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Old 01-07-2014, 01:30 AM
 
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Florida State leads the 2014 way too early top 25 rankings - ESPN
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Old 01-07-2014, 01:31 AM
 
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they seem to have UNC way too high, higher than Clemson despite having to play at Clemson.

It would make more sense to do this after all the players announce if they going to NFL or not.
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Old 01-07-2014, 08:33 AM
 
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I think with Bama recruiting they still may be in the hunt. I think even this game shows dominance of SEC. Auburn looked a sure fire third after Bama and LSU this year on both sides of the line this year overall.
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Old 01-07-2014, 08:53 AM
 
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Preseason predictions, whether made in January or August, are good for wiping one's butt and little else.
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Old 01-07-2014, 09:44 AM
 
Location: Sumter, SC
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You want to know what this is worth?

This poll and $1 won't even get you a cup of coffee at McDonald's.
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Old 01-07-2014, 10:59 AM
 
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You want to know what this is worth?

This poll and $1 won't even get you a cup of coffee at McDonald's.
Yup.

Anybody who reads the preseason publications or pre-game predictions knows that the average sportswriter is about as accurate as a chimp with a spinner. The best sportswriters are, on average, 10% more accurate than a chimp with a spinner.

I personally think they shouldn't have polls until October 1st.
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Old 01-07-2014, 11:06 AM
 
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about as much use as espn and their immature teenage boy appproach
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Old 01-07-2014, 06:45 PM
 
Location: Fort Mill, SC
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ESPN really should evaluate some of its personnel. Case in point, Heather Dinich. She is responsible to support and pump the ACC. Here is why she should be fired.

2013 Orange Bowl: FSU wins in unconvincing fashion - ACC Blog - ESPN

Favorite line...
"Memo to Florida State fans who want to jump in celebration of the 31-10 Discover Orange Bowl win against Northern Illinois: Don’t jump too high, you might hit your head on Florida State’s ceiling.

Because this is it. "

Didn't even give kudos to a team from the conference she is suppose to show support for... and on top of it had to eat her own damn words this year when Florida State took the championship.

ESPN finest at work.
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Old 01-07-2014, 06:56 PM
 
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ESPN really should evaluate some of its personnel. Case in point, Heather Dinich. She is responsible to support and pump the ACC. Here is why she should be fired.

2013 Orange Bowl: FSU wins in unconvincing fashion - ACC Blog - ESPN

Favorite line...
"Memo to Florida State fans who want to jump in celebration of the 31-10 Discover Orange Bowl win against Northern Illinois: Don’t jump too high, you might hit your head on Florida State’s ceiling.

Because this is it. "

Didn't even give kudos to a team from the conference she is suppose to show support for... and on top of it had to eat her own damn words this year when Florida State took the championship.

ESPN finest at work.
Dinich is known for bashing FSU and the entire ACC. Her job is to attract readers and I think the only way she knows how to is controversy.
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Old 01-07-2014, 06:56 PM
 
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ESPN really should evaluate some of its personnel. Case in point, Heather Dinich. She is responsible to support and pump the ACC. Here is why she should be fired.

2013 Orange Bowl: FSU wins in unconvincing fashion - ACC Blog - ESPN

Favorite line...
"Memo to Florida State fans who want to jump in celebration of the 31-10 Discover Orange Bowl win against Northern Illinois: Don’t jump too high, you might hit your head on Florida State’s ceiling.

Because this is it. "

Didn't even give kudos to a team from the conference she is suppose to show support for... and on top of it had to eat her own damn words this year when Florida State took the championship.

ESPN finest at work.
Sigh. For those of you who fret over what sportswriters think, here's something Hunter S. Thompson wrote that perfectly captured things:

“Sportswriters are a kind of rude and brainless subculture of fascist drunks whose only real function is to publicize & sell whatever the sports editor sends them out to cover…

Which is a nice way to make a living, because it keeps a man busy and requires no thought at all. The two keys to success as a sportswriter are 1) a blind willingness to believe anything you’re told by the coaches, flacks, hustlers and other “official spokesmen” for the team-owners who provide the free booze… and: 2) a Roget’s Thesaurus, in order to avoid using the same verbs and adjectives twice in the same paragraph.”


Hope that helps keep things in perspective. When I was in college, I worked as a cub reporter at a respected daily paper, the kind that wins all the awards for its reporting. I always hung out with the sportswriters because they were the funniest guys there. And they couldn't break .500 on predictions if their lives depended on it.
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