Clueless sports hack
AP poll voter removed after mistakingly thinking OU lost (AP)
A voter for The Associated Press college football poll was removed from the poll board Wednesday because he mistakenly thought Oklahoma had lost to Texas Tech and voted the Sooners lower in this week's rankings.
Jim Kleinpeter of The Times-Picayune of New Orleans said he was in the press box at the Alabama-LSU game and was told the Sooners had lost to Texas Tech. OU rallied from a 14-point deficit to beat Texas Tech 34-24.
Because he believed the Sooners (8-2, 5-1) had lost, Kleinpeter said he dropped Oklahoma from 15th to 24th on his ballot.
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"It was my fault. I probably had other avenues I could have gone to get the score, but I usually rely on the morning paper here in Baton Rouge. And for some reason, they didn't have the score," he said.
Why yes, it was your fault!
Sadly, there are probably plenty of voters in these polls who don't really have much more of a clue about how they're voting any given week.
Posted by Kevin Whited @ 11/16/06 22:48 | Sports | Technorati
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I wouldn't care that these sportswriters don't have a clue, except that THERE VOTES DETERMINE EVERYTHING!!! Is there anybody left that is not for a playoff?
Posted by el_longhorn @ 10:07 on 11/17/06
" Is there anybody left that is not for a playoff? "
Most of the University presidents, the NCAA, the various bowl committees, Fox Network, etc.
Pretty much all of the money that's currently flowing into College Football.
Posted by Cory @ 14:00 on 11/17/06
El Longhorn, I'm pretty sure that the AP poll was removed from BCS calculations either last season or the season before at the AP's request. And even when it was a consideration, it wasn't determinative.
Posted by R. Alex @ 14:28 on 11/17/06
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