Ugh.<\/p>\n
That seems to be the recurring theme for the past few days. This could be my shakiest BlogPoll effort yet, thanks to seeing very few games Saturday, a bunch of driving, and two days of work that were A LOT<\/strong> more frustrating than they needed to be. But, since I took this solemn oath to Dropped out: Minnesota, Virginia, Iowa State, Purdue<\/p>\n Games watched: BG-Temple (live), all the important parts of UM-MSU (14-0 lead, stuff happened, stuff happened, bullshit fumble returned for a TD, more stuff happened, missed field goal, things thrown, missed field goal, things tossed in the air in glee, made field goal, much rejoicing), second half of ND-Purdue, a touch of Oklahoma’s game, I think a couple others in a bar late Saturday, and one too many close-ups of Tyrone Protho’s lower leg.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This could be my shakiest BlogPoll effort yet, thanks to seeing very few games Saturday, a bunch of driving, and two days of work that were A LOT<\/strong> more frustrating than they needed to be. But, since I took this solemn oath to defend the honor of the Idaho Vandals<\/strike> fill out a college football poll ballot every week, here I am. I think that while I might have based this week’s poll alot more on last week’s than I have in previous polls, the placement of some key losses provided enough of a shake-up to make it feel worthwhile.
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\nSouthern Cal – Good teams get the job done. Of course, great<\/em> teams don’t let us get even the teeniest bit excited that they’re about to go down.
\nTexas – Va Tech might be catching up here, but handling 15-year veteran Brad Smith is no easy task.
\nVirginia Tech – Not as many yards and points as we’re used to, but Marcus Vick will always be “number one” in Morgantown.
\nGeorgia – Did not play, still moved up a spot.
\nFlorida State
\nOhio State – Did not play, moved up two<\/em> spots. Big one coming up this week, though more likely than not, it will just prove how much of a fluke Michael Robinson and Penn State really is (together, in a separate sort of way).
\nAlabama – They may have peaked, unless the only “L” in Bama’s hand is Tyrone Protho’s left fibula.
\nArizona State – Close, but no cee-gar.
\nTennessee
\nLouisiana State
\nMiami (Florida) – Pretty much stayed the same, though a moderately impressive win over USF could prove much stronger later in the year, if the Bulls kick anyone else around Louisville-style again.
\nFlorida – “Three points? That’s all we got, three god damn points?” “You can’t say ‘god damn’ on the air!” “Ah, nobody’s listening anyway.”
\nCal – Mo’ Betta Booya!
\nWisconsin – I thought Wisky’s offense was supposed to be an immovable object?
\nNotre Dame – Purdue doesn’t have UM or OSU on the schedule. They don’t have much of an offense, either.
\nBoston College – Avenged a near loss to Balls Tate from last year.
\nUCLA
\nMichigan State – This team has the potential to be about ten spots higher. Also has the potential (and the history) to end up 6-5 and playing in a pre-Christmas bowl.
\nPenn State – A pasting of “potential Big Ten darkhorse” Minnesota is nice. Beating OSU would be even better. (For them and for me.)
\nFresno State – Already got credit for beating Toledo last week, but they move up because I really, really hate Toledo. (Oh, and because anything below 15 in this poll is pulled out of a hat by the fine accountants at Ernst & Young.)
\nMichigan – Is it Mike Hart? Is it Chad Henne’s new found coaching? Or is it Garrett Rivas, the King of Second Chances? Yes. Yes it is.
\nLouisville – Bounced back with a pasting to match the one they took a week earlier.
\nAuburn
\nTexas A&M – A home win over Baylor in OT? Baylor?!?!? Yeah, the Aggies are holding on by a thread.
\nGeorgia Tech<\/p>\ndefend the honor of the Idaho Vandals<\/strike> fill out a college football poll ballot every week, here I am. I think that while I might have based this week’s poll alot more on last week’s than I have in previous polls, the placement of some key losses provided enough of a shake-up to make it feel worthwhile.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5,14,9],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/haveyoumettony.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/485"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/haveyoumettony.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/haveyoumettony.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/haveyoumettony.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/haveyoumettony.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=485"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/haveyoumettony.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/485\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/haveyoumettony.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=485"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/haveyoumettony.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=485"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/haveyoumettony.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=485"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}