Dear Gary (on George and the Poll Attacks)

Here's Wednesday's Dear Gary ...

Dear Gary: Is George Geise a plant, trying to pay off a debt to you by making himself a target on par with a sloth or GW Bush late in his second term? Or is it that he is a purist, relying on newspapers mailed to him in Montana thereby arriving 1-3 weeks late just in time to make his vote insane? Has he heard of the world wide interweb (it is like a system of tubes)? Or has he established a fundamentally flawed but valiant effort to undermine the BCS system?

Should we have an intervention?

Should you interview him?

Should I interview him?

-- Eric

I've actually received a bunch of emails suggesting George -- the crazy AP voter and star of the weekly Poll Attacks -- might be just goofing around to have fun with me, and I can understand why folks would think that way. The alternative is to believe he really is that out-of-touch with what's happening in college basketball, but I'm afraid the latter is true.

Remember, I only discovered George because his ballot was so wacky.

It's remained that way every week.

So I think he really is just, well, not very good at filling out an AP ballot, although there might be something to the theory that he is relying on newspapers mailed to him for results. I know that sounds silly, but if you check his ballots he really is about a week behind the times -- evidence being how he moved Boston College from 25th to 19th the week after the Eagles lost to Harvard and Miami instead of the week after the Eagles beat North Carolina.

You got that?

Boston College went 0-2 last week but advanced six places on George's ballot.

That makes no sense unless he thought BC should've been 25th before the UNC win and 19th after the BC win, meaning he really is operating a week behind reality, which would be wild. Short of that, I have no idea what's happening up there in Montana. But the dude is a gift sent from God to the Poll Attacks, and if you decide to interview him, Eric, be sure to let me know how it goes, because I'm curious to understand George's way of thinking just as much as anybody.

I know John Feinstein is a great author, but he gave a vote to Harvard and to me that's worse than TCU. They did beat Boston College, which is a great win for them, but their loses are amazing.

It's interesting that they have a similar opponent in Colorado. Harvard lost @COL by 13, while TCU won @COL by 16.

I'm not saying by transitive law that TCU is clearly better than Harvard, but at the least Feinstein is just as guilty as Giese this week.

andtinez Reputation: 82 Level: All-Star Since: Dec 15, 2008	Posted on: January 14, 2009 3:33 pm Score: 52 Dear Gary (on George and the Poll Attacks) I know John Feinstein is a great author, but he gave a vote to Harvard and to me that's worse than TCU. They did beat Boston College, which is a great win for them, but their loses are amazing. It's interesting that they have a similar opponent in Colorado. Harvard lost @COL by 13, while TCU won @COL by 16. I'm not saying by transitive law that TCU is clearly better than Harvard, but at the least Feinstein is just as guilty as Giese this week. [ Reply to Comment ]
andtinez Reputation: 82 Level: All-Star Since: Dec 15, 2008	Posted on: January 14, 2009 3:45 pm Score: 54 Dear Gary (on George and the Poll Attacks) I meant to say that at the least Feinstein is just as guilty as Jeff Walker this week. Giese is guilty every week. [ Reply to Comment ]
The Blight Reputation: 85 Level: All-Star Since: Dec 10, 2006	Posted on: January 15, 2009 12:29 pm Score: 83 Dear Gary (on George and the Poll Attacks) He lives in Montana. He's probably just a week behind in getting the news. [ Reply to Comment ]

Gary Parrish

Parrish: The Thoughts