SEC Power Poll Ballot: Week Eight

by Gamecock Man on Oct 20, 2008 1:11 PM EDT in Football Comment 2 comments

1. Alabama

The Tide looked good in the first half but almost let the Rebels come back towards the end. They're going to have to start playing better as the schedule tightens up towards the end of the year.

2. Florida

The Gators took a week off and will play Kentucky this week. A win against the Cats will set the stage for the big game against the Dawgs.

3. Georgia

The Dawgs got a nice win over a pesky Vandy, but now have to travel to LSU and then play Florida.

4. LSU

The Tigers picked up a nice win in Columbia after playing well in the second half. Credit Les Miles and his staff with some good halftime adjustments.

5. Vanderbilt

Vandy's beginning to fall fast. Can they slow the bleeding?

6. South Carolina

Played tough against LSU but still couldn't pull out the upset. They now have a week off to regroup and get ready for a visit from the Vols.

7. Kentucky

I thought about moving them up to six after they won and Carolina lost, but they lost head-to-head against the Gamecocks and have yet to post a quality win. No, Arkansas does not count unless the Hogs prove themselves later in the year.

8. Auburn

Big OOC game this week for the Tigers. Will they embarrass the SEC two years in a row by losing to a Big East team?

9. Ole Miss

Close but no cigar against Bama. Strange how well this team plays in the second half against elite competition on the road.

10. Tennessee

Win against MSU was closer than the final score indicates, as Vols managed to stack some garbage points late off two pick-sixes thrown by Tyson Lee.

11. Arkansas

Beginning to look competitive, at least. That more than you can say for...

12. MSU

Had a chance against the Vols before their QB threw the game away.

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I’m not one for conspiracy theories (in fact a hate them), but this ref clearly takes a step toward Garcia when he had no perceivable reason to do so. I’m not saying he tried to influence the outcome of the game with the play, but I think it’s pretty clear that he instictually reverted back to his college playing days and laid a hit on Garcia. I wouldn’t expect the SEC to fine the official, but a reprimand would be nice.

by The Feathered Warrior on Oct 20, 2008 4:23 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I agree...

I don’t think the guy was trying to alter the outcome of the game. The same guy set a pick on an LSU defender that allowed Wesyle Saunders to get open for his TD and the officials gave us the benefit of the doubt on Mike Davis’s TD run. That all suggests that there was no conspiracy.

However, the guy clearly stepped towards the play long before Garcia made it into the area. He then didn’t do much to get out of the way, but rather stepped into and shouldered Garcia. At best, he didn’t know what he was doing. At worst, he intentionally got involved in the play—why he would do that, I don’t know. But either way, something needs to be said to him. He wasn’t doing his job correctly.

Go Cocks!

by Gamecock Man on Oct 20, 2008 5:00 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs