Geez, I take the morning off and the boys at BON take a swipe at Hawk Digest:
"And here we are. I sent out an email to all of the Big 12's most active bloggers, asking them to participate in our own version of a community projection for the Big 12 this season."
--Burnt Orange Nation
You guessed it. Hawk Digest was not invited to participate in the pre-season Blogger Big 12 Predictions for the 2007 football season. Judging from the explosion of traffic this summer, things were going well for Hawk Digest. Yet, as far as we've come, we're still not on the radar at BON. Of course, I suppose when you're pulling 2,000,000 plus hits a year, you probably have better things to do than track down the only blog dedicated to Kansas football. Or, it could be the lack of a contact page here at Hawk Digest. That's been corrected.
Anyway, as for the poll itself, there wasn't too much of a departure from your standard predictions. From the KU perspective, you like seeing Aqib Talib tied for Big 12 defensive player of the year (especially considering there may or may not have been a KU representative in the poll -- Double Extra Point's list of voters contradicts the BON list). Also, on the list of best intra-conference games, a north team doesn't show up until the fifth and final spot with the Nebraska vs Missouri game. Perhaps that's justified considering the north's recent past. Still, the clear lack of interest south of Paola, Kansas for the Border War certainly provides more justification for the Arrowhead experiment.
In the meantime, Hawk Digest has some work to do.