I agree. I think you could honestly make the argument that Oklahoma "appeared" the best at the end of the season. (Not withstanding that we are probably favored.) When you look at our one loss, it was a pretty bad loss given that it was to a second-tier team and at home. Oklahoma's loss was to what some reasonable people would argue that was then to be #1 and might be the team Florida should be playing in the NC game.
I would point out, however, that SOS sometimes does vote for DUKE in his last place vote. Jerry From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gatornet Admin Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2008 8:48 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [gatortalk] Re: Coaches' Ballots My point is exactly that. Forget Steve for a second. Why do some coaches play with their vote and vote for friends, likable guys, alma mater, etc? I mean, if they considered the facts (or stats), looked at the comparison of playing in the Big12 as opposed to playing in the SEC, margin of victory, etc, and then REALLY thought that Okie deserved to be #1, then fine. But, to vote Okie #1 simply because Stoops is a golfing buddy, a former hire, a nice guy, or just deserving, is just bull. Before anyone gets the notion I have a problem with being #2, let me assure you I don't. I just feel that education is a marvelous thing, when utilized. Randy ----- Original Message ----- From: A. Leon Polhill <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2008 8:21 AM Subject: [gatortalk] Re: Coaches' Ballots SOS is VERY loyal to his friends. Stoops was a Spurrier hire and led the defense to our first national championship in 1996. He's also loyal to his alma mater. I think he is going to loose on this picking order, however. UF is going to beat Oklahoma. A. Leon Polhill FlaNative1845 330 NW 45th Street Gainesville, FL 32607 (352) 367-4642 -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gatornet Admin Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2008 7:58 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [gatortalk] Re: Coaches' Ballots That's what I figure, too. It's a shame that some will vote with their hearts instead of their head. Randy ----- Original Message ----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, December 08, 2008 11:10 PM Subject: [gatortalk] Re: Coaches' Ballots SOS is so friggin sore over the beating he took from Urban, he couldn't vote us #1...ridiculous! On Mon, Dec 8, 2008 at 4:44 PM, Bill Hileman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Well duh... they're golfing buddies! Urban should take up golf and make sure to throw a round or two with Steve. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Steve McKibben Sent: Monday, December 08, 2008 4:33 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [gatortalk] Re: Coaches' Ballots Importance: Low Spurrier was the only SEC coach that didn't vote us #1 - he had "Stoopsie" above us... --- On Mon, 12/8/08, Gatornet Admin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Also, where were Saban's votes? > > There were several of them which didn't make sense. Now, I can understand > Booby voting us #2 instead of #1 cuz he hates us, but there were several > that voted us #3, including Mike Leach. He voted Texas Tech #2? Give me a > break! I thought the coaches voted with their heads, not their hearts. > > Randy > > > ----- Original Message ----- >> > >> >> The full ballots are found here: >> >> http://www.usatoday.com/sports/graphics/coaches_fb_poll_2008/flash.htm >> >> Some interesting info here. >> >> Urban put Bama ahead of Texas. Nice little cushion that translated >> into a couple extra BCS points. >> >> -Zeb <BR <BR --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
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