Last year I made a post about Shane Vereen's running against UC Davis. It was pretty illustrative and helped put to rest some fears that Vereen had regressed for his Junior year.

I thought I would do the same analysis for Isi Sofele's running game against Fresno State and hopefully it will help answer some concerns fans (such as myself) have had about him.

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As promised yesterday I’m going to try and describe the rules of cricket. I’ll try to provide some analogies but it’s probably not going to be perfect. There’s lots of text because I’m trying to simplify everything. Rishi helped proof read and suggested a few things so all praises to me and complaints to him!

And if you don't care (like Ragnarok), ignore the text below.

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2 inches of snow tonight in the Puget Sound area and people are freaking out.

This is what it looks like (click for higher res... for what that's worth):

I can understand why people freak out at even the littlest snowfall. I almost spun out of control when pulling out of the parking lot after work today. But my excuse is that this was the first time I had driven in the snow. And after the first mess I was fine. But as I was taking this photo I saw a guy rear end a parked car and then he nonchalantly drove (rather skidded) away. I tried yelling or noting down his license plate number but I was too far.

Vote on the final poll of the season. Results should be posted by Sunday or Monday.

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This is the last regular season poll. The next one will be in January after the bowl season has concluded.

1		Oregon (7)	--
2		Auburn (3)	--
3		Stanford	2
4		TCU	1
5		Wisconsin	1
6		Ohio State	--
7		Oklahoma	--
8		Arkansas	1
9		Boise State	1
10		Michigan State	2
11		Nevada	3
12		LSU	--
13		Oklahoma State	2
14		Alabama	1
15		Virginia Tech	2
16		Missouri	--
17		Nebraska	2
18		Texas A&M	--
19		West Virginia	3
20		Utah	1
21		South Carolina	2
22		Florida State	2
23		Mississippi State	2
24		Hawaii	4
25		Arizona	2

Others receiving votes:
Connecticut, Iowa, North Carolina State, Central Florida, Miami (Ohio), Southern California, Miami (Fla.), Maryland

Dropped out this week: Iowa

Biggest Difference from the AP Poll: Arizona +13, Michigan State -3, Virginia Tech -3, Oklahoma State +3, West Virginia +3

Biggest Difference from the BCS Poll: Nevada +4, Missouri -4, UCF -4, West virginia +3, Arizona UNR

The most glaring thing is that a week after most of us (including yours truly) somehow voted for Iowa, we all voted for Arizona (not including yours truly). The very same Arizona that lost to ASU by missed XPs. And in fact some folks still voted for Iowa though not enough to keep them in the poll. Other than Stanford [sic] overtook TCU and Wisconsin to take the #3 spot. Otherwise it's about the same as last week. Interestingly most of the top-10 is very similar to the actual BCS poll, proving that CGB is a computer.

The Biggest Sunshine Pumper Award goes to...

... NO ONE, because apparently everyone thinks Cal sucks!

This award was presented to the user(s) who loved Cal the most out of everyone who voted this week and had copious amounts of sunshine pumping

:(

The OMG Cal Sux Award goes to...

... Ursa Major, Takimoto, atomsareenough, SkyOverEverything, Missing Barry, Berkelium97, iwanttheAXE, jabberwoky, Rishi, and royrules22, all of whom did not vote for Cal!

This award was presented to the user(s) who held a glass half-empty look at Cal

*sniff*

The Five Most Confusing Teams Were...

1. Arizona
2. Hawaii
3. Mississippi State
4. Utah
5. Michigan State

Most people had the most trouble figuring out where these five teams belonged. This list is limited to teams that are in the top-25 only.

Let's see here... Only three voters voted for Arizona but two of those votes were for #23. Guess that was enough for Arizona to barely edge out UConn. Seven voters voted for Hawaii but it ranged from #21-#24.

The Five Least Confusing Teams Were...

1. Oregon
2. Nebraska
3. Arkansas
4. Auburn
5. Ohio State

Most people were generally on the same page when it came to these teams. This list is limited to teams that are in the top-25 only otherwise all the crappy teams would top this list.

Seven out ten folks picked Oregon as the #1 team and the three that didn't picked Oregon as #2. That's pretty consistent. Everyone picked Nebraska between 16-17 with two votes each on either side.

The Five Most Divergent Voters Were...

1. Missing Barry
2. iwanttheAXE
3. Berkelium97
4. Rishi
5. royrules22

This award was given to the five voters whose poll differed most from the overall Top 25.

Naturally Missing Barry claims the crown again with votes for Stanford at #2, Boise at #3, Auburn at #5, VT at #9, Wisconsin at #12 (he went an entire season by underrating Wisconsin), Michigan State at #20 and Miami (Fla.) at #25. iwanttheAXE had Stanford at #7, VT at #10, Texas A&M at #14 and LSU at #15.

The Five Least Divergent Voters Were...

1. Takimoto
2. Ursa Major
3. jabberwoky
4. atomsareenough
5. SkyOverEverything

This award was given to the five voters whose poll differed the least from the overall Top 25.

Takimoto captures first place by remaining scarily consistent with the final poll. His main differences were Ohio State at #8, UConn at #24 and Miami (Ohio) at #24 (huh?).

See you in 2011!

Now that Cal's not playing anymore I keep forgetting about putting the poll up on time...

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1		Oregon (9)	--
2		Auburn	2
3		TCU	--
4		Wisconsin	3
5		Stanford	--
6		Ohio State	--
7		Oklahoma	4
8		Michigan State	4
9		Arkansas	4
10		Boise State	8
11		Oklahoma State	3
12		LSU	3
13		Alabama	3
14		Nevada	3
15		Nebraska	1
16		Missouri	2
17		Virginia Tech	2
18		Texas A&M	1
19		South Carolina	1
20		Florida State	--
21		Utah	--
22		West Virginia	12
23		Arizona	1
24		Iowa	1
25		Mississippi State	2

Others receiving votes:
Northern Illinois, San Diego State, Hawaii, North Carolina State, Northwestern, Notre Dame, Maryland, Tulsa

Dropped out this week: San Diego State, North Carolina State

Biggest Difference from the AP Poll: Iowa +11, Oklahoma State +5, Virginia Tech -5, Alabama +4, Oklahoma +3, Arizona +3, Mississippi State -3, Hawaii -3

Biggest Difference from the BCS Poll: Missouri -4, Oklahoma State +3, Alabama +3, Nevada +3, Mississippi State -3, Iowa UNR

Wild swings all over the middle and the bottom of the poll make the CGB poll inconsistent with the AP and BCS poll (for example we continue to rate Iowa when no one else does and we underrate Missouri and Virginia Tech and so on). But the top is the similar (though Auburn is #1 in the BCS). The only difference is that we'd rather not see the Furd get a guaranteed BCS bowl spot so Wisconsin overtakes them.

The Biggest Sunshine Pumper Award goes to...

... NO ONE, because apparently everyone thinks Cal sucks!

This award was presented to the user(s) who loved Cal the most out of everyone who voted this week and had copious amounts of sunshine pumping

Well no ****.

The OMG Cal Sux Award goes to...

... johnnycougar, Ohio Bear, Berkelium97, Takimoto, SkyOverEverything, atomsareenough, Ursa Major, iwanttheAXE, and royrules22, all of whom did not vote for Cal!

This award was presented to the user(s) who held a glass half-empty look at Cal

See above

The Five Most Confusing Teams Were...

1. Mississippi State
2. Iowa
3. West Virginia
4. Arizona
5. Utah

Most people had the most trouble figuring out where these five teams belonged. This list is limited to teams that are in the top-25 only.

Mississippi State barely edges out Iowa by a fraction of a point here. Only four out of five people voted for Mississippi State but the and the votes ranged from 21-24. The same number of people voted for Iowa but the range was one smaller.

The Five Least Confusing Teams Were...

1. Oregon
2. Ohio State
3. Wisconsin
4. Texas A&M
5. Florida State

Most people were generally on the same page when it came to these teams. This list is limited to teams that are in the top-25 only otherwise all the crappy teams would top this list.

Obviously Oregon wins since all voters picked Oregon as #1 (I think this might be a first for the CGB poll in its two year existence). Seven out of nine voters picked Ohio State at #6 and the other two picked OSU at #7 and #9. It wasn't as unanimous as the Oregon pick but it was close.

The Five Most Divergent Voters Were...

1. johnnycougar
2. SkyOverEverything
3. Berkelium97
4. atomsareenough
5. iwanttheAXE

This award was given to the five voters whose poll differed most from the overall Top 25.

Johnnycougar wins the Divergent award for votes such as Stanford at #3, TCU at #5, Alabama at #6, San Diego State at #23, Northwestern at #24 and Notre Dame at #25. I'm not disagreeing with your votes but just pointing out that it's divergent. SkyOverEverything (I like your name) comes in second with Stanford at #3, TCU at #, Arkansas at #13, North Carolina State at #23 and San Diego State at #25.

The Five Least Divergent Voters Were...

1. Ursa Major
2. royrules22
3. Ohio Bear
4. Takimoto
5. iwanttheAXE

This award was given to the five voters whose poll differed the least from the overall Top 25.

First of all congratulations to iwanttheAXE (so do I :|) for winning the Owen "I go both ways" Marecic award! As for Ursa Major his major difference was Hawaii at #24 and Tulsa at #25.

That's the end of Cal's season but unfortunately there is still a lot more football to go for the rest of the teams.

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1		Oregon (8)	--
2		Boise State (1)	1
3		TCU (1)	1
4		Auburn	2
5		Stanford	--
6		Ohio State	--
7		Wisconsin	2
8		Oklahoma State	2
9		LSU	2
10		Alabama	1
11		Oklahoma	2
12		Michigan State	--
13		Arkansas	2
14		Missouri	--
15		Virginia Tech	1
16		Nebraska	8
17		Nevada	1
18		South Carolina	1
19		Texas A&M	4
20		Florida State	5
21		Utah	1
22		Arizona	1
23		Iowa	4
24		North Carolina State	16
25		San Diego State	6

Others receiving votes:
Miami (Fla.), Mississippi State, Florida, Northern Illinois, Southern California, Hawaii, Notre Dame, Navy, West Virginia, Arizona State, Fresno State, Oregon State, California, Ohio

Dropped out this week: Mississippi State, Southern California

Biggest Difference from the AP Poll: San Diego State +14, Oklahoma +3, LSU -3, North Carolina State -3

Biggest Difference from the BCS Poll: LSU -4, San Diego State UNR

CGB must be made of computers since we are remarkably similar to the BCS computer poll (with the difference being that we're down on LSU and bullish on SDSU). NCSU, SDSU (despite a loss), Florida St (sorry for the issues in voting - I counted it all), and Texas A&M came away with the best performance while Nebraska and Iowa fell after defeats. Other than that it was more of the same. Boise and TCU jump over Auburn who falls out of the CGB National Championship game.

The Biggest Sunshine Pumper Award goes to...

... Missing Barry who voted for Cal as #25!

This award was presented to the user(s) who loved Cal the most out of everyone who voted this week and had copious amounts of sunshine pumping

The loss of the Axe in a humiliating home blow out doesn't faze Missing Barry...

The OMG Cal Sux Award goes to...

... atomsareenough, Takimoto, Rated-R Superstar, Ursa Major, 4ever golden, JShufelt, Ravenous Ute, Berkelium97, and royrules22, all of whom did not vote for Cal!

This award was presented to the user(s) who held a glass half-empty look at Cal

... but it does to the rest of us.

The Five Most Confusing Teams Were...

1. San Diego State
2. Florida State
3. North Carolina State
4. Iowa
5. Utah

Most people had the most trouble figuring out where these five teams belonged. This list is limited to teams that are in the top-25 only.

Only three folks out of 10 voted for San Diego State and two of the voters picked them at #25 and #23. But what really makes it divergent is the #16 vote by a fellow Utah fan... I wonder... Florida State wasn't really divergent except for the fact that three folks didn't vote for them while others put them in the 20s.

The Five Least Confusing Teams Were...

1. Boise State
2. Oregon
3. Stanford
4. TCU
5. Nebraska

Most people were generally on the same page when it came to these teams. This list is limited to teams that are in the top-25 only otherwise all the crappy teams would top this list.

Boise State had mostly #2 and #3 votes except for a single #4 vote by yours truly and a #1 vote by our resident Duck. Oregon was #1 by everyone except our resident Ute (who had them at #2) and Duck (#4 which skewed the divergence a little).

The Five Most Divergent Voters Were...

1. Missing Barry
2. JShufelt
3. Ravenous Ute
4. 4ever golden
5. Takimoto

This award was given to the five voters whose poll differed most from the overall Top 25.

Missing Barry claims his usual spot with his votes for Auburn at #7, VT at #10, 'Zona at #11, Wisconsin at #15, LSU at #18, ASU at #23, Oregon St at #24 and Cal at #25. JShuflet had in his ballot Ohio St at #3, Oregon at #4, Okla St at #4, Okla at #5, Auburn at #8, LSU at #13, Wisconsin at #15 and Notre Dame (!!) at #23.

The Five Least Divergent Voters Were...

1. Ursa Major
2. Rated-R Superstar
3. atomsareenough
4. Berkelium97
5. royrules22

This award was given to the five voters whose poll differed the least from the overall Top 25.

Hey I didn't win this! The biggest difference(s) with Ursa Major's ballot and the final results were Ohio St at #10 and Mizzou at #17. Otherwise he was pretty close to the final one.

By trying to put the Big Game out of my mind I kind of forgot about putting this week's poll up. Oh well here it is. Go vote.

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1		Oregon (6)	--
2		Auburn (2)	2
3		Boise State (1)	--
4		TCU	2
5		Stanford	--
6		Ohio State	2
7		LSU	2
8		Nebraska	2
9		Wisconsin	2
10		Oklahoma State	--
11		Alabama	3
12		Michigan State	--
13		Oklahoma	3
14		Missouri	3
15		Arkansas	3
16		Virginia Tech	4
17		South Carolina	5
18		Nevada	1
19		Iowa	6
20		Southern California	7
21		Arizona	6
22		Utah	11
23		Texas A&M	6
24		Mississippi State	1
25		Florida State	1

Others receiving votes:
Miami (Fla.), Oregon State, Florida, Syracuse, Northwestern, San Diego State, California, Air Force, Pittsburgh, Brigham Young, Temple, Arizona State, Hawaii

Dropped out this week: Florida, California, Oregon State

Biggest Difference from the AP Poll: Texas A&M -5, Oklahoma +3, Utah +3, Wisconsin -3

Biggest Difference from the BCS Poll: Texas A&M -4, Ohio State +3, Mississippi State -3, Southern California UNR

I think this might be the first time that the poll is very similar to the official polls (at least the AP and BCS ones). The biggest difference might be our aversion to Texas A&M. Oregon remains #1 but Auburn jumps both the non-AQ teams to the #2 team in the country. Iowa, Arizona and Utah all fall hard thanks to embarrassing defeats (Northwestern, USC and Notre Dame respectively). I'm surprised that Utah didn't fall more to be honest.

The Biggest Sunshine Pumper Award goes to...

... Missing Barry who voted for Cal as #21!

This award was presented to the user(s) who loved Cal the most out of everyone who voted this week and had copious amounts of sunshine pumping

At least you didn't vote for Cal as #1.

The OMG Cal Sux Award goes to...

... Berkelium97, Ursa Major, Maisbikkja, Ravenous Ute, Takimoto, atomsareenough, JShufelt, and royrules22, all of whom did not vote for Cal!

This award was presented to the user(s) who held a glass half-empty look at Cal

That's everyone else...

The Five Most Confusing Teams Were...

1. Florida State
2. Mississippi State
3. Utah
4. Arizona
5. Southern California

Most people had the most trouble figuring out where these five teams belonged. This list is limited to teams that are in the top-25 only.

Let's see here... Only four folks voted for Florida State and of those three voted for FSU between 22 and 24 and the fourth voted for FSU at #18. That's divergent all right. Five voters voted for MSU and of those four voted for MSU between 21-23 and the fifth voted for MSU at #17. Not as divergent as Florida State but close.

The Five Least Confusing Teams Were...

1. Oregon
2. Boise State
3. TCU
4. LSU
5. Stanford

Most people were generally on the same page when it came to these teams. This list is limited to teams that are in the top-25 only otherwise all the crappy teams would top this list.

Six out of nine voters chose Oregon at #1 while all except JShufelt picked them at #2 (Shufelt picked Oregon at #4). Boise State ranged between 1-4 with most votes at #4.

The Five Most Divergent Voters Were...

1. JShufelt
2. Missing Barry
3. Ravenous Ute
4. Maisbikkja
5. Berkelium97

This award was given to the five voters whose poll differed most from the overall Top 25.

JShufelt and his computer poll takes the top spot here with votes for Ohio St at #3, Oregon at #4, 'Bama at #5, Oklahoma St at #6, Florida at #20, and Hawaii at #25 among others. As for Missing Barry he had in his poll (click to read his explanation) 'Bama at #5, Auburn at #6, USC at #11, Miami at #17, Cal at #21 and ASU at #25. This was a close battle between JShufelt and Missing Barry.

The Five Least Divergent Voters Were...

1. royrules22
2. Ursa Major
3. Takimoto
4. atomsareenough
5. Berkelium97

This award was given to the five voters whose poll differed the least from the overall Top 25.

Berkelium wins the Owen Marecic award for being both divergent and not divergent. We need more than 9 voters. I'm least divergent again? My biggest difference was putting Texas A&M at #19 and Arizona at #25.

Frustrating weekend for our Bears, but how does that (a|e)ffect the poll? Do we drop the Ducks for not comprehensively winning? Etc etc.

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1		Oregon (6)	--
2		TCU (1)	1
3		Boise State (1)	1
4		Auburn	--
5		Stanford	2
6		Nebraska	2
7		Wisconsin	6
8		Ohio State	1
9		LSU	8
10		Oklahoma State	6
11		Utah	6
12		Michigan State	3
13		Iowa	1
14		Alabama	8
15		Arizona	3
16		Oklahoma	6
17		Missouri	6
18		Arkansas	1
19		Nevada	4
20		Virginia Tech	2
21		Oregon State	--
22		South Carolina	4
23		Mississippi State	4
24		California (1)	16
25		Florida	3

Others receiving votes:
Florida State, Southern California, San Diego State, Texas A&M, Fresno State, Central Florida, North Carolina State, Air Force, Navy, Kansas State, Brigham Young, Pittsburgh, Temple, Hawaii

Dropped out this week: North Carolina State, USC, Florida State

Biggest Difference from the AP Poll: Oregon State +19, California +16, Mississippi State -6, Texas A&M -6, UCF -6, Utah +4, LSU -4, Arkansas -4, Virginia Tech -4

Biggest Difference from the BCS Poll: Kansas St -11, LSU -4, Mississippi State -4, Texas A&M -4, California UNR, Oregon State UNR

What a weird poll. I had a tough time deciding the bottom half of the poll and it really is a crapshoot. TCU jumps up to #2 thanks to the obliteration of Utah (who drops out of the top-10) while Wisconsin, LSU and Oklahoma State all gain thanks to Alabama, Missouri and Oklahoma's losses. Cal somehow gets a #1 vote and Oregon State doesn't move despite getting beaten by UCLA.

The Biggest Sunshine Pumper Award goes to...

... where the hell is baylor? who voted for Cal as #1!

This award was presented to the user(s) who loved Cal the most out of everyone who voted this week and had copious amounts of sunshine pumping

This is Rocksanddirt by the way. All I have to say is... WHY?!

The OMG Cal Sux Award goes to...

... 4ever golden, Berkelium97, atomsareenough, Takimoto, Ursa Major, JSHufelt, Ravenous Ute, and royrules22, all of whom did not vote for Cal!

This award was presented to the user(s) who held a glass half-empty look at Cal

Barely beating Washington State is no reason to vote for Cal according to the rest.

The Five Most Confusing Teams Were...

1. Florida
2. Oregon State
3. Mississippi State
4. South Carolina
5. Virginia Tech

Most people had the most trouble figuring out where these five teams belonged. This list is limited to teams that are in the top-25 only.

Four folks voted for Florida in at #25 while four others did not vote for Florida at all. But one vote for Florida at #13 completely threw the divergence off scale and thus Florida ends up as the most confusing team. Three folks voted for Oregon St (between #19-#23) and four did not. But the one vote was in at #3 (Pac-10 homer...) and making it divergent.

The Five Least Confusing Teams Were...

1. California
2. Oregon
3. Stanford
4. Boise State
5. Iowa

Most people were generally on the same page when it came to these teams. This list is limited to teams that are in the top-25 only otherwise all the crappy teams would top this list.

Oregon would've taken the crown here but one vote at #3 and two at #2 is ever so slightly more divergent than eight out of nine folks *not* voting for Cal. This doesn't make a whole lot of sense with just nine voters.

The Five Most Divergent Voters Were...

1. where the hell is baylor?
2. JSHufelt
3. Ravenous Ute
4. 4ever golden
5. atomsareenough

This award was given to the five voters whose poll differed most from the overall Top 25.

where the hell is baylor? Rocksanddirt comes up with a decidedly odd ballot. Cal #1, Oregon St #3, Furd #4, Arizona #5, Boise #7, TCU #8, Auburn #10, Navy #23, BYU #25 among other crazy choices. JShufelt on the other hand had Boise at #1, Ohio St at #4, Oklahoma St at #5, Alabama at #6, Auburn at #7, Florida at #13, LSU at #16, and so on.

The Five Least Divergent Voters Were...

1. Berkelium97
2. royrules22
3. Ursa Major
4. Takimoto
5. atomsareenough

This award was given to the five voters whose poll differed the least from the overall Top 25.

atoms once again is the middle of the pack and gets fifth place in both awards! Congrats! Berkelium's biggest changes were Alabama at #10 and Stanfurd at #8.

The top-3 are undefeated but what about the others? Will TCU jump to the top-2? How does the rest of top-10 look? We'll find out.

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1		Oregon (8)	--
2		Boise State (1)	--
3		TCU	1
4		Auburn	1
5		Utah	1
6		Alabama	1
7		Stanford	4
8		Nebraska	4
9		Ohio State	1
10		Oklahoma	1
11		Missouri	6
12		Arizona	3
13		Wisconsin	--
14		Iowa	4
15		Michigan State	7
16		Oklahoma State	1
17		LSU	3
18		South Carolina	1
19		Arkansas	2
20		Florida State	4
21		Oregon State	3
22		Virginia Tech	1
23		Nevada	1
24		Southern California	4
25		North Carolina State	8

Others receiving votes:
Baylor, Mississippi State, Florida, Hawaii, San Diego State, Northwestern, Pittsburgh

Dropped out this week: California

Biggest Difference from the AP Poll: Oregon State +7, USC +6, Mississippi St -6, Wisconsin -6, LSU -5, Florida St +4, Baylor -4

Biggest Difference from the BCS Poll: LSU -7, Mississippi State -7, Stanford +6, Baylor -5, Florida State +4, Wisconsin -4, Oregon State UNR, Southern California UNR

Shakeups as both Mizzou and Michigan State come tumbling out of the top ten (thanks to their thumpings by Nebraska and Iowa respectively) while Nebraska and Stanford [sic] take advantage and jump in. Other than that there's not many other big changes outside of NC State replacing Cal. Surprisingly Baylor is still not in the poll despite a 7-2 record. Wonder what it will take for CGB to push Baylor into the poll?

The Biggest Sunshine Pumper Award goes to...

... NO ONE, because apparently everyone thinks Cal sucks!

This award was presented to the user(s) who loved Cal the most out of everyone who voted this week and had copious amounts of sunshine pumping

No surprise here. I do think that this is the first week without a single vote for Cal.

The OMG Cal Sux Award goes to...

... Rated-R Superstar, Missing Barry, atomsareenough, JShufelt, 4ever golden, Berkelium97, Ursa Major, Ravenous Ute, and royrules22, all of whom did not vote for Cal!

This award was presented to the user(s) who held a glass half-empty look at Cal

That's all the voters.

The Five Most Confusing Teams Were...

1. North Carolina State
2. Southern California
3. Nevada
4. Oregon State
5. Florida State

Most people had the most trouble figuring out where these five teams belonged. This list is limited to teams that are in the top-25 only.

Let's see here. Five out of nine voters ranked NC State anywhere from 23 to 25 while the other four didn't vote for them. Only four voted for USC but it averaged around #20 while the other five didn't vote for USC.

The Five Least Confusing Teams Were...

1. TCU
2. Boise State
3. Oregon
4. Virginia Tech
5. Iowa

Most people were generally on the same page when it came to these teams. This list is limited to teams that are in the top-25 only otherwise all the crappy teams would top this list.

Most folks put TCU in at #3 with an occasional vote at #2 or #4. Despite eight out of nine voters picking Oregon as #1 it wasn't the most confusing because JShufelt - of all people - picked the Ducks at #5.

The Five Most Divergent Voters Were...

1. JShufelt
2. Missing Barry
3. Ravenous Ute
4. Rated-R Superstar
5. 4ever golden

This award was given to the five voters whose poll differed most from the overall Top 25.

Missing Barry misses out again (see what I did there?). JShufelt had Boise at #1, Ohio St at #4, Oregon at #5, Utah at #8, Furd at #11, Florida at #16, Hawaii at #22 and no ranking of Wisconsin. Here's his explanation over at ATQ. Missing Barry had 'Bama at #3, Furd at #4, Utah at #11, Florida St at #13, Oregon St at #14, Mich St at #22, Wisconsin at #23 and Pitt at #25 (huh?).

The Five Least Divergent Voters Were...

1. atomsareenough
2. Ursa Major
3. Berkelium97
4. royrules22
5. 4ever golden

This award was given to the five voters whose poll differed the least from the overall Top 25.

I didn't win this! Yay! atoms comes in at first with the his biggest differences being Wisconsin at #8, Iowa behind Mich St and Nevada at #20. Ursa Major comes in at two with his biggest differences being Ohio St at #16, Nevada at 20 and Miss St at #25.

I'm in the camp that most of our offensive struggles are due to the lackluster offensive line play and the buck for this mostly stops at our offensive line coach, Steve Marshall. I think this season we see a lot of changes in the coaching ranks and I think (note the emphasis) the first person to go must be Steve Marshall. But this begs the question of who is best fit to replace him? Tedford could hire a NFL re-tread (though that hasn't worked out well for him), an out of job college coach, bring back one of his excellent linemen from the earlier era or poach a coach from a currently high performing team. In my opinion the best bet would be to go for the latter strategy: steal a coach!

In this post I'll try to see which teams currently have high performing OL coaches and how much they are currently being paid. It's mostly filled with my ramblings because this was at one point just a DBD comment, so that said here we go...

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Yet another Cal loss. Let's ignore that and vote for the other winning teams

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1		Oregon (8)	--
2		Boise State (2)	--
3		Auburn (2)	1
4		TCU	1
5		Michigan State	2
6		Utah	3
7		Missouri	5
8		Alabama	2
9		Oklahoma	4
10		Ohio State	1
11		Stanford	1
12		Wisconsin	3
13		Nebraska	--
14		LSU	6
15		Arizona	2
16		Oklahoma State	2
17		Florida State	1
18		Iowa	2
19		South Carolina	--
20		Southern California	1
21		Arkansas	1
22		Nevada	2
23		Oregon State	2
24		Virginia Tech	1
25		California (1)	15

Others receiving votes:
Miami (Fla.), West Virginia, Baylor, Mississippi State, Florida, San Diego State, Syracuse, North Carolina, Air Force, Washington State, Georgia, Northwestern, Iowa State

Dropped out this week: West Virginia

Biggest Difference from the AP Poll: California +15, Oregon State +10, Mississippi St -6, Oklahoma ST +4, Southern California +4, Nevada +4, Miami (Fla.) -4

Biggest Difference from the BCS Poll: Mississippi St -8, Miami (Fla.) -4, Baylor -3, Southern California UNR, Oregon State UNR, California UNR

The striking thing here is that we're remarkably close to the AP and BCS poll in the top half. It's just when we get to the last five or so that it diverges wildly. CGB is content to stick with USC, Cal, Oregon St and Nevada while ignoring Miami, Baylor and Mississippi St. In other news, Missouri and Auburn are the biggest winners while Oklahoma drops a little and LSU plummets down the poll. West Virginia still received votes despite losing to Syracuse, however it was not enough to crack the Top-25.

The Biggest Sunshine Pumper Award goes to...

... rocksanddirt who voted for Cal as #1!

This award was presented to the user(s) who loved Cal the most out of everyone who voted this week and had copious amounts of sunshine pumping

Really?!

The OMG Cal Sux Award goes to...

... 4Ever Golden, operbear, JShufelt, hugoschwyzer, atomsareenough, Berkelium97, Takimoto, Rated-R Superstar, beastmode, Ravenous Ute, and royrules22, all of whom did not vote for Cal!

This award was presented to the user(s) who held a glass half-empty look at Cal

Dropping half a century on a zombie led ASU isn't enough for this group.

The Five Most Confusing Teams Were...

1. Oregon State
2. Southern California
3. Virginia Tech
4. Arkansas
5. California

Most people had the most trouble figuring out where these five teams belonged. This list is limited to teams that are in the top-25 only.

Oregon State usually fluctuated between 24 and no rank with an exceptional #18 vote. What really threw off the curve is a vote for OSU at #4. USC similarly was normal in divergence except for a #5 vote. I wonder if this person will win the most divergent award (spoiler: he does).

The Five Least Confusing Teams Were...

1. TCU
2. Utah
3. Iowa
4. Florida State
5. Boise State

Most people were generally on the same page when it came to these teams. This list is limited to teams that are in the top-25 only otherwise all the crappy teams would top this list.

TCU was solid at #4 with an occasional vote at #3 or #6. Even our Mr. Divergent put TCU at a not too divergent #8. Utah was mostly in the 6-10 range with one vote at #4 (guess who?) to make it a little bit more divergent than TCU.

The Five Most Divergent Voters Were...

1. rocksanddirt
2. JShufelt
3. Berkelium97
4. Ravenous Ute
5. beastmode

This avard was given to the five voters whose poll differed most from the overall Top 25.

rocksanddirt completely rocked the boat with Cal at #1, Zona at #2, Furd at #3, OSU at #4, USC at #5, Oregon at #6, Boise at #9, Auburn at #10, Mich St at #13, Mizzou at #15 and so on. As for JShuflet I'll just link you to his poll and his rationale. It's worth reading.

The Five Least Divergent Voters Were...

1. royrules22
2. operbear
3. npyoung35
4. hugoschwyzer
5. atomsareenough

This avard was given to the five voters whose poll differed the least from the overall Top 25.

How the hell do I keep winning this thing!? My biggest change (i.e. more than a 2 spot differential) is LSU at #14 instead of #10. operbear had LSU at #8 and WVU at #22 and finished as second most divergent.

I look forward to some interesting shakeups this week after a very weird Saturday

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Not much enthusiasm this week but here we go.

1		Oregon (9)	--
2		Boise State (2)	--
3		TCU	2
4		Auburn (1)	5
5		Oklahoma	1
6		Alabama	1
7		Michigan State	7
8		LSU	3
9		Utah	1
10		Stanford	3
11		Ohio State	7
12		Missouri	7
13		Nebraska	10
14		Oklahoma State	6
15		Wisconsin	10
16		Iowa	2
17		Arizona	2
18		Florida State	1
19		South Carolina	9
20		Arkansas	4
21		Southern California	9
22		West Virginia	11
23		Virginia Tech	8
24		Nevada	12
25		Oregon State	2

Others receiving votes:
Miami (Fla.), North Carolina State, Florida, Mississippi State, Air Force, North Carolina, Arizona State, Texas, Northwestern, Kansas State, San Diego State, Washington, Hawaii, Fresno State, California, Wyoming, Washington State

Dropped out this week: Air Force, Florida, California

Biggest Difference from the AP Poll: Texas -11, Oregon State +9, Missouri +6, Southern California +5, Wisconsin -5, Mississippi St -5, Nevada +4

Biggest Difference from the BCS Poll: Texas -14, Kansas St -13, Mississippi St -5, Oklahoma -4, Southern California UNR, Oregon State UNR, Nevada UNR

Shake-ups abound as Upset Saturday (because I sure as hell was upset) passed us by. Oregon is for all practical purposes our #1 team in the country according to everyone but the BCS computers. Auburn, Michigan State and LSU use Ohio State, Nebraska and South Carolina's misfortune to leap into the top 10. This of course leads us to Alabama jumping up a spot (because a team that they lost comprehensively to lost to a subpar team... college football is weird) and Texas still being unrated. Other benefactors were Missouri, USC, West Virginia and Wisconsin. Our poor Cal Bears fall into the list of also-rans. And WTF is up with that WSU vote (*cough*4ever golden*cough*)?

The Biggest Sunshine Pumper Award goes to...

... Missing Barry who voted for Cal as #25!

This award was presented to the user(s) who loved Cal the most out of everyone who voted this week and had copious amounts of sunshine pumping

All I can ask is... why‽

The OMG Cal Sux Award goes to...

... Ursa Major, atomsareenough, Takimoto, Rated-R Superstar, JShufelt, troatie, 4ever golden, Ravenous Ute, Norcalnick, Berkelium97, and royrules22, all of whom did not vote for Cal!

This award was presented to the user(s) who held a glass half-empty look at Cal

And the rest of the voters felt that Cal totally deserved being kicked out of the Top-25 for that dismal showing.

The Five Most Confusing Teams Were...

1. Nevada
2. Virginia Tech
3. West Virginia
4. Oregon State
5. Southern California

Most people had the most trouble figuring out where these five teams belonged. This list is limited to teams that are in the top-25 only.

Nevada lost to a Hawaii team (who BTW only got one vote for beating the previous #12 team) and ends up as our most confusing team this week. They had votes for #10, #13, #22-25 and no votes at all. A single #11 vote brought Virginia Tech to the second spot this week. Otherwise they were either ranked in the 20s or not ranked at all.

The Five Least Confusing Teams Were...

1. Boise State
2. TCU
3. Oregon
4. Alabama
5. Oklahoma

Most people were generally on the same page when it came to these teams. This list is limited to teams that are in the top-25 only otherwise all the crappy teams would top this list.

Boise was ranked from #1-#3 (mostly at #2) by all except one voter who decided that Boise was only worthy of a #6 spot. TCU on the other hand ranged between #2 and #7 though most folks picked them to be #3.

The Five Most Divergent Voters Were...

1. troatie
2. Missing Barry
3. JShufelt
4. Norcalnick
5. Ravenous Ute

This avard was given to the five voters whose poll differed most from the overall Top 25.

Missing Barry has been usurped by one of the weirdest ballots ever by troatie. He (She?) had Stanford [sic] at #4, USC at #7, Nevada at #10, Virginia Tech at #11, Oregon St at #12, Oklahoma at #14, LSU at #16, ASU at #17, Utah at #22 and so on... Care to explain your rationale? I'm curious. Missing Barry on the other hand had Missouri at #4, Stanford [sic] at #6, FSU at #8, USC at #13, Auburn at #14, LSU at #15, Miami at #17, Utah at #18, Michigan St at #22, no vote for Wisconsin and of course Cal at #25.

The Five Least Divergent Voters Were...

1. royrules22
2. Rated-R Superstar
3. Ursa Major
4. atomsareenough
5. 4ever golden

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How do I keep winning this damn award‽ My biggest difference was Missouri at #18 and Texas at #23. Rated-R Superstar had Iowa at #8, Wisconsin at #11, Missouri at #19 and Texas at #25.

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1		Oregon (8)	1
2		Boise State (4)	2
3		Nebraska	3
4		Ohio State	1
5		TCU	--
6		Oklahoma	3
7		Alabama	6
8		Utah	--
9		Auburn	1
10		South Carolina	10
11		LSU	2
12		Nevada	1
13		Stanford	1
14		Michigan State	5
15		Arizona	8
16		Arkansas	--
17		Florida State	5
18		Iowa	3
19		Missouri	6
20		Oklahoma State	4
21		California (2)	7
22		Florida	10
23		Oregon State	14
24		Air Force	1
25		Wisconsin	4

Others receiving votes:
Michigan, Miami (Fla.), North Carolina State, Arizona State, Southern California, Virginia Tech, Kansas State, West Virginia, North Carolina, San Jose State

Dropped out this week:
Michigan, Miami (Fla.)

Biggest Difference from AP Poll:
California +12, West Virginia -8, Nevada +7, Wisconsin -7, Arkansas -4, Utah +3, Ohio State -3, Iowa -3

Alabama falls but still remains above South Carolina who has the same record and won the head-to-head. This world makes no sense. But due to 'Bama's fall Oregon jumps to #1 and Ohio State falls one spot (huh?). Michigan and Miami both fall out of the poll thanks to the thumpings by FSU and Mich St both of whom rise a nice five spots. Arizona (and therefore Iowa) and Florida round out the other losers of the day. For some reason CGB once again forgets West Virginia while the AP Poll decides to not give even a single vote to Cal. And somebody voted for San Jose State.

... Rocksanddirt, and TwistNHook, all of whom voted for Cal as #1!

This award was presented to the user(s) who loved Cal the most out of everyone who voted this week and had copious amounts of sunshine pumping

Twist, just because you want to beat Missing Barry it doesn't mean you can go ahead and do ridiculous things. Think about juju! And what's your rationale Rocksanddirt, he who gave a pity vote to SJSU?

... onanevenplayingfield, Berkelium97, 4Ever Golden, Josie Becker, Ursa Major, and Rated-R Superstar, all of whom did not vote for Cal!

This award was presented to the user(s) who held a glass half-empty look at Cal

This list shrinks thanks to UCLA's epic incompetence.

1. California
2. Oregon State
3. Wisconsin
4. Florida
5. Oklahoma State

Most people had the most trouble figuring out where these five teams belonged. This list is limited to teams that are in the top-25 only.

Cal comes in at most confusing mainly because it was voted as the #1 team by some (*cough*) while not ranked by others at all. The rest of us kept it in the mid 20s (save of course Missing Barry who voted for Cal at #7). OSU is more interesting to look at due the votes for #7, #13, #18, #24 and no votes at all. That basically encompasses a large portion of the poll.

1. TCU
2. Oregon
3. Iowa
4. South Carolina
5. Nebraska

Most people were generally on the same page when it came to these teams. This list is limited to teams that are in the top-25 only otherwise all the crappy teams would top this list.

TCU was voted in from 2 (one vote) to 6 (also one vote). However the rest mostly voted between 4 and 5. JShufelt's vote for Oregon at 9 basically threw Oregon below TCU on this list (though by very little - by a decimal point). Funny how a Duck fan underrated Oregon. Iowa was rated between 16 and 22 except with one vote at #10.

1. Missing Barry
2. JShufelt
3. Rocksanddirt
4. TwistNHook
5. Ravenous Ute

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And our usual winner, Missing Barry, once again reclaims his spot. His votes included TCU at #2, LSU at #5, Cal at #7, Ohio St at #9, VT at #20, Auburn at #23, Oklahoma at #24 and Utah at #25. I'll just point you to his comments on his ballot instead of trying to deduce it myself. JShufelt's ballots included LSU at #2, Oregon at #9 (!), Bama at #5, South Carolina at #20, Oregon St at #13, Nevada at #23 (below Cal), and UNC at #24. Again his explanation. Rocksanddirt of course has his infamous Cal at #1 vote and SJSU at #25 along with Arizona at #4, Ohio St at #21, Boise at #22 and Bama at #23. Sorry Twist you're still not the most divergent.

1. royrules22
2. TrumanHugh
3. 4Ever Golden
4. Berkelium97
5. atomsareenough

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I'm stunned that I'm on this list. Stunned I tell you! My biggest difference is Nevada at #8 and Cal at #25. TrumanHugh was surprisingly similar with the biggest differences being South Carolina at #8, FSU at #14, Nevada at #15 and Air Force at #20.

A pretty damn good week for Cal fans. We blew the lid out of the baby bears from LA (the very same team that blew up Mack Kneepads Brown), USC and Furd proved they have no defense, and many teams go upset. Time to re-arrange your top 25!

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1		Alabama (12)	--
2		Oregon (3)	1
3		Ohio State	1
4		Boise State	--
5		TCU	--
6		Nebraska	--
7		Arizona	1
8		Utah	1
9		Oklahoma	1
10		Auburn	3
11		Nevada	5
12		Florida	3
13		LSU	2
14		Stanford	2
15		Iowa	2
16		Arkansas	2
17		Miami (Fla.)	1
18		Michigan	1
19		Michigan State	7
20		South Carolina	--
21		Wisconsin	6
22		Florida State	3
23		Air Force	7
24		Oklahoma State	8
25		Missouri	10

Others receiving votes:
Southern California, Kansas State, California, North Carolina State, Virginia Tech, Northwestern, Penn State, Texas, San Diego State, West Virginia, UCLA, Oregon State, Maryland, Temple

Dropped out this week:
Texas, North Carolina State, Penn State, Southern California

Biggest Difference from AP Poll:
Nevada +10, Arkansas -5, Miami (Fla.) -4, Oklahoma -3

Oregon leaps over Ohio State on the back of their pounding of the Furd (who slips 2 spots to 14) but it's still not enough to usurp Alabama as the #1 team in the country. Nevada continues its rise up the ladder (with us naturally liking Nevada a lot more than the AP voters) while Florida and Wisconsin continue their drop. A lot of changes at the bottom as 'SC, Texas, NC State and Penn St all drop out to provide room for Michigan State, Missouri, Air Force and Oklahoma State.

The Biggest Sunshine Pumper Award goes to...

... Missing Barry who voted for Cal as #16!

This award was presented to the user(s) who loved Cal the most out of everyone who voted this week and had copious amounts of sunshine pumping

He isn't alone as Twist voted for Cal at #17 and I voted for Cal at #25. But he apparently has more faith in our Bears than I do.

The OMG Cal Sux Award goes to...

... PandaBear, Rated-R Superstar, JO @ UCSD, Berkelium97, Ursa Major, Josie Becker, chowder, Ravenous Ute, atomsareenough, DucksSuckQuackQuack, 4ever golden, and CJ Barker, all of whom did not vote for Cal!

This award was presented to the user(s) who held a glass half-empty look at Cal

But these guys are not impressed with a blow out loss to an ostrich and a missed field goal.

The Five Most Confusing Teams Were...

1. Missouri
2. Oklahoma State
3. Air Force
4. Wisconsin
5. Michigan State

Most people had the most trouble figuring out where these five teams belonged. This list is limited to teams that are in the top-25 only.

Other than Wisconsin these are all the new comers to this week's edition. Missouri ranged from 18 to 23 to 25 to not being voted at all.

The Five Least Confusing Teams Were...

1. Alabama
2. Oregon
3. TCU
4. Boise State
5. Arizona

Most people were generally on the same page when it came to these teams. This list is limited to teams that are in the top-25 only otherwise all the crappy teams would top this list.

When 13 out of 15 people vote for a team in the same spot (in this case #1) that team will usually lead the spot here. Oregon was #1 according to 3 people, #3 according to two and the rest (10) they were #2. That's pretty consistent.

The Five Most Divergent Voters Were...

1. chowder
2. Ravenous Ute
3. Missing Barry
4. TwistNHook
5. DucksSuckQuackQuack

This avard was given to the five voters whose poll differed most from the overall Top 25.

Hey look it's a new winner! What did chowder do differently? Let's see here... Oklahoma at #4, Arizona at #5, Nevada at #15, Air Force at #16, Florida St at #17, USC at #18 (!) and Temple at #25 to name a few. Ravenous Ute had Utah at #5 (no surprise there), Michigan State at #9 (really?), Michigan at #13, Northwestern at #15, SDSU at #22, and Maryland at #25...

The Five Least Divergent Voters Were...

1. 4ever golden
2. Josie Becker
3. JO @ UCSD
4. atomsareenough
5. royrules22

This avard was given to the five voters whose poll differed the least from the overall Top 25.

4Ever Golden's top 7 reflects the hivemind. You have to go to #8 to see the first change (Auburn instead of Utah who is at #9). His biggest difference is South Carolina at #17 (three higher than the final poll). Josie Becker's biggest differences were UCLA at #23, Michigan State at #22 and Penn State at #24.

Cal didn't lose, USC lost (though the terrible Huskies won), Stanfurd lost and Harbaugh Hairball looked like a jackass. Just about the perfect bye week for Cal fans!

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1		Alabama (7)	1
2		Ohio State (3)	1
3		Oregon (2)	--
4		Boise State	1
5		TCU	1
6		Nebraska	2
7		Utah	3
8		Arizona	1
9		Florida	2
10		Oklahoma	3
11		LSU	2
12		Stanford	4
13		Auburn	8
14		Arkansas	2
15		Wisconsin	1
16		Nevada	4
17		Iowa	--
18		Miami (Fla.)	--
19		Michigan	5
20		South Carolina	5
21		Southern California	2
22		Penn State	--
23		North Carolina State	12
24		Texas	16
25		Florida State	7

Others receiving votes:
Michigan State, California, Virginia Tech, West Virginia, Air Force, Kansas State, Oklahoma State, Oregon State, Clemson, Missouri, Texas A&M, UCLA, San Diego State

Dropped out this week:
Georgia Tech, Oregon State

Biggest Difference from AP Poll:
Nevada +9, Utah +6, Arizona +6, Wisconsin -4

The top of the poll remains mostly the same with just some slight changes (Utah +3, Oklahoma -3) but the bottom is shaken up quite a bit as Stanford (+4), Auburn (+8), Nevada (+4) and Michigan (+5) continue their metoric rise while South Carolina (-5) and Texas (-16) fell heavily thanks to their losses. We have two new comers in North Carolina State and Florida St (!). Meanwhile USC continues to hold on to a spot despite being irrelevant to everyone but BruinsNation. Pac-10 brethren Oregon State falls out, only to inevitably return to the top later in the season.

... TwistNHook who voted for Cal as #16!

This award was presented to the user(s) who loved Cal the most out of everyone who voted this week and had copious amounts of sunshine pumping

WTF mate?

... drub12, Berkelium97, Ursa Major, Rated-R Superstar, atomsareenough, DucksSuckQuackQuack, Takimoto, Ravenous Ute, 4ever Golden, and royrules22, all of whom did not vote for Cal!

This award was presented to the user(s) who held a glass half-empty look at Cal

And that's almost everyone else (Missing Barry not included).

1. Texas
2. Florida State
3. North Carolina State
4. Southern California
5. South Carolina

Most people had the most trouble figuring out where these five teams belonged. This list is limited to teams that are in the top-25 only.

Texas was everywhere from 25, low 20s, 9 (!), to not even getting a vote. Florida State went from 24 to 8 (!), to 25 to not being voted in.

1. Alabama
2. Boise State
3. Oregon
4. TCU
5. Ohio State

Most people were generally on the same page when it came to these teams. This list is limited to teams that are in the top-25 only otherwise all the crappy teams would top this list.

About two thirds of the voters had Alabama at #1 and everyone had them in the top-3. Boise had a range from 2-5 with one vote at 6 but most of them were for #4.

1. Missing Barry
2. TwistNHook
3. Ursa Major
4. Ravenous Ute
5. DucksSuckQuackQuack

This avard was given to the five voters whose poll differed most from the overall Top 25.

Missing Barry's crazy ballot of the day had Florida State at 8, Florida at 2, LSU at 5, Miami (Fla) at 7, Cal at 17, Furd at 18 and Auburn at 24, just to name a few. Twist wasn't that far behind with Texas at 9, Cal at 16, Auburn at 20, Furd at 21, and Oregon State at 23.

1. royrules22
2. Rated-R Superstar
3. 4ever Golden
4. Berkelium97
5. atomsareenough

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I swear I didn't vote based on the results! I did have some variations! For example I voted for Michigan State at 23 not Florida State, NC State at 18 and uh... that's it. Rated-R Superstar was a little different with NC State at 25, Nevada at 18, Furd at 16 and Boise at 2.

Well that sucked for Cal... snatching losses from the jaws of victory since the beginning of time itself.

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First poll results after a Cal week and... surprisingly we didn't see a drop off in voters!

1		Ohio State (5)	--
2		Alabama (10)	--
3		Oregon (2)	--
4		Nebraska	2
5		Boise State	--
6		TCU	2
7		Oklahoma	--
8		Texas	1
9		Arizona	8
10		Utah	2
11		Florida	1
12		Arkansas	1
13		LSU	2
14		Wisconsin	3
15		South Carolina	5
16		Stanford	8
17		Iowa	9
18		Miami (Fla.)	2
19		Southern California	1
20		Nevada (2)	15
21		Auburn	4
22		Penn State	3
23		Oregon State	2
24		Michigan	2
25		Georgia Tech	2

Others receiving votes:
West Virginia, California, Air Force, Oklahoma State, Michigan State, Temple, Florida State, Clemson, Missouri, North Carolina State, Virginia, Kansas State, Fresno State, Virginia Tech, Arizona State

Dropped out this week:
California

Biggest Difference from AP Poll:
Georgia Tech +10, Nevada +7, Arizona +5, Michigan State -5, Auburn -4, West Virginia -4

Naturally Cal drops out (but not completely!) while Nevada flies up the poll (including two first place votes) after a Cal loss to Nevada. We continue to be bullish on Arizona who is now considered a top-10 team. However the top 5 didn't change much other than Nebraska usurping TCU's spot. South Carolina and Stanfurd round up the other top-gainers while Iowa and Wisconsin lose ground. I find it funny that Wisconsin got dinged for barely beating ASU, yet ASU only gained a single vote.

... TwistNHook who voted for Cal as #12!

This award was presented to the user(s) who loved Cal the most out of everyone who voted this week and had copious amounts of sunshine pumping

What the hell Twist? Others who voted for Cal include 4EverGolden (25), Calbear2007 (25), Missing Barry (24), oskisunbear (25) and BeastMode (22).

... Ursa Major, Rated-R Superstar, drub12, atomsareenough, sacman701, coolingfan, fake_royrules22, racsan, planetxerox, Berkelium97, Norcalnick, Ohio Bear, and royrules22, all of whom did not vote for Cal!

This award was presented to the user(s) who held a glass half-empty look at Cal

The rest of us weren't so impressed. Hey look another Kapernick TD! Damn it.

1. Nevada
2. Georgia Tech
3. Southern California
4. Penn State
5. Oregon State

Most people had the most trouble figuring out where these five teams belonged. This list is limited to teams that are in the top-25 only.

Nevada ranged from being ranked as #1 to the top-10s, to mid twenties to not being voted at all. Georgia Tech is another really weird team.

1. Alabama
2. Ohio State
3. Oregon
4. Utah
5. Oklahoma

Most people were generally on the same page when it came to these teams. This list is limited to teams that are in the top-25 only otherwise all the crappy teams would top this list.

Hey look it's the top-3!

1. Missing Barry
2. planetxerox
3. Ursa Major
4. Norcalnick
5. BeastMode

This avard was given to the five voters whose poll differed most from the overall Top 25.

Missing Barry takes his usual spot as the most divergent with votes for Nevada (#1), Alabama (UNR), Michigan (15), Temple (20), Clemson (22), Virginia (23) and Furd (25). What the hell? You know I honestly thought 4EverGolden would be on this list with his vote for Nevada at #1 but it looks like he barely missed out because he was barely beaten out by planetxerox (Florida 4, Furd 10, etc), Ursa Major (ASU 25, Kansas St 24, NC St 23, Florida 20, etc) and others.

1. fake_royrules22
2. Ohio Bear
3. royrules22
4. racsan
5. drub12

This avard was given to the five voters whose poll differed the least from the overall Top 25.

Ok who is this fake?! He was remarkably similar to the poll results. In the top-5/6 he only had TCU, Nebraska and Boise flipped. His biggest different was probably voting for Virginia Tech at 25.

Well that was a depressing weekend for college football if you were a Cal football fan (otherwise it was pretty good).

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