September 8, 200619 yr http://www.suntimes.com/output/campus/cst-spt-local08.html Weis admits he dropped Irish September 8, 2006 Charlie Weis admitted it without hesitation. The Notre Dame coach dropped his team with his vote in this week's USA Today coaches poll. "You try to be as honest as you can," he said, "and not get too wrapped into what everyone else is saying or thinking." Weis wouldn't reveal how many slots he dropped the Irish, though he said it was more than one. His team was tied for third in the poll before its 14-10 victory over Georgia Tech. Now Notre Dame is tied for fifth with West Virginia. There was some controversy this week concerning Ohio State coach Jim Tressel's ballot. Weis doesn't anticipate having the same problem. He takes his vote seriously, sitting down with quality-control coordinator Tim McDonnell for two hours every week, dissecting games. "We try to be as practical as we can," Weis said. "We really have the biggest trouble between 12 and 25. Usually the first 10 or so, they are so close early in the year." Notre Dame is tied for fourth with Auburn in the AP Top 25. •Weis said freshman running back James Aldridge, who is battling a left knee injury, is getting better but won't play Saturday. "He's starting to cut now," Weis said. "I won't put him out there until I know he can take a blow to his legs and not be afraid."
September 8, 200619 yr http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=2575661 When Ohio State coach Jim Tressel said he voted Texas No. 1 in the coaches poll, he made a mistake, said USA Today, which sponsors the poll. Gilmore: D big question for Buckeyes Rod Gilmore Although Ohio State enters its big rematch with Texas on Saturday night (ABC, 8 ET) ranked No. 1 in the polls, questions remain about its defense. Can a unit featuring nine new starters develop into a championship-caliber defense? • For more of Rod Gilmore's analysis, Click here. Insider Also: • Tressel excitedInsider • College GameDay To Go • Smith concentrating on arm • Vote: Who wins? The rematch between No. 1 Ohio State and No. 2 Texas on Saturday night at Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium in Austin this week will tag one team with a loss and diminished national title chances. At his weekly news conference on Tuesday previewing the showdown, Tressel said, "I've got [the Longhorns] ranked No. 1 on our ballot." Texas coach Mack Brown, meanwhile, said he had listed Ohio State No. 1. USA Today, however, disclosed late Tuesday that Tressel's ballot actually lists Ohio State No. 1 and Texas No. 2. The paper, which normally does not reveal votes except for the final regular-season poll, said it revealed Tressel's vote as a matter of policy to protect the integrity of the poll. Stan Jefferson, Ohio State's director of player development, called in Tressel's ballot Tuesday morning. He said he changed the ballot to match the preseason poll and did not have time to tell Tressel. Integrity of the coaches' vote USA Today characterized Ohio State coach Jim Tressel's press-conference announcement that he voted Texas No. 1 as he "made a mistake." The paper released Tressel's vote in order to protect the "integrity" of the poll, which, to paraphrase Groucho Marx, is more than Tressel ever did. • For more of Ivan Maisel's analysis, click here. • Chris Fowler's take Insider "When it came time to vote on the preseason poll, we voted Texas No. 1 and us No. 3 after talking about it as a staff," Jefferson told The (Manfield, Ohio) News Journal. "When I called in his poll [Tuesday morning], he did not tell me to put Ohio State No. 1. I put that down because we were No. 1 in the preseason poll that came out. "I did not have time to get with him today before the press conference. It was an honest mistake on our part. It was not meant as a psychological ploy or attempt to play mind games," Jefferson said. Ohio State confirmed Texas was No. 2 on Tressel's ballot. Coaches can have another person call their votes into USA Today as long as the head coach makes the selections. Texas has won its last 21 games and is the defending national champion, but Brown said he has been voting Ohio State No. 1. "We feel like they deserve to be the No. 1 team in the country because they finished the [2005] season like we did but they've got more returning starters in key positions than we do," Brown said. The Buckeyes lost 25-22 to Texas before an Ohio Stadium-record crowd of 105,565 last season. Even though Texas is dripping with tradition in its 113 years of football, it has never hosted a No. 1 vs. No. 2 game until now.
September 8, 200619 yr QUOTE(greasywheels121 @ Sep 8, 2006 -> 02:16 PM) Tressel accidently voted his team #2, and Texas #1. no the guy who phoned in voted OSU #1 when tressel wanted Texas at #1 and OSU at #2 it doesnt matter anyways until teams start losing or playing serious competition
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