Alan J. Gould
... that sports editor Alan J. Gould invented college football's AP Poll in 1936 as an "exercise in hoopla," to fill space between games, and "to keep the pot boiling"?
... that sports editor <b id="mwBB4"><a href="./Alan_J._Gould" id="mwBB8" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Alan J. Gould">Alan J. Gould</a></b> invented college football's <a class="mw-redirect" href="./AP_Poll" id="mwBCA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="AP Poll">AP Poll</a> in 1936 as an "exercise in hoopla," to fill space between games, and "to keep the pot boiling"?