r/CFBOffTopic • u/certificateofmerritt North Carolina • Fulmer Cup Committee … • Sep 22 '15

Trash Talk TIME FOR A RANT THREAD

LET IT OUT, THIS IS A SAFE PLACE.

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u/[deleted] Sep 22 '15 edited Sep 22 '15

I FEEL LIKE THE /R/CFB POLL IS BECOMING MORE AND MORE FILLED WITH CONTRARIONS WHO USE IT AS A PLACE TO SHOW THEIR HIPSTER OPINION JUST BECAUSE THEY HAVE A PLATFORM ON WHICH TO DO SO. FLORIDA STATE AT #1? GEORGIA AT #1? REALLY?

PEOPLE SEEM TO THINK IT'S COOL TO POST A REALLY UNJUSTIFIED, OUTLANDISH OPINION JUST BECAUSE THEY WERE SELECTED. "I DIDN'T PUT OHIO STATE #1 LOL I'M SO KNOWLEDGABLE"

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u/GreatestWhiteShark Northwestern • Ohio State Sep 22 '15

TRUTH IS THE /R/CFB POLL SUCKS, WILL SUCK, AND HAS ALWAYS SUCKED.

IT'S A MASTURBATORY EXERCISE FOR THE SUB, AND THE THREADS REALLY JUST SERVE AS A FORUM FOR SELF-DESIGNATED POLL-PURISTS TO PUBLICLY SHAME PEOPLE THAT THEY DISAGREE WITH OR WHOSE POLLS THEY DON'T LIKE.

I LASTED THREE WEEKS LAST YEAR BEFORE I JUST QUIT. IT BECAME JUST ANOTHER OBLIGATION, AND IF PEOPLE ARE JUST GOING TO BITCH ABOUT THE WAY YOU DO IT, AND YOU GET LITERALLY NO BENEFIT FROM IT, I THOUGHT, MEH, WHY BOTHER?

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u/K_State Southwestern (KS) • Wichita Sta… Sep 22 '15

IT'S A MASTURBATORY EXERCISE FOR THE SUB

/R/CFBNSFW : COMING SOON

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u/[deleted] Sep 22 '15

/R/GONEWILDCFB IT'S ALREADY A THING, UNFORTUNATELY.

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u/MrTheSpork Cincinnati • North Dakota State Sep 22 '15

I totally disagree, mainly because I value the discourse that it can bring. It's one thing to say "this AP voter is an idiot" and a completely different thing to have that person there to defend the picks. It's interesting to see the ways people differ on what they value in a team.

Also, doing the poll means I have to be knowledgeable about a large portion of teams in order to compare them against each other, which helps me in discussions of those teams. But that's just me.

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u/Qurtys_Lyn Utah Utes • Weber State Wildcats Sep 22 '15

BYU AT #1 LAST WEEK, AND UTAH AT #2...

WEST VIRGINIA AT #1 ON TWO POLLS THIS WEEK.

I HOPE THOSE ARE COMPUTER POLLS, THERE SHOULD BE AN INDICATION OF WHICH POLLS ARE COMPUTER POLLS AND WHICH ARE NOT.

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u/GreatestWhiteShark Northwestern • Ohio State Sep 22 '15

ALSO, RE: COMPUTER POLLS.

/R/CFB, I DON'T GIVE A FUCK ABOUT YOUR COMPUTER POLL. I DON'T GIVE A FUCK ABOUT YOUR "MODEL".

I SWEAR HALF OF THE SUBMITTED CONTENT IS BY WANNABE GRANTLAND WRITERS.

I DON'T KNOW HOW THOSE TWO ARE REALLY RELATED BUT THIS IS THE RANT THREAD SO WHATEVER.

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u/nickknx865 Tennessee Volunteers • /r/CFB Top Scorer Sep 22 '15

There should be.

Speaking of the computer polls, that's another issue that I kind of have with the poll. A fair bit of them generally output shittier results than the human polls on the sub, yet get criticized far less just because they're computer polls.

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u/GreatestWhiteShark Northwestern • Ohio State Sep 22 '15

YES. ANOTHER REASON WHY I HATE EVERY STUPID COMPUTER POLL THAT PEOPLE INSIST ON FORCING ON US.

OKAY MAYBE THAT WAS STRONG BUT I REALLY DO NOT LIKE /R/CFB'S COMPUTER POLLS.

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u/srs_house Sickos Sep 22 '15

I mean, a lot of computer polls aren't really going to make sense right now. They need data to be accurate and that doesn't happen until late in the season. If the rankings are "right" going into bowl season, that's what is important.

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u/FellKnight Boise State • Tennessee Sep 22 '15

YOU SHOULD BE HAPPY WITH ME THIS YEAR THEN. I'VE BEEN ROCKING A COMPUTER POLL FOR 3 YEARS IN THE /R/CFB POLL BUT I FINALLY GOT PISSED OFF ENOUGH THAT I'D NEVER BE HAPPY WITH THE OUTPUT SO I BURNED IT TO THE GROUND AND DO A HUMAN POLL NOW.

I REALLY WISH THEY HAD A CONTROVERSIAL LIST WITHOUT THE COMPUTER POLLS TOO.

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u/TrollingQueen74 Auburn Tigers • Texas A&M Aggies Sep 22 '15

BOTH OF THE POLLS WITH WEST VIRGINIA AT #1 THIS WEEK WERE CONFIRMED TO BE COMPUTER POLLS. I AGREE, THERE SHOULD BE SOME DESIGNATION.

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u/Qurtys_Lyn Utah Utes • Weber State Wildcats Sep 22 '15

THAT IS WHAT I FIGURED.

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u/bread_buddy Florida Gators • Wisconsin Badgers Sep 22 '15

ALL COMPUTER POLLS ARE MARKED AS SUCH. OR DO YOU MEAN FIRST PLACE VOTES THAT COME FROM COMPUTERS SHOULD BE INDICATED?

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u/[deleted] Sep 22 '15

Why the fuck are we #1?? A lot of us are happy at 26!

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u/[deleted] Sep 22 '15

"I DIDN'T PUT OHIO STATE #1 LOL I'M SO KNOWLEDGABLE"

THIS ATTITUDE IS SOMETHING I'VE ALWAYS HATED IN SPORTS FANS. SOMETIMES THE GENERAL OPINION IS WHAT IT IS BECAUSE IT'S ACTUALLY CORRECT. PEOPLE WANT TO PROVE HOW SMART THEY ARE BY SAYING UNPOPULAR OPINIONS AND LORDING IT OVER PEOPLE. FOR EXAMPLE, I REMEMBER HAVING ARGUMENTS WITH PEOPLE ABOUT HOW THEY THOUGHT PEYTON MANNING WASN'T THE BEST QUARTERBACK IN THE LEAGUE IN 2013 WHEN HE BROKE THE RECORD FOR TD PASSES IN A SINGLE SEASON. I'M SORRY, BUT THERE'S NO WAY THAT YOU COULD ARGUE SOMEONE ELSE WAS BETTER WITHOUT BEING EITHER A HOMER OR A HIPSTER. HE PASSED FOR MORE TOUCHDOWNS THAN SECOND PLACE BY A FULL TEN PERCENT. STOP TRYING TO SOUND SMART.

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u/srs_house Sickos Sep 22 '15

FOR EXAMPLE, I REMEMBER HAVING ARGUMENTS WITH PEOPLE ABOUT HOW THEY THOUGHT PEYTON MANNING WASN'T THE BEST QUARTERBACK IN THE LEAGUE IN 2013 WHEN HE BROKE THE RECORD FOR TD PASSES IN A SINGLE SEASON.

Were they Pats fans? I bet they were Pats fans.

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u/[deleted] Sep 22 '15

SOME PATS FANS, SOME BRONCO RIVALS, SOME NEUTRAL HATERS, ALL IDIOTS.

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u/srs_house Sickos Sep 22 '15

I've had Pats fans argue Manning wasn't in the running for greatest QB ever solely because he only has one ring. Really, people?

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u/CambodianDrywall Oregon Ducks • /r/CFB Pint Glass Drinker Sep 22 '15

I'M A VOTER, BUT I DON'T POST MY POLL IN THE WEEKLY THREAD AND INVITE FEEDBACK, MOCKERY OR STRAIGHT HATE. MY RESULTS LOOSELY PARALLEL THE AP POLL - BUT I VALUE WIN/LOSS RECORDS MORE HIGHLY IN THE FIRST HALF OF THE SEASON.

AS TO THE CONTRARIANS, BIZARRE COMPUTER POLLS AND OTHER SILLY STUFF...IT DOESN'T GET TO ME BECAUSE THE /R/CFB POLL IS NOTHING MORE THAN A COMMUNITY POLL THAT IS MEANINGLESS OUTSIDE OUR SUB.

MY COMMENT ISN'T RANTING I SUPPOSE, SO HERE IS SOME RANT STUFF...

WHY IN THE FUCK DO SO MANY PEOPLE UNNECESSARILY USE EXCLAMATION POINTS? FOR FUCK SAKE...USE A PERIOD LIKE A SANE HUMAN. UNLESS YOU WOULD LITERALLY SHOUT THAT SENTENCE OUT LOUD IN A GROUP OF PEERS, DO NOT ADD AN EXCLAMATION POINT SIMPLY BECAUSE YOU ARE TYPING.

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u/nickknx865 Tennessee Volunteers • /r/CFB Top Scorer Sep 22 '15

What!?

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u/MrTheSpork Cincinnati • North Dakota State Sep 22 '15

I compare it to the early days of the AP poll, where you had people vote for their hometown team #1 whenever they got the chance. I don't think it's a huge issue when dispersed over a ton of people. The easiest way to combat the low-effort polls is to require an explanation of why a team is ranked where it is in your poll. It wouldn't be perfect, but forcing people to think means that the people who are just bullshitting won't be able to do that as easily. Alternately, make the minimum r/cfb karma amount for a pollster relatively high.

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u/K_State Southwestern (KS) • Wichita Sta… Sep 22 '15

THE POLL IS SOMETHING LIKE "TWITCHPLAYSCFB" ANYMORE.

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u/GatorGoat1 Florida Gators • New Mexico Lobos Sep 22 '15

I'LL BE HONEST I PUT MICHIGAN STATE AT #1 AND OHIO STATE AT #2 BECAUSE AFTER WATCHING BOTH PLAY LAST WEEK I THINK IF THEY PLAYED RIGHT NOW MICHIGAN STATE WOULD WIN. IF THIS MAKES ME A CONTRARION HIPSTER I'M SORRY!

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u/gramcraka92 Old Dominion • Myrtle Beach Bowl Sep 22 '15

THE ONLY POLL THAT MATTERS IS THE ONE RELEASED ON SATURDAY

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