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My rant about the stupidity of people who vote in the polls. The crosstown (alleged) criminals are ranked higher than Oregon.

3 months ago Tiny maccabita4life 5 comments 0 recs  | 

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The root of the poll flaws are the preseason rankings.

by AllHailMightyBruins on Nov 10, 2009 8:36 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

Absolutely right

The polls are a ridiculous system. Rankings change too much week to week in response to the most recent game, instead of reflecting the season’s worth of work. The whole theory that losing early is better because a team has time to move back up in the rankings is senseless. I am looking forward to the day when a team loses a game and, deservedly, moves up in the rankings.

Sometimes, democracy is stupid. A wise and benevolent dictator would help NCAA football immeasurably. I’ll volunteer.

greg in denver - UCLA guy for life

by gbruin on Nov 10, 2009 8:51 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I cannot recall when

But I have seen a team move up in the polls based on a close loss to a higher ranked team. If I recall correctly, it involved the SEC … go figure.

by AllHailMightyBruins on Nov 10, 2009 9:33 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Glad there are a some examples

though I think it still still occur more frequently.

greg in denver - UCLA guy for life

by gbruin on Nov 10, 2009 3:13 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

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