Preseason Blogpoll

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Preseason BlogPoll Ranks Georgia No. 1
Published 8/20/2008 by T Kyle King at Dawg Sports
The eagerly-awaited preseason BlogPoll is out and I am pleased to report that it’s not just jaded overworked reporters and crusty coaches with tunnel vision who have Georgia ranked No. 1 . . . attractive, socially well-adjusted college football bloggers who own their own homes, regularly receive physical shows of affection from the opposite sex, and author postings while fully clothed following the execution of a thorough hygiene regimen agree! The top-ranked Bulldogs received 24 of 78 first-place votes, ahead of No. 2 Ohio State (17), No. 3 Southern California (15), No. 5 Florida (14), No. 4 Oklahoma (6), and No. 7 ...

BlogPoll Returns!
Published 8/20/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (MariusJanulisForThree) at Troy Nunes Is An Absolute Magician
The BlogPoll is back! The loose organization that makes up the voting committee is a group of college sports blogs far and wide and includes not only myself but personal favorites such as ...

BLOGPOLL, WEEK NEGATIVE ONE
Published 8/20/2008 by Orson Swindle at EDSBS
... Our blogpoll is after the jump, and it’s the usual fine mess minus the fine. It was late, as well, and therefore not included in the current tally. We blame repeated viewings of the Big Ten Nutwork video for the delay. ...

BlogPoll Top 25 Results: PreseasonGeorgia Is No. 1 Among Bloggers
Published 8/20/2008 by DanShanoff.com (noreply@blogger.com) at Dan Shanoff
Only the most credible and authentic "formal" college football poll in the country! (And I say that not just because I am a voting member.) The composite group is listed here. Individual ballots can be found here. Georgia is the No. 1, but like the AP and Coaches, it is a mere plurality.

Alabama ranked #24 in the Preseason BlogPoll
Published 8/20/2008 by Todd at Roll 'Bama Roll
Alabama ranked #24 in the Preseason BlogPoll

Blogpoll - 2008 Preseason Poll Released
Published 8/20/2008 by corn blight at Corn Nation
The first blogpoll of 2008 has been released. Votes by blogger, and votes by team are available.  The top five teams are as below: 1 Georgia (24)   2 Ohio State (17)   3 Southern Cal (15)    4 Oklahoma (6)    5 Florida (14) Note how few first place votes Oklahoma received. Apparently people have more respect for Ohio State getting destroyed in two straight title games than they do in Oklahoma's BCS implosions. We'll ...

Preseason Blogpoll is up
Published 8/20/2008 by crimson daddy at Third Saturday in Blogtober
... The first Blogpoll of the season is up at MGoBlog. Other than me really liking Wisconsin, Penn State, and Oregon, and not really liking Auburn and Kansas, I’d say ...

Utes 25th in preseason BlogPoll
Published 8/20/2008 by JazzyUte at Block U
... The first BlogPoll of the season has been released and Utah comes in at 25th. Which provides the first ranking for Utah this season, albeit not nearly as known or used as the Coaches and Media poll. Regardless, it's a good place to start for a program that has been on the outside looking in since Urban Meyer bolted for Florida so many years ago (doesn't it feel like forever?).  ...

Urban Meyer: Defensive tackle "the problem" so far
Published 8/20/2008 by Matt Hinton at Dr. Saturday
... it's the problem: Defensive tackle remains unsettled and a major concern. "It's a problem, it's still the problem," UF coach Urban Meyer said. "We see some guys doing some good things, and we're also going to play some three-down (players on the line). But that's one issue that's yet to be resolved. However, there are some guys close." An awful lot of smart people –– coaches, writers, bloggers, newspaper types -- have endorsed the Gators for mythical championship frontrunner ...

2008 Preseason Blogpoll
Published 8/21/2008 at Fanblogs.com
If you subscribe to the notion that the sports writers are too biased and the coaches don't give enough time to their poll, then the college football bloggers blogpoll is right up your alley. 2008 College Football Preseason Blogpoll 1 Georgia (24) 2 Ohio State (17) 3 Southern Cal (15) 4 Oklahoma (6) 5 Florida (14) 6 Missouri 7 LSU (2) 8 Clemson 9 West Virginia 10 Auburn Check out the full poll results and support info at mgoblog. © fanblogs.com View the original post or comment on ...

Know thy Team 2008: Specialists
Published 8/21/2008 by T-Mill (noreply@blogger.com) at Off the Tracks
... The first blogpoll of the season is up. Purdue is not ranked in the top 25, which isn’t a surprise. Some bloggers were kind enough to throw us a few votes, however. I have the feeling that if we start 2-0 with a win over a ranked Oregon team we can crack the top 25 easily. My final official ballot can be found ...

Morning Coffee Is Out Of Practice
Published 8/21/2008 by PB @ BON at Burnt Orange Nation
... in 2009. No more letting Robert Killebrew block a more talented player just because said player is younger. From here forward, the only thing Killebrew should be allowed to block are arteries, and I hear he's quite good in that regard. Everyone's watching, Mack, and your legacy may well depend on getting this right. Things to read: I had a lot I wanted to blather about above, so we'll just wrap this thing with a few links: * The Blog Poll's preseason poll is out. Georgia #1, Texas #11 * I did a short "preview" of Texas for Deadspin ...

BlogPoll Released, Texas Tech #12
Published 8/21/2008 by Seth C at Double-T Nation
The initial BlogPoll was released yesterday (bloggers and by team) and Texas Tech was #12. I think I like the standard deviation part the best, which for Texas Tech was 4.3 and that seems about right, I could see a finish anywhere between #16 if things go poorly and #6 if things go really well. That seems about right.  As mentioned everywhere, preseason polls are educated guesses, at best, but it's still fun and gives us something to debate about as the season inches closer.

Wake up call: Preseason Blogpoll
Published 8/21/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (Zach Smith) at Old Gold & Blog
The preseason Blogpoll came out yesterday, and surprise surprise the Demon Deacons ended up exactly where they did in those other two polls that clearly don't matter as much as this one. Complete poll data is available here, Brian does some pretty interesting analysis with it. ...

Talking points: your objection is duly noted and overruled edition
Published 8/21/2008 by Joel at Rocky Top Talk
... Man, it's almost like work. Everybody's trying to squeeze in their roundtables and polls before Game Week begins. The Preseason BlogPoll is out, and Georgia is once again No. 1, which is perfect because it's the preseason. The ...

Shanoff's Wake-Up Call: Bolt's Double Gold
Published 8/21/2008 at The Sporting Blog
... (You can find the entire BlogPoll — a composite of more than 100 of the top college football bloggers' Top 25 ballots — here.) ...

Pre-Season BlogPoll
Published 8/21/2008 by Paragon SC at Conquest Chronicles
... in my pre-season blogpoll.  With still another week before the first games and with a number of teams facing injury issues and positional issues its really hard to give each team its due. When I filled my ballot out last week I put USC at #4 because of the questions on the O line and the uncertainty of the injury to Mark Sanchez. This really a thumbnail sketch and there is no question that things will definitely shake up after the first week of the season. You can see the full poll results here. A couple of notes: Florida like ...

BlogPoll Released -- KU #15
Published 8/21/2008 by rockchalk at Rock Chalk Talk
BlogPoll Released -- KU #15 In the most recent BlogPoll, Kansas was ranked #15 as opposed to the #14 ranking of the AP Poll. So, yea, bloggers and media alike pretty much think the same thing about Kansas. One interesting note. Kansas finished third in ...

Preseason Blogpoll
Published 8/22/2008 by Avinash at Bears Necessity
... I balked when I saw the first poll because there were several teams that just didn’t appear to belong, ESPECIALLY at the places I put them at. However, after several modifications, I really didn’t get much anywhere, and ended up with this ballot (#3 on Mr. Bold; hooray!): ...

Assorted Things From Around the Blogosphere
Published 8/22/2008 by Chas at Pitt Blather -- The Rantings Continue
The preseason blogpoll is complete . Individual balloting by bloggers here . My ballot was here. Pitt gets little love from the college football blogosphere. I did the visiting lecturer thing about Pitt for Every Day Should Be Saturday a couple days ago. If you use Google Calendar I put Pitt’s football schedule out there. It includes any TV coverage. If the time is still TBA, I defaulted to 12pm. In the Google Public Calendar search, paste the following Google ID: 9cldc578j0hk5nt7jajmsskp9s@group.calendar.google.com to find it. Heh. Cue “Cease and ...

Preseason BlogPoll Roundtable
Published 8/24/2008 by Seth C at Double-T Nation
Thanks to Doug at Hey Jenny Slater for getting up the initial BlogPoll Roundtable. 1. In his "visiting lecturers" series posted on Every Day Should Be Saturday over the past few months, Orson Swindle asked each participant to explain which country, during which historical period, their team most resembles. Let's bring everything up to the present day and ponder: Which current sovereign nation is your team? Or to look at it another way, how does your team fit into the "world" of college football? Britain, ...

A Look At The Top 10: Who will end up on top at the end of '08?
Published 8/25/2008 by CW at Rakes Of Mallow
... Using the initial BlogPoll, in which I ranked Southern Cal number one followed by a kerfluffle of other teams I find it very difficult to distinguish between at this early hour, some thoughts on the top-ish tier of teams.  ...

Preseason Blogpoll
Published 8/26/2008 by jtlight at Addicted To Quack
OK, this is a little late, and due to that not in this years initial Blogpoll, but that's the way that is goes. For the season, I'll be posting that weeks poll on late Sunday/early Monday, to get thoughts and make any chances before the Wednesday morning deadline. At this point, this is a purely speculative power poll. It will start to firm up after the first week or so. After the first 7 or so, it's mostly my gut feelings on these teams. Thus, this thing is probably waaay off. For more info on the BlogPoll in general, check after the jump. ...

Tennessee Volunteers v. UCLA Bruins: open game thread
Published 9/1/2008 by Joel at Rocky Top Talk
... No. 17 (BlogPoll)   NR (BlogPoll)   Jackson the Mule says . . . Tonight UCLA learns to never ...