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re: Preseasons polls should not start till after Oct. 1.......
Posted on 1/22/10 at 9:05 pm to Bobby Moore
Posted on 1/22/10 at 9:05 pm to Bobby Moore
why would you wanna push the season back that far?
haha amirite?
haha amirite?
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Posted on 1/22/10 at 9:22 pm to TigerintheNO
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I've wondered what effect the Coaches & AP Polls have on the Harris voters over those 6 week
Marginally, Its not like waiting gives people different information about the season up to that point or that there won't be polls anyway. People make a big deal out of it for no reason. If you wait and Michigan loses to Ap St week 1 and gets killed by Oregon week 2 they won't be in the Oct Poll either way who cares if they started in the top 10.
Posted on 1/22/10 at 9:40 pm to The Easter Bunny
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The Harris voters just fall in line with what the other polls say. Even
they all have the same information, that's not gonna change no matter when you release a poll. You could wait until the end of December and Alabama and Texas would still be ranked ahead of Cincinnati, TCU and Boise.
The problem people have with preseason polls is the perception of bias, that teams that start higher have an advantage, though not as big as people think and its not nearly as big as the name advantage.
The better solution would be to eliminate the traditional "human" polls and just use computer polls.
Posted on 1/22/10 at 10:13 pm to Hot Carl
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How is television supposed to market these September games without polls?
Who the frick didn't know why not to watch Alabama vs. Virginia Tech?
Posted on 1/22/10 at 10:54 pm to The Easter Bunny
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The Harris voters just fall in line with what the other polls say. Even if the AP and Coaches waited you'd still have Athlon, Phil Steele, etc releasing polls all summer long
This.
And a lot of other voters will probably keep their own polls from the beginning, as well.
This post was edited on 1/22/10 at 10:55 pm
Posted on 1/23/10 at 1:40 am to Buckeye Fan 19
So if they did away with official preseason polls and didn't release actual polls until say week 5, would any of you not watch games just because the teams don't have rankings beside their names?
Posted on 1/23/10 at 2:25 am to RandyMarsh
I'd still watch the games, but it wouldn't matter as far as the BCS is concerned.
Posted on 1/23/10 at 2:52 am to The Easter Bunny
Personally, I think it would give more meaning to every game. No team would start out with an advantage.
Posted on 1/23/10 at 4:20 am to RandyMarsh
i'd like to see rankings based on what you've done and not who you are...
Posted on 1/23/10 at 9:33 am to chalmetteowl
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i'd like to see rankings based on what you've done and not who you are...
The final polls are based on what you did, if teams that were ranked at the top in the preseason remain there all season that only means the preseason poll was right about those teams.
Computer rankings are the only way to do away with name bias.
Posted on 1/23/10 at 11:39 am to RandyMarsh
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Personally, I think it would give more meaning to every game. No team would start out with an advantage.
The big name teams always start out with an advantage and this has nothing to do with preseason polls.
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