ncca predictions

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1) Stanford because they must cheat in recruiting to get all those guys. I know that it's a great school, great weather, yadayadayada. Why then is DUKE sooooooooo bad?(I'm kidding, kind of:)

2) Arkansas because every year they are so excited to get the hell out of Fayy...Faye...Faya.. um, HELL that they destroy everybody in their way

3) Colorado because the Torres twins are damn ugly and everyone, except the Michigan... er I mean Stanford FAB 5 and the hicks are to scared to be in front of them and have to look at them in the face.

4) Wisconsin because they have been hiding all year and are ready to roll. I wish my name was Spiker. What a cool freaking name, much better than having a last name that means womens underwear.

5) Oregon because they must make up for the football team's recent woes. P.S. Go back to the classic uniforms, the new ones are damn ugly

P.P.S.(pun intended) To all the ladies out there. I was a teamate of Brett Holts in high school and we called him B.D.S. Big...Di Oh hell, figure it out for yourself.

Oh yeah, and to the guy who blasted me because I said that NAU was better than Montana State.

MSU doesn't even qualify, and that's the bottome line, cause Stone Cold says so!!!

and they are hippies, and hippies suck.

Because I've sworn off instant messenger and thus I am now a college kid with no life...

I Bring Thee the Goofy Poll (the longest most irrelevant post in Letsrun.com history)

1. Stanford - For no other reason then Gabe Jennings beats the drum of synergy for them.

2. Arkansas - I love Lincoln, but he's really not cool enough to pull off racing in sun glasses. Cragg is one Irishman who wont benefit from cold weather.

3. Colorado - Lets see these guys are really fast, there female counterparts are hot, and they get to train in Boulder year round... Evertime I start to feel jealous I think I'm better looking than the Torres twins, I got more hair than Slattery, and I don't have a stress fracture.

4. Wisconsin - Don't push the panic button on these guys just cause they don't actually race during the season.

5. Northern Arizona - They worry me. Ahnstrom's hurt, Sheikh is just a frosh, and Laird isn't exactly in top ten form.

6. Villanova - Health questions, I bet Blincoe's injury somehow relates to his shorts being too long. If I ever make a lot of money I'm gonna start a running spy network. I'll hire people to spy on good cross-country teams and then I'll have the most informed posts around, but I digress...

7. Oregon - (beware, inside joke coming) Martin Smith used to coach at Oakton. Oakton's cool.

8. Eastern Michigan - Boaz can't possibly go the wrong way on the nattys course. Coach calls it a "tragedy" that they lost to Oregon.

9. Providence - Adam Sutton is the skinniest non-Kenyan I've ever seen. I hope he's still rocking the shaved head look.

10. Central Michigan - And we get another thread on how great CMU is, and that if they had foreigners, gosh darn it, they could beat EMU!!

11. Iona - They're probably better than this, but I don't like them, and its my poll.

12. BYU - You'd run fast too if your kids were watching. They'd do better but they're all married, and Mic says women "weaken the legs." Rocky would have beaten Apollo the first time if it wasn't for Adrian, Pre would have won gold if it wasn't for Monica Potter, and I'd beat off less if I could get a date, but I digress...

13. Montana State - And the dozen people currently living in the state of Montana throw a party for these overachieving youngsters. Speaking of states where there isn't much to do, why don't the Dakotas churn out runners?? If I lived in North Dakota all I'd do was run.

14. Indiana - Jared Jeffries (IU grad, and by grad I mean he went to IU, he obviously didn't graduate) is a budding NBA star. Jeffries is similar to Jefferson, the Jefferson twins run well and then join the Scott Razcko school for people who want to run good and do other stuff good too...

15. Weber St. - School promptly changes its name to Webber State, cause it sounds better. Hey whatever happened to Harold Arseneau? (SP?)

16. G-Town - And a thread pops up on how good g-town would be if Sanchez hadn't gotten hurt. Yeah and if Fred Taylor had two functional groins he'd be chasing Emmitt Smith's record.

17. Colorado State - Brian Berryhill sounds like a name from a Matt Christopher book (and yes I realize he's long gone)

18. Michigan - Who's uglier Webb or Wills? I bet Brannen drives a supped up Civic and listens to Eminem.

19. NCSU - (insert lame joke about the Pack running in a Pack). Yahoo for redshirting.

20. Ohio State - I think the whole team should wear bow ties to the race, it works for Tressel. Not only that but they should those Buckeye stickers on their uniforms when they run well.

21. Dartmouth - I bet Tom McArdle drives a beige station wagon. I'd pay good money to see him and Ritz wrestle... and I mean that in a completely heterosexual way.

22. Butler - I couldn't decide which joke I wanted to use so I'll use both: "The Butler did it!!" "But.. (snicker)" And yes I realize I have now created the least entertaining poll ever.

23. Alabama - In a post race interview Kimina says "yo dawg, we was just marinatin in the pack for the first duece or so, then it was like, booyah, time to roll it out, know what I'm sayin? It was tight for real, I give my dawgs major props for dis" And for those of you who didn't figure it out, I'm a white kid from the suburbs.

24. Arizona State - I know nothing about these guys, east coast bias.

25. William and Mary - Peak when it counts. Besides I've seen the girls at W&M, no distractions there.

26. Lasalle - They should re-hire Speedy Morris as an assistant Cross-Country coach. I'd run fast for a guy named Speedy.

27. Oklahoma State - To show school spirit Jason Woolhouse has decided to race in a Cowboy hat. Hundreds of runners across the nation light themselves on fire, unable to accept the fact that a guy who races in a Cowboy hat is faster than them

28. Minnesota - If you bring your own tent to meets at least finish in the top 10.

29. Texas - The worst part about wearing bright orange uniforms is everyone notices when you're bringing up the rear (See Tennesse last year, and heck Texas too).

30. Notre Dame - Mobley's ass causes him to drop out. I'm just hatin on Notre Dame cause my roomate likes them for no apparent reason. It always gets to me that people from Irish descent root for Notre Dame, there's nothing Irish about it, even the god damn name is French. You think Tim Brown was Irish? Jerome Bettis? Rick Mirer? Ok, I'm babbling again...

31. Florida - Ron Zook gets fired as the Gator harriers score more pts in one meet than the gridiron warriors do all season.

Individuals

1. Jorge Torres - Ritz said he wouldn't share a milkshake with him after the race unless Jorge won.

2. Boaz - Blames Gavin after the race for not sending Jorge the wrong way.

3. Kimani - I was gonna pick him to win, until he got married. Kids if your listening, let this be a lesson to you, women are inherently evil.

4. Kangogo - I don't think he's that good, for no apparent reason. If I had any guts I'd put him lower, but then again if I had any guts I'd be running in nationals instead of spending 2 hours on this freakin poll. If I was starting an all name team, I'd take him, Spiker, John Crews (high school kid), Festa (its got a nice ring to it), and Brian Berryhill. Then I'd write a book about them, and get an editor, not that we know anyone who wrote a book without an editor (cough Lear).

5. Cragg - Last year at Nationals I went the whole race

thinking he was Lincoln. Hey, they have blond hair, and I'd never seen the Arkansas guys in person before... And my poll just lost any credibility it had left

6. Tegenkamp - Are you still reading this? For the love of God read a book. I like Wisconsin.

7. Robison - Add a freakin N to your name. I think if Robison ran for Weber State I'd go insane.

8. McArdle - Celebrates with a big glass of milk!!

9. Sage - For the rest of his life he's bothered by the fact that he failed to outkick McArdle.

10. Lincoln - If there were barriers to jump over in cross-country then... the Kenyans would still beat him.

Enjoy Life.

1. Cragg is South African

2. Oklahoma State was the team wearing the bright orange jerseys that got last year NOT the Vols

3. Funny Poll

"It always gets to me that people from Irish descent root for Notre Dame, there's nothing Irish about it"

Exept for about 80% of the university's student body last names. The only thing French about he university is its name. Nice job on pointing out a very small portion of the student body in those football players.

Best Poll yet!

For the record...

1. Cragg changed his citizenship from South African to Irish.

2. The Vols finished in the penultimate position (which is still in the back, I never claimed they were dead last, but I do give them credit for making nationals, even if they are in the South).

I'm not gonna defend the Notre Dame point (even though fans of Notre Dame don't root for 80% of the student body to graduate and succeed in life, they root for the football team to win games, oops guess I defended it), cause I use hyperboble to stress my point, and I have a feeling that will be lost on diehard Irish fans.

At any rate, I promise this is my UT defense of the poll (get it, next to last), cause I don't want to be that guy who defends every statement he makes, especially since 96.8% of the statements I make are blatant lies.

As always, enjoy life.

I must say it is all very clever! Give us more polls like that in the future and I\'ll be impressed. By the wa, I\'m Irish and for no apparent reason I too root for Notre Dame. Orange Bowl here we come baby! By the way...gotta go with Molly Huddle...$20 says she pulls out a national championship in 2 years in cross country. She\'ll have a least one in track by next year.

where is OHIO STATE??? no love man, no love.

20th

That is the funniest thing I've read in a long time. I am embarrasing myself in this computer lab with my laughter. WE WANT MORE!!!!!!!!!!

Very enjoyable.

Here's my predictions for the top ten:

1. Stanford

2. Wisconsin

3. Arkansas

4. Colorado

5. NAU

6. Eastern Michigan

7. Villinova

8. Oregon

9. Weber St.

10. BYU

Of course Central Michigan, Iona, and Georgetown could also be in the mix.

mad props

gotta love that last guy's spelling of villanova. what a goof.

Excellent post and poll. You forgot to mention Utah. I just know that Ute is going to break off a "we get zero respect" post any minute now.

Iona will definitely be top 10. They should probably be higher up than "probably in the mix somewhere"