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Pollspeak
Seeking Writers, Researchers, Marketing Help (posted
4/7/08)
Pollspeak.com is now interviewing interns and volunteers to work on our site
during the '08 football season. We would like to expand our coverage and
visibility, and we will need additional writers, researchers and marketing help
to do so. If you are interested in applying, write:
admin@pollspeak.com.
Pollstalker
Now Supports Baseball (posted
3/5/08)
Pollspeak's coverage of NCAA Baseball begins with the regular season
polls. Like any poll, you can visit
Pollstalker and choose "NCAA Baseball 08" from the Pollstalker drop-down
menu on the left.
Unfortunately there is no NCAA baseball poll with public ballots. First,
if that upsets you, be sure to sign the
Free the Ballots Petition to help make all ballots public. Second,
this means Pollstalker will handle baseball polls a bit differently.
Instead of listing individual voters by name, it will list each poll as a
"voter": Baseball America Poll, Collegiate Baseball Poll, USA Today
Coaches' Poll and Massey Computer Rankings.
You may use Pollstalker for baseball just like the other sports, but most people
will probably use it to quickly compare how their favorite team(s) are ranked in
every poll. Simply click on your favorite team names or choose them from
Team drop-down menus on the left. The only poll currently missing is
Massey, which hasn't released its results for the 2008 season yet. If you
would like other reputable baseball polls to be included, please
contact us.
Any pertinent baseball poll news will be posted on the
Baseball page, and please discuss baseball topics on the
baseball forums.
Basketball
Put on Automatic (posted
2/23/08)
Read the story on the
Basketball page.
Pollspeak
Reports to the AP, USA Today, Harris Interactive and BCS Released (posted 1/22/08)
The following reports may be freely downloaded. The AP report was sent to the
Associated Press on 1/18/08. The USA Today and Harris Interactive reports
were sent on 1/20/08 and the BCS Report was sent on 1/22/08. They cover the entire 2007 season as reported on
Pollspeak.com. They also make recommendations on removing bad voters,
setting basic rules and improving each Poll's perception. Download the
files here:
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Pollspeak Report to the Associated Press - College Football 2007
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Pollspeak Report to the
USA Today - College Football 2007
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Pollspeak
Report to Harris Interactive - College Football 2007
- Pollspeak
Report to The BCS - College Football 2007
 The
Harris Interactive Poll - What You Don’t Know(posted
12/19/07)
We’re going to shy away from the typical Bad/Good Voter premise with the
Harris Interactive Poll. Most of our readers have gotten comfortable with
Pollstalker by now and can tell for themselves who the most extreme voter
is, etc. (Okay, it’s
Bobby Aillet). Instead, we’ll point out some of the differences between this
poll and the others. We can’t guarantee that you don’t know these things
already, but if you do know, please tell us what happened to the missing ballots....READ THE FULL ARTICLE ON THE
FOOTBALL PAGE (week 15).
 The Coaches'
Perspective
(posted 12/12/07)
Since this is the first time we get to see the Coaches' ballots all season,
this column will be a bit different. The Coaches' Perspective is part analysis
and a large part opinion and guess-work. It is generally accepted that coaches
are going to be biased when they fill out their ballots. After all, they have a
vested interest in how the polls turn out. Besides, the polls are secret for all
but the last week, so who would ever know? In fact, if coa ches aren't
biased, fans could argue that they aren't doing their job as coach.
A better argument is: why would you let the most inherently biased group of
people vote in a poll with so much at stake...let alone secretly? It's like
having the prisoners run the parole board.... READ THE FULL ARTICLE
ON THE
FOOTBALL PAGE (week 15).
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