blogs.newsobserver.com - 1/6/2009
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Utah fans have been mass e-mailing AP voters, urging us to put the Utes, the nation's only unbeaten team, No. 1 in the final Top 25. I've received no less than 100 e-mails from the Ute faithful, not to mention a Facebook wall post from a Ute alum. According to Pollspeak , no one ranked the ...
totalprosports.com - 1/7/2009
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totalprosports.com —
This matchup has everything that a fan dreams
of watching in a 2009 FedEx BCS National Championship...
Game. The Oklahoma Sooners feature the nations most prolific offense ever, setting records in touchdowns (97) and points (702) this season. They have multiple threats at the wide receiver position
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BCS National Championship: Preview and Prediction
sports.espn.go.com - 1/7/2009
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Life of Reilly Oklahoma and Florida can battle
for the BCS. But we've already crowned the true...
national champ. by Rick Reilly Some gifts people give are pointless: Styling mousse to Dick Vitale. An all-you-can-eat card to Kate Moss. The BCS ...
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Rick Reilly: No question, Utah is the national champion ...
rivals.yahoo.com - 1/7/2009
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rivals.yahoo.com —
Kyle Whittingham last Friday and then Mack Brown
last night, in his wonderful display of showmanship ,...
both declared to gleeful fans that they planned to vote their teams No. 1 on their Coaches' Poll ballots at the end of the week. Hooray for ...
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Wait: How do coaches vote their own team No. 1, anyway?
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Utah Fans Are Shamelessly Spamming AP Voters in the Slim Hopes They Can Win a Title
FanHouse —
... I said that.) But that fact certainly isn't stopping the Thelma, Marvin and Provos of the world from saying their peace -- just ask News and Observer reporter and AP voter J.P. Giglio, who lets us know that people in Utah can use e-mail. ...
Wait: How do coaches vote their own team No. 1, anyway?
Dr. Saturday —
... that they've been bombarded with e-mails from Utah fans pleading the Utes' case for No. 1 in the media poll. The bad news for the Utes: McMurphy and Giglio are two of the four voters who ...
Speed Read: Celtics Fall Again; May Not Top East
SPORTSbyBROOKS —
... • Speaking of the Utes, their fans are currently spamming AP writers such as the RALEIGH NEWS & OBSERVER’s J.P. Giglio, who says he’s received more than 100 emails urging him to put Utah #1 on his final poll ballot. ...
Making the Case for Utah
The Wiz of Odds —
... But with form letter after form letter landing in the inboxes of voters, the move has generally backfired. Many voters are so turned off by the volume of the Utah response that they plan to vote Florida or Oklahoma No. 1 regardless of what happens in Thursday night's Bowl Championship Series title game. ...
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