College Football

[Crothian]

Ya, and the Buckeyes are really showing that they suck this year

 

[drothgery]

Ya, and the Buckeyes are really showing that they suck this year

Between that and my Orange doing much the same thing (save for the FSU game), it's almost enough to make me give up on my "home" teams and become another loser who moved out west and jumped on the USC bandwagon...

 

[Crothian]

Go with San Diego State!! Or Fresno State!!

 

[drothgery]

Go with San Diego State!! Or Fresno State!!

The whole point of jumping on a bandwagon is to cheer for winners, which means the Aztecs are right out (routinely losing by a field goal to the Big 10 champ doesn't cut it), and Fresno's farther from San Diego than LA, not on TV as much (TV isn't as much of an issue with the Aztecs, as I could pretty easily go see games live; it's not like they sell out the stadium), and in a second-rate confrence.

 

[Crothian]

Just trying to offer suggestions that wouldn't be jumping on the bandwagon. But with the way USC is playing, I'm going to become a fan.

 

[Crothian]

BCS ranking are out and the crying and complaining have started. It's funny to hear all the complaints and all the problems when in reality the BCS has worked better then the old system.

 

[drothgery]

BCS ranking are out and the crying and complaining have started. It's funny to hear all the complaints and all the problems when in reality the BCS has worked better then the old system.

Only marginally, and it least in the old system we always got Big 10 v. Pac 10 Rose Bowls, and nothing utterly loony, like a Big 10/Pac 10 Orange Bowl a few years back [USC v. Iowa, when co-Big 10 champ Ohio Stae played Miami for all the marbles, and co-Pac 10 champ Washingto State played Texas in the Rose].

I don't find anything especially problematic with the current BCS standings; I'd go #1 USC,#2 Auburn,#3 Miami, #4 Oklahoma,#5 Wisconsin, #6 Cal, #7 Texas, #8 Tennessee, #9 Florida State, #10 Utah, but that's just quibbling.

 

[Crothian]

Ya, some of the traditions of the old Bowl system have to be sacraficed but I think we get better Bowl games for it. The OSU Miami game was a classic.

 

[drothgery]

Ya, some of the traditions of the old Bowl system have to be sacraficed but I think we get better Bowl games for it. The OSU Miami game was a classic.

Well, for us Ohio natives, it was a great game, and much better than "USC ends Buckeyes' national title hopes", which we almost certainly would have gotten in the old system. And as a Syracuse fan, watching Miami lose always has a certain appeal. But who's to say that USC-Ohio State wouldn't have been a classic?

I completely support throwing away tradition for a playoff. And the BCS has largely put an end to the awful practice of selecting bowl teams before the season was over, which is probably the best argument for the BCS in my book. But throwing away tradition for a contrived attempt at #1 vs. #2 game that hasn't worked all that well -- I don't like that much.

 

[Dimwhit]

I'm just completely amazed that Boise State showed up at #14 in the BCS. They're my home team, and I'm a huge fan, but still...that squeaker of a win against Tulsa has not inspired much confidence.

However, if BSU can somehow manage to stay undefeated (not sure with the way they've been playing), they have a good chance of ending in the Top 10.

But I'm also pulling for Utah to finish Top 6 in the BCS, just so they HAVE to go to a BCS bowl. Apparently, as it stands today, Floride State would be out of the BCS bowls if that happened. Which is always a good thing.