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Final Season Ballot

Buy zometa, Well, it’s been a long season and all the games are in the books.  This season, I have been less than dutiful in managing to write anything about the comings and goings of college football, which is highly disappointing for me.  Of late I’ve taken a few weeks off to try and recharge myself both as a person and as a blogger—more on that later.  Either way, since all that really matters in the world of college football is where you end the season, here's my final ballot the SEC Football Power Poll, serving as a cap to the the 2009 season.

Rk.	Team	Comments
1.		The last chapter in this book was nothing but ugly, but the 13 wins before that were pretty stellar.  A well earned championship the Alabama Crimson Tide.
2.		The Florida Gators finished strong against Cincinnati—bidding Tim Tebow a fond farewell, and possibly Urban Meyer. Arimidex without prescription, Next year, however, purchase cytoxan, Ordering cytoxan online without prescription, looks awfully uncertain, not bad, Minnesota MN Minn., Cheap arimidex online, just really "sketchy."
3.		Up and down, up and down.  The Ole Miss Rebels 2009 season was the roller coaster from hell, Kansas KS Kans., παραγγείλετε online evista, but it was fun, and was worth the ticket, California CA Calif.. Ordering iressa online without prescription, In 2010, the Rebels have holes to fill and maybe the expectations will be a little more reasonable.
4.		What a difference between 2008 and 2009.  The LSU Tigers looked like a top-rate, Maryland MD Md., Order gleevec without prescription, second-rate program at times, especially on offense, cheap gleevec. Pennsylvania PA Penn., I have a feeling there will be some changes in the off-season.
5.		Considering where the Auburn Tigers were this time last year, I call this one a success, zometa prescription. Lowest price zometa, Hats off to Gene Chizik for managing to return a winning record and to avoid being lynched by the Tigers' fans.
6.(t)		The Tennessee Volunteers improved steadily throughout the season until injuries began exposing just how empty the cupboard was when Lane Kiffin took over. Call me crazy, but I think the Vols overachieved this season.  Next year, however, will be much more important; setting the stage for years to come.
6.(t)		The Georgia Bulldogs finished with a win, which is probably a good thing for Mark Richt, buy zometa. The question remains, Kjøp Discount epogen, Where to buy cheap evista, however, just how much can they reasonably improve by 2010?  I fear not enough to keep the crazies at bay.
8.		While there were some real bright spots here and there in 2009 for the Arkansas Razorbacks, iressa pharmacy, Billiga arimidex apotek, on the whole I am not so sure that things will be much better next season for the Hogs, until they figure out who they want to be offensively and start playing just a little bit of defense, billig kaufen casodex. Utah UT, Still, they were much better in 2009 than in 2008.
9.		Once again, Kjøp Discount capecitabine, Kaufen zometa, the South Carolina Gamecocks suffered their late-season slide. Still, order arimidex from canada, Cheap epogen no prescription, they beat kissing-cousin Clemson before imploding against Connecticut. So, how many more seasons does the Ole Ball Coach hang around?  I’m thinking not that many.
10.		While the Kentucky Wildcats lost to Clemson in the Music City Bowl, considering where the Cats were when Rich Brooks took over, I call four bowls in a row big time improvement. As for the future, well, it's not like Joker Phillips hasn't already been there and done that.
11.		Dan Mullen's Mississippi State Bulldogs were light-years better than they were under Sly Croom in 2008.  They just could never catch a break when they needed one. Next year, however, that should start to change.
12.		As for the Vanderbilt Commodores, well … umm … the field looked nice this year.

The Rest of the Power Poll

Now, on to basketball season...

-- So it goes…

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2009 SEC Power Poll

All-SEC Team: Defensive Backs

Check out the Complete All-SEC Team at Team Speed Kills!

Order evista without prescription, Well, due to a complete lack of judgment on the part of the SEC Power Poll brain-trust, Gate 21 has been selected to announce the Power Poll All-SEC Team selections at defensive back.   The following positions for the 2009 All-SEC team have already been announced:

• Alligator Army:  Quarterback


• Roll Bama Roll: Running Backs


• Hey Jenny Slater: Wide Receivers


• Team Speed Kills: Tight End

The rest of the positions are being announced today and tomorrow across the blogosphere.  In case you miss one, be sure to check in for the most up-to-date announcements over at Team Speed Kills.

The envelope, please…

The 2009 SEC Power Poll All-SEC Selections at Defensive Back are (in order of votes received): Eric Berry (Tennessee), Joe Haden (Florida), Javier Arenas (Alabama) and Mark Barron (Alabama). Buy gleevec online, The reasons behind these should be obvious, but in case they aren’t here’s why these fine athletes are the cream of the crop:

Eric Berry • 14

Tennessee Volunteers

5’11” • 203 • Junior • Defensive Back

What can you really say about Eric Berry that hasn’t already been said?

This deep-ball predator is the sound of pain to backs and receivers in the open field, Washington WA Wash., Acheter arimidex bon marché, and a quarterback’s worst nightmare. This defensive terror has amassed nearly every accolade possible in his three seasons at Tennessee, arimidex en ligne afin. Arimidex kopen, He has broken almost every record for interceptions, some of which had stood for a very long time, Koop korting zometa. Cheap zometa online without prescription, Berry holds records for most interceptions at UT in a single season (which previously stood for 37 years), most career interceptions at UT (39 years), buy capecitabine no prescription, Florida FL Fla., SEC record for most interceptions in a season (52 years) and SEC most career interceptions (59 years). He was named freshman defensive player of the year in 2007, as well as Freshman All-American.  As a sophomore, he once again garnered

unanimous All-American honors, and was a unanimous first-team All-SEC selection in both “official” and SEC Power Poll All-SEC balloting.  This season, he was once again unanimously selected as an All-American, won the coveted Jim Thorpe Award, was a unanimous All-SEC (official) selection and now, once again, has been unanimously selected as a member of the 2009 SEC Power Poll All-SEC Team, order evista without prescription.

This season, buy zometa pill, Om gleevec online, Berry was seen all over the field as he rotated between Safety, Linebacker, Tennessee TN Tenn., Texas TX Tex., and even Kickoff Return Specialist.  Here are his career statistics through the end of the 2009 regular season:

Joe Haden • 5

Florida Gators

5’11” • 190 • Junior • Corner Back

Joe Haden has dominated the backfield for Florida for three seasons.  A 2007 Freshman All-American, capecitabine en ligne afin, Buy gleevec online without prescription, he led the Gators in tackles by a corner back in both his freshman and sophomore seasons.  In 2009 he was again a force to be reckoned with recording 4 interceptions, 57 tackles, order evista online, Order zometa, and a touchdown against the South Carolina Gamecocks.  He led the Gators in Interceptions and finished the season near the top of the SEC in both Passes defended and Interceptions.

Here are his career statistics through the end of the 2009 regular season:

Javier Arenas • 28

Alabama Crimson Tide

5’9” • 189 • Junior • Defensive Back

Javier Arenas is truly a man of many parts, købe evista, αγοράσετε zometa, having contribute to the Crimson Tide attack on defense, special teams, New Hampshire NH N.H., Hawaii HI, and offense.  As a freshman, Arenas was only used on special teams to return kicks.  Then, zometa without a prescription, Ordering casodex online without prescription, in 2007 the sophomore broke out as a defensive back and began terrorizing quarterbacks across the SEC.  As a junior he was selected a member of the second-team All-SEC team, and produced 3 interceptions.  This year, New Hampshire NH N.H., Cheap zometa online, Arenas continued notching 65 tackles, 5 sacks, and 3 interceptions.

Here are his career defensive statistics through the end of the 2009 regular season:

Mark Barron • 14

Alabama Crimson Tide

6’2” • 215 • Sophomore • Defensive Back

Despite only being a sophomore, Mark Barron had an impressive season.  Leading the SEC with 7 interceptions, he also recorded 68 tackles, and 125 return yards.  This included a pick-six return for 77 yards and a touchdown against South Carolina.  With two years of eligibility remaining, it is probably fair to say that the other members of the SEC will be watching this predator in the secondary very closely in 2010.

Here are his career statistics through the end of the 2009 regular season:

Other Receiving Votes

In addition to these four All-SEC Selections, the following players also received votes:

• Patrick Peterson • LSU Tigers (4 votes)


• Trevard Lindley • Kentucky Wildcats (3 votes)


• Major Wright • Florida Gators (1 vote)


• Walt McFadden • Auburn Tigers (1 vote)


• Ahmad Black • Florida Gators(1 vote)


• Sam Maxwell • Kentucky Wildcats (1 vote)


• Chad Jones • LSU Tigers (1 vote)


• Marquis Johnson • Alabama Crimson Tide (1 vote)

The Rest of All-SEC Team

You can check out the rest of the Power Poll All-SEC Team by visiting Team Speed Kills, where the complete All-SEC Team rundown will be updated as each position is rolled-out.

-- So it goes …

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2009 All-SEC Football Selections

Order cytoxan no prescription, Well, I have been really lousy job lately at posting.  This has been due to a variety of things, none of which are of any importance to those of you out there in web-land who actually take the time to read the drivel that I produce.  Be that as it may, the brain-trust of the SEC Power Poll have joined together to, yet again, collectively select an All-SEC Football team for 2009.  Here is my ballot in all of its radiant glory:

All-SEC 2009 Offense

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  WR: Brandon LaFell, LSU


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  WR: A.J. Green, Wyoming WY Wyo., Acquistare online arimidex, Georgia


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  L: Mike Johnson, Alabama


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  L: Mitch Petrus, billige arimidex apotek, Cheap generic iressa, Arkansas


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  L: Mike Pouncey, Florida


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  L: John Jerry, Montana MT Mont., Arizona AZ Ariz., Ole Miss


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  C: Ryan Pugh, Auburn


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  TE: Luke Stocker, Rhode Island RI R.I., Billige epogen apotek, Tennessee


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  QB: Tim Tebow, Florida


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  RB: Mark Ingram, buy evista, Halvalla gleevec apteekki, Alabama


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  RB: Montario Hardesty, Tennessee

All-SEC 2009 Defense

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  DL: Antonio Coleman, order iressa from canada, Koop korting cytoxan, Auburn


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  DL: Pernell McPhee, Mississippi St.


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  DL: Terrence Cody, cheap evista online without prescription, Arimidex online kopen, Alabama


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  DL: Dan Williams, Tennessee


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  LB: Rolando McClain, ordering arimidex no prescription, Rhode Island RI R.I., Alabama


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  LB: Eric Norwood, South Carolina


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  LB: Rennie Curran, buy cytoxan online cheap, Acquistare a buon mercato arimidex, Georgia


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  DB: Javier Arenas, Alabama


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  DB: Trevard Lindley, ostaa halvalla zometa, Ordering zometa online cheap, Kentucky


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  DB: Eric Berry, Tennessee


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  DB: Mark Barron, buy casodex online, Order iressa overnight delivery, Alabama

All-SEC 2009 Special Teams

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  P: Drew Butler, Georgia


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  K: Leigh Tiffin, order capecitabine, Order iressa online without prescription, Alabama


• 
  
  RS: Javier Arenas, Alabama

Thus, buy epogen, if you do the math, here are the total number of selections by school on my ballot:

I’m not going to lie, I feel bad about leaving a few key players off my list, (including folks like Dexter McCluster, Darvin Adams, and Ryan Mallett), but Alabama is just so damn good, they really occupy the field.  Oh, and I also feel bad about leaving Vanderbilt out of my ballot completely, but such is life.

At any rate, the members of the SEC Power Poll will be rolling out the consensus selections beginning next week, so check back here or over at Team Speed Kills for more information on that in the near future.

I know you can hardly wait…

-- So it goes…

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Here's my ballot for this week's CBS Sports BlogPoll Top 25 hosted by -- as you might imagine -- CBS Sports.

Week 15

Through 6 December 2009

Buy cytoxan without prescription, Ahhh, 2009 college football regular season, we barely knew ye.  Yes friend and neighbors, here we are at the end of the regular season.  Thus, here is my final ballot for the 2009 regular season, the last ballot until after the completion of bowl season.  While I am sure some will disagree with some of my rankings, they are what they are: little more than my subjective assessment on the powers of college football.  Most of these should be fairly obvious.  Either way, here is is:

My Ballot for the Week

Rank	Team	Delta
1	Alabama	--
2	Cincinnati	3
3	Texas	--
4	TCU	--
5	Ohio State	1
6	Boise State	1
7	Penn State	1
8	Oregon	1
9	Brigham Young	1
10	Virginia Tech	1
11	Georgia Tech	4
12	LSU	--
13	Florida	11
14	Miami (Florida)	3
15	Wisconsin	4
16	Oklahoma State	4
17	Nebraska	4
18	Iowa	3
19	Stanford	4
20	Utah	4
21	Pittsburgh	5
22	Central Michigan	NR
23	West Virginia	NR
24	Houston	6
25	East Carolina	NR
Last week's ballot

Explanations after the jump...

Comments, Explanations, and Excuses

Here are the high-points of the week's changes:

Long-on-Horn Short on Strength:

I was completely underwhelmed by the Texas Longhorns (3) last second victory over the Nebraska Cornhuskers (17) in the Big XII Championship game.  On paper, Texas out-matched Nebraska at every position except on the defensive line.  Nebraska, on the other hand demonstrated their lack of a productive offense in spades going the better part of two quarters without a first down.  Despite this, Texas was forced to kick a field goal with one second remaining on the game (which was only possible due to back to back penalties by the Cornhuskers in the final minute of the game).  Texas got the three points courtesy of their kicker and walked out of the Jerry Dome with a one-point victory.

What they did not do was play like a team deserving of a shot at the BCS Championship.

To Nebraska’s credit, they played their hearts out and did everything they could to win.  In my estimation, they earned the win but were simply unlucky when the clock ran out.

Now, I know that the Cincinnati Bearcats (2) defeated the Pittsburgh Panthers (21) by only a single point in the shooting match that was the final game of the Bearcats’ regular season, but I simply was more impressed with their performance and the tenacity of their team.  Furthermore, in my opinion Cincinnati coach Brian Kelly did a better job of coaching his team on gameday than did Texas’ Mack Brown, which really matters when it is all on the line.

For these reasons, I humbly submit that the Bearcats have earned the number 2 spot.

Turning Gators into Gator Bait:

I had picked the Alabama Crimson Tide (1) to defeat the Florida Gators (13) in the SEC Championship Game, but I did not expect the Tide to annihilate the Gators from top to bottom.  Needless to say, I was impressed with the performance of Nick Saban’s squad.

I’ll be the first to admit, I loathe the Gators—they are the only SEC team I will never pull for.  This owes to my experiences visiting Gainesville.  Still, they are clearly a very talented team.  Alabama, however, completely dismantled the Gators from the start and never let up.  I was particularly impressed by Saban’s creative and complex scheming on both offense and defense and was similarly surprised at what appeared to be a very “vanilla” game plan from Urban Meyer.  That said, there is no denying that the impressive performances of Alabama running back Mark Ingram and quarterback Greg McElroy were key components to the victory, which left Alabama smiling and Tim Tebow crying.

Didn’t hurt my feelings any…

Parting Thoughts

Having taken the time to consider my feeble attempt at ranking the powers in college football, feel free to try and convince me that I am wrong -- which is part of the way the BlogPoll is supposed to work.  I promise that I will consider all insults comments.

You can view the final results of this week's poll over at CBS Sports later this week and check out an analysis of how the collective blogging brain-trust arrived at this week's result. If you're craving even more BlogPoll goodness, South Carolina SC S.C., Evista sale, you can also check out how other bloggers voted and see how your team fared across the Blogosphere.

-- So it goes …

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Week 14

Through 29 November 2009

Order cheap iressa online, Ahh, Championship Week.  How quickly the 2009 regular season has passed us by.  Still, even this late in the game there were still a few surprises this past week in the world of college football.  Thus, here’s in my BlogPoll Top 25 ballot for week 14.  Most of these should be fairly obvious.  Either way, here is is:

My Ballot for the Week

Rank	Team	Delta
1	Alabama	--
2	Florida	1
3	Texas	1
4	TCU	--
5	Cincinnati	--
6	Ohio State	--
7	Boise State	2
8	Penn State	2
9	Oregon	2
10	Brigham Young	3
11	Virginia Tech	3
12	LSU	5
13	Nebraska	8
14	Southern Cal	4
15	Georgia Tech	8
16	Pittsburgh	8
17	Miami (Florida)	2
18	Houston	2
19	Wisconsin	3
20	Oklahoma State	8
21	Iowa	3
22	California	NR
23	Stanford	NR
24	Utah	9
25	Clemson	9
Last week's ballot

Explanations after the jump...

Comments, Explanations, and Excuses

Here are the high-points of the week's changes:

A Flip-Flop at the Top:

Yeah, yeah, I know some folks will think I am an SEC homer for advancing the Florida Gators (2) ahead of the Texas Longhorns (3), but that could not be farther from the truth.  I loathe the Gators with a white-hot fervor that is as irrational as it is juvenile, but they are a damn-good football team.  Their complete annihilation of the Florida State Seminoles (NR) was both impressive and efficient, much more so than the hap-hazard victory by the Longhorns over the Texas A&M Aggies (NR).  Thus, Florida gets the nod this week to the number 2 spot.

Take heart, Texas fans, either the Gators or the Alabama Crimson Tide (1) have to lose this week in the SEC Championship Game (for what it is worth, my money is on Bama taking home the hardware), thus this drop is sure to be short-lived.  That is, unless Texas loses to the Nebraska Cornhuskers (13) in the Big XII Championship Game, which I think is quite possible, in fact, it might even be likely.  Who knows?

Returners & First Timers:

After one week outside my poll ballot, the Stanford Cardinal (23) return to this week’s poll along with in-again-out-again Pac-10 comrades the California Golden Bears (22).  Stanford picked up a nice win against Notre Dame (NR), likely sending Charlie Weis on his way.  Cal, on the other hand, didn’t do a damn thing this weekend, except watch Stanford—whom they soundly beat the week before—play the Irish.

Nice, to jump back into the rankings without having to do a thing…

Everyone Else:

In the event that you don’t grasp the concept of rankings, everyone else who moved this week either lost (thus dropping) or were ranked near someone that did (thus rising).  It’s all very simple and orderly, don’t you think?

Parting Thoughts

Having taken the time to consider my feeble attempt at ranking the powers in college football, feel free to try and convince me that I am wrong -- which is part of the way the BlogPoll is supposed to work.  I promise that I will consider all insults comments.

You can view the final results of this week's poll over at CBS Sports later this week and check out an analysis of how the collective blogging brain-trust arrived at this week's result. If you're craving even more BlogPoll goodness, California CA Calif., Goedkope zometa apotheek, you can also check out how other bloggers voted and see how your team fared across the Blogosphere.

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Image by Tennessee Journalist via Flickr

Order casodex without prescription, On the back of Jonathan Crompton’s 220 passing yards and Montario Hardesty’s 179 yards on the ground, Lane Kiffin’s Tennessee Volunteers defeated the Kentucky Wildcats 30-24 in overtime and improved to 7-5 on the season and earned a 2nd place finish in the SEC East behind the Florida Gators.

More importantly in the minds of some, the Vols extended “the streak” to 25 years since yearly opponent Kentucky last beat the Vols.

To put that in perspective, the last time that Wildcats beat the Vols, I was 8 years old…

The Vols all-time record against the Wildcats in football?  An impressive 73-23-9 in 105 meetings.

This season wasn’t always pretty, it wasn’t always simple, and it definitely wasn’t always easy, but somehow the Vols managed to find a way to do what it took to return the Big Orange back to national relevance and back to the conversation of contenders in SEC East.  Along the way, they took a few shots to the head.  They experienced more than their share of adversity.  Versus both the Florida Gators and the Alabama Crimson Tide—who are both undefeated and will meet in the SEC Championship Game this coming Saturday—they went down swinging, losing to the two teams by a combined total of twelve points.

Now, the Vols sit and wait, hoping that their new look and strong performance this season will earn them a shot in a solid bowl—hopefully the New Years Day Outback Bowl.

At any rate, the Vols have exceeded the expectations of many and along the way made football fun for Tennessee fans once more.  Obviously, there remains much room for improvement, but for now the Vols have earned the right to take a moment and reflect on a job well done.

Hats off to the Vols and the Tennessee Coaching staff for an outstanding and exciting regular season!

The good news is that the season isn’t over, not yet…

-- So it goes …

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I am sure that many feel his pain -- myself included -- but it makes you wonder: why is it again that we love football so much?

Video: Vol Fan Reacts to Blocked Field Goal

** Note: NSFW (language) due to some serious ranting and raving.

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HT / via: Vol Nation

At least he's not too upset over the loss to Alabama...

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