SBNation BlogPoll Top 25 Week 13 Ballot
by Wescott Eberts (GoBR) on Nov 21, 2011 10:57 PM CST
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PrintThe story this from last weekend would be BCS chaos, except that what's really going to happen is that LSU and Alabama are on a collision course for a rematch in a game that few people want to see. A game that could set offensive football back about a century. Woof. But that's the result of a handful of top 10 teams losing the same weekend, especially with the choke job in the Big 12 by the Oklahoma schools.
- Oklahoma State blew a chance to play in the national championship game with the improbable loss to Iowa State. Maybe that Chokelahoma moniker applies to all the schools in the state. And by the way, someone needs to snatch up Paul Rhoads, because he is a heck of a coach. Imagine what he could do with an Auburn-sized payroll.
- Speaking of choking, Bob Stoops gagged on an RGIII in Baylor Saturday night. Hey, nothing takes the sting out of a hearbreaking Texas loss like Oklahoma losing, right?
- In further tales of choking, Clemson did the most Clemson thing once again, taking a stomping from North Carolina State. Uh, wha???
- As always, the bottom of the poll is a muddle of mediocrity that is now reaching towards the top 10 with all these losses.
Click on after the jump to check out the ballot.
Burnt Orange Nation Ballot - Week 13
| Rank | Team | Delta |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | LSU Tigers | -- |
| 2 | Alabama Crimson Tide |  1 |
| 3 | Arkansas Razorbacks | 3 |
| 4 | Oklahoma St. Cowboys |  -2 |
| 5 | Virginia Tech Hokies | 4 |
| 6 | Stanford Cardinal | 2 |
| 7 | Oklahoma Sooners | -2 |
| 8 | Boise St. Broncos | 3 |
| 9 | Houston Cougars | 1 |
| 10 | Oregon Ducks | -6 |
| 11 | South Carolina Gamecocks | 1 |
| 12 | Georgia Bulldogs | 3 |
| 13 | Clemson Tigers | -6 |
| 14 | USC Trojans | 4 |
| 15 | Kansas St. Wildcats | -2 |
| 16 | Michigan St. Spartans | -- |
| 17 | Michigan Wolverines | -- |
| 18 | TCU Horned Frogs | 3 |
| 19 | Baylor Bears | -- |
| 20 | Penn St. Nittany Lions | 3 |
| 21 | Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets | -2 |
| 22 | Wisconsin Badgers | -8 |
| 23 | Florida St. Seminoles | 2 |
| 24 | Notre Dame Fighting Irish | -- |
| 25 | West Virginia Mountaineers | -- |
| Dropouts: Nebraska Cornhuskers, Southern Miss. Golden Eagles, Texas Longhorns, Auburn Tigers | ||
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But Big 12-4=8 football
sets defensive football back a century. Except for UT, the Big 12 acts like running the ball is neanderthalish and tackling is gay.
Besides, LSU and Bama did very well offensively until they met each other. LSU is back on track offensively, Bama is struggling.
by the thin red line on Nov 22, 2011 1:21 AM CST reply actions
somehow, oklahoma state might not have blown anything with all the other losses
oklahoma state still has a great chance to play for the title.
if they beat oklahoma, it’s going to end up being very close between them and alabama. osu is going to be number 2 in all the computers(assuming lsu beats arkansas). they also should jump to #3 in the polls.
maybe so
But doesn’t OU have a way of ruining things for OSU?
by the thin red line on Nov 22, 2011 2:14 AM CST up reply actions
obviously osu still has a game to win(just like alabama does). but they still have a very real chance at playing for the title if they do win.
I agree.
And while there is no rule that a team need not win its conference or division to go to the BCSNCG, it certainly doesn’t hurt to have ″conference champion″ on your resume. Also they play on December 3rd, while Bama probably will not, and thus have one last chance to impress. If we lose to Auburn, it ’ s over for us, perhaps even if we struggle to a win.
by the thin red line on Nov 22, 2011 2:37 AM CST up reply actions
Baylor beats Oklahoma, and doesn't move up, and OU only drops two spots?
Why the hell do they play the games then?
Your blog has such
sway with the voters. Or perhaps they deleated the win after the post.
by hufeisenokie on Nov 22, 2011 6:03 AM CST up reply actions
Sherm Loses Major Recruiting Tool
Oh, this is priceless.
Klein Forest’s [Matt] Davis said that before he committed to the Aggies, head coach Mike Sherman and his staff used the annual Texas game as an example of playing in big games if he were to pick A&M.
Poor Shermie, he’s now lost one of the arrows in his recruiting quiver due to the inconceivable Aggie lust to occupy the SEC’s basement.
Can you imagine Mack using a game against aTm as an inducement to sign a letter of intenet?
Mentally, I came up with the same top group you did
But I started thinking later on (this can be dangerous) . . .
What the hell has Arkansas done to be No. 3? Their BEST win was S. Carolina, right after the Gamecocks lost their QB. Hogs beat a terrible Ole Miss team by five, a decent Vandy bunch by three. They didn’t have to play Florida or Georgia. Their non-con wins are the Aggies and three nobodies — Troy, Missouri State and 1-10 New Mexico.
Oklahoma State has wins over the Aggies, K-State, Texas, Baylor, Missouri and two 8-3 teams, Tulsa and La.-Lafayette. They put 59 on Baylor, 52 on Kansas State, 61 on La.-Lafayette, 59 on Tulsa, 45 on Missouri in Columbia, and 66 on Tech. Plus 70 on Kansas, and 31 on our excellent defense in Austin (plus 7 on a KOR).
I wonder if the pollsters will see OSU a bit more generously, if they beat OU. How about this? Cowboys beat Sooners . . . Auburn shocks Bama . . . Arkansas beats LSU and Georgia. MNC is Arky-Okie State. Two schools 185 miles apart. Border war. Play in Shreveport as a neutral site.
SBNation Poll Unexplained Drops and Rises
1) Oklahoma drops 2 spots and Baylor doesn’t move
2) After intriguing win over Nebraska, Michigan doesn’t move
3) Florida State rises after losing against SBNation Poll-unranked Virginia
4) Wisconsin Badgers fall the most by 8 spots while still winning against tough Illinois. Compare with drops by Oregon, Oklahoma, Okie State
~Cobra, From Austin~
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