USA Today Coaches Poll

[Mike Damone]

Link below. UT #4, TCU didn't make the cut. They are PISSED on their board.

UNT actually got a vote. Okl State is ranked. It will be fun if they still are when they come to Dallas.

<A HREF="http://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/football/usatpoll.htm" TARGET=_blank>http://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/football/usatpoll.htm</A>

[leadpony]

Forget TCU being robbed. Why weren't we on that list. I am pissed.

[Hal]

Congratulations to North Texas on getting a vote. I think the emergence of Brandon Kennedy as a legitimate national award candidate (not winner, but candidate) might have made some people notice UNT who otherwise might not know the school even exists.

[Charleston Pony]

Houston Nutt probably cast that vote for UNT. At the SEC coaches meetings this week, Nutt proclaimed Arkansas' schedule to be the toughest in the SEC (featuring Texas, UNT, NMSU & Tulsa). Somehow, I don't think so!

Oh...and Duke no longer makes the poll because Spurrier no longer has a vote! Every year since he left Durham, he had cast a vote for the Blue Devils.

[This message has been edited by Charleston Pony (edited 07-31-2003).]

[The PonyGrad]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR><font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Hal:
<B>...might have made some people notice UNT who otherwise might not know the school even exists.</B></font><HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Shouldn't that have been "some person?" After all it was only one vote.

[OldPony]

Actually, "some person" is probably Darrell Dickey. If Bennett had a vote could we get mentioned?

[Hal]

Actually, I meant "some people" -- not "some person" -- because while nobody has more than one vote, of course, I was suggesting (tongue-in-cheek) that maybe there were multiple voters who never had heard of UNT.

[Mike Damone]

Uhhh, Charleston Pony, Arkansas this year has to play #4 Texas, #6 Auburn, #15 LSU, #16 Tenn, and #21 Florida, plus the rest of an SEC schedule. Houston Nutt isn't that far off base calling it the hardest in the country.

[SmooPower]

You could make a case for Florida as well:

#3 Miami
#9 Georgia
#12 Florida State
#15 LSU
#16 Tenneseee

But I think Arkansas has the edge because they also have Alabama and Ole Miss on the road.

[Charleston Pony]

Damone: Nutt's comment was that Arkansas had the toughest NON-CONFERENCE schedule. Everyone in the SEC plays a tough conference schedule.

And Nutt wasn't the vote for UNT...just noticed he doesn't have a vote in that poll. There were 3 SunBelt coaches with votes. My guess would be one of them promoting his conference. Why not?

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[MeanGreenGem]

Heck, even on the GoMeanGreen.com football part of the message board, SMU received a Top 5 Texas D1-A ranking with a forecasts that the Ponies will beat Texas Tech, go thru the WAC unbeaten and, well, you have to read the rest for yourself. NOTE: Its in the thread that reads something like, "WHO ARE YOUR TEXAS TOP 5 COLLEGE FOOTBALL TEAMS" (or something like that).

On the USA Today poll: Can a coach who votes even vote for their own school?

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR><font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Charleston Pony:
<B>Damone: Nutt's comment was that Arkansas had the toughest NON-CONFERENCE schedule. Everyone in the SEC plays a tough conference schedule.

And Nutt wasn't the vote for UNT...just noticed he doesn't have a vote in that poll. There were 3 SunBelt coaches with votes. My guess would be one of them promoting his conference. Why not?

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