And the College Football season begins!!!

[Crothian]

Well, if we go one who can beat who no one gets in. There is no teram out there that could win against the other 116 teams.

And if at the end those other teams strength of scedule is as good as people think, they will leap over Texas as many of the computer polls us Strength of schedule in some way. And what does Conferance record have to do with a deserving team?

 

[drothgery]

And if at the end those other teams strength of scedule is as good as people think, they will leap over Texas as many of the computer polls us Strength of schedule in some way.

Eh. Given how the system works, it's really difficult for Virginia Tech or Alabama or UCLA to move above Texas without getting some #2 votes in the polls. Just to give you an idea of how little the computers affected things (as of last week)...

West Virginia was #18 AP and #17 Harris. They're #11 in the computers. And #17 in the BCS rankings. So the computers have a hard time pulling a team up even when they have a much higher opinion of a team than the pollsters. Here, I think the computers are closer to right than the pollsters.

Notre Dame was #10 in both BCS polls. The BCS computers strongly disagree, rating the Irish #23. They're #15 in the BCS standings.

And what does Conferance record have to do with a deserving team?

Big 12 teams have had a recent history of proving themselves underserving of playing in the national title game. It doesn't necessarily mean that this year's Texas team is underserving (though I think they are), but it does suggest that pollsters should be skeptical of teams that run through the Big 12.

 

[fett527]

Out of town this weekend, sorry.

As far as the title game and Texas, I really believe that if VaTech wins out they should leapfrog Texas. (this is assuming a match up with FSU in the ACC title game and USC wins out)

 

[Crothian]

well, Penn State plays Wisconsin for the Big Ten crown....I never thought I'd be typing that

 

[fett527]

well, Penn State plays Wisconsin for the Big Ten crown....I never thought I'd be typing that

well, think about Wisconsin losing to PSU and PSU losing to MSU (it's possible however unlikely at this point).

 

[Crothian]

I know OSU still has hope for the crown this year, but I would like to see PSU have a good season for Joe Pa and go to a BCS bowl and kill one of the more populr teams.

 

[Dungannon]

Go Nittany Lions! And I'm hoping that USC, Texas, Alabama & Virginia Tech all win out, just to see the all the talking heads explode in December & January.

 

[fett527]

Go Nittany Lions!

And I'm hoping that USC, Texas, Alabama & Virginia Tech all win out, just to see the all the talking heads explode in December & January.

I would like to see it as well. The more undefeateds at the end of the year the better.

 

[Crothian]

Exaclty, if there are only two undefeated teams, the BCS has nothing to do. We want it to do its job.

 

[fett527]

Exaclty, if there are only two undefeated teams, the BCS has nothing to do. We want it to do its job.

I understand that's what it is supposed to do (and that you love to point it out), but all the discussion will be about the teams that were left out and how they deserver their chance and we should have a playoff system.