Archive #'s 2, 4, 5, and 7 all lost

Azubuike24

Posts: 15,933

Nov 20, 2011 12:31am

Little Danny;980242 wrote:Why??? If LSU loses everyone else has shat the bed and lost 1-2 games.

Might as well tell everyone that plays outside the B10, SEC, Oklahoma, Texas, Oregon and USC to pack it in... these are the only schools that matter because they play in front of a big crowd.

The BCS has a contract with 6 conferences. Name another BCS school outside of those "favored" ones you named who have gone through a season, NOT "shat the bed" at least once and got screwed.

The answer is...2. Auburn and Cincinnati. Outside of that, every other BCS school has had a chance if they just went unbeaten and everything else falls into place (it doesn't count if there are more than 2 unbeaten teams). Those 2 years, neither Auburn or Cincinnati deserved to be in spots 1 or 2.

The only unbeaten teams to play in non-title BCS games have been Utah 2004, Auburn 2004, Boise State 2006, Hawaii 2007, Utah 2008, Cincinnati 2008, Boise State 2009, TCU 2009 and TCU 2010.

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cats gone wild

Posts: 2,651

Nov 20, 2011 12:32am

Little Danny;980251 wrote:TCU's schedule was no more impressive last year than Houston's and they were able to beat Wisconsin in the Rose Bowl. IIRC people here in Big Ten Country thought Wisconsin was one of the best teams in the country before that game.

One point win over Loiusianna Tech, 4 point win over UCLA, and giving up 42 to Utep.

ytownfootball

Posts: 6,978

Nov 20, 2011 12:32am

Little Danny;980251 wrote:TCU's schedule was no more impressive last year than Houston's and they were able to beat Wisconsin in the Rose Bowl. IIRC people here in Big Ten Country thought Wisconsin was one of the best teams in the country before that game.

That's got absolutely ZERO to do with deserving a title shot Einstein.

Azubuike24

Posts: 15,933

Nov 20, 2011 12:34am

Little Danny;980251 wrote:TCU's schedule was no more impressive last year than Houston's and they were able to beat Wisconsin in the Rose Bowl. IIRC people here in Big Ten Country thought Wisconsin was one of the best teams in the country before that game.

Disagree. TCU beat 2 BCS teams and a Utah team that won 10 games.

Classyposter58

Posts: 6,321

Nov 20, 2011 12:36am

What if we just had a tournament of the top 8 teams? Sounds like the best way to pick who should go to the NC

krambman

Posts: 3,606

Nov 20, 2011 1:19am

thedynasty1998;980212 wrote:Unbelievable day. What happens if LSU loses next week and so does Bama? Does VT sneak in?

I'm pretty sure that Northwestern get's into the championship game at that point.

tk421;980216 wrote:have three teams from the same conference division been 1,2 and 3 in the BCS before?

No. The last time three teams from the same conference were ranked 1, 2, 3 was at the end of the 1971 season when the top three teams were in the Big 8.

enigmaax;980252 wrote:"The champion of Conference USA, the Mid-American Conference, the Mountain West Conference, the Sun Belt Conference, or the Western Athletic Conference will earn an automatic berth in a BCS bowl game..."

If TCU wins out, it won't matter that Boise is higher than Houston in the BCS standings.

This just means that Boise wouldn't get an automatic bid into a BCS game, but they would be ranked high enough that a BCS bowl could still elect to select them as an at-large team, though that is unlikely to happen.

Classyposter58;980264 wrote:What if we just had a tournament of the top 8 teams? Sounds like the best way to pick who should go to the NC

If that were the case then this weekend wouldn't have been nearly as fun. Yes, the upsets would have been fun to watch, but the consequences wouldn't have been as severe, making it less interesting. Most of the teams that got upset would still be looking at playoff spots.

Cleveland Buck

Posts: 5,126

Nov 20, 2011 1:38am

There will be 2 SEC teams playing for the BCS title this year.

If LSU wins out it will be LSU/Alabama.

If LSU beats Arkansas and loses to Georgia, it will be Alabama/LSU, and Georgia will play the Big East Champion in the Sugar Bowl.

If Arkansas beats LSU and whoever ends up #1 beats Georgia, it will be Alabama/Arkansas.

If Arkansas beats LSU and whoever ends up #1 loses to Georgia, it will be LSU vs. the one who didn't play in the SEC title game, and Georgia will play the Big East Champion in the Sugar Bowl.

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cats gone wild

Posts: 2,651

Nov 20, 2011 1:41am

Cleveland Buck;980301 wrote:There will be 2 SEC teams playing for the BCS title this year.

If LSU wins out it will be LSU/Alabama.

If LSU beats Arkansas and loses to Georgia, it will be Alabama/LSU, and Georgia will play the Big East Champion in the Sugar Bowl.

If Arkansas beats LSU and whoever ends up #1 beats Georgia, it will be Alabama/Arkansas.

If Arkansas beats LSU and whoever ends up #1 loses to Georgia, it will be LSU vs. the one who didn't play in the SEC title game, and Georgia will play the Big East Champion in the Sugar Bowl.

3 SEC teams in BCS bowls?

Cleveland Buck

Posts: 5,126

Nov 20, 2011 1:42am

cats gone wild;980302 wrote:3 SEC teams in BCS bowls?

A conference can have 3 teams if they have 2 non-champions at #1 and #2.

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cats gone wild

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Nov 20, 2011 1:49am

Cleveland Buck;980303 wrote:A conference can have 3 teams if they have 2 non-champions at #1 and #2.

Im sleepy, lol. I saw Enigmaxx post that earlier.

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sportswizuhrd

Posts: 3,215

Nov 20, 2011 7:33am

Found this little nugget yesterday from Sporting News.

The BCS leaked information earlier this week—we’ll get into who did the leaking later—about a new proposal for the next BCS contract that begins with the 2014 season. The controversial series would align the top two teams and there would be an elimination of the automatic qualifier status.

The BCS wants you to know that it is considering eliminating the automatic qualifier status; that equalizing change that all non-BCS conferences and teams have longed to see implemented. What BCS officials don’t say is once that happens, it will be virtually impossible for the little guys of college football to break through.

Once the remaining bowls (including BCS bowls) are free to negotiate with any team or conference, the days of non-BCS teams—the Boise States of the world&#8212laying in major bowls are over. No major bowl representative in his right mind is going to choose Boise State over Michigan.

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http://aol.sportingnews.com/ncaa-football/story/2011-11-18/eliminating-automatic-qualifiers-a-good-thing-not-so-fast

jordo212000

Posts: 10,664

Nov 20, 2011 8:26am

ytownfootball;980237 wrote:El Oh Fricken El

Yeah, I mean I usually defend the honor of TCU, or Boise. Not happening here. Houston didn't beat anybody and the one school they beat that people have heard of (a bad UCLA), they just barely beat them.

Boise would deserve a shot before Houston. And even Boise doesn't deserve a title shot this year. (I personally would like to see them in a BCS game, but it won't happen)

jordo212000

Posts: 10,664

Nov 20, 2011 8:27am

sportswizuhrd;980339 wrote:Found this little nugget yesterday from Sporting News.

http://aol.sportingnews.com/ncaa-football/story/2011-11-18/eliminating-automatic-qualifiers-a-good-thing-not-so-fast

Exactly. I said this yesterday.

SportsAndLady

Posts: 35,632

Nov 20, 2011 8:32am

LSU would beat Houston 60-0, I honestly think that

krambman

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Nov 20, 2011 8:55am

SportsAndLady;980363 wrote:LSU would beat Houston 60-0, I honestly think that

Houston wouldn't get shut out. They pass the ball so much that they would catch a few breaks a game where the safety picks up the wrong go or the DB gets confused and Keenum would take advantage. I think they would score at least two TD's on LSU.

Rotinaj

Posts: 7,699

Nov 20, 2011 8:58am

Yea i think lsu would win like 45-17

jordo212000

Posts: 10,664

Nov 20, 2011 9:01am

krambman;980375 wrote:Houston wouldn't get shut out. They pass the ball so much that they would catch a few breaks a game where the safety picks up the wrong go or the DB gets confused and Keenum would take advantage. I think they would score at least two TD's on LSU.

Houston struggled for a long time yesterday against SMU's defense. They won't be confused with LSU any time soon.

Houston is a nice story, but they didn't play a soul this year. I'm interested to watch them in their bowl game though. I'd like to see them play a Michigan or an Arkansas, but I doubt that happens. I really don't want to watch them 'Jerry Sandusky' a MAC school.