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Red State Ten?
Published: 8/11/2010 3:38 PM
Last Modified: 8/11/2010 3:38 PM

Here we go with the coach's poll again.

The coach's poll is worth something like a third of the Bowl Cheating Scam that determines the two big-name teams that will rake in the most money in a fake national championship game.

In the first coach's poll, get this nonsense.

The Big Ten has four teams in the top 15!

The SEC has two!

To the premise that the Big Ten is the best conference in the country this year, the only appropriate response is: How much?

The only thing the coaches got right was giving the Hang Ten Conference
one top 15 team, Oregon.

Concerning names, the Big 12 obviously needs a new name.

You don't like the Republican Ten, the Red State Ten?

Inside Ten?

What then?




Reader Comments 17 Total
G-Block (3 years ago)
How's this for a new name for the conference: "First and Ten."
mgsooner (3 years ago)
The Temporary Ten.
LaffALot (3 years ago)
Texas & da’ little puds

The Greedy 3
& da’ No where to go 7

The Gun Advocates Conference

My Life Centers around my school’s success in Athletics Conference

Trailer got a hole in the roof,
Couch on the front lawn conference

The Noodling, Crank Bait, No front teeth conference

Why R do so many ‘readers want to “Wicker man” da’ Snicker?
Jealousy? Envy? Delusional? Intelligence? Therapy? Maybe sniffing the wrong type of glue?
MexiMike (3 years ago)
I'd love to dispute the amount of Big 10 teams in the top 15 but the bottom line is that they won 4 bowl games last season. We'll see how real they are in early September when they take on tough OOC opponents.

As far as the new name goes:

The Texas Ten
Big 12 Lite (already being used)
Beebe's Blunder
Ten for Sale

(Props to mgsooner for "The Temporary Ten")
But What Do I Know? (3 years ago)
Big 12 minus 2?
tulsandn (3 years ago)
The Big Tenderloin....

The Big Tenacity....

The Big Tension....

The Big Tentative...

The ReTention pond....
The Picker (3 years ago)
You people catch Hard Knocks on HBO?

What's up with that affected cussing for the camera? Sure, lots of them probably talk dirty. But that doesn't mean we have to hear it non-stop.

It looked the coach was acting.

So that's what a "player's coach" is. Talk like a slob and be one of them. None of the other teams featured on this show played tough guy.

The show provides great insight and the violence is astounding.

But get the Jets out of here. This coach sounds better suited for a beer bust.
Ignatz (3 years ago)
I just want everone to know "Temporary Ten" popped in my head before I read any comments, so there mg! How about "Football Is More Important Than Academics Ten?" (FIMITA 10).
mgsooner (3 years ago)
FINALLY something the Picker and I can agree on: hating that fat pig Rex Ryan. Once a jerk, always a jerk. The Jets' organization, players and their fans think his ridiculous behavior is "cute" right now because they're winning, but wait until times get tough. That baloney will start to get old, and fast.
MexiMike (3 years ago)
Ignatz, your suggestion has already been coined by the SEC.
Dash Riprock (3 years ago)
Tornado Alley Ten
mannfordmom (3 years ago)
Coaches poll is nothing but a popularity contest. Kind of like voting for Student Council officers in a small school - the cool and pretty people will win every time, but the nerd who could really make a difference is snubbed.
norsemustang (3 years ago)
The Texas Plus Nine Conference
The Longhorn Athletic Conference
The Rich Get Richer Conference
COURS: Conference of Unequal Revenue Sharing
Lambo (3 years ago)
The Longhorn League...call it what it is!
buster (3 years ago)
The Conference Formerly Called The Big XII.
Glenn616 (3 years ago)
There are two Big Ten Teams that I think should be in the Top 10: Ohio State and Wisconsin. I agree with you, Pick, on the amount of Big 10 teams in the top ten.

As far as a new conference name goes: I'll go with OU, Texas, Texas A&M, and the Seven Dwarfs.
AwayFromHomeTulsan (3 years ago)
NO NUMBERS, PLEASE!

That's an invitation for inaccuracy. See also the BigTen (12 teams). It IS possible to gain/lose teams. Let's call it the Big9, just in case we lose another team. The number doesn't matter anyway, right? No political garbage either.

How about something simply geographical? Plains Conference. Central Conference.

"MCC" Mid-Continent Conference.
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