College Football: This week

[pchang]

Well, the NCAA would only have caught them once. If they do it again in the future, then I say death penalty.

[Imran Siddiqui]

It was a joke, Imran.

Um... I wasn't refering to the game itself, just the general practice of schedule a crappy 1-AA team by the big boys (like when LSU goes up against the worst of Louisana teams early in the year).

[Guynemer]

I feel that any statement I make on the Ohio State situation might be considered biased, for obvious reasons.


But I say, give 'em the chair.

[Imran Siddiqui]

Interesting, using the Strength of Schedule rating that the BCS used to use before it was canned this year: Oklahoma ranks 4th, USC ranks 22nd and Auburn ranks 41st.

Auburn is well behind... guess they shouldn't have scheduled LA-Lafeyette and LA-Monroe, eh?

[GhengisFarb™]

Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui
Interesting, using the Strength of Schedule rating that the BCS used to use before it was canned this year: Oklahoma ranks 4th, USC ranks 22nd and Auburn ranks 41st.

That's about how their schedule strengths traditionally ranked. It's also why Oklahoma gets a boost from the computer polls despite playing losers like Nebraska (only one more year and we can beef up our strength of schedule with someone decent )

[Solomwi]

Imran, the killer for Auburn's SOS was when Georgia Tech backed out and we replaced them with The Citadel. Couple that with Mississippi State a) losing to Maine and b) beating Florida, and Ole Miss just mailing in a couple of non-conference games, and our SOS had mno chance.

Guy, those biases are what make the game so much fun.

[Imran Siddiqui]

But you have to admit, that USC's non-conference schedule is pretty impressive. You have to give them credit for not scheduling the patsies.

[pchang]

non-conference games are scheduled many years in advance. 3 or 4 years ago when Texas A&M scheduled Utah, no one would have predicted that Utah would be an unbeaten BCS contender. Likewise, there are some poor 1A teams that looked halfway decent 3 or 4 years ago.

[pchang]

The NCAA is coming to Ohio State. Let's see what happens.

[Imran Siddiqui]

Yeah, but I think USC would know that Virginia Tech wouldn't be a patsy 3-4 years ago and Auburn would realize that LA-Lafeyette and LA-Monroe wouldn't be powerhouses .

[pchang]

No - but the fortunes of USC and Notre Dame have gone up and down (in opposite directions) over the years. There was a time when Notre Dame was consistently beating USC, but USC's poor play was hurting their strength of schedule. Recently it has been the other way. Even this year, Notre Dame lost to Pittsburgh.

[Imran Siddiqui]

But beat Michigan .

Notre Dame, for as bad as it has been lately, has been no where near the level of crappage as the barely 1-A and 1-AA teams Auburn has played this year out of conference.

Now if Auburn played some sucky Big East team (like Rutgers or Syracuse) or some mid level WAC team (like Wyoming), then perhaps you could say ok... but at some point you have to say they brought a lot of it on themselves.

Though Georgia Tech backing out wasn't their fault.

[JohnT]

Gotta go with Imran here. There was absolutely no reason for Auburn to schedule two crappy Louisiana teams.

[Imran Siddiqui]

I was partially incorrect... Auburn played LA Tech, not LA-Lafeyette. Still a crappy team, however.

One patsy is ok, but 2? I do give them a pass for what GTech did, so I won't count the Citadel against them.

[pchang]

BCS rankings are out. Computers have OSU #1 and Auburn #3. This gives OU a decisive edge.