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sauriansagacity.blogspot.com - 1/13/2009
My Vote
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My final BlogPoll of 2008 is duly submitted, and I have chosen Utah as number 1. It wasn’t easy, despite my pledge to do so after Utah beat Alabama. I was truly torn between the Utes and my own Gators. And, for the record, I think the Gators are the “best” team in college football right ...
Blog Pollin': Florida takes the one that counts
rivals.yahoo.com - 1/12/2009
Blog Pollin': Florida takes the one that counts
— rivals.yahoo.com — This is the real prize, don't ya know ... Now in its fourth year, the Blog Poll... is a weekly effort of dozens of college football-centric Web sites representing a wide array of schools under the oversight of founder/manager/guru Brian Cook at ... (more) Blog Pollin': Florida takes the one that counts

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usatoday.com - 1/14/2009
Congressman plans hearings on BCS in effort to force playoff
— usatoday.com — "I think you really do not get a true No. 1 out of (the Bowl Championship Series),"... Rep. Edolphus Towns, D-N.Y., told USA TODAY. "Nobody questions the Super Bowl. The team that wins is the best team that year. I think we can do the same thing at the ... (more) Congressman plans hearings on BCS in effort to force ...

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The Rumors And Rants National Championship
rumorsandrants.com - 1/16/2009
The Rumors And Rants National Championship
— rumorsandrants.com — Good evening, I’m Bob Costas and welcome to our presentation of the Rumors and Rants National Collegiate... Football Championship Trophy (and half-assed homage to KSK since they won the best sports blog award and are officially Rumors and Rants’ blog-daddies for another year). The ... (more) The Rumors And Rants National Championship

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Block U:  Florida fan puts Utah #1

Dan Shanoff:  Utah As No. 1: A Second Thought

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Florida fan puts Utah #1
Block U — ... Here is a good read from the Florida blog Saurian Sagacity and why he decided to put the Utes #1 in his BlogPoll. If only more people voted like him, we could possibly be calling Utah the 2008 college football national champions.  ...

Utah As No. 1: A Second Thought
Dan Shanoff — ... You all make terrific arguments for Utah. (That said: I remain convinced that the AP voters who voted for Utah were, largely, just trying to be contrarian.) (3) On almost all matters related to Florida football and statistics, I defer to the thoughtful thinkers at Saurian Sagacity. And so it was to my surprise -- an oddly pleasant one, actually -- that on their final BlogPoll ballot, they voted Utah at No. 1 ahead of Florida. More than that, they backed it up with some very convincing arguments. I maintain that Florida is the best team in the ...

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