Block U, a Utah Utes community

I'm not sure about you guys, but I would love to see Cissé's goal on ESPN over and over again. Soccer rarely gets any meaningful coverage by the mainstream American media, so this is a chance to show the country how great soccer can be. Vote Cissé!

This isn't surprising. When you're ranked #25 and beat an unranked team by two points at home, you're not going to be in the poll the next week. However, USC received 69 votes, placing them at #28, so a good showing against Utah, plus some stumbles from a few ranked teams (TCU? Missouri?) should get the Trojans back in.

Pleasantly surprised to see so many people make the right choice. :)

Brock and Salk ask a question that we already know the answer to.

Via puckdaddy's link roundup, the OC Register's Ducks Blog has a poll up asking who'd you'd rather have on your team: Ryan Getzlaf or Joe Thornton. As should be the case, Thornton is destroying Getzlaf.

Really, not as bad as I thought. Still 3 spots ahead of undefeated Missouri and 2 spots ahead of undefeated Oklahoma State.

The HBC is currently in the lead with 65%, but he still needs your help! (H/T: South Carolina Gamecocks on facebook)

About where I expect them to start the season in the real rankings (26th-30th).

South Tampa Magazine has a poll up asking you to vote for your favorite magazine cover from the ones provided. Two members fo the Lightning -- Steven Stamkos and Vincent Lecavalier -- have both been featured in this poll with their cover images.