I'm Liberating Myself

I have nothing intelligent to say about the death of Sean Taylor- so I refer you to Jerry's Wheelhouse- who are going to do a better job with that story than I could ever do. I will say- that contrary to the sentiment there- I think the Redskins should definitely play- for reasons somewhat similar to the ones here.

As to things I can do, this is the ballot I’m submitting to this week’s BlogPoll. I have decided to liberate myself- and give in to a dark fact. Frankly, I am convinced the SEC is head and shoulders above everyone else. With three weeks to prepare, LSU and Georgia would kill West Virginia and Missouri. I doubt anyone other than Ohio State could navigate the an SEC slate with fewer than two losses. So I’m voting that way:

Rank	Team	Delta
1	Georgia	2
2	LSU	1
3	West Virginia	4
4	Missouri	2
5	Ohio State	1
6	Virginia Tech	2
7	Oklahoma	3
8	Florida	3
9	Southern Cal	3
10	Kansas	8
11	Tennessee	4
12	Boston College	5
13	Arizona State	8
14	Auburn	4
15	Hawaii	7
16	Illinois	3
17	Clemson	3
18	Texas	5
19	Wisconsin	4
20	Virginia	6
21	Oregon	12
22	Brigham Young	4
23	Tulsa	2
24	Central Florida	--
25	Arkansas	1

Dropped Out: Boise State (#16), Kentucky (#21).