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The Sickos Committee October Poll Explainer!!
Hello, fellow Sickos Committee members! You likely followed this Twitter account over the off-season or at the beginnging of the season and didn’t know what you fully stumbled into. Well, we welcome you to the Sickos Committee, and now it’s time to vote for the 2024 Sickos October Poll! For veterans of the poll, welcome back, and it is time to vote again!
For many of you, this may be your first time being tasked with voting in a Sickos Committee poll, and you might not know what to do. Well, Sickos Committee Commissioner Escalante aka the Commish has made this poll explainer just for you!
A link to a Google form will be posted on Twitter, Bluesky, Instagram and in this post here. You will be able to select your projected Top 10 Sickos Teams in the ongoing 2024 College Football season.
(We require a Google sign-in to try to limit everyone to one ballot per person, and we do NOT collect email addresses.)
Well, that’s completely up to you! Keep in mind that these are the teams YOU want to watch during this season based on whatever you deem “unconventionally appealing”.
Here are some questions to ask yourself to try to get you into a “Sickos” voting mindset. Keep in mind this is a guide and it is always your choice on who or what to vote for!
Is it a team that may have a coach on the hot seat due to a poor start? A team that hired a new head coach and really it’s not looking like it will work out at all? A team that hired some “interesting” new coordinators in an attempt to save the head coach’s job? Maybe a team that was ranked really high in the Preseason Polls and they flamed out already? A Power Conference team that lost to a G5 team or maybe a G5 team who lost to an FCS team in the first few weeks of the season? Maybe a team who improbably wins games they should lose and loses games they should have won? Maybe a team who loves to turn the ball over a ton so far this year? A school who just got a new Athletic Director, and you’re not too sure how stable the returning head coach's job is now? A team that had a really rough year last year but, for some reason, kept their head coach and it’s not gonna work out? How about a team who has to travel cross country a ton due to the crazy conference realignment but won some games unexpectedly? A team who had their coach ejected from a game?
Now, Sickos can mean many things, and being a Sickos team isn’t always a bad thing. Here are some possible examples of being a “good” Sickos team.
A G5 team who pulled off an upset of a Power Conference team by putting up an incredibly large amount of points? A G5 team who pulled of an upset of a Power Conference team and then turned around and lost to a conference team? The G5 team who upset that team who pulled off the win against the team who upset the Power Conference team? A team who is one win away from meeting their predicted win total after 5 weeks of the season that some folks we like to mention? Maybe team who has a QB with an epic name involving the peach emoji? A team who pulled off an improbable comeback win in the last seconds one week or two weeks in a row? A team that hired a new coach and is improbably undefeated after 4 or 5 games? A team that still embodies Pac-12 After Dark? A team with an wild QB who is just a one-man wrecking crew? An FCS team who has upset an FBS team and nearly upset another FBS team? A team that faced a murderous non-conference schedule, that is still standing and has earned your undying respect?
Or maybe you have random reasons for voting for Sickos teams.
Is it a team that forced or had the best safety happen to them? Maybe a twitter sensation that has gamed the algorithm to take over the CFB internet in the beginning of the year? Maybe a team who had NIL troubles in the middle of the season? Maybe a team that has got a weird hashtag about embracing something? Maybe it’s a team with an incredibly weird schedule? Maybe it’s a team that plays a lot on the CW? Maybe it’s a team you have to download an app to watch them play at 2 am Central Time? Maybe it’s a team that will travel the most miles in this insane conference realignment? Or a temporary stadium on Lake Michigan? They scored 26 in their first three games to open the season? an Early DETMER hopeful QB? Maybe they have a mascot that may be an alien life form? Their coach dresses too sexy by wearing cutoff T-Shirts? They’ve hit the most 32 yard field goals so far this year? Maybe you want to vote for the teams who has had fans place internet bets involving uhhh poop and Living Mas?
You ultimately get to decide who are your Top 10 Sickos teams are based on whatever criteria you use. Since “Sickos” is incredibly undefinable, the choice is up to you and who you feel has earned your vote.
(If you feel like some team or person is really Sickos in another sport like the CFL, Formula 1, NASCAR, MLB, NBA, NFL, NHL, etc., you can submit those choices in your ballot also, and we will track those categories in others receiving votes.)
RULES/GUIDELINES FOR YOUR VOTES
We know it is election season and just a heads up, we will throw out all political references submitted.
We ask you to not be derogatory, please, as we will remove those items from the poll, and they will NOT be listed.
When you put in your votes, just put the School Name, no nickname needed, it helps out our Lord of the Spreadsheets Kevin sort this data faster.
This is how to spell Cincinnati.
Try to vote for 10 Different Teams/People/Places or Things please. We like a wide variety of votes!
We try to get everything on the Also receiving votes, if we miss something it wasn't unintentional, we're human or you just didn't follow the rules above :)
We’re Sickos because we watch all the games, and we’re not Sickos who make fun of real-life situations, which are sensitive in nature.
Basically, don’t be a jerk with your votes, this is supposed to be all fun and mainly vibes based.
Again, we call ourselves Sickos because we try to watch all the games, no matter what the records are, because we support all the teams. We try to keep this poll for on-the-field reasons or in-the-stands reasons only.
Wherever you place them in the poll, that team would get a corresponding amount of votes:
1st place = 10 pts.
2nd place = 9 pts.
3rd place = 8 pts.
4th place = 7 pts.
5th place = 6 pts.
6th place = 5 pts.
7th place = 4 pts.
8th place = 3 pts.
9th place = 2 pts.
10th place = 1 pt.
The Poll will Close on Tuesday October 1st at 9pm CT.
We will release the Sickos 2024 October Top 25 Poll on Thursday October 3rd, 2024.
Thank you for participating and we cannot wait for the results of the poll!
At the end of the season and we crown a Sickos National Champion, then we will do a food drive for the winning city of the Sickos Champion. Last year we raised around $20,000.00 for a local Iowa City food bank. We will do it again and we will likely give away some exclusive swag for a certain dollar donation.
Link to subscribe to the Sickos Committee Patreon to rank the games on a weekly basis.
Here’s the Preseason Poll for inspiration!
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