College Football 2006

[drothgery]

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.

If I couldn't change the rules, I think I'd've sent Louisville to the Sugar instead of the Orange, and put West Virginia against Wake Forest instead.

LSU/Louisville in the Sugar would look like a much better game on paper, and it'd be clear who to cheer for. And a Big East team could still smack around the ACC champ.

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

ND, probably not; they're a draw for both fans and TV. But Wisconsin does just as well as LSU for getting fans, and neither is a national, or even regional TV draw. So if we had ended up with a rematch in the BCS title game, the Rose would've taken Wisconsin in a heartbeat to play USC instead of LSU.

 

[Nightfall]

Well I'm hoping WVU gets the Gator bowl. Doubtful but it's a damn shade better than some of the other bowls they've gotten themselves into.

No matter who L-ville faces, I do want them to win. Why? Because they represent the Big East. It would be the same if Rutgers had won. Well...maybe not but still!

Btw Drogy, you're being way to kind to WVU giving them Wake Forest. L-ville deserves to smack them around if only to prove how truly pathetic the ACC is.

 

[drothgery]

Well I'm hoping WVU gets the Gator bowl. Doubtful but it's a damn shade better than some of the other bowls they've gotten themselves into.

This is already official; WVU's playing Georgia Tech. The way the Big East bowls line up this year, I wouldn't be surprised if all the Big East teams win (not counting ND, as they're not a Big East football team). UofL over Wake in the Orange is practically a gimmee, as is WVU over Georgia Tech in the Gator. Rutgers shouldn't have any problem with K-State in Texas. Cinci should roll over Central Michigan in the International/Toronto. And USF is playing ECU in the Papa John's/Birmingham game.

Btw Drogy, you're being way to kind to WVU giving them Wake Forest. L-ville deserves to smack them around if only to prove how truly pathetic the ACC is.

I'd rather have the 'ville 'upset' a team with a worse record, that didn't even win their division, let alone their conference, and was ranked above them for no logical reason. Or really, I'd rather have them as the Buckeyes' sacrificial victim.

 

[Nightfall]

Drogy,

LOL! Buckeyes sacrifical victim. Hell I'm hoping Florida does the impossible and WIN against the Bucks. Even so, WVU gets another Georgia team eh? I guess the state of Georgia thinks it's so hot football wise that it probably won't consider WVU a problem. Goodness know the Bulldogs didn't. Still not counting my chickens yet. The Eers should have had L-ville in my opinion, and the same with the Southern Florida game. Even so, I'll give the boys credit for the road on this home win. I hope White can come back, but if not, that little red shirt Freshmen proved he can play in pressure situations. Well we'll see come end of December/January when it all comes down.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

IMHO, the only thing Florida earned is the right to play Michigan to see who should play Ohio State. I'm pretty sure Michigan's loss was to a much higher ranked opponent than Florida's was...

Ceterum censeo BCS esse delendam!

Or, to paraphrase a certain song..."I'm dreaming of a playoff system...just like the other college leagues..."

 

[Rodrigo Istalindir]

But what did Michigan do to earn the right to a rematch, other than sit on their ass and watch TV for three weeks? They had their shot and couldn't pull it off.

It would have been nice to see the SEC get so peeved that they quit the BCS though. That would have hastened its welcome demise. A 1-4 and 2-3 semi is the only way to go.

 

[DaveMage]

IMHO, the only thing Florida earned is the right to play Michigan to see who should play Ohio State. I'm pretty sure Michigan's loss was to a much higher ranked opponent than Florida's was...

Actually, not much higher. Auburn was ranked in the top ten at the time the Gators lost to them.

Ohio State has benefited from a soft schedule.

Not that they're not good - anyone who goes 12-0 is playing great football - but when you're only tested twice in 12 games, it's hard to see what they're really made of.

 

[Crothian]

But what did Michigan do to earn the right to a rematch, other than sit on their ass and watch TV for three weeks? They had their shot and couldn't pull it off.

Michigan did not have their shot at OSU in the championship game, they had it in the regular season. Big difference. And Michigan won all their other games and looked very impressive doing it. They were ranked ahead of Florida the whole time, so obviously they did something to earn that right.

If Florida gets blown out then everyone is going to say that Florida didn't deserve to be there.

 

[Crothian]

Not that they're not good - anyone who goes 12-0 is playing great football - but when you're only tested twice in 12 games, it's hard to see what they're really made of.

Being able to win all their games is a great accomplishment and many teams had soft schedules yet only Boise and OSU was able to do that. It might look like a soft schedule on paper, but everyone always guns for number 1. So OSU was getting the best shot from the other teams.

 

[Ankh-Morpork Guard]

If Florida gets blown out then everyone is going to say that Florida didn't deserve to be there.

...but if Michigan went and lost AGAIN people would have said the same thing.