #3...

They were 4th last week and they only picked up 40 points, so at most only 40 people voted them higher than they did last week, not a ringing endorsement of the USC bandwagon overflowing. I wouldn’t say we are in great jeopardy of dropping our spot just yet.

by Rickyspub on Sep 8, 2009 11:51 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

The Horseshoe

I imagine USC jumps us if they win, but I don’t see tOSU jumping us if the Buckeyes win.

"From the waist down, Earl Campbell has the biggest legs I have ever seen on a running back." -John Madden

by run Bevo run on Sep 8, 2009 12:33 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Depends on the type of win

If USC crushes tOSU like last year then there is a slight chance we get passed. I anticipate a lower scoring affair in which case it doesn’t matter who wins. We won’t get passed. I’m not too worried about USC. They were basically only able to run the ball last week against SJST. If they are as one dimensional this week, Ohio State probably won’t win, but they’ll keep it close.

by aaronlybrand on Sep 8, 2009 3:18 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

We get passed if we play Wyoming like tOSU played Navy...

I think if Wyoming is in the game through the 4th quarter and USC blows up tOSU we could get passed. That said we could play horribly for 3 quarters ala Ole Miss and so long as we put up a decent finishing score, we won’t get passed. I think Ole Miss looked worse against Memphis than tOSU looked against Navy, but the final score is what most voters are judging the teams since they won’t watch most of the games.

by Rickyspub on Sep 8, 2009 3:42 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Which is unfortunate

I was actually slightly annoyed with Houston Nutt for that. It was pretty darn obvious he was trying to save face.

by TheElusiveShadow on Sep 8, 2009 4:46 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

That game definitely wasn’t as close as the score indicates, but the results of the polls indicate that a number of people pay more attention to the score than anything else. Some obviously don’t, or else Ole Miss would’ve jumped up to the top five as well.

by burntorangehorn on Sep 8, 2009 11:10 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Coaches Poll out now too

Land Thieves down to 14

Still a Blaine Irby fan

by patienthornsfan on Sep 9, 2009 2:38 AM CDT reply actions   0 recs

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