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My Top 25: Week Three
Seeing as I had West Virginia lower in my rankings than any other DA sports writer before the ECU loss, I guess it’s only fitting that I drop them out of my rankings entirely. Honestly, even before the ECU game, in my mind I knew I should have been ranking the Mountaineers around the 17-18 range.
You’ll note I have East Carolina lower in my poll than most, largely because I think that while the Pirates have looked impressive, they have done so against two highly overrated teams in Virginia Tech and WVU.
Disagree with me on something here? Leave a comment.
1. USC
2. Oklahoma
3. Georgia
4. LSU
5. Ohio State
6. Missouri
7. Florida
8. Texas
9. Wisconsin
10. Auburn
11. Kansas
12. Arizona State
13. Texas Tech
14. Penn State
15. Oregon
16. Alabama
17. East Carolina
18. South Florida
19. Wake Forest
20. California
21. Fresno State
22. Clemson
23. UCLA
24. Illinois
25. Utah
Tags: Patrick Southern, The DA, Top 25, WVU
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Sep 9th, 2008
My Top 25
This poll was completed by me late last night for use in the DA sports staff’s Top 25. In the interest of full disclosure, I’m posting it here as well. I’d like to think I’m lined up pretty well with the new polls that came out today, though I’m not sure that’s a good thing.
1. USC
2. Georgia
3. Oklahoma
4. Ohio State
5. LSU
6. Missouri
7. Florida
8. Texas
9. Auburn
10. Wisconsin
11. West Virginia
12. Kansas
13. Texas Tech
14. Alabama
15. Arizona State
16. Oregon
17. South Florida
18. Penn State
19. Wake Forest
20. Brigham Young
21. Illinois
22. Fresno State
23. Clemson
24. East Carolina
25. South Carolina
Tags: The DA, Top 25
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Sep 2nd, 2008
Wannstedt’s Failure is My Happiness
To give you my long-awaited answer to the question I posed here (and on a thread on BlueGoldNews.com): As a West Virginia fan, which “enemy” defeat this weekend was most satisfying to you, and why?
1. Pittsburgh (lost 27-17 at home to Bowling Green):
After hearing derisive “13-9″ chants and having to deal with losing to the Panthers in devastating fashion in seemingly every sport (men’s basketball, women’s basketball, and even wrestling) during the past year, it was nice to see Dave Wannstedt fall flat on his mustachioed face in his team’s home opener.
Pitt’s season-ending upset of West Virginia this past December gave Wannstedt’s program a lot of mileage. Recruiting was successful (although, according to the major online scouting services, he’s had solid classes for several years and been able to do nothing with them), and Pitt was even a “sexy” pick to win the Big East this year. The team even filled the final slot in the preseason AP Top 25 poll.
Perhaps no team since, well, WVU, has received so much positive press out of one game (the Mountaineers’ win over Georgia in the ‘06 Sugar Bowl gave a similar bounce). The only other likely candidate would be Boise State after its upset of Oklahoma in the ‘07 Fiesta Bowl.
One would have to think much of that progress was utterly and completely undone with a two-possession loss to a mediocre team from the Mid-American Conference. Let those who argue that a Pitt loss was bad for the Big East fret over such things — I’ll enjoy watching that program receive as much bad publicity as it possibly can.
Tags: ACC, BCS, Big East, Boise State, Bowling Green, Chris Beatty, Dave Wannstedt, Dominik Davenport, East Carolina, Fiesta Bowl, Frank Beamer, Georgia, John Beilein, Logan Heastie, Michigan, Mid-American Conference, Oklahoma, Pitt, Rich Rodriguez, Shawne Alston, Sugar Bowl, Tajh Boyd, Top 25, Utah, Virginia Tech, WVU
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Sep 2nd, 2008
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