So who here wants Notre Dame to win Saturday?

MrMarcello said:
Check the link asswipe. Please notice the #1 next to USC but no rank next to Auburn. Also notice the Top 25 scoreboard for that week's games. #6 was Ohio State on August 30, 2003.

#1 USC 23, Auburn 0



USE YOUR feckING BRAIN MARCELLO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! USC WAS NOT RANKED #1 WHEN THEY PLAYED AUBURN!!!!!!!!!!! THEY WERE RANKED #8 IN THE PRESEASON POLL!!!!!!! ESPN IS USING THE ****FINAL****RANKINGS, BUT WITH THE TEAM's WON/LOSS RECORD RIGHT AFTER THE GAME!!!!!!!!!!!LOOK AT THE feckING SCOREBOARD!!!!!LSU IS RANKED #2!!!!!!!!! WHERE THEY FINISHED IN THE AP 2003 FINAL POLL!!!!!!! LSU WAS NOT #2 WHEN THEY WERE 1-0!!!!!!! ARE YOU HONESTLY THIS STUPID AND STUBBORN?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

Here's the box-score. Notice no rank before Auburn? Is it clear yet?

OF COURSE NOT!!!!! AUBURN FINISHED A DISAPPONTING SEASON UNRANKED!!!!!WE FINISHED #1

FOR GOD'S SAKE MARCELLO...WILL YOU PLEASE OPEN YOUR EYES!!!!!!!!!!!!! USC WAS NEVER RANKED NUMBER 1 IN EITHER POLL TILL THE LAST ONE OF THE SEASON BEFORE THE BOWL GAMES. WE WERE NOT THE PRESASON#1!!!!!!!!!!!!!

#1 USC (1-0) 10 0 6 7 23 FINAL
AUB (0-1) 0 0 0 0 0
August 30, 2003 - Jordan-Hare Stadium

Here is Washington State game...

DUH!!!!!!! WAZZU FINISHED #14 IN THE POLLS, WE FINISHED #1...AT THE TIME OF THIS GAME WE WERE NOT #1!!!! WE WERE BATTLING WAZZU FOR THE PAC 10 CHAMPIONSHIP. THEY WERE #6, WE WERE #3!!!!!!!!

#14 WSU (7-2) 0 10 0 6 16 FINAL
#1 USC (8-1) 3 12 14 14 43
November 1, 2003 - Los Angeles Coliseum

This is ESPN. It's the Coaches Poll. So it's not the AP Poll. That might be the discrepancy here. But please tell me how the AP would vote Auburn #6 and the Coaches would not have Auburn in the Top 25. And USC #8 versus #1.


THAT IS NOT THE DISCREPANCY!!!! BECAUSE AS I SAID ABOVE, THEY HAVE PUT THE END OF THE SEASON RANKINGS THERE FOR ALL GAMES ON THE SCOREBOARD FOR EVERY WEEK OF THE SEASON. LOOK AT THE OTHER WEEKS AS WELL!!!!!! AUBURN FINISHED UNRANKED, THUSLY THERE IS NO RANKING FOR THEM!!!!

AUBURN was 6 and USC 8 in both AP and ESPN/COACHES POLL!!!!!!!!
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By JOHN ZENOR
AP Sports Writer


AUBURN, Ala. - Southern California used a smothering defense and ball control offense to turn a much-hyped matchup with sixth-ranked Auburn into an ugly mismatch.

The eighth-ranked Trojans - in their first game without last season's Heisman Trophy winner, Carson Palmer - looked less showy but every bit as dominating in beating the Tigers 23-0 Saturday night.


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jesus fecking christ!!!!!!!!!! use your brain and look closely!!!!!! :wenger:
 
Im one shot it looks as if the ref moved to his right to make sure the ball doesn't hit him.

Anyway, great game. The videos capture the feel of the game pretty well.
 
Sorry Flash. Upon further review, I see that for some reason ESPN archives the old boxscores but does not achive the rankings from that date, instead using the end of season rankings (which is quite asanine and confusing). Still don't understand why they have USC #1 in 2003 when the Coaches Poll picked LSU #1.

Jan. 4, 2004
2003 ESPN/USA Today Top 25 Poll ... FINAL

RANK TEAM RECORD PTS PVS
1. LSU (60) 13-1 1,572 2
2. USC (3) 12-1 1,514 1


Please accept my apology. I look like a fool, which is bad enough.

Texas would still beat USC.
 
MrMarcello said:
Sorry Flash. Upon further review, I see that for some reason ESPN archives the old boxscores but does not achive the rankings from that date, instead using the end of season rankings (which is quite asanine and confusing). Still don't understand why they have USC #1 in 2003 when the Coaches Poll picked LSU #1.

Jan. 4, 2004
2003 ESPN/USA Today Top 25 Poll ... FINAL

RANK TEAM RECORD PTS PVS
1. LSU (60) 13-1 1,572 2
2. USC (3) 12-1 1,514 1


Please accept my apology. I look like a fool, which is bad enough.
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:lol:

no problem Marcello...we are pals... ;)



maybe ESPN put USC as #1 because they figured that's what everyone would have voted them had the coaches not been bound by agreement to vote the BCS winner champion.


actually, I think that maybe they simply used the pre-bowl final rankings where USC was ranked #1 in ESPN/Coaches Poll.... (before the compulsory vote which took place after the Sugar Bowl) That's the only explanation I can come up with.

I think you should penn a strongly worded letter to ESPN!!! ;)
 
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