BlogPoll Roundtable

Blogpoll Roundtable

1. What would it take for you to vote someone other than USC #1 in the poll? If you already are, what would it take for USC to regain the top spot on your ballot?

Honestly, I don't know. The only game they have been challenged was the Ohio St. game. Meanwhile USC has played with a target on their back for 3 seasons and weathered the storm multiple times. They find a way to win despite taking every team's best shot every week. Texas has yet to really get anyone's best shot. I'm not sure people get up quite as much to play Texas quite yet. So I'd like to see Vince Young lead Texas on a game winning drive with two minutes to go and win the game on sheer guts and talent.

That being said, if they blow out Texas Tech and totally dominate. Then maybe I think about it. At this point, I'd rather just watch them play in January and get ready for possibly the game of the year.


2. Which of the undefeateds is most likely to remain so? Who is least likely?

Most likely to stay undefeated:

Texas. If they get past Texas Tech (and the should), they have a cake walk the rest of the season.

USC. They have a tough road ahead playing Cal and UCLA. But they should win out after weathering their toughest test last weekend against ND. The only way to beat this team is to blow them out because they have proven if the game is close, they will find a way to win.

Most likely to lose:

Alabama. I don't see how that offense can survive some of the tough games they have coming up.

Texas Tech. They have to play Texas. Nuff said.

UCLA. They have to play USC. Nuff said.


3. If you were running the BCS system, would you let the computer rankings factor in margin of victory? Why or why not?

This is a tough one. I guess the question is, do the human polls give blowout wins more credence? What about close wins? It doesn't seem like humans care much. Texas didn't gain much from their blow out win last weekend when USC barely beat Notre Dame. Honestly, blow out wins only matter for one or two weeks. No one remembers the blowout win back in week one or two. It's just a W or L by week 8. So I think that humans don't really take into account blowout wins or losses over the balance of the season, so why should computers? The computers will never forget the blowout win in week 3.

The biggest issue is: how does it affect the spirit of the game? Do we really want USC or Texas scoring 90 points to keep their computer ranking high? What does that accomplish except totally make the other team feel horrible? I think it would take college football down a road of bad sportsmanship and people running up the score and that's just wrong. If you score 70 with your 4th stringers in then fine. But if Reggie Bush runs for his 8th TD against UW when the Huskies have 3 points all game. That's just bad for the college game IMO.

BlogPoll Roundtable (All Things Longhorn)