Found August 26, 2009 on Dr. Saturday:
PLAYERS: Brian Cook
TEAMS: Houston Rockets

Now in its fifth year, the Blog Poll is a weekly effort of dozens of college football-centric Web sites representing a wide array of schools under the oversight of founder/manager/guru Brian Cook at MGoBlog, and now appears on CBS Sportsline. It’s an effort to provide a more rigorous check on the mainstream polls that actually, like, count toward the mythical championship, and enthusiastically shines a light on its voters' biases. But mainly, it’s fun. The initial poll of the season will be released this week. As always, the first poll of the season is brought to you by the late, great Jim Croce, who reminds readers: After all it's what we've done That makes us what we are. As usual, I've noted that my poll is not a power poll -- that is, it's an attempt to actually predict the final order at the end of the regular season, and therefore is heavy on strength of schedule and similar considerations. A team like Boise State, in all likelihood, is going t...
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