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The Love-Hate Relationship

By
Tony Schiavone
@ October 13, 2008 6:08 AM
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As college football fans, we hate the polls.

But each Sunday, we will break our necks to find out who's number one and where our favorite team is ranked.

I am the same way to a point. I love to look at the rankings and laugh. Ball State, Boise State, Utah? Please. The next thing you know a team like Hawaii will get a BCS bid. Wait. Never mind.

But I must say college football polls are okay. They are a fun pastime. On the other hand, anyone who has anything to do with a National High School Football Poll should be flogged with a wet copy of Urban Crier's book.

Now back to my point if there was one.

The information age has actually dumb-downed the members who vote in the AP Top 25 when it should have smartened them up. It's too easy now. Don't worry about reading or watching a game. Just turn on the Evil Empire and let Mark May, Lou Holtz, Lee Corso or Kirk Herbstriet tell you who you should rank.

I firmly believe that members of the media...or press if you are old school...know nothing. And that's me included. Now there are a few like Tony Barnhart and Chip Towers of the AJC who are top notch, but most are just like me. Sticking a wet finger in the wind and coming up with a ranking.

And with that in mind, here is my biased TS Top 25. Drop me a note and tell me how far off I am:

1-Alabama
2-Florida (Boy that ranking pains me)
3-Texas
4-Southern Cal
5-Penn State
6-Oklahoma
7-UGA
8-Oklahoma State
9-Texas Tech
10-LSU
11-Missouri
12-Vanderbilt
13-Ohio State
14-Kansas
15-Michigan State
16-South Flordia
17-Pittsburgh
18-Virginia Tech
19-North Carolina
20-Wake Forest
21-Georgia Tech
22-Pittsburgh
23-Minnesota
24-South Carolina
25-Flordia State

Your first reaction probably will be. Hey, with the exception of Southern Cal, there are no teams from out West.

And your point is?



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What others are saying

  • Interesting....
    No love for the BYU?

    Is it because you don't believe in a program that has an age advantage over everyone else?
  • Nice Rankings
    They are similar to what my biased rankings would be, but UF (or is it FU?) should swap with UT.

    Oh yeah... and except for Southern Cal, there are no teams from out west worth ranking.
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