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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.

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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 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.

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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 13

Through 22 November 2009

Buy zometa no prescription, Well, things appear to have settled down a bit, with only a few teams making meaningful moves in my BlogPoll Top 25 ballot for this week.  Most of these should be fairly obvious.  Either way, here is is:

My Ballot for the Week

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

Explanations after the jump...

Comments, Explanations, and Excuses

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

The Tigers meet a Rebel and a Clock :

The LSU Tigers (17) came crashing down as they were bested by the on-again-off-again Ole Miss Rebels (25) in a down-to the-wire battle which left the Tigers coming up on the short end of the scoreboard.  Why exactly it was that the Tigers—after giving up 17 seconds trying to call a timeout—decided to try and spike the ball with the clock showing 0:01 rather than kick a field goal is beyond me.  I imagine that the Hat is none too happy.

Either way, the Rebels notched their second straight win over the Tigers and managed to find their way back into my Top 25, while LSU slipped seven spots toward the bottom.

This is not the week for Cheese or Trees:

Both the Wisconsin Badgers (22) and the Stanford Cardinal (NR) “underperformed” this weekend.  That is another way of saying they lost to a team they were not supposed to.  Wisconsin gave up the ghost to the Northwestern Wildcats (NR) while Stanford lost to a still-scrappy California Golden Bears (NR) squad.  Either way, Wisconsin dropped while Stanford got the boot from this week’s ballot, just like the Rutgers Scarlet Knights (NR) who somehow managed to lose to the Syracuse Orangemen (NR) (and should be ashamed of themselves).

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

Week 12

Through 15 November 2009

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My Ballot for the Week

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

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