Coaches to Keep Final Poll Vote Secret
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The final coaches' vote before the Orange Bowl will stay a secret ballot. Despite some calls to make their picks public, the 61 college football coaches who vote in the USA Today/ESPN poll decided not to release their choices at the end of the regular season.
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When the Associated Press announced this week that it no longer would allow its Top 25 football poll to be used in the Bowl Championship Series standings, the procedure for selecting teams to play in major bowl games again became the center of controversy
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From the weekly media and coaches polls to the preseason rankings in a bevy of magazines to the annual end-of-season debate about the Bowl Championship Series, no sport is tied to polling as much as college football.
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Here are some Bowl Championship Series questions to ponder: If you are going to compete for the national championship, shouldn't you be the champion of your conference? And if the two human polls (Harris and coaches') agree on the top two teams, why should the computers override them?
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The deciding votes in this critical battleground state could be cast long before President Bush and Sen. John Kerry make their final pleas to voters.
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The Sporting News - Show the Power Poll a team without injuries and the Poll will show you a team that's ranked higher than it probably would be if so many contenders weren't missing important players. Of the Poll's top 10 teams, half are dealing with the absence of at least one key guy. The rundown:
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When you're a long snapper, anonymity is a good thing &#151; until the Pro Bowl ballots are printed. That's why Brian Jennings believes the best performers in their unique profession deserve more attention.
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Cal Ripken Jr. sidestepped questions about Mark McGwire and steroids on Tuesday, with Hall of Fame ballots bearing their names already in the hands of voters.
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&#39;&#39;It&#39;s important that there not be an overreaction to this poll,&#39;&#39; BCS coordinator (and Big 12 commissioner) Kevin Weiberg said on a conference call Monday.
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It is now officially out of their hands. It is now up to games yet to be played, to the computers, and to the pollsters around the country.
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BLACKSBURG, Va., Feb. 1 -- The ACC preseason poll can now safely be shredded into ribbons, and no two teams are more responsible than Virginia Tech and Virginia. The Hokies, who were picked 10th and received more last-place votes than any team, were deemed too young to compete. The Cavaliers fini...
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THE three companies that certify the US&#39; voting technologies operate in secrecy, and refuse to discuss flaws in the ATM-like machines to be used by nearly one in three voters in the presidential poll in November.
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Top university administrators delayed a decision on whether to implement a college football playoff system at the National Collegiate Athletic Associationâs annual convention Monday.
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COLLEGE FOOTBALL West Virginia is investigating the disappearance of records associated with the school's football program. Citing anonymous sources, The Charleston Gazette reported that files kept in the private office of former coach Rich Rodriguez disappeared between Dec. 16 and Jan. 3, along with strength and conditioning records from the weight room. Assistant athletic director Mike Fragale told the Associated ...
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Get ready for No. 1 vs. No. 2. Memphis survived its closest game of the season to remain the lone unbeaten and a unanimous No. 1 in The Associated Press' college basketball poll Monday.
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A top House Democrat who is investigating allegations of voting irregularities on Election Day wants the media to show him the confidential, "raw" data from the exit polls of voters they did this year.
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The Bowl Championship Series is ready to move on without The Associated Press college football poll.