So, Florida beat LSU, LSU beat Auburn, Auburn beat State, State beat Vanderbilt, Vanderbilt beat South Carolina, South Carolina beat Ole Miss, and Ole Miss beat... Florida? Boy, this has gotten complex. The four of us who put our collective mindset into the Red [REDACTED] Cup Power Poll ballot sure cannot agree on a lot with regards of "who is better than who." While we all had consensus picks on numbers 1-4, the rest of the poll was far from consensus.For example, most voters had Kentucky at around 7 or 8, while I had them at 11. My logic? They, along with Tennessee, are the only teams without conference victories.
Ivory Tower was the lone voter with the Mississippi State Bulldogs at 12 behind even the epically awful Volunteers. His logic? "Booooooo."
Mississippi State had no duplicate votes, garnering a 9th, 10th, 11th, and 12th place vote.
No team was voted at 11 twice. Kentucky, State, Arkansas, and Tennessee all got the honor of being voted as the second-worst-of-the-best.
South Carolina and Vanderbilt kept flip-floppin' around our ballot and, of all things, Ole Miss and Kentucky ended up being tied at 7th.
Eh, whatever, here's our ballot. We know it's wacky and likely difficult to agree with from many, many different perspectives but so is this season thus far.
Rank | Team | Change | Comments |
1 | | +1 | Bye weeks, what what? Never mind that, |
2 | | +2 | A Bleauxout of the Tigers is just what the Gators needed for national redemption. |
3 | | --- | Georgia played uninspired whereas Tennessee played like they gave a shit. Georgia still won. The Dawgs are good. The Vols, not so much. |
4 | | -3 | Well, now we just feel durned foolish for talking about how great your offense was. |
5 | | +3 | South Carolina has jumped four spots in two weeks. A down year for the conference makes it possible for this poll to change greatly and often. Spurrier could honestly have this season steered in the right direction. |
6 | | -1 | C'mon, you're smart kids. You knew this nonsense wasn't going to last. But, hey, you got to have Gameday come to your campus! Huzzah! |
7 TIE | | --- | Kentucky, why do you elude definition? You're not good, but your 4-2 record is deceptive enough to earn you votes in polls. Your ranking relies mainly on having a winning record and other people sucking (seemingly) more. |
7 TIE | | +2 | Homerism? Most likely. However, having a bye week during the biggest downward swing in Auburn's recent memory (which doesn't go back that far, mind you) helped the Rebels big time this week. |
9 | | -3 | I like the new fight song, Auburn. |
10 | | +2 | Arkansas fans will quickly point out their impressive offensive output against Auburn while ignoring the fact that they gave up more points to the War Plainsmen than any other of their SEC opponents thus far. Hell, a win's a win though, right? |
11 | | --- | Well, State, you did what three other SEC teams couldn't do: stop Vanderbilt's bullshit circus. |
12 | | -2 | I don't even know what to say anymore. There is a joke going around Vanderbilt which says something about how Phat Phil should work for FEMA because he can quickly evacuate 100,000 folks from Neyland or some silly shit, but it's not really that funny. |
8 comments:
I'd go:
Alabama
Florida
LSU
Georgia
South Carolina
Ole Miss
Kentucky
Vandy
Auburn
Arkansas
Tennessee
State
Your comment is correct Ghost. Auburn did score the most points on the Hogs, but the safty at the end of the game was given to the Tigers on a punt to gain field position. We could have easily made the decision to punt the ball, but didn't want to risk having it blocked for a score.
Besides that, the Hogs basically allowed the same amount of points that LSU did.
Florida, hands down, should be the best team in the SEC. What seperates the Gators from the Tide is lack of consistantsy from thier beat up O-Line. 'Bama is mostly mistake-free.
UF will regain their rightful place at the top after the Rebels silence Bryant-Denny Stadium (and trailer parks throughout the Yellowhammer State) at approximatley 5:30pm CST on Saturday.
Nutt still sucks regardless. :-)
He really left the cupboard bare over there at Arkansas. Real glad Petrino figured out throwing the ball was the way to win in the SEC. Really carried 'em to victory on Saturday, there, Casey Dick. Because, really, none of the running backs Houston left in Fayetteville could've carried that team. No sir. Not one. I don't mean to belabor the point, but those first five games where Bobby Petrino relied almost exclusively on the running back "talent" left behind by Houston Nutt - those were rough. Now, that Petrino has taken the retarded, overweight recruits left behind by Houston Nutt and turned them into the kind of aerial attack that can win in the SEC week-in and week-out, Arkansas is finally starting to look dangerous. Even with that totally bare cupboard.
Michael Smith blows.
Actually, Ole Nutty was pretty darn good at recruiting RBs, with the help of his brother.
The only difference now is those players (Smith) actually have a coach diversified enough to get them into the open field. If Nutt were still there, your right, Micheal Smith blows. If Petrino had been there last year, D-Mac wins the Hiesman over Tebow. None of this run right, run left, run up the fucking middle stuff right?
The Hogs are always a threat to pass downfield, that's why Smith has been doing so well the past two ballgames, and that's why Nutt is coaching Ole Miss.
If Smith's 176 yards rushing was a product of something Houston Nutt created, then were does the rest of the 416 yards against the Tigers fit in?
"If Petrino had been there last year, D-Mac wins the Hiesman over Tebow."
I love how Arkansas fans say this as if there is some kind of science to it.
Everybody's got their ifs and buts, amigos.
For us, it's "if Johnathan Nichols doesn't miss 2 field goals we win the SEC" or "if Archie doesn't break his arm, he wins the Heisman." It's like an old chum of mine said, "if 'ifs' and 'buts' were gifts and nuts then everybody would have a Merry Christmas."
I've got a buddie that say's the same thing too.
Maybe we know each other. Yikes!
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