I may be in Philly for work, but that doesn't mean the HLS Top 25 will take a week off. There was quite a bit of shake-up this week as some of our top teams feel. So where did everyone end up this week? ...
HLS Top 25
HLS Top 25
This year, HLS will be doing its own poll throughout the season. Think of it as a selection committee much like we will have in 2014: a small group of experts that actually watch the games. We will also have a computer poll starting in week 5 as the NDtex25 formula will makes its return. I'm still hard at work making sure this latest piece of technology is fully revamped from last season, but for now, let's take a look at how the HLS staff voted: ...
The HLS Totally Non-Homer Top 25 – Preseason Edition 2008 : #5 – #1
If you’d like to know all there is to know about THLSTNHT25-PE, click here, then click here to read about those teams that didn’t quite make the cut, then click here to learn about our #25-#16 teams, and here to learn about teams #15-#6. And once you’ve finished with all that, please move forward, and learn all there is to know about THLSTNHT25-PE: #5-#1, in which we secretly harbor the belief that the Irish really could beat everyone on this list, what though the ods... #5 ...
The HLS Totally Non-Homer Top 25 – Preseason Edition 2008 : #15 – #6
If you’d like to know all there is to know about THLSTNHT25-PE, click here, then click here to read about those teams that didn’t quite make the cut, then click here to learn about our #25-#16 teams. And once you’ve finished with all that, please move forward, and learn all there is to know we had time to write down about THLSTNHT25-PE: #15-#6, in which we hurry through so that we may get on with talking about our projected #1-#5: #15 Arizona State: Highest Position in a voter’s ...
The HLS Totally Non-Homer Top 25 – Preseason Edition 2008 : Also Receiving Votes
If you'd like to know all there is to know about THLSTNHT25-PE, click here. After utilizing a Google Spreadsheet large enough to cover the Google Earth, we've managed to figure out what teams are good enough to show up on voters' ballots, probably due to some mental snafu, but are not good enough to show up on our Top 25. Welcome to mediocreville, these teams, population: you. The teams that also received votes: Utah: Highest place in a voter's ballot: 16th. Average rank among all ...
The HLS Totally Non-Homer Top 25 – Preseason Edition 2008
While the NCAA Football season still seems depressingly far away, we at HLS have been busy drinking, staring at women on the beach, and hastily cobbling together this year's edition of The HLS Totally Non-Homer Top 25 - Preaseason Edition. While we've elected to save time and our marriages by presenting the HLSTNHT25-PE in a more condensed version from last year's epic, 27-post thrill-ride, we do feel we're opting for quality over quantity this time around. Think 3 or 4 Lexuses (Lexi?) rather ...
The HLS Totally Non-Homer Top 25 – Week 5: Does It Really Matter After 1 and 2?
We were tempted to throw Duke in here just because, after 1 and 2, can it really be said that any of the remaining 23 are playing "exceptional football?" Can you really look at any other teams and say, with great confidence that they'd beat the 94 other teams not getting ranked (so long as they avoid committing 16 penalties)? I can't. Here's what I'd like to do: LSU Southern Cal Everybody Else But I can't, so... LSU Southern Cal Ohio ...
The HLS Totally Non-Homer Top 25 – Week 2: “Don’t Blame Me” Edition
Somehow our voters couldn't see it in their hearts to completely wipe Auburn off the face of our Top 25 this week, despite the fact that they lost to a commuter school. Don't blame me, if I could have cast negative votes in Tommy Tuberville's direction, I would have. As good as it was to see Michigan (sucks!) lose, I have a special place in my heart for Auburn/Tuberville themed schadenfreude. Rank Team 1 LSU 2 Southern ...
The HLS Totally Non-Homer Top 25 – Week 1
One, two, three, four, five! Well, we've got 1 full weekend of college football in the books. And 3 of the 4 HLS pollsters have submitted ballots. If the 4th pulls one together, this may change a bit, but I suspect this is a pretty set order. Southern Cal WVU Florida Texas LSU Cal Oklahoma UCLA Georgia Wisconsin Ohio State Penn State Rutgers Georgia Tech Virginia Tech Louisville Auburn Boston Freaking College TCU Clemson Arkansas Oregon ...
The HLS Totally Non-Homer Top 25 – Preseason Edition: #1 – Southern Cal
You had to see it coming, right? I mean, it only makes sense now that people at ESPN or some other MSM locale are comparing the Poodle to Rockne. Last year, SoCal was merely good. Very good, yes, but still only good. They weren't quite the same as the 2005 edition of "the greatest team ever, ever, ever," but they were still damned good. And while the offensive firepower dropped from 49.1 points a game to 30, the defense started to become the beast that the Poodle had envisioned in so many ...