Barrel of Rum Ballot - Week 4
| Rank | Team | Delta |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alabama Crimson Tide | -- |
| 2 | Ohio St. Buckeyes | -- |
| 3 | Nebraska Cornhuskers |  2 |
| 4 | Oklahoma Sooners | -- |
| 5 | Boise St. Broncos |  -2 |
| 6 | Oregon Ducks | 4 |
| 7 | TCU Horned Frogs | -1 |
| 8 | Texas Longhorns | -1 |
| 9 | Florida Gators | -- |
| 10 | LSU Tigers | 10 |
| 11 | Stanford Cardinal | 5 |
| 12 | Auburn Tigers | -- |
| 13 | South Carolina Gamecocks | -- |
| 14 | Wisconsin Badgers | -3 |
| 15 | Arizona Wildcats | 4 |
| 16 | USC Trojans | -- |
| 17 | Utah Utes | -3 |
| 18 | Arkansas Razorbacks | -1 |
| 19 | West Virginia Mountaineers | 6 |
| 20 | Oklahoma St. Cowboys | -- |
| 21 | Miami Hurricanes | -6 |
| 22 | Iowa Hawkeyes | -14 |
| 23 | Florida St. Seminoles | -- |
| 24 | Oregon St. Beavers | -- |
| 25 | Michigan Wolverines | -7 |
| Dropouts: Clemson Tigers, Penn St. Nittany Lions, Georgia Bulldogs, Boston College Eagles | ||
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Check out the huevos on Senor Dantonio, who put himself right up there with CPJ in the manly bowling ball department. And survived the heart attack that ensued when that much blood isdiverted. A speedy recovery to Coach Dantonio........
In other news, the Fightin' Pellini's made Jake Locker spontaneously combust while Auburn & Clemson took Tiger-on-Tiger violence to an all new level; holy hell did those boys knock the shit out of each other. As always, a brief rundown:
1) Alabama: The Sabanator goes old school & gets all Hannibal-esque as the Elephants roll through Durham......Nicky likes Joe Pa & Cutcliffe thus held his troops in check. I'm giddy at the thought of the curb-stomping he gives Petrino this week......
2) Ohio State: went all Dusty Rhodes on the Bobcats....
3) Nebraska: three guys rush for over 100 yards & Jake Locker immolates himself......on the road. They are for real....
4) Oklahoma: beat a good Air Force team. Will end up when all's said & done a W against a top 25 team.
5) Boise: play somebody.....
6) Oregon: an offensive juggernaut.
7) TCU: steady as she goes.....
8) Texas: a fine defensive team led by Sam Acho. That said, they are no dimensional on offense; at least pick something to do well offensively....
9) Florida: it's a road win in Knoxvegas which you can't discount.....wait, you can, the Vols suck. A finesse running attack will end up being their demise. And snapping the ball....
10) LSU: racked up 2 good wins which is why they are here. Gary Crowton couldn't score with $500 American in a Russian whorehouse. An offensive disaster, but deserving of this spot this week.
11) Stanford: angry green trees whooped Wake.....
12) Auburn: someone's toting Kyle Parker's spleen around the Plains as a souvenir. I like them more than Frank I think....
13) South Carolina: UGA win loses a bit of luster....
14) Wisconsin: that's why you play to the whistle. Love the effort....
15) Arizona: beat the fightin' Stanzi's & looked pretty good doing it. Lots of speed....
16) Southern Cal: ask Frank....
17) Utah: nice when your back-up QB goes something like 20-23 for 250 & a couple TDs....
18) Arkansas: so they can throw. Their defense is suspect & we'll just have to drop them a bunch next week. Might as well just leave them here....
19) West Virginia: Noel Devine is fun to watch....and they burn furniture....
20) Oklahoma State: because T. Boone Pickens gave us some cash....
21) Miami: penalized for taking away Jacory's tweeting privileges....
22) Iowa: here's an idea - nickel package. And special teams while you're at it......
23) Florida State: rebounded against BYU....
24) Oregon State: we'll know more after this week.....
25) Michigan: the invisible defense experiment barely worked this week.....
Teams falling out: Clemson (nice effort), Penn State (meh...), Georgia (schadenfreude), & Boston College (need to play someone).
Things are beginning to take shape & will clarify even further after this week. After #13 it's all a mess.......What do you think about our Top 25? (that means comment!).
My apologies on not getting you my own list. I couldn't do much better short of listing all the real undefeated teams versus the pretenders in that list (I'm looking at YOU LSU). The top 7-10 are really a crap shoot at this point on how good they really are and could be.
ReplyDeleteHonestly, I would just rescind a number in front of anything labelled USCw for the next couple seasons. Just have them there, but don't publish a number. Then again, they were underwhelming at home against a suspect UVA team and all...
AU vs USCe may very well have been a good game, and will definetely clarify some of the 10-20 rankings. However, I am unsure if the Teegles/Eigers have enough spare parts to field a team after the beat down they were given (and gave) this past weekend.
Arizona seems a little high, but I can understand why you did it. Plus, you need to have a couple good representatives from every conference in the... WAIT a minute...
One thing I will disagree with is the placement of Oklahoma. While they looked really good against F$U, AFA is not that much better that a 3 point win at home against a good, but certainly overmanned and overmatched team can justify them being in the top 5.
ReplyDeleteThey are moving rapidly towards "I'm looking at YOU, LSU" status...