Pudge Poll Week 2

alright, not that anybody asked, or maybe even wants me to, but its my blog and i do so here it is. first of all some rules. if you lose to somebody you can never be ahead of them in my poll, until the team that beat you has more losses than you do. second- since its my poll i can pick and choose who moves up and down and how many spots. and yes i will award or subtract based on who you played, how you played, and where you played. unless i dont. haha.


25. Iowa (-1) had to block two last second fg in order to beat northern iowa? sorry folks.


24. Notre Dame(+1) solidly beat a nevada team at home. really only moved up because iowa squeaked by, but im sure that the national media will have the domers in the top 10


23. Kansas(=) todd reesing throws for over 200 yds and the offesne totaled over 500. good win 49-3 over north colorado. just not enough to move...


22. Nebraska(-1) another 49-3 win for a top 25 team. rushed for 260yds. only reason that they dropped is because byu moved ahead.


21. Utah (-1) beats utah state pretty good on opening weekend, but as with nebraska dropped because of byu win.


20. UNC (-1) wasted the citadel. we will see how they fare later in the season.

19. Oregon State(-1) beating portland state doesnt get you any cred in my book.

18. TCU(-1) they havent played, so maybe they shouldnt have moved at all...

17. Oregon (-7) get blitzed on the road to start the season and then has to dismiss top rb because of "the punch" qb masoli looked below average. props to boise.

16. Georgia (-1) without star rb caleb king the run game struggled. granted qb joe cox was hurting with the flu, but as shaq says "thats horawful" horrible and awful. he will get better and so will the dogs. lost a tough game on the road to start the season. D was better than expected holding the cowboys to 24 pts...but the offense scored 7 pts in 6 min, then scored 3 in 54. yikes.

15. FSU (+1) this team might not be here for long. written before they played miami. if they win they will move up, if they lose then obviously will move down. but they play at home and i like their chances.

14. Oklahoma (-11) losing heisman winning qb sam bradford hurt them. playing without all american te jermaine gresham hurts. losing to byu= hurts worse. what about those two 1000yd rushers they returned? hmm...i guess that offensive line is worse than people thought. i mean they D held up pretty well against byu
13. BYU(+10) well the cougars pulled the upset of the week, granted they had a lot of things in their favor, but they still got the W and should be proud of that. the schedule sets up nicely if they can keep getting things to go their way...they only scored 14 pts, but thats all they needed to score. i would imagine that against a lesser D they will put up more.
12. Georgia Tech(+2) ok they beat jacksonville state. potential heisman dark horse and reining acc offensive player of the year jonathan dwyer carried for 74 yds and a td- on his first carry of the year. look for the yellow jackets to make some noise again this year.
11. Virginia Tech (-6) eh..so they lost. and thus their chance of playing for it all, but these guys are still good, and should still probably win the acc. bama was just better than expected.
10. Boise State (+3) props to boise for playing a tough team and beating them to start the season. game was horawful to watch, but they got the win and the their de got knocked out. another bcs busting season could be in the works thanks to another game that i missed. (and i didnt see you picking any games so i dont want to hear it)
9. Ohio State (-1) really? navy? a failed two point conversion cost the middies the win. and you mean to tell me that they are gonna be able to rally and beat usc next week? usc wont let the suckeyes score 31. and yet another big game loss for jim tressell and the boys.
8. Penn State (+4) i mean they beat akron pretty bad, but really jumped because of teams like oregon and oklahoma moving down. and i think that they are better than ohio state.
7. Oklahoma State (+2) credit the cowboys for beating the dogs. now they just need to keep doing it. but a high ranking means high expectations. they need to win these type of games if they are gonna ever do any national damage. granted georgia was without king and cox, but they seemed to shut down aj green. bryant and robinson played well enough to win. but they will need more than 24 in the big 12...
6. Alabama(+5) i was not impressed with the qb play of mcelroy or julio jones, but i was impressed with guys like upchurch and ingrham who ran the crap out of the ball. and their D is very very good. im not sure if it will be enough to get to the seccg, but they are going to be strong again. linebackers are the best in the nation.
5. LSU(+2) they didnt really run the ball like lsu normally does, they didnt really throw the ball all that well, but they won. on the road. too bad it was at washington. but west coast trip and win is a good thing. based on what i saw this weekend they will be the 3rd best team in the west...
4. Ole Miss(+1) a very shaky start lead to a blow out win thanks to 4 tds in the 4th qtr. jevan snead hurt his heisman hopes by not putting up stellar numbers, but the rebels had a very balanced attack. 175 rushing 174 passing. do it all mccluster had 100yds and 2 tds.
3. USC (+1) san jose state had the a 3 pt lead. too bad thats all they scored. true freshman matt barkley had 230 yds passing. super back joe mcknight had 180 total yards. i think that they could set themselves apart by going into the shoe and getting another big win. D is good enough to get the job done and they have enough talent at the skill positions to let barkley spread it around.
2. Texas(=) colt mccoy tossed for 300+yds and longhorns rolled. with the loss of sam bradford it appears that texas will run away with the big 12 and thus adding to the pressure of texas vs florida for it all.
1. Florida(=) i mean i dont even know why i have to explain this pick. tebow was good early and then exited. demps, rainey and moody ran well. cooper and hernandez played well. the D only gave up 3 pts. offense scored 62. go gators.