Chewing Clock, a college football podcast hosted by BSM columnists Demetri Ravanos and Tyler McComas, celebrated the release of the preseason AP Top 25 by releasing their own set of rankings. The duo, along with the college football staff of ArmchairAllAmericans.com, which hosts Chewing Clock, voted on the top 25 college football personalities on ESPN.
Kirk Herbstreit wasn’t quite as popular with the voters in this poll as Alabama was in the first AP poll, but he was the clear number one. The top four was rounded out by Herbstreit’s fellow College Gameday cast members Rece Davis, Lee Corso, and Maria Taylor. Former College Gameday Host and Herbstreit’s play-by-play partner for Saturday night games on ABC, Chris Fowler was number 5. The full list is below.
The most surprising name to show up on the poll is Emmanuel Acho, who has made a number of appearances on College Football Live, but until this season, the bulk of his experience at ESPN has been on the very hard to find Longhorn Network. Acho ranked number 15.
There is no rhyme or reason to the poll. McComas and Ravanos both admitted on the podcast that personal preference played a large roll in their own votes.
The episode of Chewing Clock can be heard here.
| Rank | Name | 1st Place Votes |
1 - Advertisement - | Kirk Herbstreit | 6 |
2 | Rece Davis | 2 |
3 - Advertisement - | Lee Corso | 3 |
4 | Maria Taylor | 1 |
5 | Chris Fowler | 3 |
6 | David Pollock | |
7 | Jesse Palmer | |
8 | Desmond Howard | |
9 | Adnan Virk | |
10 | Kevin Negandhi | |
11 | Paul Finebaum | 1 |
12 | Greg McElroy | |
13 | Holly Rowe | |
14 | Cole Cubelic | |
15 | Emmanuel Acho | |
16 | Steve Levy | |
17 | Todd Luginbill | |
18 | Sean McDonough | |
19 | Joey Galloway | |
20 | Todd Blackledge | |
21 | Marcus Spears | |
22 | Todd McShay | 1 |
23 | Brian Greise | |
24 | Tim Tebow | |
25 | Mack Brown | 1 |
