Jewstin
12/4/2006, 06:15 AM
Sorry if this has already been posted -- I didn't spot it anywhere else here. Check it out:
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/graphics/coaches_fb_poll_2006/flash.htm
It's a flash file featuring a table of all the voters in the coaches poll and what they voted in their final ballots (Tressel is missing, obviously, but so is Pete Carroll -- not sure why). You can sort it by an individual coaches' poll or by team.
Mouse over us on the left hand-side and prepare for a bit of hilarity:
- Phil Fulmer put us @ #11
- Greg Schiano put us @ #13
... and best of all, 'Schmell'enberger @ #18.
Schnelly also put LSU at #15. Even though I despise Miles and the tigers, that is nonetheless a ridiculous sorting. Guess he's hitting the sauce pretty hard this time of the year.
Some other interesting/uplifting numbers:
- Georgia's Richt put us @ #5
- Mike Leach put us @ #4 (I always have liked this guy, even if he is nutty)
- Steve Spurrier put us @ #4
Figured some of y'all would get a kick out of seeing that. It's interesting to see how certain conferences align in voting tendencies and how coaches perceive other programs. I wonder how Fulmer/Schiano/Schnorkelberger would explain all the programs above us?
It boggles my mind that the coaches poll is still used in the BCS calculation. Every coach has a personal and team agenda, as does every conference, collectively. It seems illogical to have the people directly affected by the rankings to rank themselves. Then again, I guess I'd rather have people in-the-know doing so instead of self-proclaimed expert analyst desk jockeys. Lesser of two evils, perhaps.
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/graphics/coaches_fb_poll_2006/flash.htm
It's a flash file featuring a table of all the voters in the coaches poll and what they voted in their final ballots (Tressel is missing, obviously, but so is Pete Carroll -- not sure why). You can sort it by an individual coaches' poll or by team.
Mouse over us on the left hand-side and prepare for a bit of hilarity:
- Phil Fulmer put us @ #11
- Greg Schiano put us @ #13
... and best of all, 'Schmell'enberger @ #18.
Schnelly also put LSU at #15. Even though I despise Miles and the tigers, that is nonetheless a ridiculous sorting. Guess he's hitting the sauce pretty hard this time of the year.
Some other interesting/uplifting numbers:
- Georgia's Richt put us @ #5
- Mike Leach put us @ #4 (I always have liked this guy, even if he is nutty)
- Steve Spurrier put us @ #4
Figured some of y'all would get a kick out of seeing that. It's interesting to see how certain conferences align in voting tendencies and how coaches perceive other programs. I wonder how Fulmer/Schiano/Schnorkelberger would explain all the programs above us?
It boggles my mind that the coaches poll is still used in the BCS calculation. Every coach has a personal and team agenda, as does every conference, collectively. It seems illogical to have the people directly affected by the rankings to rank themselves. Then again, I guess I'd rather have people in-the-know doing so instead of self-proclaimed expert analyst desk jockeys. Lesser of two evils, perhaps.