“We're not putting any stock in any polls right now. The only poll that matters is the one on Election Day.”
Chris Ingram
“I never put much stock in preseason polls, especially when it is the first season in a new conference. I appreciate the respect shown our program by the other coaches in the league, but everyone knows it is where you finish the season that counts the most.”
Bobby Pierce
“If you look at the Harris poll, two-thirds of them really don't know what they're doing. About one-third does, but two-thirds don't,”
Bo Schembechler
“It seems to me at this point that only one thing is certain -- the exit polls were completely wrong.”
Roberto Calderoli
“If Virginia Tech ends up number one in all six computer polls, like Texas is now, and the Longhorns are number three in the computer polls, that would make up the current gap in the human polls. That's the best-case scenario for Virginia Tech. It's not like last year when Auburn was third in the human polls and third in the computer polls.”
Jerry Palm
“I don't think anybody is getting alarmed over any one poll, if that's what you're asking me.”
Bryan Whitman
“We're finding that it's reflecting one-to-one the voters at the polls. It reflects the populace.”
David Tom