Heretic;580624 wrote:Uh...they're going to the Big Least, not a big-boy conference in football. The Mountain West of this year would roll that conference's allotment of 4-5 loss "championship contenders".

lhslep134;580632 wrote:I see my sarcasm was lost on you as well lol.

Everyone knows the big east has been a joke in football last couple years.

Iliketurtles;580610 wrote:As for the MWC there is no way they will get AQ status now and it really sucks for BSU because now they are pretty much in a conference just like the WAC hopefully they can join a BCS conference soon.

Heretic;580639 wrote:Whenever I think of the Big East as being a BCS conference, giving them the ability to steal a good bowl bid from a legit team

Heretic;580639 wrote:Whenever I think of the Big East as being a BCS conference, giving them the ability to steal a good bowl bid from a legit team, I get so choked up with rage that I see red and have too much tunnel vision to recognize sarcasm or anything resembling humor. THIS IS SERIOUS BUSINESS KILL THE BIG EAST WITH FIRE!!!!!!!!

believer;580661 wrote:I agree. Michigan State deserves a BCS bid far more than a UConn or West Virginia. These automatic tie-in's are serious bullshit. If a playoff system is never going to happen, then some serious changes need made in the BCS system.

ytownfootball;580665 wrote:Only two per conference...MSU being the last of the 3 in the BCS means they get left out regardless, even if they were all ranked 1-3.

ytownfootball;580665 wrote:Only two per conference...MSU being the last of the 3 in the BCS means they get left out regardless, even if they were all ranked 1-3.

lhslep134;580690 wrote:You guys fail to realize you can't get rid of the 2 per conference rule unless you add another BCS game....

That way all 12 SEC teams can earn their rightful spot in BCS games instead of just 2.

believer;580716 wrote:That's true. Add the Cotton Bowl and you'll keep the mighty SEC happy. After all, the Cotton Bowl is close enough to the SEC to make it yet another home game for the always speedy and vastly superior SEC.

cats gone wild;580762 wrote:Way to go Gordon Gee, make TCU upset so they have to travel across the country for every game to try to make a point that they belong.

Little Danny;500484 wrote:TCU is located in Dallas/Ft. Worth. Unlike the B10 whose members are primarily located in small college towns, the BE has teams in metropolitan areas with big airports hubs. Travel will not be as difficult as you would think.

Also, TCU currently plays in the MWC. The distance is not actually the much different for them already:

New Mexico- 693
Colorado State- 800 miles
Air Force Academy- @800 miles
Wyoming- 975 miles
UNLV- 1,218 miles
Utah 1,265
San Diego State- 1,360 miles
Utah- 1,265 miles

Louisville-727 miles
Cincinnati-819 miles
USF- 918 miles
WVU- 1,051 miles
Pitt- 1,070
Syracuse- 1,327 miles
Rutgers- 1,373 miles
UCONN- 1438 miles.

Finally, and most importantly, the BE has an AQ BCS tie in- the MWC does not. The fact Utah and BYU will be leaving the conference after this season does not help.

lhslep134;580484 wrote:Enigmaax

Per the bottom of the article:

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I think the MWC did enough this year to warrant AQ status for the next time it changes (2012). Wonder how the BCS will spin this one....

dlazz;580655 wrote:DUDE BRO CINCI WAS GOOD LAST YEAR THEY WON THE BIG EAST AND HAD A HIGH POWER OFFENSE THEY WERE SO GOOD OMG THEY COULD WIN THE CHAMPIONSHIP

believer;580661 wrote:I agree. Michigan State deserves a BCS bid far more than a UConn or West Virginia. These automatic tie-in's are serious bullshit. If a playoff system is never going to happen, then some serious changes need made in the BCS system.

goosebumps;580790 wrote:No one in Cincy says Bro, and as I recall we lost to Florida in the Sugar by the same Margin that OSU lost to them in the Title game a few years ago... whats the difference?

ytownfootball;580665 wrote:Only two per conference...MSU being the last of the 3 in the BCS means they get left out regardless, even if they were all ranked 1-3.

ytownfootball;580638 wrote:The Big East is not a good football conference, I really don't think anyone outside a couple homers who point to recent bowl wins over other AQ's #3/4's argue it, but I do still think the overall quality and depth of the athletes far exceed that of anything TCU has faced in conference ever. It will be interesting, and if they fail to be at the top of the Big East shit pile, will give further credence to those that said they never belonged in the first place.

enigmaax;580816 wrote:It wouldn't necessarily matter that Michigan State is ranked the lowest in the BCS. For example, if OSU was third out of the three they would still get the at-large invitation. The bowls can pick whoever they want once it gets beyond the automatic bid. Basically, OSU beat Michigan State this season without even playing...just by virtue of being Ohio State.

ytownfootball;580809 wrote:There's your difference.

goosebumps;580834 wrote:Lol, thats not a difference. That year OSU was the only undefeated team in the country. If UC were undefeated that year they would have been in the title game. IF OSU were undefeated last year they may not have been in the title game either...

goosebumps;580834 wrote:Lol, thats not a difference. That year OSU was the only undefeated team in the country. If UC were undefeated that year they would have been in the title game. IF OSU were undefeated last year they may not have been in the title game either...