What Really Grinds My Gears: Pre-Season Polls

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The first of what may become a series of posts where I complain about things.  Contain yourselves. -HB These dahn guys stickin' theah polls in yah face... Texas Lindy's 8 Athlon 11 Phil Steele 15 SI 13 What the heck are these guys doing?  Lindy's says we're #8, and Phil Steele says we're #15.  Now, these are two of the " ... [link]

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BlogPoll Ballot: What about ... ?
Published 8/13/2008 by cocknfire at Garnet And Black Attack
... Dame. I would put them in the "others receiving consideration" category. But Notre Dame is one of those teams I'm going to have to see to believe. Play well to open the season, and they could get on the ballot fairly quickly. But first things first. - - - A NOTE ABOUT SCHEDULES I made some references to schedules in my rollout, and two people have since questioned this practice -- generally, not specifically because of my ballot. Horn Brain put it this way: The question is:  Is this a power poll or a ...

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