And the College Football season begins!!!

[Dimwhit]

"And no one cares how good you were 2001 ... Oregon fans, are you going to be jacked up to watch West Virginia play in the Sugar Bowl? West Virginia fans, are you going to make the Fiesta Bowl appointment television if Oregon gets in? Now you know how 94% of the college football world feels about watching your team, deserving as it may be, play in the BCS."

That could be said to a lot of teams, though. Include OSU. Everyone is more interested in teams from their area play. I'd be much more likely to watch Oregon than OSU or West Virginia. That's just the way it goes. I'm sure there are still a large number of people who still don't think USC should be #1 because of the whole East Coast bias thing.

I'm trying not to bring up the 'P' word but...dammit, I want a playoff!!!

 

[drothgery]

I'm still not convinced it will be ND in the matchup. I'm still thinking ND/Penn, which would, IMO, be the best possible matchup outside of the Championship game.

Maybe, but that's almost guaranteed not to happen. The Orange picks in between the two Fiesta picks, and they'll certainly take whichever of ND/Penn State that the Fiesta doesn't take.

The best matchup (including the championship game; ask Iowa, Michigan, and Oklahoma about playing USC in a major bowl game) is probably going to be the LSU vs West Virginia Sugar Bowl (assuming no upsets in the ACC or SEC title games; an FSU upset in the ACC title game would send the Mountaineers to the Orange) game that nobody will watch.

Also, Ohio State vs. Michigan wasn't shown nationally this year, at least not in any rational fashion. In the west, it was relegated to ESPN, because it was a 10am game and there are limits on how often Saturday morning network programming can be pre-empted for football.

 

[drothgery]

That could be said to a lot of teams, though. Include OSU. Everyone is more interested in teams from their area play. I'd be much more likely to watch Oregon than OSU or West Virginia. That's just the way it goes.

I'm from Ohio, even if I live in SoCal now. I'd rather watch Ohio State. But the Ducks are more deserving. Of course, the Buckeyes are more deserving than ND, so if it were up to me, it'd be Oregon-Ohio State.

I'm trying not to bring up the 'P' word but...dammit, I want a playoff!!!

Join the club.

 

[fett527]

...Also, Ohio State vs. Michigan wasn't shown nationally this year, at least not in any rational fashion. In the west, it was relegated to ESPN, because it was a 10am game and there are limits on how often Saturday morning network programming can be pre-empted for football.

I've read about the woes on the broadcast on the West Coast but it was still broadcast on ABC across the country and then part of the country switched to ESPN. But that's Disney/ABC/ESPN's fault.

 

[Crothian]

Ya, ND is overrated this year. They have a good lose and a really bad lose. MSU is a not a good team and had their usually second half implosion. That bit about Oregon fans trying to make up for 2001 needs to be told to all the people voting in ND. ND is only there becasue of past glories. Sure they had a good season this year, they did better then most expected, but they don't deserve a BCS at large bid.

 

[Dimwhit]

(including the championship game; ask Iowa, Michigan, and Oklahoma about playing USC in a major bowl game)

What do you mean? Has USC blown them all away or something? Just wondering.

The championship game this year, barring an upset beforehand, has the potential to be a pretty exciting offensive shootout, unless one of the defenses steps up in a big way.

 

[Crothian]

What do you mean? Has USC blown them all away or something? Just wondering.

In former bowl games but that was years past and differnet teams

 

[drothgery]

What do you mean? Has USC blown them all away or something? Just wondering.

Yes. And these weren't pushovers; they were top-5 teams.

The championship game this year, barring an upset beforehand, has the potential to be a pretty exciting offensive shootout, unless one of the defenses steps up in a big way.

That's what they said about USC-Oklahoma. I'll be shocked if Texas stays within two touchdowns of USC.

 

[Crothian]

Bowling Green jumps on arch rival Toledo!!! In a rivalry game that matches OSU Michigan....if you went to one of the schools or happen to be from north west Ohio

 

[Dimwhit]

Bowling Green jumps on arch rival Toledo!!! In a rivalry game that matches OSU Michigan....if you went to one of the schools or happen to be from north west Ohio

Hey Crothian, would it be in poor taste for me to mention what Boise and Fresno did to those two teams this year?