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Posted on 8/20/08 at 7:23 pm to Rocket
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What do you think should be done about this alleged media bias?
maul drag or guillotine or
Posted on 8/20/08 at 7:23 pm to jlsutiger
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2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
LSU 8 10 8 13 9 11 11 12
USC 5 6 11 11 13 12 11 11
So that means that USC has won 75 games to LSU's 74. Unless you start counting at 0.
Posted on 8/20/08 at 7:24 pm to Rocket
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What do you think should be done about this alleged media bias?
only thing i would like is for them to vote on how good a team is instead of how they are likely to finish.
i wish there was a way to rank the toughest schedules and just put the team with the toughest schedule at the top. and then on down from there. but that just isn't really possible.
oh well. the polls are done to sell magazines. they butter up the west so that they will sell mags. the south will buy them either way.
Posted on 8/20/08 at 7:25 pm to igoringa
Maybe it's the LSU fans who are biased and any time LSU isn't voted preseason #1 they want to riot?
Posted on 8/20/08 at 7:25 pm to Roaad
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idiocy usually follows those words.
you don't believe in media bias?
Posted on 8/20/08 at 7:25 pm to noonan
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only thing i would like is for them to vote on how good a team is instead of how they are likely to finish.
+1
Posted on 8/20/08 at 7:27 pm to Rocket
You may be onto something here Rocket. Riotous rantards...
Posted on 8/20/08 at 7:27 pm to noonan
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only thing i would like is for them to vote on how good a team is instead of how they are likely to finish.
Considering they are preseason polls, they don't know how good a team is more than we do, which is the bullshite deal with those polls anyway. Polls shouldn't be released until about the 5th week at the earliest.
Posted on 8/20/08 at 7:29 pm to inebr8ted tiger
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3. There has been only 1 instance where the preseason #1 ranked team ended the year #1, and that year was 2004 when USC defeated OK. We don't really know how good USC was because they didn't play the best team...Auburn.
damn right that is bias. Someone assumed AU was the best team
Posted on 8/20/08 at 7:30 pm to inebr8ted tiger
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Maybe it's the LSU fans who are biased and any time LSU isn't voted preseason #1 they want to riot?
Then we would riot every year...
Also, if I play twelve games against the cheerleading squad, and go undefeated. I stay number 1 because I didn't lose?
My point is, USC and tOSU, are ranked according to how they are projected to finish the season. As well as, what will sell mag's.
We've talked about it a bunch, just thought I would see if I could find some definitive proof.
Posted on 8/20/08 at 7:33 pm to cubsgrace
I'm annoyed by media bias but I accept it because I understand that it is a fact of life and there are valid reasons for it (ratings). Denying that it exists is both foolish and naive. Big markets will always preferentially receive more coverage than smaller markets and, on top of that, they will generally receive more favorable bias. How can this be disputed?
Posted on 8/20/08 at 7:35 pm to JJ27
quote:Of course you begin counting the decade at 2000. The 90s are from 90-99, 80s are from 80-89 so this decade is from 2000-2009. Nobody would say 2000 should be counted as part of the 90s.
So that means that USC has won 75 games to LSU's 74. Unless you start counting at 0
Posted on 8/20/08 at 7:35 pm to inebr8ted tiger
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My point is, USC and tOSU, are ranked according to how they are projected to finish the season. As well as, what will sell mag's.
Yep, just like we were preseason #13 last year.
Posted on 8/20/08 at 7:37 pm to jlsutiger
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Nobody would say 2000 should be counted as part of the 90s.
Never been to the MSB or OT have you?
Posted on 8/20/08 at 7:37 pm to Buckeye Fan 19
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Yep, just like we were preseason #13 last year.
You insulted 13th ranked teams with your performance on Jan 8th by the way.
We were given better games by over half of our schedule. Oh well, thanks for the bye
Posted on 8/20/08 at 7:38 pm to Buckeye Fan 19
The preseason rankings are really not a big deal. It's not like they are ranking us number 20 when we should be top 10. It is fair enough to allow us the opportunity to win a NC when we have a great team. That's all that matters to me.
Posted on 8/20/08 at 7:44 pm to inebr8ted tiger
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4. Oklahoma has not won a BCS bowl since they defeated FSU in the 2001 National Championship game.
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6. Since 2002, only 1 Pac 10 team, other than USC has been to a BCS bowl. That was Washington State, and they got trounced by OK.
Posted on 8/20/08 at 7:44 pm to cubsgrace
quote:Just about everything man does will show at least SOME bias.
you don't believe in media bias?
Harping on it just makes you appear to be a sandy vagina.
Posted on 8/20/08 at 7:54 pm to igoringa
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You insulted 13th ranked teams with your performance on Jan 8th by the way.
We were given better games by over half of our schedule. Oh well, thanks for the bye
O
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Are you really saying OSU wasn't one of the top 13 teams in the country last year?
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