Jerry Palm
Jerry Palm
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If Virginia Tech ends up number one in all six computer polls, like Texas is now, and the Longhorns are number three in the computer polls, that would make up the current gap in the human polls. That's the best-case scenario for Virginia Tech. It's not like last year when Auburn was third in the human polls and third in the computer polls.
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I'm kind of skeptical of that. They may not have the restriction, but it remains to be seen how many under-.500 teams start to show up in the tournament.
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I think New Mexico has performed far too well to fall completely out, but the loss bumped them from about a six seed down to the middle of the bracket at eight or nine, where you're lucky to win one game, much less two.
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Even if Ohio State is ahead this week, it's no more permanent than Southern Cal being ahead last week.
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The battle for number three is a lot closer than the battle for number two right now.
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A win over Rutgers would have been a feather in their cap, but you can't have a loss to a team which you should beat.
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It worked out pretty well. We're going to get one of the most anticipated games in quite a while.
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It's a paper-thin margin. It's irrelevant, because Virginia Tech is not going to catch Southern Cal and they have a faint hope of catching Texas. Virginia Tech isn't going to catch Southern Cal before they (the Trojans) catch Texas.
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It's a nonevent. If you have to write 1,000 words on this, I feel for you.
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It would have been better for USC if Oklahoma had put up more of a fight.
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I've seen they were in the poll and couldn't understand why. They haven't done anything special.
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There may not be any top 25 teams - but 26 through 40, six of them might be in that group. There's been an opportunity this year because of weaknesses in the major conferences, other than the Big East and Big Ten. It's just one of those things where all these (factors) came together at once.
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They haven?t given a bid to a (team that finished) 3-7 in three years.
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They are going to need to get higher in the polls than ninth or 10th, however that happens. Either teams ahead of them need to lose, or the pollsters would need to help them out.