College Football - Goin' Bowlin'

[Ming]

Yeah... Texas got screwed, but as Snoop points out, it was the Big 12 that did the job. There was nothing the BCS could do. (And please remember that I think the BCS should rot in hell and that we should have a real playoff system like they do in EVERY OTHER real sport)

It would be interesting if Florida manages to win a close game, and Texas blows out OSU. It would make a total farce out of the BCS since I'm sure many would believe that Texas was the number one team in the land

The Big 12 Directors ought to be ashamed of themselves.

[SlowwHand]

I expect changes of some nature.

[Jaguar]

The Big 12 tiebreaker was fine.

[Naked Gents Rut]

Gator Bowl - Clemson vs. Nebraska

Once again, I was right and Sloww was wrong.

[SlowwHand]

What does the Gator Bowl have to do with anything?
That another Big 12 member is in a bowl? So? Look at the bowl schedule? Do you happen to notice the number of Big 12 participants? There are so many, that monor bowls had to go outside the normal Big 12 participant.
I was wrong? How, pray tell?

[Naked Gents Rut]

I was wrong? How, pray tell?

http://apolyton.net/forums/showthread.php?postid=5474819#post5474819

[SlowwHand]

I see your point.

Drugs in your system.

Although, should it come to pass, that's yet another Big 12 team.

I see mine, too. Note Dame gets a bowl, because of all the Big 12 teams playing (Tue., Dec. 30
8 p.m. Texas Houston Big 12 vs. C-USA Notre Dame* vs. Rice.

* indicates filling bowl slot that assigned conference could not fill

[Imran Siddiqui]

Originally posted by Tuberski
So, if Oklahoma loses tonight, Texas?

Even though they didn't win their conference championship?

Or USC?

ACK!

Penn State. Like I said, I don't like teams that didn't win their conference championship. The Big XII may have a weird way to determine it this year, but it is their way.

[Imran Siddiqui]

1) Florida
2) Oklahoma
3) Texas
4) Penn State
5) Southern Cal
6) Texas Tech
7) Alabama
8) Utah
9) Ohio State
10) Boise State

My #1 and #2 are unchanged. The rest looks slightly different (Alabama falling and moving Penn State above USC due to the lackluster win over UCLA... but those two teams are virtually tied in my mind).

[Imran Siddiqui]

Originally posted by Guynemer

It's actually not all that funny, depending on how you judge best conference. The ACC does not have a national champ contender, it is true, but they probably have the best depth of any conference with a very high number of 7-8 win teams.

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Anyway, I'm looking forward to the two best teams in college football face off in Florida vs. Oklahoma. Oklahoma set the all time single season scoring record by destroying Mizzou and Florida has the best player in college football in Tim Tebow and another player in the Top 10 in Percy Harvin. Should be great fun! I think Florida will end up taking it due to their better defense.

[SlowwHand]

Oh, jeez.

[DanS]

Originally posted by Guynemer

Check Sagarin.

[reismark]

Originally posted by Jaguar
The Big 12 tiebreaker was fine.

No, it isn't. As I've stated, the Big 12 and the Big East are the only conferences that don't restart the tiebreaker process once a 3+ team tie is reduced to two teams. As a result, in all the other major conferences, and the NFL, Texas would have gone to the conference championship -> BCS title game over Oklahoma.

Texas got jobbed, and justice would be served if Oklahoma were to fall on its face against Florida, because Texas should be there.

1. Texas
2. Florida
3. Alabama
4. Oklahoma
5. Penn State
6. Utah
7. Boise State
8. Texas Tech
9. USC
10. Ohio State

[Guynemer]

Originally posted by DanS


Check Sagarin.

Computer rankings aren't the end-all, be-all of anything. Virginia Tech, Boston College, Georgia Tech... the cream of the ACC, right?

Vs. non-conference BCS and top non-BCS competiton, BC was 1-0 (Notre Dame). VT was 1-1 (barely beat Nebraska, lost to East Carolina!). GT was 1-1 (Mississippi State, lost to Georgia).

These teams played nobody of note.


Florida beat Miami and Florida State; Alabama beat Clemson; Georgia beat Georgia Tech and Arizona State.



Looking at the top three in each conference, the SEC has a massive advantage. Even beyond that, I'd take LSU, Ole Miss, South Carolina, and Vandy over Florida State and Miami and Clemson.

[Naked Gents Rut]

Vs. non-conference BCS and top non-BCS competiton, BC was 1-0 (Notre Dame). VT was 1-1 (barely beat Nebraska, lost to East Carolina!). GT was 1-1 (Mississippi State, lost to Georgia).

These teams played nobody of note.

Nebraska is an 8-4 team that almost knocked Texas Tech off in overtime and is playing in a New Year's Day bowl.