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Plyler's Blog: Thursday Thoughts

Nov 5, 2015, 9:23 AM

Thursday Thoughts

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I have heard mixed emotions about Clemson being number one in the first College Football Playoff poll this season. I understand those that are skeptical because of the pressure and the expectations that come with being ranked number one. I also know th

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Little early to be drinking, no?***

Nov 5, 2015, 9:59 AM

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It's never too early to be drinking...

Nov 5, 2015, 10:01 AM

Tell em Mickey.

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It's possible to hear emotions?

Nov 5, 2015, 10:59 AM

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BCS Rankings are a Poll?

Nov 5, 2015, 11:00 AM

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According to Webster ... yes.

Nov 5, 2015, 8:55 PM

Webster says a poll is (1) : the casting or recording of the votes of a body of persons (2) : a counting of votes cast.

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CFP is a vote and deliberate process.

Nov 5, 2015, 9:30 PM

Definitely not a poll.

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Is the committee not a body of persons? Do they not

Nov 5, 2015, 9:43 PM

record the votes of the committee in order to rank the teams?

Webster says a poll is (1): the casting or recording of the votes of a body of persons (2) : a counting of votes cast.

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hth

Nov 6, 2015, 9:35 AM

http://the-difference-between.com/poll/vote

Also, good luck finding anywhere that the CFP committee or the NCAA refers to the rankings as a poll. It's quite intentional that they don't.

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Po-TAY-to ... Po -TAH-to ... they (you) can call it what you want

Nov 6, 2015, 12:22 PM

... but it's still a poll by definition.

So we disagree. Fine. You just wanted to take a dig at Mickey anyway.

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this is the type of reporting that should be done in

Nov 6, 2015, 9:57 AM

bits and pieces... it's too much info for the reader to take in and digest at once

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