re: Go and take the CBS #2 blind poll challenge

Yeah I saw that after I posted. Link was small on my phone and I didn't see it

OSU was first choice, Bama was second.

Oklahoma St.

I picked Okie State...knew that would be the case because I knew the numbers.

I think the loss to State should become less of a factor. This article from CBS presents another good one. The media may be coming up with a good counter to all the Bama homers.

I typically don't like to think hypothetically...but if you also look at Bama's resume, I think there is a possbility that Okie could match it if they played the same schedule. The SEC east is down this year, and I think Okie could prevail over Penn as well.

I know its a completely different situation too, but Okie's loss kinda reminds me of our 2007 loss to Kentucky.....although Kentucky in 07 is better than I-State now, I think its an example of a team getting a chance to play in the championship after taking a loss to an inferior team.

Bama may be the better team, but based on stats, resume and logic, Okie should be given the opportunity to play, IF they beat Oklahoma.

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Team A (5%)Team B (79%)Team C (3%)Team D (10%)Team E (2%)Team F

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Looks like Bama figured out who they were. No way you could not pick B strictly by those numbers.

I picked B....OSU.

i picked the pokes.

and then i poked the picks.

Okie St.

Okie Light

The question that should be asked as a follow up is: Who read the explanation for TOP20W and TOP40W PRIOR to submitting their vote? I think a brief glance at the table of data they provide gives the overwhelming, 80% currently, impression that Team B is overly qualified to be #2. Reading the explanation of TOP20W and TOP40W shows that "This is the number of wins each team has against a team currently ranked in the top 20 of the Sagarin rankings, which are used as part of the BCS formula." According to the computers, in this case 1/6th of the overall 1/3rd portion of BCS formula, we already knew who they think is number 2 with all the love the Big12 gets.