Get the Big Picture
Garnet And Black Attack —
... of the gamecocks 2008 previews done, C&F now turns his attention to the big picture previews: A look at each of the Gamecocks' opponents in turn, a look at each week's schedule of college football teams in turn and a look at the SEC and national pictures.
And no national picture would be complete, of course, without the BlogPoll. Some are reviving the age-old, but timeless, question of how the teams should be ranked. The more industrious among us have already unveiled an early draft.
As C&F has explained before, he uses what he calls a ...
Corn Flakes - Mark Mangino Finds Me Undesirable
Corn Nation —
... I think this year I'll be paying more attention to Kyle at our Georgia blog Dawg Sports because Georgia will garner a lot of pre-season #1 rankings. Kyle has posted a 2008 blogpoll for feedback and he has Nebraska ranked at #21 above both Texas Tech, #23, and Kansas #25. For the rest of the Big 12, he has Mizzou #4, Oklahoma #6, and Texas at #11. ...
Morning Coffee Makes A Cameo
Burnt Orange Nation —
... top 25:
#3 Oklahoma #6 Missouri #13 Texas Tech #17 Kansas
Like SMQ, I'm generally bullish on Oklahoma State as well. Throw in a scary trip to Boulder, a rivalry game against Petrino-led Arkansas, a season opener against the unanimous preseason Sun Belt favorite, and a nighttime visit to UTEP and it's not hard to see why I'm saving my title hopes for 2009.
Further reading: SMQ's preseason vault, T Kyle King's Top 25, national title winners' fate the year after, national title winners' preseason ...
BlogPoll - Initial Draft
Double-T Nation —
... I wanted to go ahead and get out the first draft of DTN's inaugural BlogPoll ballot (it's due on August 18th). I've always like the way that Kyle elicits feedback from his readers as to why teams should be ranked where they are. Personally, I want as much feedback as possible. I've never done this before and I think that if this can somewhat be a community effort then I've done my job. ...
