Rivalry Week was crazy, but it didn’t have a huge effect on my ballot this week. Clemson be gone, though. Here’s my current top ten list (*tiebreaker):
- Alabama
- Arizona State
- Auburn
- Baylor
- FSU*
- Missouri
- Oklahoma State
- Ohio State
- Oregon
- Stanford
Also considered: Michigan State, South Carolina
I’m still not sold on the Spartans, but they’ve got an excellent opportunity to change my mind this week. The Gamecocks, alas, do not.
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I am glad to see the chickens are staying in Columbia this weekend. I don’t like them and CSS can wait another year if he doesn’t retire.
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I guess winning doesn’t mean anything in the Mumme world, eh Senator?
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If it’s only about wins, Mayor, then we should be trumpeting Northern Illinois to the skies right now.
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Exactly. 🙂
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At least you gave an honorable mention to 11-1 Michigan State, the best team in the Big 10.
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What are you complaining about Mayor? His ballot looks damned good to me, who do you think is missing? I have Michigan State in mine but I have no idea what you are saying/questioning.
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NIU is undefeated and not even mentioned. The Mumme Poll is supposed to be all unconventional and anti-establishment but in the final analysis it’s just the same old horse hockey as the regular polls/BCS standings.
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P.S. NIU has the best QB still playing in college football now that Murray’s injured.
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What’s different about the Mumme Poll is the manner of selection, Mayor. That doesn’t mean a voter is supposed to select a team for the top ten that voter doesn’t believe belongs there.
Besides, real radicals know the chic pick is North Dakota State, not NIU. 😉
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Who will play FSU for the MNC: Ohio State and Corch, or Auburn and their Satan-spawned luck? I don’t know if I’ve ever been so torn. I’m going to be pissed either way. And if I was Missouri, I’d be more than a little miffed that Auburn is being considered by talking heads to jump OSU if they win the SEC, but Mizzou isn’t.
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Agree, Mizzou is 11-1 and lost by a missed, chip shot FG in overtime. sure, they should have beaten SC but that isn’t near the amount of forgiveness afforded to the Halfway House on the Plains. Aubies have a solid loss to LSU, and three Ws that came with a combined 35 seconds on the clock, two of which were simply weird, and the other involved a 10 second remaining play to beat Miss State. I have to put them on my ballot simply because so many others have lost too many games.
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Well, that is a list…what can we say…spent too much time on the flats this weekend. Hmmmm. Think ASU and Mizzou are better teams than most people think. AU is getting a lot of love and attention from the media due to two recent big play games…both they could have easily lost. Explain them putting 14 on Bama in less than 2.
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