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 Tuesday, December 4, 2007 |
"Mirror, mirror on the wall, who's the fairest of them all?"
| School | Number 1 | Number 2 | Voted his own school |
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| Frank Beamer | Virginia Tech | LSU | Virginia Tech | 2 / 5 | | Mike Bellotti | Oregon | Ohio State | LSU | 25 / NR | | Bret Bielema | Wisconsin | Ohio State | Oklahoma | 13 / 15 | | Larry Blakeney | Troy | Ohio State | LSU | - / NR | | Bobby Bowden | Florida State | LSU | Ohio State | - / NR | | Tommy Bowden | Clemson | Ohio State | LSU | 14 / 16 | | Jeff Bower | S. Mississippi | Ohio State | LSU | - / NR | | Art Brines | Houston | LSU | Oklahoma | - / NR | | Mack Brown | Texas | Ohio State | LSU | 17 / 17 | | Bill Callahan | Nebraska | Ohio State | Oklahoma | - / NR | | Neil Callaway | Alabama at Birmingham | Ohio State | Georgia | - / NR | | Lloyd Carr | Michigan | Ohio State | LSU | 21 / NR | | Mario Cristobal | Florida Int. | LSU | Oklahoma | - / NR | | Mark Dantonio | Michigan St. | Ohio State | LSU | - / NR | | Butch Davis | North Carolina | LSU | USC | - / NR | | Bill Doba | Washington St | Ohio State | USC | - / NR | | Randy Edsall | U Conn | Ohio State | Georgia | 23 / NR | | Dennis Franchione | Texas A&M | Ohio State | USC | - / NR | | Phillip Fulmer | Tennessee | Ohio State | LSU | 14 / 18 | | Jeff Genyk | E. Michigan | Ohio State | LSU | - / NR | | Joe Glenn | Wyoming | LSU | Oklahoma | - / NR | | Jim Grobe | Wake Forest | Ohio State | LSU | - / NR | | Dan Hawkins | Colorado | LSU | Oklahoma | - / NR | | Pat Hill | Fresno State | LSU | USC | - / NR | | Steve Kranthorpe | Louisville | Ohio State | LSU | - / NR | | Mike Leach | Texas Tech | Ohio State | Georgia | 22 / NR | | Rocky Long | New Mexico | LSU | Ohio State | - / NR | | Sonny Lubrick | Colorado State | Ohio State | LSU | - / NR | | Bill Lynch | Indiana | Ohio State | LSU | - / NR | | Doug Martin | Kent State | Ohio State | LSU | - / NR | | Les Miles | LSU | LSU | Ohio State | 1 / 2 | | Shane Montgomery | Miami (Ohio) | Ohio State | Oklahoma | - / NR | | Hal Mumme | New Mexico State | Hawaii | Ohio State | - / NR | | Joe Novak | Northern Illinois | Ohio State | LSU | - / NR | | Houston Nutt | Arkansas | Ohio State | LSU | 17 / 24 | | Tom O'Brien | North Carolina State | Ohio State | LSU | - / NR | | George O'Leary | Central Florida | Ohio State | LSU | 17 / NR | | Gary Patterson | TCU | Ohio State | LSU | - / NR | | Chris Peterson | Boise State | Ohio State | LSU | 14 / 22 | | Mark Richt | Georgia | Ohio State | Georgia | 2 / 4 | | Mike Riley | Oregon State | Ohio State | LSU | 24 / NR | | Rich Rodriguez | W. Virginia | Ohio State | LSU | 8 / 9 | | Greg Schiano | Rutgers | Ohio State | Georgia | - / NR | | Howard Schnellenberger | Florida Atlantic | Ohio State | Kansas | - / NR | | Mark Snyder | Marshall | Ohio State | LSU | - / NR | | Frank Solich | Ohio | Ohio State | Oklahoma | - / NR | | Steve Spurrier | South Carolina | Oklahoma | LSU | - / NR | | Rick Stockstill | Middle Tennessee | Ohio State | Oklahoma | - / NR | | Bob Stoops | Oklahoma | Oklahoma | Ohio State | 1 / 3 | | Jeff Tedford | California | Ohio State | USC | - / NR | | Joe Tiller | Purdue | Ohio State | Oklahoma | - / NR | | Bob Toledo | Tulane | Ohio State | Georgia | - / NR | | Dick Tomey | San Jose State | Ohio State | LSU | - / NR | | Jim Tressel | Ohio State | Ohio State | LSU | 1 / 1 | | Tommy Tubberville | Auburn | LSU | Oklahoma | 19 / 21 | | Charlie Weis | Notre Dame | Ohio State | Georgia | - / NR | | Tyrone Willingham | Washington | Ohio State | USC | - / NR | | Ron Zook | Illinois | Ohio State | LSU | 9 / 13 |
The final ballot of the coaches poll is made public and that is how things should be. There should be no secrecy with the coaches ballot in my opinion. If you're part of the 60 voters of the coaches' poll that can eventually affect teams on the other side of the country, your ballot should be public throughout the year. There's only really one reason why the ballots would be kept secret. To save the coaches from humiliation. Think Ohio State's Jim Tressel wouldn't want to keep his final ballot for last year secret when he voted Florida ahead of Michigan?
The lone coach who voted for Hawaii was Hal Mumme of New Mexico State. Who gave HIM a ballot? Other than that, the votes weren't really all that surprising. Coaches tended to vote along conference lines: SEC coaches placed Georgia or LSU in their top two, sometimes both, Pac 10 coaches supported USC and Big 10 coaches didn't really have much of a choice with Ohio State awarding the buckeyes the top spot and LSU second. Then there was Frank Beamer who felt he deserved a shot at the buckeyes despite having lost horribly to LSU earlier in the season.
| On the Ball reward |
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| Delta |
| | Jim Tressel (Ohio State) | 0 | voted the Buckeyes #1 and they were ranked #1 in the BCS | | Mack Brown (Texas) | 0 | voted his Longhorns #17 with a delta of 0 from the actual BCS poll. |
| Drank a little too much kool aid award |
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| Delta |
| | Frank Beamer (Virginia Tech) | +3 | Thinks he deserves to leapfrog the LSU Tigers that dismantled them earlier in the season by voting himself #2 when in fact he was #5. | | Mike Bellotti (Oregon) |
| This one is even funnier, the Ducks that fell apart with the loss of their star quarterback getting shutout by UCLA (that lost to Notre Dame) and in overtime to Oregon State, still thinks he should be ranked #25 despite not making it in the top 25 of the BCS poll. | | Houston Nutt (Arkansas) | +7 | That was a nice win against LSU Nutt, but that doesn't make you #17 in the nation. BCS believes you are #24 and thats more reasonable. | | Chris Peterson (Boise State) | +8 | "Oh oh Livin' on a Prayer" A win against Oklahoma last year doesn't make you #14, 8 spots higher than your actual BCS ranking. Nice try for BCS eligibility (need to be in the top 14 to be eligible), but maybe next year. | | Ron Zook (Illinois) | +4 | Hey buddy, nobody and I mean NOBODY in the top 10 should lose to Iowa. The Ohio State win was nice, but so was Appalachian State's win against Michigan but you don't see them in the top 25, let alone the top 10. So nice try for #9 Ron, but try #13. |
| Tried for the brass ring but fell on my ass award (need to be in the top 14 to be BCS eligible) |
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| Delta |
| | Bret Bielma (Wisconsin) | +2 | maybe you're new, or just trying to skirt the rules again. But getting dismantled by Illinois and Penn State means you shouldn't be BCS eligible. Try #15 instead Bret. | | Tommy Bowden (Clemson) | +2 | It might not be your father's year, but doesn't mean its yours either. Nice win against South Carolina though. | | Phillip Fulmer (Tennessee) | +4 | "I would like to go to the Rose Bowl. How about that?" Fulmer responded after being asked if there was a bowl he preferred. Well, you might not be going to the rose bowl, but losing the SEC championship shouldn't make you BCS eligible either, try #18 instead. Welcome back to the Outback bowl. | | Bob Stoops (Oklahoma) | +2 | Playoff this, playoff that, you didn't get the job done against Colorado or Texas Tech (far worse losses than LSU's), so enjoy yet another BCS bowl and try again next year. | | Mark Richt (Georgia) | +2 | Mark might have the most valid case of any coach to vote his team higher than the BCS standings indicate. There is no hotter team other than USC than Georgia at the moment, but doesn't that Tennessee loss sure sting now? Nice attempt at getting into the big game, but a bowl berth against W Virginia can be another statement for what could have been. | | Les Miles | +1 | Lucky things turned out the way they did Les. After this season, there might be no luckier coach in the nation than the one pacing the sidelines at LSU. A miracle catch to win against Auburn, 4 fourth-down conversions in one drive to win against Florida. To be able to reach the big dance after losing the number 1 spot TWICE in a season. Boy, you remember to take that rabbit's foot with you down to New Orleans. Or you could just have your wife drive it down to you the day of. |
Labels: bcs, coach's poll, final ballot |
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