USA Today preseason poll

[SammyKid11]

As usual, the mid-majors are given absolutely no love whatsoever. Boise is the ONLY mid-major in the country that's in the Top 25? Are you f'n kidding me? Yeah, Louisville was a mid-major last year...but now they're in the - uh - BIG East.

Sorry pollsters, but you screw this up EVERY year. EVERY year 4-7 mids finish the season Top 25, and EVERY year you pick one sweetheart (like a Boise or a TCU) to start the season Top 25. What a joke.

Also. . .are you kidding me? Texas ahead of OU? WHY DO THEY DO THAT EVERY YEAR??? Until Mack Brown gets Bob Stoops' cack out his ass, Texas will fall to OU again and again and again.

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Somebody needs to tell the dudes who gave votes to Kansas and Duke that this is a FOOTBALL poll.

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Steve Spurrier votes Duke #25 every year to thank them for giving him his start. No idea how Kansas got a vote.

[wayabvpar]

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Washington (1-10) 4

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WTF?????

Ty Willingham is a good coach, but he isn't God. No way that team wins more than 5 games this year.

[jakethebake]

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Not really but the thread is about, but
<--- Dark Horse Heisman Candidate.

He'd be in serious consideration if we had a quarterback who could get it to him consistently.

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Are we supposed to know who that is? [img]/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img]

[jakethebake]

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This poll sucks as usual. How 2 people didn't vote USC #1 is unbelievable.

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Well there's one of them.

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The USA TODAY Board of Coaches is made up of 62 head coaches at Division I-A institutions. All are members of the American Football Coaches Association. The board for the 2005 season: Barry Alvarez, Wisconsin; Chuck Amato, N.C. State, Gary Barnett, Colorado; Frank Beamer, Virginia Tech; Mike Bellotti, Oregon; Phil Bennett, SMU; Jack Bicknell, Louisiana Tech; Larry Blakeney, Troy; Bobby Bowden, Florida State; Tommy Bowden, Clemson; Jeff Bower, Southern Miss; Gregg Brandon, Bowling Green; Art Briles, Houston; Rich Brooks, Kentucky; Mack Brown, Texas; Watson Brown, UAB; John Bunting, North Carolina; Lloyd Carr, Michigan; Larry Coker, Miami (Fla.); Sylvester Croom, Mississippi State; Darrell Dickey, North Texas; Bill Doba, Washington State; Randy Edsall, Connecticut; Dennis Franchione, Texas A&M; Phillip Fulmer, Tennessee; Joe Glenn, Wyoming; Mike Gundy, Oklahoma State; Walt Harris, Stanford; Ken Hatfield, Rice; Dan Hawkins, Boise State; Pat Hill, Fresno State; Terry Hoeppner, Indiana; Brady Hoke, Ball State; Skip Holtz, East Carolina; Brian Kelly, Central Michigan; Rocky Long, New Mexico; Sonny Lubick, Colorado State; Dan McCarney, Iowa State; Andy McCollum, Middle Tennessee; Shane Montgomery, Miami (Ohio); Joe Novak, Northern Illinois; Houston Nutt, Arkansas; Tom O'Brien, Boston College; Gary Patterson, TCU; Bobby Petrino, Louisville; Mark Richt, Georgia; Rich Rodriguez, West Virginia; Greg Schiano, Rutgers; Howard Schnellenberger, Florida Atlantic; John L. Smith, Michigan State; Frank Solich, Ohio; Steve Spurrier, South Carolina; Bob Stoops, Oklahoma; Jeff Tedford, California; Joe Tiller, Purdue; Dick Tomey, San Jose State; Jim Tressel, Ohio State; Tommy Tuberville, Auburn; Bobby Wallace, Temple; Randy Walker, Northwestern; Charlie Weis, Notre Dame; Tyrone Willingham, Washington.

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[MCS]

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Not really but the thread is about, but
<--- Dark Horse Heisman Candidate.

He'd be in serious consideration if we had a quarterback who could get it to him consistently.

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Are we supposed to know who that is? [img]/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img]

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I know who it is. His name is Calvin Johnson.

mmbt0ne is right though. The guy was basically unstoppable during the second half of last year. Also, he made one of the greatest catches of all time against NCSU.

[Vince Young]

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This poll sucks as usual. How 2 people didn't vote USC #1 is unbelievable.

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Well there's one of them.

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The USA TODAY Board of Coaches is made up of 62 head coaches at Division I-A institutions. All are members of the American Football Coaches Association. The board for the 2005 season: Barry Alvarez, Wisconsin; Chuck Amato, N.C. State, Gary Barnett, Colorado; Frank Beamer, Virginia Tech; Mike Bellotti, Oregon; Phil Bennett, SMU; Jack Bicknell, Louisiana Tech; Larry Blakeney, Troy; Bobby Bowden, Florida State; Tommy Bowden, Clemson; Jeff Bower, Southern Miss; Gregg Brandon, Bowling Green; Art Briles, Houston; Rich Brooks, Kentucky; Mack Brown, Texas; Watson Brown, UAB; John Bunting, North Carolina; Lloyd Carr, Michigan; Larry Coker, Miami (Fla.); Sylvester Croom, Mississippi State; Darrell Dickey, North Texas; Bill Doba, Washington State; Randy Edsall, Connecticut; Dennis Franchione, Texas A&M; Phillip Fulmer, Tennessee; Joe Glenn, Wyoming; Mike Gundy, Oklahoma State; Walt Harris, Stanford; Ken Hatfield, Rice; Dan Hawkins, Boise State; Pat Hill, Fresno State; Terry Hoeppner, Indiana; Brady Hoke, Ball State; Skip Holtz, East Carolina; Brian Kelly, Central Michigan; Rocky Long, New Mexico; Sonny Lubick, Colorado State; Dan McCarney, Iowa State; Andy McCollum, Middle Tennessee; Shane Montgomery, Miami (Ohio); Joe Novak, Northern Illinois; Houston Nutt, Arkansas; Tom O'Brien, Boston College; Gary Patterson, TCU; Bobby Petrino, Louisville; Mark Richt, Georgia; Rich Rodriguez, West Virginia; Greg Schiano, Rutgers; Howard Schnellenberger, Florida Atlantic; John L. Smith, Michigan State; Frank Solich, Ohio; Steve Spurrier, South Carolina; Bob Stoops, Oklahoma; Jeff Tedford, California; Joe Tiller, Purdue; Dick Tomey, San Jose State; Jim Tressel, Ohio State; Tommy Tuberville, Auburn; Bobby Wallace, Temple; Randy Walker, Northwestern; Charlie Weis, Notre Dame; Tyrone Willingham, Washington.

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I don't think Mack voted them #1. I think his brother did, and another Big XII coach, probably Franchione.

[battschr]

My top 10:
1. USC
2. Texas
3. Michigan
4. Oklahoma
5. Va. Tech
6. LSU
7. Iowa
8. Auburn
9. Tennessee
10. Miami

[MoreWineII]

My top ten:

1-10: USC

[kyro]

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Not so fast my friend...

PSU stinks, my crappy Golden Gophers have beaten them the last 3 times they've met including two wins in Happy Valley and they'll beat them again this year methinks.

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The refs gave your crappy Golden Gophers a game two years ago pal.