From Old Virginia Ballot - Week 5
| Rank | Team | Delta |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | LSU Tigers | -- |
| 2 | Alabama Crimson Tide |  4 |
| 3 | Michigan Wolverines | 5 |
| 4 | Florida Gators | 1 |
| 5 | Oklahoma St. Cowboys | 15 |
| 6 | South Carolina Gamecocks |  -3 |
| 7 | Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets | 14 |
| 8 | Nebraska Cornhuskers | -- |
| 9 | Oklahoma Sooners | -7 |
| 10 | Clemson Tigers | 5 |
| 11 | South Florida Bulls | -1 |
| 12 | Illinois Fighting Illini | 1 |
| 13 | Stanford Cardinal | -6 |
| 14 | Arizona St. Sun Devils | -- |
| 15 | Texas Longhorns | -11 |
| 16 | Boise St. Broncos | -7 |
| 17 | Virginia Tech Hokies | 7 |
| 18 | Wisconsin Badgers | -7 |
| 19 | USC Trojans | -- |
| 20 | Iowa St. Cyclones | -2 |
| 21 | Vanderbilt Commodores | -7 |
| 22 | Oregon Ducks | 1 |
| 23 | Penn St. Nittany Lions | -- |
| 24 | Houston Cougars | -- |
| 25 | Ohio St. Buckeyes | -- |
| Dropouts: West Virginia Mountaineers, Maryland Terrapins, Miami Hurricanes, California Golden Bears, Arkansas Razorbacks | ||
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- Notre Dame looks pretty good.
- Maybe I overestimate San Diego State? But they're 3-1, after all.
- U-M handled Western Michigan, which was thisclose to knocking off #12 Illinois.
I dunno. It's possible I should be more impressed with slates like South Carolina's and Okie State's. When it comes to the teams rated 3 through 6, there's definitely room for argument.
There is no room for argument at #1. My formula gave me Alabama, but screw that. Any voter that votes for anyone other than LSU #1 - what with wins over Oregon, West Virginia, and Mississippi State - should be ignored and then kicked in the shins. I will brook no disagreement.
It's early and we still don't know much about the teams around the country, so there's still a ton of mushiness in this ballot. You don't like something? Say so.
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The one thing I had hoped for out of this season was to get some QB stability. Right now, I'm not too enthused with either guy. I don't see ... Marques Hagans yet in Watford. He's young, but he's more flash and dash, and for the Lazor offense, we need a stable field general.
I like Rocco, but he can't have this many picks, this inconsistent play.
I had hoped we'd get some QB stability this year so that, in 2013, we might have a loaded team (defense looks, as of now, potentially solid in 2013, and the other offensive area besides QB of concern for 2013 is on the OL) AND be able to redshirt a potential in-state top QB talent.
I think it's probably time to give Watford a longer leash. His youth, inexperience may mean that you still rotate both, but he should get a bit more PT to see if he can be closer to his cousin. If failing that, then Metheny should be back on the table.
Any news on Strauss' plans?
Well, I was going to make an argument against michigan, but... it all comes down to how you rank the resumes of the teams they beat and how you rank the resumes of the teams _they_ beat, and... yes, resume ranking this early in the season gets silly, so whatever. I don't really understand vandy though. Yes, they slaughtered ole miss, but ole miss is a bad football team. Yes, they survived UConn, who looks like a big east bottom feeder. And yes, they slaughtered Elon... Elon? And they did all this at home. Not really seeing this as a strong case to rank the historically worst team in the SEC. I'd give Oregon more credit for how the LSU game could've looked without "preseason" mistakes than vandy's whole resume, never mind the beatings they've handed 3 similarly mediocre opponents since.
I might be overrating UConn and Ole Miss to the benefit of Vandy's resume but honestly, early in the season I tend to give the benefit of the doubt to playing I-A teams over I-AA ones, and BCS teams over non-BCS ones, because of all the haze around the resumes.
One thing I won't ever do is worry about "could've," though. Way too many variables for that. Truthfully, the formula that I use didn't ding Oregon too badly for the LSU loss, and that game will probably improve more as time goes by, especially if Oregon doesn't lose. Their ranking actually has more to do with their best win being the one over Arizona. Sure, Ole Miss is as crappy as Arizona is, but Vandy did a better job against Ole Miss - the point differentials are similar but when that happens I reward strong defensive performances over shootouts.
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