College Football 2006

[Crothian]

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

Well, that's not going to happen. It's Florida's to lose.

 

[DaveMage]

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

Yep.

But that would be true of any team that gets blown out in the finals.

Personally, I think it should be Boise State and Ohio State in the championship since both won all their games.

But, since Florida's in, I hope the Gators win 70-0.

 

[Crothian]

Boise is the only other deserving team. But the big conferences fear them.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

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 managed to have their sole loss come against the top ranked team in the nation, on the top ranked team's home field, by a mere 3 points. To hear the coaches and similar authorities tell it, home field advantage is worth about 3 points...so the same game on a neutral field would have resulted in a tie (or, more accurately, overtime).

Florida's sole loss, by way of contrast, lost to a top 10 team (maybe) by 10. No question there- they got beaten, home field advantage or no.

If you trust the ranking system at all (which I do not), it was a worse loss against a less formidable opponent.

 

[Dimwhit]

Boise is the only other deserving team. But the big conferences fear them.

I like the way you think.

Seriously, though, the big conference scoff at Boise and don't think they're worthy because they play a soft schedule. But how many of them are willing to play Boise in the regular season? Especially in Boise? The Pac-10 will, though generally only the Oregon teams. Georgia was willing to have Boise out there, but would they give us a one-and-one? Hell no. That's the position Boise is in. They can't schedule a really tough non-conference, and they can't do anything about their conference schedule. Except go 45-3 since entering the WAC 6 years ago (39-1 in the last five years).

 

[Crothian]

I agree. The problem is the arrogance of the big teams. If the win, it is as expected. If they lose it is a huge upset. And it is because they think they are so much better the the idea of it being a good opponent rarely seems to come up.

I wonder who in the Harris pool picked Florida as number 1?

 

[DaveMage]

I wonder who in the Harris pool picked Florida as number 1?

Especially since there are no voters from Florida in the Harris poll.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

For the record, I have no faith in the ranking system...when I see a the top 20-30 teams all playing a 12 game schedule that is made up of 80%+ top 20-30 teams...I might start believing in it, and maybe I'd shush a little about the BCS.

Of course, that would mean that, like the NFL, those W-L records would reflect head-to-head competitions and thus, more RW gravitas.

 

[Crothian]

Playoffs are the best, and I don't think I've heard anyone say the BCS is better. But it is what we have along with the ranking system.

But head to head compition isn't determining who is actual best; just best on that day. Texas was a great team, but once the QB went down they lost some games. Those teams weren't better overall just that day. If we really want to know who is the best team they need to play a best of three or best of five. But that's never going to happen.

 

[Nightfall]

*admits to only caring about WVU beating the tar out of another team from Georgia* Teach those southerners something!