The Daily Clog » EA Sports http://clog.dailycal.org A Cal blog brought to you by The Daily Californian Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:53:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 en hourly 1 Bears Ranked No. 12 in First ESPN/USA Today Coaches’ Poll http://clog.dailycal.org/2007/08/04/bears-ranked-no-12-in-first-espnusa-today-coaches-poll/ http://clog.dailycal.org/2007/08/04/bears-ranked-no-12-in-first-espnusa-today-coaches-poll/#comments Sun, 05 Aug 2007 01:43:40 +0000 Gerald Nicdao http://newclog.dailycal.org/?p=544 Enough with all the "preseason magazine powder-puff polls":http://clog.dailycal.org/464/wrapping-up-athlons-rankingsof-course-uscs-no-1 that don’t mean anything. It’s time for the real "polls to come out":http://calbears.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/080307aab.html. And since the coaches’ poll is one-third of the equation that gives us the BCS, it’s probably a tad more important than the AP poll. For the second straight year, Cal is ranked No. 12 in the first coaches’ poll of the year. And again, the Bears will head into their season-opener ranked higher than Tennessee, "which garnered enough votes to earn them No. 15":http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/rankingsindex. But by no means is Cal the favorite to beat the Vols on Sept. 1.]]> Enough with all the preseason magazine powder-puff polls that don’t mean anything.

It’s time for the real polls to come out. And since the coaches’ poll is one-third of the equation that gives us the BCS, it’s probably a tad more important than the AP poll.

For the second straight year, Cal is ranked No. 12 in the first coaches’ poll of the year.

And again, the Bears will head into their season-opener ranked higher than Tennessee, which garnered enough votes to earn them No. 15. But by no means is Cal the favorite to beat the Vols on Sept. 1.

And hey, it looks like Athlon Sports got the Bears’ ranking sort of right. Athlon ranked Cal No. 11 in its preseason poll.

Of course USC was ranked No. 1, but the Trojans were not a consensus pick. USC only received 45 of the 60 first-place votes. No. 2 LSU received four first-place votes, No. 3 Florida got nine first-place votes and No. 5 Michigan was able to muster two first-place votes.

And yes, EA Sports was almost right  with UCLA’s No. 19 ranking in NCAA Football ’08. The Bruins—on the laurels of their desperate win over USC last year—are ranked No. 17 by the coaches.

Image Source: Ben Gallup, Daily Cal
Cal Begins Season Ranked No. 12 According to ESPN/USA Today Preseason Coaches’ Poll [Cal Bears]
2007 NCAA Football Rankings – Preseason [ESPN]

]]> http://clog.dailycal.org/2007/08/04/bears-ranked-no-12-in-first-espnusa-today-coaches-poll/feed/ 0 Out of the Golf Cart & Into the Game: Marshawn Madden 08 Rating Leaked http://clog.dailycal.org/2007/07/21/out-of-the-golf-cart-into-the-game-marshawn-madden-08-rating-leaked/ http://clog.dailycal.org/2007/07/21/out-of-the-golf-cart-into-the-game-marshawn-madden-08-rating-leaked/#comments Sat, 21 Jul 2007 23:21:21 +0000 Ethan Strauss http://newclog.dailycal.org/?p=526 So rumor has it Marshawn Lynch will get a Madden 2008 rookie rating of 83.]]>
So rumor has it Marshawn Lynch will get a Madden 2008 rookie rating of 83. We’re down with the 93 juke rating, but only 91 speed?! And an elusiveness of 82 is a damned insult. Come on, he deserves much better than that.

OK, the Clog just scared itself with its own game nerdiness. We’re just going to say that the man deserves a 100 “ultimate hyphy ability” and get out of here.

Oh, and the video above has zilch to do with the Madden rating. We just thought you might want to see it again.

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