College Football 2006

Crothian said:
Those would be some good games.

Eh.
Louisville/Wake will be a blowout win for the Cards. There's nothing Wake can do about it; Louisville is just much better than anyone in the ACC, and really should be playing in the Rose or Sugar or BCS title game, not the Orange.

I can't see how Florida makes it a game against Ohio State (USC would have had a better chance; the Gators just can't score enough to keep pace with Ohio State's offense).

ND/LSU seems likely to be an ugly game. When ND has the ball, it's an immovable object vs. an unstoppable force; when LSU has the ball, it's a moveable object vs. a stoppable force.

USC vs. Michigan in what's essentially a home game for the Trojans... well, yesterday or no, I've got to think SC wins that win without too much trouble unless they're still rattled from the UCLA game.

And that leaves Boise/Oklahoma -- which can go down one of four ways, and only one doesn't result in an ugly game or a blowout. If Oklahoma doesn't take Boise seriously, you'll essentially get a rerun of last year's Sugar Bowl (Boise will get out to a big early lead and hold on for the win). If Boise is just overwhelmed physically, Oklahoma wins a walk. If Oklahoma doesn't take Boise seriously, but has too much talent to get blown out anyway, then it's a sloppy game. So the only way we get a good game there is if Boise is sufficiently talented to hang in with an Oklahoma team that's not counting on an easy win. Not too likely.
 

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I'm pretty excited about the bowl games. The only one I have no interest in is the Sugar Bowl. Notre Dame didn't deserve a bowl game. I hope LSU beats the hell out of them.

I'll be watching all the others. And nervous as hell for the Fiesta Bowl.
 

Watching ND get creamed is the perfect reason to watch that game!!

I think Wake will prove to be more competitive then people think. They have had a magical season and just manage to find ways to do it.

Florida has an usual offense and a good defense. I think they can give OSU fits.

Boise is just going to be fun to watch.

And the Wolverines have a very good chance of winning the Rose Bowl, I think they will prove they deserved to play OSU.
 

drothgery said:
I can't see how Florida makes it a game against Ohio State (USC would have had a better chance; the Gators just can't score enough to keep pace with Ohio State's offense).

Thing is, Ohio State really only played two good teams this year - Michigan (#3) and Texas (#18). None of their other opponents are even in the top 25 (unless I missed someone).

In contrast, Florida faced 4 Top 25 teams (and a 5th team, Georgia, would be ranked #26): LSU (#4), Auburn (#10), Arkansas (#12), & Tennessee (#17).

It should be fun. :)
 

Dimwhit said:
I'm pretty excited about the bowl games. The only one I have no interest in is the Sugar Bowl. Notre Dame didn't deserve a bowl game. I hope LSU beats the hell out of them.

I tend to agree that ND doesn't deserve a BCS bowl, but according to BCS rules the only other team the Sugar could have selected (after taking LSU to replace Florida and make it two SEC teams in the BCS, and after the Rose had taken Michigan to replace OSU and make it two Big Ten teams in the BCS) was BCS #13 West Virginia (instead of BCS #11 Notre Dame); Virginia Tech dropped to #15 in the final rankings, and so became ineligible. I'd've taken West Virginia, but I'm a pretty outspoken Big East fan.

Since I think LSU is even more overrated than Notre Dame -- it's completely absured that the pollsters are putting a two-loss team ahead of two BCS conference one-loss teams (Louisville and Wisconsin) and an undefeated minor-conference team (Boise) -- I really don't know who to pull for in this one. My favoritism of offense over defense, disdain of the low-offense and self-referential SEC (best out-of-conference win all year was still Tennessee's win over Cal at home) and latent Catholicism says ND; my disdain of the way the Irish manipulate the Big East and the BCS says LSU (and for what it's worth, I think their ability to draw fans and TV ratings actually hurts ND's bowl record -- they keep going to higher-tier bowls than they should, and that's why they keep losing bowl games).
 

DaveMage said:
Thing is, Ohio State really only played two good teams this year - Michigan (#3) and Texas (#18). None of their other opponents are even in the top 25 (unless I missed someone).

In contrast, Florida faced 4 Top 25 teams (and a 5th team, Georgia, would be ranked #26): LSU (#4), Auburn (#10), Arkansas (#12), & Tennessee (#17).

Yeah, but all of those rankings are a product of the SEC bubble, where they've played almost no one good except each other, so I can't take them seriously.
 

bowl predictions

BCS Title: Ohio State over Florida 42-21
Rose: Michigan over USC 31-28
Fiesta: Oklahoma over Boise 35-14
Sugar: LSU over Notre Dame 28-17
Orange: Louisville over Wake 24-21
 

drothgery said:
I tend to agree that ND doesn't deserve a BCS bowl, but according to BCS rules the only other team the Sugar could have selected (after taking LSU to replace Florida and make it two SEC teams in the BCS, and after the Rose had taken Michigan to replace OSU and make it two Big Ten teams in the BCS) was BCS #13 West Virginia (instead of BCS #11 Notre Dame); Virginia Tech dropped to #15 in the final rankings, and so became ineligible. I'd've taken West Virginia, but I'm a pretty outspoken Big East fan.

Since I think LSU is even more overrated than Notre Dame -- it's completely absured that the pollsters are putting a two-loss team ahead of two BCS conference one-loss teams (Louisville and Wisconsin) and an undefeated minor-conference team (Boise) -- I really don't know who to pull for in this one. My favoritism of offense over defense, disdain of the low-offense and self-referential SEC (best out-of-conference win all year was still Tennessee's win over Cal at home) and latent Catholicism says ND; my disdain of the way the Irish manipulate the Big East and the BCS says LSU (and for what it's worth, I think their ability to draw fans and TV ratings actually hurts ND's bowl record -- they keep going to higher-tier bowls than they should, and that's why they keep losing bowl games).
Good point. One rule I hope they do away with is the 2-team limit per conference in the BCS. Doing that limits having the best teams in the BCS bowls. Wisconsin should have had a shot at the Sugar.

And I agree about LSU being overrated. Of course, I think the SEC is overrated. A great conference, but overrated. As for ND, you hit the nail on the head. They're going to bigger bowls than they deserve, so they get blown out too often.
 

Dimwhit said:
Good point. One rule I hope they do away with is the 2-team limit per conference in the BCS. Doing that limits having the best teams in the BCS bowls. Wisconsin should have had a shot at the Sugar.

Even if they were allowed to be part of the BCS I doubt anyone would have selected them over LSU or ND.
 

Crothian said:
Even if they were allowed to be part of the BCS I doubt anyone would have selected them over LSU or ND.
True, but it certainly would have helped create more controversy. Which is always good for the BCS. But you're probably right.
 

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