College Football

[Crothian]

I don't like that BCS ranking trumps head to head meeeting. Head to head meeting should trump all.

 

[drothgery]

I don't like that BCS ranking trumps head to head meeeting. Head to head meeting should trump all.

Neither do I, but unless the BCS dumps the "Big East rule" -- which only ever came close to being applied to the ACC -- it pretty much has to. There's too much money on the line.

Of course, if the Orange had beat Temple, they'd've won the conference outright.

 

[fett527]

Another one bites the- well you know:

Mississippi coach David Cutcliffe was fired Wednesday after his first losing season in six years with the Rebels.

 

[Crothian]

MAC Championship tonight...go Miami...

 

[Dimwhit]

And Toledo wins it. They seem to be a pretty good team this year.

On the BCS front, one mistake they made was not putting a minimum qualification on the BCS conference winner. Like if they're not ranked a certain number of higher, or if they haven't won 8 games, or something like that, then that conferences loses the automatic birth. Applied this year, Texas wouldn't be getting the shaft, because they could get the invite instead of Pitt, who is only ranked now because no one wanted an unranked team in the BCS game.

 

[Crothian]

I wanted an unranked team in the BCS.......anything to show how the system isn't working....

So, who do you all got? Maimi or VT? Auburn or Tenn? Pitt or South Florida? USC or UCLA? Oklahoma or Colorado? Cal or Southern Miss?

Any upserts looming?

 

[drothgery]

I wanted an unranked team in the BCS.......anything to show how the system isn't working....

So, who do you all got?

Any upserts looming?

Maimi or VT?
Miami. Hokies haven't had a late-season choke yet this year. They're due.

Auburn or Tenn?
Auburn. Someone's going to get upset this weekend among the Big 3, and I can't see it being Auburn or USC.

Pitt or South Florida?
Pitt. Is it too late for the Big East to take Memphis instead of South Florida?

USC or UCLA?
Upsets happen in this game, but not to #1 USC teams.

Oklahoma or Colorado?
Colorado. There's a long history of upsets in the Big 12 championship game, and the Sooners really don't impress me at all. Besides, there has to be one freaky upset.

Cal or Southern Miss?
Cal. In an effort to erase any doubts pollsters have about ranking Cal ahead of Texas, Bears beat Southern Miss 70-3.

 

[Dimwhit]

The only upset I see happening Saturday is VT over Miami. But ya never know...

 

[Crothian]

I'm not even sure VT over Miami is much of an upset, VT has the habit of beating the Hurricanes.

 

[The Shaman]

[Cal or Southern Miss?
Cal. In an effort to erase any doubts pollsters have about ranking Cal ahead of Texas, Bears beat Southern Miss 70-3.

Yeah, I think the Golden Bears are going to do their best Louisville or Boise State impression tomorrow.