Virgin Blog Poller

Well, I have submitted my first blog poll. Please rip my picks and tell me why I'm such an idiot. I am MUCH more knowledgeable on college basketball but I'm anxious for this FB season and looking forward to expanding my expertise on the best fall sport around.

Rank	Team	Delta
1	Southern Cal	25
2	Michigan	24
3	LSU	23
4	Texas	22
5	Oklahoma	21
6	Louisville	20
7	Florida	19
8	Arkansas	18
9	California	17
10	West Virginia	16
11	Penn State	15
12	Wisconsin	14
13	Georgia	13
14	Tennessee	12
15	Ohio State	11
16	UCLA	10
17	Virginia Tech	9
18	TCU	8
19	Auburn	7
20	Oregon	6
21	Florida State	5
22	Nebraska	4
23	Rutgers	3
24	Boise State	2
25	Hawaii	1

Dropped Out:

Before I get ripped too much I feel compelled to defend myself.

1. Michigan at #2? - YES, and I did this for 2 reasons. First of all Brian at MGO Blog runs this prestigious blog poll and I am clearly sucking up. Secondly, Michigan returns some serious weapons at several skill positions. Hart, Manningham, Henne and Long are all NFL talent. USC is clearly the team to beat but all other teams have holes, Michigan does too but their strengths are too much to keep them down. Also they have just about all of their tough games at home (Ohio State, Penn, State, Minnesota, etc.). I think they'll be the underdog to USC in the BCS title game.
2. After Michigan so tough on Big 10 - Yes, I think this will be a tough year on the Big Ten. OSU is down, I think the loss of Stocco will be bigger than anticipated for Wisconsin and Penn State might be the clear 2nd best team but they are not unbeatable.
3. TCU is my sleeper - they will be this year's Rutgers.
4. High on QBs and therefore Pac-10 - I think that QBs in college FB are much more important than at the NFL level (see Grossman in Chicago, Dilfer in Bal, etc.). I don't care what kind of hype surrounds the incoming QBs at OSU, LSU, Flor, Wis, Notre Dame, Nebraska, etc, they are still virgin hands under their respective center's butt. This is why I have several Pac-10 teams ranked higher than averaged. USC (duh), Oregon, UCLA and Cal. Usually I think any team after USC is vastly overrated, but this might be a strong year for the Pac-10.
   

That is enough justification for now, more to come on a weekly basis.