SEC Power Poll Ballot: Week Seven
by Gamecock Man on Oct 17, 2011 8:16 PM EDT
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PrintHere's my final ballot. The only change from yesterday is that I placed Auburn ahead of us based on the head-to-head result and the injury situation. I still maintain that we would have beaten Auburn if we had started Connor Shaw, but I also think you have to knock us a bit due to the uncertainty now that Marcus Lattimore is out. At this point, Auburn seems like the surer bet. That's subject to reconsideration as the season progresses, of course.
I should note that I've seen a couple of ballots with UGA ahead of us. I call shenanigans there. UGA may win the SEC East, but if they do, it will almost certainly have more to do with their soft schedule than with any merit of their own. Anyone who watched their game against Vandy should know that they're no better than us and that they have the same problems that they've had in recent years. And, last time I checked, we did come out of their house with a win.
1. LSU Tigers
2. Alabama Crimson Tide
3. Arkansas Razorbacks
4. Auburn Tigers
5. South Carolina Gamecocks
6. Georgia Bulldogs
7. Florida Gators
8. Mississippi St. Bulldogs
9. Tennessee Volunteers
10. Vanderbilt Commodores
11. Mississippi Rebels
12. Kentucky Wildcats
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It's even simpler than that.
I’ve seen those shenanigans as well. Simply put, SC is ahead of them in the standings by virtue of the h2h game. UGA is not in control of its own destiny, and is needing SC to lose. Therefore, they CAN’T be ahead of SC.
Braves.
Falcons.
Gamecocks.
Seems pretty simple to me.
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by Gamecock Man on Oct 18, 2011 9:43 AM EDT up reply actions
In fairness
Depends on your voting perspective. I know this says “Power Poll”, but some see it as a ranking of where they think the teams will finish. So yes, if you vote on the Power Poll premise, for right Carolina should be in front of UGA. If you vote on the “where you think the team’s will finish” premise, it’s not that unreasonable to put a Lattimore-less Carolina behind UGA. I frankly wouldn’t rate us any higher than 10th until we beat Florida, but that’s just me.
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I can see you're point. I vote on the Power Poll premise, but can see the rationale for other approaches..
That said, one reason I didn’t emphasize the head-to-head result in my final is that I don’t think head-to-head results are the only thing counting against UGA right now. That Vandy game sure made it seem like UGA is capable of losing a game they shouldn’t. I guess you could say the same for us, of course.
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by Gamecock Man on Oct 18, 2011 11:01 AM EDT up reply actions
BTW...
What’s Brantley’s status for that game? I’ve heard everything from he’ll be back for the Cocktail Party to he’s out for the year.
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by Gamecock Man on Oct 18, 2011 11:04 AM EDT up reply actions
Does it really matter?
Florida could line up and run the wishbone the entire game and Georgia would still figure out a way to lose that one. Muschamp did say that they hope to have Brantley back, but he’s just playing it close to the vest and isn’t going to give out any information either way.
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There are 2 SEC games where the outcome is questionable for both UGA and SC.
SC: Fla and Ark.
UGA: Fla and Aub.
I could easily see both teams losing one game of those matchups.
Braves.
Falcons.
Gamecocks.
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