CAHoya07
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Post by CAHoya07 on Nov 26, 2012 15:46:01 GMT -5
While it seems the way all conferences are going (or want to go), I think conference championship games are stupid.
Biggest example: SEC championship game. Sure, the winner between #2 Alabama and #3 Georgia will play #1 Notre Dame in the BCS Championship game. But the loser? Likely out of the BCS picture, relegated to the Chick-Fil-A or Cotton Bowls.
Meanwhile, #4 Florida will be in a BCS bowl by its virtue of losing a tiebreaker to Georgia and doing absolutely nothing this week.
This will be even worse two years from now, when the 4-team playoff is instituted. If that were to happen now, the loser of Alabama-Georgia would likely be out of a playoff, while Florida "earns" its way into the playoff by not having to appear in the SEC Championship game.
Other examples of ridiculousness? A 7-6 Georgia Tech or 8-5 Wisconsin team could crash the BCS party by winning their conference championship games. And then of course, there's the Big East, which doesn't have a conference championship game (yet), but is currently deciding who is less ty between Louisville and Rutgers, neither of which are in the top 25 of the current BCS standings.
No me gusta...
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Bay99
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Post by Bay99 on Nov 29, 2012 23:26:21 GMT -5
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hoyarooter
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Post by hoyarooter on Nov 30, 2012 12:43:47 GMT -5
Same as UCLA last year. It's idiotic.
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hoyainspirit
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Post by hoyainspirit on Dec 1, 2012 21:29:17 GMT -5
Alabama- Georgia was quite entertaining.
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rosslynhoya
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Post by rosslynhoya on Dec 2, 2012 14:45:28 GMT -5
Keep your fingers crossed: Northern Illinois looks like it has a good chance of crashing the BCS party. God bless the Big Ten champion Badgers for taking some of the heat off the Big East winner survivor. It's just a shame Georgia Tech wasn't able to knock off FSU last night or we could have had three unranked teams in the Bowls that count.
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TBird41
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Post by TBird41 on Dec 2, 2012 15:51:50 GMT -5
Keep your fingers crossed: Northern Illinois looks like it has a good chance of crashing the BCS party. God bless the Big Ten champion Badgers for taking some of the heat off the Big East winner survivor. It's just a shame Georgia Tech wasn't able to knock off FSU last night or we could have had three unranked teams in the Bowls that count. I'm confused. Alabama and Notre Dame are ranked. What other bowls count?
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skyhoya
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Post by skyhoya on Dec 5, 2012 9:35:38 GMT -5
The college football coaching musical chairs has started,
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Post by AustinHoya03 on Jan 2, 2013 23:08:49 GMT -5
ESSSSSSSSEEEEEEEEEESSSEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
Vanderbilt 38, NC State 24 Clemson 25, LSU 24 Northwestern 34, Mississippi State 20 S. Carolina 33, Michigan 28 Georgia 45, Nebraska 31 Florida 10, Louisville 30 with 3:40 left in the third quarter.
Barring a Gator comeback, that puts the awesomest league ever (and certainly the only relevant one, right?) at 3-3 in bowl games.
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rosslynhoya
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Post by rosslynhoya on Jan 4, 2013 9:09:55 GMT -5
Meanwhile, the Big East co-champions went 3-1 in their bowl games. Rutgers' choke against Tech was the only letdown. Pitt plays Ole Miss tomorrow, which would be another devestating loss for the SEC and push the Big East into a tie with C-USA whose teams also went 4-1.
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Post by Nevada Hoya on Jan 4, 2013 12:40:27 GMT -5
Meanwhile, the Big East co-champions went 3-1 in their bowl games. Rutgers' choke against Tech was the only letdown. Pitt plays Ole Miss tomorrow, which would be another devestating loss for the SEC and push the Big East into a tie with C-USA whose teams also went 4-1. And we thought the demise of the BE was all about football.
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FormerHoya
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Post by FormerHoya on Jan 7, 2013 12:50:58 GMT -5
Austin, please make your pick against ND. It'll make me feel better.
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Post by AustinHoya03 on Jan 7, 2013 15:58:04 GMT -5
Austin, please make your pick against ND. It'll make me feel better. I think you should send me some cash first. PM me for PayPal info and we can get this done before 7:30 EST. ON EDIT: Notre Dame over Alabama, 30-27, in OT. Take heart, FormerHoya, I picked the Irish to beat BC and Southern Cal, too.
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hoyainspirit
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Post by hoyainspirit on Jan 7, 2013 16:00:09 GMT -5
Austin, please make your pick against ND. It'll make me feel better. I'll do it. Alabama in a rout. ;D
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Post by nashvillehoyas on Jan 7, 2013 16:17:41 GMT -5
Irish Green State ...... 24 Crimson Red State.... 17
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hoyarooter
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Post by hoyarooter on Jan 7, 2013 21:22:31 GMT -5
And sadly, Alabama has already left 17 in its rear view mirror. I don't see this one reversing course.
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derhoya
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Post by derhoya on Jan 7, 2013 22:34:12 GMT -5
This game is diminishing all of ND's defensive players draft prospects dramatically (two out with knee injures too)... Mante Te'o appears to have all the supposed Heisman rust.
Is anyone really that surprised though?
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hoya9797
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Post by hoya9797 on Jan 7, 2013 23:12:19 GMT -5
This game is way too close.
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Elvado
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Post by Elvado on Jan 7, 2013 23:17:25 GMT -5
ND would finish a solid 4th in the SEC West
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Post by AustinHoya03 on Jan 7, 2013 23:41:59 GMT -5
At least I was close on the over/under...wishful thinking gets me again.
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AvantGuardHoya
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Post by AvantGuardHoya on Jan 8, 2013 5:33:54 GMT -5
Austin, please make your pick against ND. It'll make me feel better. I'll do it. Alabama in a rout. ;D Go, Johnny, go! Good call, young man.
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