College Football: This week

[Imran Siddiqui]

If Utah plays BC, BC gets blown out, even though BC has an amazing defense. If Utah plays Oklahoma, we got one HELL of a barn burner, with, IMO, OU pulling out in the end.

Btw, damned ACC. The two Big East traitors are looking at their game in a few weeks to decide the ACC championship.

Serves 'em right, conference poaching bastards.

[reismark]

Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui
If Utah plays Oklahoma, we got one HELL of a barn burner, with, IMO, OU pulling out in the end.

This is one of the two reasons I'm pulling for Oklahoma to lose, though I highly doubt it will happen. (Sidenote: The Big 12 North was just decimated this year. What the hell happened to Kansas State?) The other reason being that, conference schedule-wise, Auburn's more deserving of the title game shot than Oklahoma, IMO.

Should the Cyclones repeat the Wildcats' feat, however, I concur that Oklahoma/Utah will be one hell of a game, and since I think the Sooners are a tad overrated, I'd pick the Utes to squeeze it out. Utah deserves better than Boston College, though. (Message to the BCS: Yes, the ACC's poaching of the Big East was unfair, but the Big East did not deserve an automatic berth this year. They will next year, though, when Louisville comes in - man, right now, they're one last-second loss to Miami from being BCS busters themselves...)

[Tuberski]

I was kind of mulling the whole Big East thing over last night.

How about this, for example:

Utah vs. BC in the Fiesta Bowl

If a BCS buster, in my example Utah, were to beat Boston College.

The MWC takes the automatic bid from the Big East for 1 year. Unless, in the second year, the MWC rep, say Colo. State, were to win their game, then the MWC keeps the Automatic bid for another year.

If the MWC loses, the Big East gets their automatic bid back.

Needs to be tweaked somewhat, but I think it has some promise.

ACK!

[Imran Siddiqui]

Needs to be tweaked somewhat, but I think it has some promise.

I think the problem is a chain reaction. Say, Utah plays OU. Utah wins, then the MWC takes the Big XII's automatic tie in. The next year, Utah wins again, but OU is back in the Top 6, plays an SEC team and beats them... that means the Big XII takes the SEC auto bid.

It could have a spiraling effect where no one has any idea who has the auto bids from year to year except the experts and people in charge.

The only solution is a playoff .

The other reason being that, conference schedule-wise, Auburn's more deserving of the title game shot than Oklahoma, IMO.

I dunno if I'd say that. Texas, Texas A&M, Oklahoma State are all good teams. I think there is an argument that they are better than Georgia, Tennessee, and LSU. And in total Strength of Schedule, OU wins out... which is why they are #1 in the computer polls.

And, the out of conference schedule counts. Auburn's is just pathetic.

[pchang]

Cal beats Stanford by the biggest margin in over 50 years. Texas is idle, yet Texas closes in on Cal in both the polls. The poll voting system is just messed up.

[Imran Siddiqui]

Texas probably closed on Cal because some of the people who were voting for Michigan at #4 decided to vote for Texas instead of Cal for that position after Ohio State took Michigan to the woodshed.

[reismark]

Syracuse is smoking Boston College at the moment (21-3) and (given Pittsburgh's defeat of West Virginia) is about forty game minutes away from bringing the Big East down into a total state of chaos. For the millionth time, BCS: They didn't deserve an automatic berth this year...

Virginia/Virginia Tech are locked in a maroon zone brawl.

And Kentucky is giving the would-be Auburn spoilers (AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!) everything they can handle

[Tuberski]

Is it just me, or is SEC football really boring to anybody else?

I don't know if it is the game itself or CBS.

But I can't watch SEC games.

ACK!

[reismark]

Syracuse 43, Boston College 17

Way to come up big when it counts, eh?

You know what the scarier thing is? According to Big East tiebreaker rules, the bid comes down to Syracuse & Pittsburgh since in the set of four teams that are now tied atop the conference, they have better head-to-head records (2-1 for the Panthers & Orange, against 1-2 for West Virginia & Boston College). The tiebreakers for the two is BCS ranking, then head-to-head. Now, I'm guessing Pittsburgh will get a BCS ranking this week, since they were near the edge anyway. But... the Panthers have that make-up game next week against South Florida. Were they to lose that, they'd lose their BCS ranking... resulting in the 6-5 Syracuse Orange getting the Big East automatic bid due to the Orange's head-to-head win over Pittsburgh, despite having a worse overall record than any of the other three teams.

Just more fuel for the "Big East didn't deserve an automatic bid" fire...

[Drake Tungsten]

How 'bout them Huskers!!!

C'mon, I know you guys want to flip me some ****. Have at it. I can take my beating...

[Imran Siddiqui]

Just more fuel for the "Big East didn't deserve an automatic bid" fire...

And how do you change the qualifying rules in the middle of a BCS contract? Can then the Rose Bowl claim breach on contract and schedule Pac-10 vs. Big-10 every year again like they want to? What, if Colorado beats OU (don't laugh, remember when OU was favored by 14 last year over Kansas State?), then will you clamor that the Big XII North didn't deserve a chance to get an automatic bid?

It's sillyness. There are rules how a conference can lose or gain an auto bid.

And, after all, West Virginia was ranked 10th in the AP Preseason poll.

I know you guys want to flip me some ****. Have at it. I can take my beating...

We figured their record was punishment enough for that once proud team .

[Drake Tungsten]

Not really much worse than 2002...

[Imran Siddiqui]

Well this would be the first time in 41 years you guys failed to qualify for a bowl .

[Drake Tungsten]

35, actually. Oh well...

[Imran Siddiqui]

Sorry, I confused that with the first losing season Nebraska has had in however many years. However, its actually 43 years since the last losing year.