COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Bonesville's O'Brien on Harris Poll panel

Harris Interactive announced Wednesday that it had finalized the recruitment of the panel for the 2006 Harris Interactive College Football Poll that has been commissioned by the Bowl Championship Series.

Bonesville columnist Denny O'Brien was tabbed as one of the voters in the poll, which for a second season will be one of the components in the BCS Standings Formula used to determine the two teams that will play in the BCS National Championship game and those that qualify for at-large selection.

O'Brien, an East Carolina alumnus, is also the editor of The Pirates' Chest magazine, which is published on behalf of the ECU Pirate Club by Bonesville Media Services.

This 2006 Harris Interactive College Football Poll is comprised of 114 panelists and includes former coaches, players, administrators and current and former media.

According to a release from the Rochester, NY-based market research firm, the panel was randomly drawn by Harris Interactive from among more than 300 nominations supplied by the 11 Division I-A conferences and independent institutions. The panel meets its criteria for sample design, Harris Interactive says, and is a statistically reliable representation of all 11 Division I-A conferences and independent institutions.

The participants’ names (listed below) will be posted to harrisinteractive.com/bcspoll, and each week, beginning Sept. 24, the Harris Interactive College Football Poll overall rankings will be released and posted on the Web. Only for the final rankings of the season, on Dec. 3, will the participants’ individual rankings be released.

O'Brien has indicated that if Harris Interactive rules allow him to do so, he may disclose information about his own rankings in his weekly Bonesville.net column.

The BCS formula for the 2006 season will consist of the Harris Interactive College Football Poll, the USA Today Coaches Poll, and an average of six computer rankings (Anderson & Hester, Richard Billingsley, Colley Matrix, Kenneth Massey, Jeff Sagarin and Peter Wolfe). The first BCS standings will be released on October 15th.

2006 Harris BCS Poll Voters

Adamle, Mike Aillet, Bobby Aldridge, Denny Arnsparger, Bill Bestwick, Dick Biddle, Joe Bishop, Blaine Browning, Wilt Bruce, Earle Buckner, Brentson Casciola, Bob Cavagnaro, Charlie Collier, Reggie Corrigan, Gene Crouthamel, Jake Crowder, Eddie Curci, Fran Dawkins, Pete Dickey, Doug Dohn, Brian Donnelly, Boots Dooley, Bill Dorsey, John Duhé, Kevin Emanuel, Bert Esiason, Boomer Fehlberg, Rondo Fralic, Bill Frederick, Bob Glazier, David H. Grace, Mike Grammer, Geoff Grim, Bob Hammond, Tom Harmon, Dick Hicks, Tommy Hines, Clarkston Housel, David Jacoby, Fred Jacoby, Joe Joe, J.J. Johnson, Dr. Charles Johnson, Scott Joyner, Seth Keech, Larry Kerkhoff, Blair Kern, Mike Kolen, Mike Kramer, Roy Lapides, George Lawless, Robert Lawrence, David Leach, Bobby Lengyel, Jack Lessig, James Lewis, Ted Limon, Iliana	Lucas, Mike Lude, Mike Luicci, Tom Luis, Cindy Mackovic, John Mandich, Jim Matthews, Loren McCartney, Bill McConnell, Joe McGee, Mike McIlhenny, Lance McLellan, Bill Melick, Ray Miller, Ted Molden, Alex Moody, Darrell Moran, Mike Morse, Jim Morton, Craig Moss, Jack Muster, Brad Neverett, Tim Newhouse, Dave O'Brien, Denny Paschall, David Pearson, Mike Perles, George Podolak, Ed Pont, John Ponti, Gene Preece, Steve Richter, Pat Rimington, Dave Roach, Paul Robinson, Earle Roda, Kenny Sandusky, Jerry Schiller, Harvey Schmidt, Dr. Terry R. Smallwood, Irwin Stephenson, Ron Taylor, Rick Thulin, Ron Toner, John Tuckett, Glenn Urick, Max Valdiserri, Roger Vardell, Tommy Wagner, Bob Walden, Jim Weaver, Douglas Weedon, Frank White, Jack Windegger, Frank Winder, Sammy Yoshida, Hugh Zeise, Paul