NCAA 2009

[stjaba]

The final ap ballot just came out. If it it has any predictive value of the Harris and BCS poll, it suggests that there is little chance TCU/Cincy will leap over Texas. One problem for TCU/Cincy is that the voters like TCU a little more than Cincy, and the computers like Cincy a little more than TCU. The computers are a little funky. For instance, Sagarin has 1. Alabama 2. Florida(!!) 3. Cincy 4. TCU 5. Texas. If the old BCS was in effect(where the computers counted for way more than 1/3 of the poll), I think Texas could definitely have been on the outside looking in.

Final AP ballot
1 Alabama (58) 13-0 1498 2
2 Texas (2) 13-0 1425 3
3 TCU 12-0 1376 4
4 Cincinnati 12-0 1302 5
5 Florida 12-1 1253 1
6 Boise State 13-0 1237 6
7 Oregon 10-2 1128 7
8 Ohio State 10-2 1080 8
9 Georgia Tech 11-2 952 12
10 Iowa 10-2 925 9
11 Penn State 10-2 883 10
12 Virginia Tech 9-3 866 11
13 LSU 9-3 686 15
14 Miami (FL) 9-3 660 17
15 Brigham Young 10-2 658 16
16 Oregon State 8-4 524 13
17 Pittsburgh 9-3 514 14
18 West Virginia 9-3 447 24
19 Stanford 8-4 390 23
20 Nebraska 9-4 371 21
21 Oklahoma State 9-3 349 22
22 Arizona 8-4 323 NR
23 Utah 9-3 151 NR
24 Wisconsin 9-3 133 NR
25 Central Michigan 11-2 64 NR

I wonder who voted Texas over Alabama. 

Edit:

And the coach's poll is out:

1 Alabama (54) 13-0 1470
2 Texas (4) 13-0 1409
3 TCU 12-0 1336
4 Cincinnati (1) 12-0 1280
5 Florida 12-1 1240
6 Boise State 13-0 1216
7 Oregon 10-2 1096
8 Ohio State 10-2 1077
9 Penn State 10-2 950
10 Georgia Tech 11-2 921
11 Iowa 10-2 918
12 Virginia Tech 9-3 829
13 LSU 9-3 718
14 Brigham Young 10-2 702
15 Miami (FL) 9-3 611
16 Pittsburgh 9-3 506
17 West Virginia 9-3 429
18 Oklahoma State 9-3 404
19 Nebraska 9-4 391
20 Oregon State 8-4 368
21 Stanford 8-4 253
22 Wisconsin 9-3 247
23 Arizona 8-4 237
24 Utah 9-3 183
25 Houston 10-3 106

Note that Texas got 4 1st place votes, and Cincy got 1. No doubt that at least some coaches out there are voting strategically.

[Ed Anger]

The Zeppelin Weis attempted to take out Pete Carroll on his way out with the shacked up with a grad student quote.

Weis has no class and should be beaten with a sack of oranges.

Oh, the huge manatee.

[CountDeMoney]

The Zeppelin Weis attempted to take out Pete Carroll on his way out with the shacked up with a grad student quote.

Weis has no class and should be beaten with a sack of oranges.

Oh, the huge manatee.

Personally, I fucking loved it.  Nobody deserves torpedos in the starboard side more than Pete Carroll.  I don't care how many retardo kids he invites to practice.
Of course, Weis learned that behavior from Belichick, so there ya go.

[PDH]

And so Wyoming, with its impressive 6-6 record (Suck on THAT, Katmai), is bound for the New Mexico Bowl against the mighty Fresno State Fresnoians.  I expect Wyoming to be trounced in this, but as SBR noted the Cowboys get an extra couple of weeks of practice - there is no way that could hurt.

In console terms, a couple more years of this, and Wyoming will get that second star!

[katmai]

So Boise vs TCU means only two undefeated teams will be left when season is over?

[Eddie Teach]

Cincinnati is still undefeated, barely.

[PDH]

Goddamn BCS made the Fiesta Bowl into the kids table...so none of the "names" gets embarrassed...

[katmai]

Goddamn BCS made the Fiesta Bowl into the kids table...so none of the "names" gets embarassed...

Yar

[jimmy olsen]

Goddamn BCS made the Fiesta Bowl into the kids table...so none of the "names" gets embarrassed...

No shit, it's disgraceful.

[Neil]

To be fair, college football as a whole is fairly disgraceful.

[PDH]

And last year TCU played and beat Boise in the Poinsettia Bowl...well, Utah (especially) spoiled it for everyone by spanking Alabama and not just winning on a trick play...

[Valmy]

Goddamn BCS made the Fiesta Bowl into the kids table...so none of the "names" gets embarrassed...

Yeah that Fiesta Bowl is a disgrace a definite "fuck you" by the BCS to the lesser conferences.  Disgusting and a tremendous slap in the face to the MWC especially after they thought they were throwing Utah to the lions to be massacred last year.  I guess it is a new strategy.

[Valmy]

(BTW, 3-4 Texas fans and 0 fans of other Big 12 teams? What's up with that?)

The sorts of towns that have Big 12 schools outside of Austin have yet to discover the internet.

[Valmy]

I wonder who voted Texas over Alabama. 

They were probably people who voted Texas over Bama last week and went with the whole 'your number 1 until somebody knocks you off' thing.

[jimmy olsen]

Goddamn BCS made the Fiesta Bowl into the kids table...so none of the "names" gets embarrassed...

Yeah that Fiesta Bowl is a disgrace a definite "fuck you" by the BCS to the lesser conferences.  Disgusting and a tremendous slap in the face to the MWC especially after they thought they were throwing Utah to the lions to be massacred last year.  I guess it is a new strategy.

I can't imagine the network that airs the Fiesta Bowl is happy about it either, the ratings won't be good.