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These polls always drive me crazy. There is never any rhyme nor reason to them.
For example, how do you justify dropping Clemson from 10 to 17 when they lost to a higher ranked team (Florida State was #4 and the game was @ Florida state) and yet you only drop Oklahoma (who was #6 yet lost to #15 Kansas State at home) from #6 to #16? To me it seems as if OK should have dropped much lower or Clemson much less so.
Also, how do you justify dropping LSU only one spot (from #2 to 3) when they just barely beat unranked Auburn by 2 points, and not move Florida State up from #4 when they beat 10th ranked Clemson? I would have dropped LSU below FSU, Georgia, South Carolina AND K State, who are all at the same 4-0 record as LSU but had quality wins.
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Week 5 Cincinatti West Virginia Penn State Texas A&M Wake Forest Tennessee Michigan State Texas Nebraska Alabama
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MSU creeps up in the standings just a little in each poll, and UofM plummets down to...oh wait, I don't even see them. Probably will not see them again for a while with Denard as their QB.
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SC eases up as well, Dev. Hoping the trend continues.
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Slow and steady Ric...slow and steady.
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Week 5 Virginia Tech @ Cincinatti- Hokies Baylor @ West Virginia- WV Penn State @ Illinois- Ill Arkansas @ Texas A&M- Tex Duke @ Wake Forest- WF Tennessee @ Georgia - Georgia Ohio State @ Michigan State- Ohi Texas @ Oklahoma State- Tex Wisconsin @ Nebraska- Neb Mississippi @ Alabama- Ala
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Virginia Tech West Virginia Illinois Texas A&M Wake Forest Georgia Michigan State Texas Nebraska Alabama
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Virginia Tech West Virginia Illinois Texas A&M Wake Forest Georgia Michigan State OK State - UPSET SPECIAL!!! Nebraska Alabama
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Running very late with my picks this week but here they are...
Week 5 Virginia Tech @ Cincinnati- VaTech Baylor @ West Virginia- WV Penn State @ Illinois- Penn State Arkansas @ Texas A&M- A&M Duke @ Wake Forest- Wake Forest Tennessee @ Georgia - Georgia Ohio State @ Michigan State- Michigan State Texas @ Oklahoma State- Oklahoma State (I agree with you on this Cobie) Wisconsin @ Nebraska- Nebraska Mississippi @ Alabama- 'Bama
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Here's this weeks results and overall totals so far. The race to the championship has tightened up!
Cobie 5 of 10 = 70% (Season ~ 30 of 50 = 60%) Lardy 6 of 10 = 60% (Season ~ 29 of 50 = 58%) Vee 6 of 10 = 60% (Season ~ 30 of 50 = 60%) Legiontracker 7 of 10 = 70% (Season ~ 31 of 50 = 62%) Rick 7 of 10 = 70% (Season ~ 31 of 50 = 62%) Dev-Em 6 of 10 = 60% (Season ~ 29 of 50 = 58%)
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Some tough picks coming up this week. Good luck! All are on Sat so please make sure to post your choices before the start of the first game.
Week 6 Virginia Tech @ North Carolina Arizona @ Stanford LSU @ Florida Georgia Tech @ Clemson Oklahoma @ Texas Tech Michigan @ Purdue Georgia @ South Carolina West Virginia @ Texas Miami @ Notre Dame (at Soldier Field) Nebraska @ Ohio State
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Texas actually really impressed me and showed some real character. Meanwhile, West Virginia racked up more points than seems plausible but also totally phoned it in defensively. I'll think about these for a few more days but my initial thought is Texas exposes WV in a big way.
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I only got to see the last half of the South Carolina game yesterday...It was freakin great, would have been a lot better if it hand't been so necessary to have a 28-0 run over a team you should have wiped the first quarter, much less the second half. But...
Gettin mah groove back, lol.
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I was happy to see Clemson get by BC yesterday. BC always gives Clemson a hard time and especially at BC's home field. It was gut-check as they could've let the wheels come off after last week's disappointment.
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Yea, I didn't see it but Clemson also showed a lot of character. They're for real this year!
Ohio State / Michigan State was a good game too. Both teams were very evenly matched--played great in places, made mistakes in others.
And how about Penn State? Who would have thought they'd turn things around like this. Their coach deserves a man of the year award if it continues. I'd really like to see them have a winning season and make a bowl game.
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I should mention that Clemson's win was without star receiver Sammy Watkins! We're actually 3-0 without him.
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Here are the latest polls:
AP Top 25
1.Alabama (60) 2.Oregon 3.Florida St. 4.LSU 5.Georgia 6.South Carolina 7.Kansas St. 8.West Virginia 9.Notre Dame 10.Florida 11.Texas 12.Ohio St. 13.USC 14.Oregon St. 15.TCU 15.Clemson 17.Oklahoma 18.Stanford 19.Louisville 20.Mississippi St. 21.Nebraska 22.Rutgers 23.Washington 24.Northwestern 25.UCLA
USA Today/Coaches Poll
1 Alabama (57) 2 Oregon 3 LSU (1) 4 Florida St. (1) 5 Georgia 6 South Carolina 7 West Virginia 8 Kansas St. 9 Texas 10 Notre Dame 11 Florida 12 USC 13 TCU 14 Oklahoma 15 Clemson 16 Louisville 17 Oregon St. 18 Stanford 19 Mississippi St. 20 Nebraska 21 Rutgers 22 Northwestern 23 Cincinnati 24 Texas Tech 25 Boise St.
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Week 6 Virginia Tech Stanford LSU Clemson Oklahoma Purdue Georgia Texas Miami Ohio State
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Week 6 North Carolina Arizona LSU Clemson Oklahoma Michigan Georgia West Virginia Notre Dame Nebraska
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Yeah...my picks are totally random. No thought process...just flip flopped between home and away teams.
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Week 6 Virginia Tech @ North Carolina - VT Arizona @ Stanford- Stanford LSU @ Florida- LSU Georgia Tech @ Clemson- Clemson Oklahoma @ Texas Tech- Okie Michigan @ Purdue- Mich Georgia @ South Carolina- SC West Virginia @ Texas- WV Miami @ Notre Dame (at Soldier Field)- ND Nebraska @ Ohio State- Ohi
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Virginia Tech Stanford Florida Clemson Texas Tech Michigan South Carolina West Virginia Notre Dame Ohio State
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My picks...
Week 6 Virginia Tech @ North Carolina ~ VaTech Arizona @ Stanford ~ Stanford LSU @ Florida ~ Florida Georgia Tech @ Clemson ~ Clemson Oklahoma @ Texas Tech ~ Texas Tech Michigan @ Purdue ~ Purdue Georgia @ South Carolina ~ South Carolina West Virginia @ Texas ~ Wesr Virginia Miami @ Notre Dame (at Soldier Field) ~ Miami Nebraska @ Ohio State ~ Ohio State
Okay, to be perfectly honest I believe my Baby Canes will likely lose to Notre Dame though I believe they certainly have the ability to win. If it were later in the season and the defense had a few more games under their belt I'd feel much better about it.
Gooooooooo Canes!
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Virginia Tech Stanford LSU Clemson Oklahoma Michigan South Carolina West Virginia Notre Dame Ohio State
Not feeling confident at all about that West Virginia pick. Feel like they're overrated and due for a good thrashing.
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Glad you stuck with your baby Canes, Vee! I always pick ND even if I secretly think they'll lose.
Big personal LW game! ND needs to keep proving themselves IMO and this game will be critical for them.
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