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DEL.ICIO.USThe BCS makes for strange bedfellows
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
One of the unintended consequences of the BCS is that, for good or bad, it creates a lot of strange bedfellows throughout the sport of college football. Fans who never cared about another school or gave it the time of day in September suddenly are desperately pulling for—or pulling against—that school when calendar turns to November.
There are three weeks left in the regular season and as usual when it comes to the BCS, most teams do not control their own destinies. In fact, only No. 1 Alabama (11-0), No. 2 Texas Tech (10-0), and No. 4 Florida (9-1) are in control of their fate.
The rest need help from someone. Here are just five examples:
1. Texas is pulling for Oklahoma: If No. 5 Oklahoma beats No. 2 Texas Tech Saturday night in Norman, it opens the door for No. 3 Texas to not only play for the Big 12 national championship but the BCS national championship as well. An Oklahoma win would likely create a three-way tie in the Big 12 South among the three schools which could all be 11-1. The team with highest BCS ranking may become the tiebreaker that determines who goes to the Big 12 championship game, where a win would put that team in the national championship game.
Now it’s possible that with a win over Texas Tech, Oklahoma could jump over Texas in the BCS Standings. But that’s a chance the Longhorns have to accept because if Texas Tech wins out they have no shot to get to the big game. In fact, if Oklahoma beats Texas Tech, Texas will be pulling even harder for Oklahoma in its final game at Oklahoma State. Because if the Sooners, who lost to Texas 45-35, beat Texas Tech but then lose to the Cowboys there will be a two-way tie in the Big 12 South. Texas Tech would win the tiebreaker because of their 39-33 win over the Longhorns on Nov. 1.
2. Southern Cal, Ohio State are both pulling for Arizona and Oregon: Arizona (6-4) hosts Oregon State on Saturday. The Beavers are 6-1 in the Pac-10 and are the only team this season to beat No. 6 Southern Cal (9-1). If Oregon State wins its last two games against Arizona and Oregon, then the Beavers go to the Rose Bowl and Southern Cal gets an at-large bid to a BCS game. Southern Cal is pulling for Arizona because it wants to go to the Rose Bowl if it can’t get in the BCS championship game. Ohio State (9-2) is pulling for Arizona because if Oregon State goes to the Rose Bowl, the Buckeyes will probably miss out on a BCS at-large bid and play Georgia in the Capital One Bowl. If Arizona doesn’t beat Oregon State on Saturday, then USC and Ohio State will pull for Oregon (8-3) to get the job done on Nov. 29. But Oregon State will play that game at home.
3. Boise State is pulling for BYU: Boise State (10-0) is ranked No. 9 in the BCS Standings. Normally that would make the Broncos a lock for a BCS at-large bid. But the Broncos are going to get left out of the BCS if No. 7 Utah (11-0) wins at home against BYU (10-1) on Saturday. Only one team from the non-BCS conferences can receive an at-large bid, regardless of their ranking. If Utah goes to the BCS, then a 12-0 Boise State could be playing on its blue home field in the Humanitarian Bowl.
4. Southern Cal is pulling for Florida State, Missouri: Sitting at No. 6 in the BCS Standings, it appears that the only way for Southern Cal (9-1) to get to the BCS championship game is for the SEC champion or the Big 12 champion not to be there. Assuming No. 1 Alabama beats Auburn, the only way that the SEC champ won’t be there is if No. 4 Florida loses at Florida State on Nov. 29 and then beats Alabama on Dec. 6 in Atlanta. With three Big 12 teams in the top five, the only way that conference champion is not in the big game is if Missouri (9-2) upsets Texas, Texas Tech, or Oklahoma in the league’s championship game.
5. BCS critics are pulling for the ultimate Doomsday Scenario: I have to give credit for this one to my good friend, Mark Blaudschun of the Boston Globe. Those who dislike the BCS want to see the worst possible outcome in hopes that it would prompt change. Well here, given the current standings, is the worst possible outcome:
Oklahoma beats Texas Tech, 49-47 in one of the greatest games in history.
Florida loses at Florida State on Nov. 29.
On championship Saturday the BCS Standings are 1) Alabama, 2) Texas, 3) Oklahoma, 4) Texas Tech, 5) Southern Cal, 6) Florida
Florida beats No. 1 Alabama in the SEC championship game.
No. 2 Texas (11-1) loses to Missouri in the Big 12 championship game.
Texas Tech (11-1) and Oklahoma (11-1), two teams that didn’t even win their division, finish 1-2 and advance to the BCS championship game. The human polls try to avoid a rematch and vote Southern Cal (11-1) No. 2 but the computers drop the Trojans into the No. 3 spot in the final rankings because of a weak schedule.
Missouri (11-2) is the Big 12 champion but, under BCS rules, only two teams from any one conference can play in a BCS game. Texas Tech and Oklahoma are already in the BCS title game. What does the BCS do? There is nothing in the bylaws to account for this scenario. Do they invoke an emergency change? Will one of the Big 12 teams get left out? Does President elect Obama invoke an eight-team playoff by executive order? The next three weeks could really be fun.
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Comments
By buck b
November 19, 2008 7:14 AM | Link to this
If all that happens the Dogs will play for the BCS National Championship ….just like mike pre-season magazine said!!!!!
By m
November 19, 2008 7:22 AM | Link to this
Anyone with a brain can understand that the BCS SUCKS DONKEY. Only complete TOOLS like Tony Barnyard suck up to the BCS.
By Rusty Pecker
November 19, 2008 7:31 AM | Link to this
Hey Tony Jabroni you forgot this:
6. Alabama loses to Florida. This will make Tony Jabroni and Mark Gaybaugh very happy. Anything to make their beloved bulldawgs look better.By reebok
November 19, 2008 7:38 AM | Link to this
The bigger the BCS mess, the better. It gets us closer to (crazy idea, I know) actually settling the championship on the field.
By Forgot one
November 19, 2008 8:05 AM | Link to this
The Rose Bowl should be hoping for an Oregon State loss as well. Assuming Penn State beats Michigan State on Saturday, the Rose Bowl would get a rematch game between Penn State and Oregon State. No one outside those two schools would watch the game. Penn State fans don’t want to see the same game again either. They’d rather see Penn State expose USC for the over-hyped team they are.
By Krystals
November 19, 2008 8:19 AM | Link to this
Tony, STOP EATING ME!
By jumbo
November 19, 2008 8:29 AM | Link to this
I said last week that it is possible Texas or OU make it to the BCSCG without winning the Big 12. Here’s how: OU beats TT so Texas wins the South but loses to Mizz in the Big 12 CG. OU sneaks in to the BCSCG. Or TT beats OU but loses to Mizz so Texas gets in. Let’s face it the BCS stinks. I don’t think there will be a playoff until the new ESPN BCS deal expires in 2014. At about the same time the Rose Bowl’s deal with ABC will expire and since ABC is under the Disney umbrella ESPN will be able to influence any kind of playoff proposal.
I think a 16 team playoff would be ideal but will likely never happen. Even with an 8 team system somebody would be left out. I think the top teams to be considered for an 8 team playoff this season are Bama, Fla, 2 teams from the Big 12(Tx, TT, OU), SC, Penn St, Utah, Boise St, the ACC and Big East champs. I know the Big East and ACC don’t have a national contender but I think any BCS conference champ merits consideration. Thus under this scenario two clubs would be left out. Still it is better than what we currently have.
Geaux Tigers Go SEC
By Pago Flyer
November 19, 2008 8:45 AM | Link to this
The DAWGS don’t want the BUCS. Have you seen their qb and rb!
By saint nick
November 19, 2008 9:02 AM | Link to this
It’s gonna be Bama or FLA VS. Texas, OU or Texas Tech. It will probably be Bama and Tech in the NC game, then the BCS buttheads will say “see it works just fine”. Fla fans i know you think your team is the greatest in history. That title also belonged to USC in 2005, what happened to University of Shady Cash(USC)????Bama beats FLA in a close one 31-28!ROLL TIDE!!!!!!!!!!!!
By saint nick
November 19, 2008 9:21 AM | Link to this
Herbstreit, Corso, Tony, May, Tony, Schlabaugh, Sylvester the cat AKA Holtz, the Bandwagon is Full with “Experts”. Lunginbill is the only one to Pimp Bama in the SECCG!!! A perfect storm is brewing and Saban will have his team ready!!! Mt. Cody will rip Tebows spine out!!!!Coffee will run for 175+, Ingram will run for 100+, and McClain will Chicken kick Rainey and Dempes!!!!
By Billy
November 19, 2008 9:34 AM | Link to this
It’d be so stupid if both Boise and Utah can’t get BCS bowls if they finish in the top ten. First I think Boise vs Utah in a BCS bowl would be a great game. Second we need a playoff. Third, with the rest of the bowls we need a selection committee similar to how the brackets are filled for basketball to pick the rest of the bowls. These stupid tie-ins are so archaic and generally produce horrible games.
By Preseason #1
November 19, 2008 9:39 AM | Link to this
Who cares what happens the rest of the way, the mighty Dogs got spanked hard twice, and don’t really have a decent win to show for their season. Next season can’t come soon enough (assuming not too many of the boys get arrested in the interim).
By The Truth
November 19, 2008 9:42 AM | Link to this
The only way we’ll ever get a playoff is if one of the media darlings gets the shaft: USC, Florida, Ohio State. Any scenario that screws over one of these teams is okay with me. I’m not a hater. They are all great teams. This is just the simple truth. The only time the BCS has ever been seriously “tweaked” was after USC got left out in 2003. When anybody else got the shaft it was “too bad so sad and better luck next year.” Nobody gave a crap. Again, just the facts. If one of the Three Amigos is on the outside looking in you’ll see the media crying for a playoff faster than you can say “best regular season in sports”. And what the media wants in college football it usually gets.
By A Trojan
November 19, 2008 10:12 AM | Link to this
Hey Tony. I’m a Trojan and most of us are actually pulling for Oregon State to win out. Assuming that USC can take care of Notre Dame and UCLA, the Trojans would get an at-large bid (as you mentioned). The vast majority of us (including the players, though they won’t publicly say so) would like USC to head to another BCS game. An ideal situation would be heading to the Sugar Bowl to play the SEC runner up (Florida or Bama). I think a lot of people would be much more interested in seeing USC take on an elite SEC team than pummel the bejesus out of another Big Ten team in the Rose Bowl. Think of it, the SEC fans would have a chance to either say, “Ha! I knew it! USC can’t hack it against an SEC team!” or they can shut up for five minutes about how USC is weak if the Trojans win. Of course, many SEC fans conveniently forget the 23-0 win at #6 Auburn to start the 2003 season.
By saint nick
November 19, 2008 10:21 AM | Link to this
hey trojan,
that was 2003, this is 2008!!!That AWBARN team was 7-5!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Great win!!!!!!!!!!!!If you guys play FLA or Bama, you will go down just like the suckeyes!!!!!!!
By A Trojan
November 19, 2008 10:27 AM | Link to this
Oh, and one more thing. Any sane USC fan (and most of us are) would admit that the Trojans don’t really have much of a chance of making it to the title game. Whether that’s fair or not is up for debate (though probably not to your readers). USC’s one loss was on the road to the potential Pac-10 champion. Florida’s one loss was at home to Ole Miss, a 6-4 team going to a bowl on the strength of wins over teams like Louisiana-Monroe, Samford and Memphis. Without those patsies, that’s a 3-4 team. So if Florida beats Bama and goes to the title game, let’s not gloss over that Ole Miss.
By PTC DAWG
November 19, 2008 10:37 AM | Link to this
The system of naming a so called MYTHICAL National Champion in 1-A football is a HUGE JOKE.
PERIOD.
By GatorG
November 19, 2008 10:45 AM | Link to this
Trojan,
You and everyone else can whine all you want about Florida losing to Ole Miss early in the season, before turning things around and blowing everyone else out of the water.
BUT, the fact is, that’s exactly how a playoff would work. Early losses wouldn’t matter as long as you finished the regular season and postseason strong.
With the conference championships, this year is turning out to be as close an approximation of a playoff as we could get in the BCS system. If the Pac 10 manned up and invited two GOOD teams in and had a championship game as well, you’d probably have a dog in this fight.
By Anonymous
November 19, 2008 10:50 AM | Link to this
Saint Nick, given the Alabama football program’s long and well-documented history of NCAA recruiting violations, envelopes of cash, free automobiles and less-than-stellar academic standards for football players, I would at least pronounce a mea culpa or two before I refer to any other school as the “University of Shady Cash.” The recent history of the Trojans’ recruiting violations have yet to fully catch up to their program, alumni and their Heisman Trophy winner, but SEC memories of the Tide’s recent NCAA sanctions are still fresh in many fans’ minds.
By HuH Forgot one ?
November 19, 2008 11:06 AM | Link to this
Real sharp footbal mind there sport. Penn State expose USC? I think Iowa exposed Penn State.
Did you see the Ohio State Penn State? USC would beat Penn State by 2 touchdowns or more.
By Nicks a B!tch
November 19, 2008 11:14 AM | Link to this
What a crok; A bama boy calling ANYBODY a cheat is suck a F-ING joke. Got 11, you mean Bought 11. And talk about anciet history, those trophies must have rust on them by now.
By Atlanta Gator
November 19, 2008 11:16 AM | Link to this
Comments in response to Tony——
(1) It’s undoubtedly true that Oklahoma is pulling for Texas, but a late season win by Oklahoma over texas tech may produce an unexpected reordering of the BCS standings that Texas does not like. Oklahoma has games remaining against the second and twelfth-ranked BCS teams; if it wins both convincingly, it’s just as likely the Sooners will finish ahead of the Longhorns in the BCS standings.
(2) Again, probably so. But I’m content to let Oregon State play out their season. Change is good for the human condition, and any Pac-10 team that hasn’t been to the Rose Bowl in three decades is due. Unexpected change keeps us humble. Hopefully, it works for Trojans, too. LOL
(3) Good grief. Why don’t Boise State, Utah, and Brigham Young play each other every year? It’s not like they don’t have enough MWC and WAC patsies on their schedules without adding weaklings from other conferences. This is as bad as Florida and Miami not playing every year.
(4) Southern Cal seems to be pulling for a lot of other teams. Perhaps they should focus on winning their own games with all of that stockpiled Rivals and Scout.com-rated talent, and then they wouldn’t have to worry about the outcome of other teams’ regular season games on the other side of the continent. Wow. That comment didn’t sound annoyed, did it? I need to cut down on the coffee.
(5) Aren’t the BCS critics always pulling for a Doomsday Scenario? If the LSU-Oklahoma-USC debacle and passing over the 2004 Auburn team didn’t cause a meltdown, the BCS execs and their university president supporters aren’t going to be moved by the scenarios described here.
By Rusty Pecker
November 19, 2008 11:18 AM | Link to this
Anonymous = Roswell Ed! Come on Ed, we know your here! waaaaaaaaaawwwwwwww weagle!
By Fleischman
November 19, 2008 11:19 AM | Link to this
Nicks a B!tch = frustrated dawwwwgs fan. Dont worry, there is always next year! (UGA been saying that for 28 years now).
By WE ARE USC
November 19, 2008 11:35 AM | Link to this
A Trojan, may not be right about “most” USC fans, but I would have to say I agree.
As a life long Trojan fan I don’t care to play Ohio State in a rematch or pummel a hapless Penn State.
If we win out we will be PAC 10 co-champions that make 7 Conference championships in a row. The tie-breaker doesn’t decide the champion, only the rose bowl. We will play in a BCS bowl, our 7th in a row, both NCAA records.
Of course my first choice would be to play Florida in the NC game, but that’s not likely. IMHO Florida is a better team right now than Alabama; they should win out and be in the BCS NC.
That being said my next choice would be to put an azz whooping on the bammers and stop the smack the SEC has been talking the last couple of years. The entire SOS argument is BS. This year is an exception not the rule.
We play the teams in our conference same as everybody else. We always schedule good OOC games and we almost always win. The crap about weak schedules is a myth. Our average SOS the 6 years previous to this is #14, 4 times #8 or better and #1 in 2002.
USC never get’s blow out the way UGA or LSU have been. We haven’t been beaten by more than 7 points in 7 years. We have the best record in the NCAA since Pete Carroll came.
This year we are 9- with a 7 point loss on the road to a top 20 team. If SEC sub conference champion wants a piece of us, BRING IT.
WE ARE USC
FIGHT ON
By Alyna
November 19, 2008 11:36 AM | Link to this
Ole Miss 31 - Florida 30 Alabama 24 - Ole Miss 20
Ole Miss 31 - Florida 30 Alabama 24 - Ole Miss 20
Ole Miss 31 - Florida 30 Alabama 24 - Ole Miss
SEE YA AT THE DOME GATORS!
By Alyna
November 19, 2008 11:36 AM | Link to this
Ole Miss 31 - Florida 30 Alabama 24 - Ole Miss 20
Ole Miss 31 - Florida 30 Alabama 24 - Ole Miss 20
Ole Miss 31 - Florida 30 Alabama 24 - Ole Miss 20
SEE YA AT THE DOME GATORS!
By WTF??? is a homosexual
November 19, 2008 11:38 AM | Link to this
the last time UGAy won a national championship most of you dawwwgs fan losers were dancing to disco and popping your zits.
By Don't Fear USC
November 19, 2008 11:48 AM | Link to this
The SEC should not fear the Trojans. Look at it this way; teams that beat USC are usually rewarded well. Oregon State may go to their first Rose bowl in decades all because they beat the Trojans, and the only team to ever beat USC in a BCS Bowl, Texas, won the National Championship.
By We ARE USC
November 19, 2008 11:52 AM | Link to this
Should have checked the last paragraph. It should have read.
This year we are 9-1 with a 7 point loss on the road to a top 20 team. If either SEC sub conference champion wants a piece of us, BRING IT.
By USuCks
November 19, 2008 12:15 PM | Link to this
Hey HUH Forgot One. How bad did USC beat Iowa? Oh yeah…you didn’t play. Penn State beat your “rival” Oregon State 45-14.
USC should just save itself from heartache and find a way to go to the Holiday Bowl this year.
By gatorcrossing
November 19, 2008 12:19 PM | Link to this
Alyna….using your Ole Miss analogy….UF beat LSU bad…really bad…you only beat LSU cause J.Lee gave you 3 gifts…in OT..if not for that you would have lost….the Gators we b slapp the tide in Atlanta…..
By My Two Cents
November 19, 2008 12:21 PM | Link to this
For what its worth, I think Florida would clownstomp USC in to the stone age. That’s just my honest opinion. Look at the way Oregon State’s midget running back gashed them. What do you think Demps/Rainey/Harvin would do? It could get ugly. USC could probably take Alabama though. But you have to keep in mind that USC would be playing either one of these teams in the Sugar Bowl, which is always a virtual home game for the SEC team. USC v. Alabama would be a great game. USC v. Florida, not so much.
By PTC DAWG
November 19, 2008 12:24 PM | Link to this
To the USC fan on here, I can only hope USC gets the Sugar Bowl. It’s about time USC played an SEC team with less than 4 losses in the season.
And to the USC fans, you better hope you play Bama.
As a Dawg fan, that’s hard to say, but FU is rolling..
All it says when you claim you’ve won your conference 7 times in a row is how weak your conference is.. Don’t you get that? Where else has that happened in recent history?
By hold em
November 19, 2008 12:36 PM | Link to this
FL hasn’t played a decent team all year, they lost to OLE Miss, and have to play Citadel and FL St. for the remainder of the season, what a joke, the SEC sucks this year
By Hey PTC PR!CK
November 19, 2008 12:43 PM | Link to this
To the mongels fans concered about USC playing the GAYturds. Good luck next year against Tenn Tech. When will UGA stop scheduling Div 1AA pansies; you should shedule a game against Long Beach Poly they would give you a taste of the west coast offense and you should be able to handle them therefore pad your schedule, althought they are a top 10 HS squad. Hey maybe Noshow will hurdle over one of them and give us all a thrill.
By gdawginkalamazoo
November 19, 2008 12:47 PM | Link to this
ATL Gator, great comments, I agree.
Tony, No Texas Tech and Oklahoma DO NOT go to the BCSCG. It was firmly established last year that you must win your division and conference in order to do that. Regardless of how well your team is playing. Besides Les Miles would phone Mike Leach on his pirate phone and teach Leach how to spin that loss into a win so that TT doesn’t drop below Oklahoma in the polls.
By Huh USuCks
November 19, 2008 1:08 PM | Link to this
Ok let’s see if I can do this. Please be patient, I’m trying to use your SEC logic (oxymoron). USC beat Ohio State by 30+, Ohio State beat Northwestern by 35, Northwestern beat Iowa 22-17, Iowa beat Penn State 24-23, Penn State beat Ohio State 13-6
Hmm, carry the 2, add, divide;
Penn State is 7 points better then Ohio State, 1 point worse than Iowa, and 24 points worse than USC.
USC would beat Penn State 31-7.
Man you SEC Homers must give yourself headaches.
Now explain something else to me. Florida beat UGA 41-10, wait I think Tebow just teabagged another Dawg defended and scored again, no it’s still 49-10. Anyway they beat uGAY by 39, Ole Miss beat the GAYturds by 1, so, would Ole Miss beat Georgia by 40?
By gdawginkalamazoo
November 19, 2008 1:14 PM | Link to this
Huh USuCks, is that homegrown or medicinal marijuana that you are smoking?
By Hey Two Cents
November 19, 2008 1:15 PM | Link to this
Ok, So what does winning 5 BCS Bowls and 2 National Championships, in 7 years say.
I can tell you where to put you 2 cents.
Add you 2 cents and 6 dimes and you would have an amount equal to your IQ moron.
By Rusty Pecker
November 19, 2008 1:18 PM | Link to this
Everyone chill the hell out. We all know ALABAMA is going to win out & get that trophy. Better luck next year(especially to the dawwwwgs fans LOL)>
By PTC DAWG
November 19, 2008 2:16 PM | Link to this
The name calling his HIGHlarious. You can’t hide class.
By bama12titles
November 19, 2008 2:35 PM | Link to this
Huh USuCks,
What kind of convoluted logic are you using? Anybody can play that so and so beat so and so who beat so and so and come up with almost anything they want it to mean.
For example, Penn State beat Oregon State 66-17 so obviously they are 49 pts better than Oregon St which beat USC by 6 pts I believe. So does that mean that Vegas oddsmakers are going to make Penn State a 55 pt favorite over USC?
Now do you see where your moronic logic gets you. Likewise Florida lost to an Ole Miss team that is getting better and better and that stumbled out of the blocks in the very early season. Ole Miss lost to a couple of bad teams like Vandy, which lost to Miss. state which lost to Louisiana Tech. Does that mean that Louisiana Tech is better than Florida? And I’m sure that La Tech lost to someone really bad that I can’t even think of right now but I’m sure you see my point by now.
But since we are using your logic let’s just go ahead and state the obvious fact that PENN STATE is 55 points better than USC and would win 62-7 over the might trojans.
By Cynthia Tucker loves white people
November 19, 2008 2:40 PM | Link to this
Barnhardt fears dieting
By bama12titles
November 19, 2008 2:41 PM | Link to this
Huh USuSucks,
I also forgot to mention that PTC DAWG is correct. Anyone one team wins its conference 7 in a row it can only mean one thing. That conference is weak. Nowhere else does one team so thoroughly dominate a conference. Why can’t you see that?
And to back it up look at the PAC10 vs a nonbcs conference like the mountain west. the mountain west is either 5-0 or 6-0 against the pac10 this year. The mountain west dominated the pac 10 like that last year and the year before also. How can you rationally say that your conference is worth a hoot if a non bcs conference is kicking the living crap out of your conference brethren year in and year out?
By saint nick
November 19, 2008 2:56 PM | Link to this
Don’t drink the bong water USC fans!!!!Your FCS conference is ridiculous!!!Crapple cup is the best game in your conference this week!!!!
By Hey bama12titles
November 19, 2008 3:09 PM | Link to this
Hey Dumbazz: Who said anything about the conference being worth a “hoot” you clownazz f@#cktard, stupid SEC hillbilly.
The first line of the post clearing states it’s SEC Logic you friggin Homer. It was in response to some s** another Goober posted about PSU beating OSH so PSU must be better than….. Now run Forrest run; maybe your baby momma sister wife is waiting in the doublewide; maybe she’ll let you stick little willy in her twenny. What’s the legal age of consent in that p** state 12?
F@#CK, you have 1 good year, this century and all of a sudden you’re a power house again.
By Beachdawg
November 19, 2008 3:22 PM | Link to this
Loser of the Fl / Bama in the SEC game goes to the Sugar against Utah or Boise St….they’re bumming because it’s not a high profile game….just like UGA vs Hawaii last year…Most of the USA “no likey” the SEC and won’t care. It’s a shame ‘cause both have great teams….just like UGA last year. The crying will be a plenty this year…either Crimson or orange..and it’ll be fun to watch since we don’t have a “Dawg” in this hunt. The whole damn thing is a mess. A lot of teams out there will be screaming this year AND rightfully so. The season has just begun.
By 2 Bammers O No
November 19, 2008 3:27 PM | Link to this
O’ lordy lordy 2 bammers are bloggin the sh!t otta me! whata I do, they must have a conbined IQ of at least 100.
Here’s a good one; bama12titles is in the doublewide spankin his monkey when daddy bammer walks in. He looks in the opposite corner saying, Boy I toldya thata makeya go blind. Little bammaers says, hey daddy I’m over here waving his hand while trying to put his little fella away.
By Hey bama12titles
November 19, 2008 3:43 PM | Link to this
Why compare the Mountain West, let’s compare the SEC.
The PAC 10, from 2000 to 9/17/08, leads 10-6.
You need some water to wash down that crow?
By G8R GRAD
November 19, 2008 3:52 PM | Link to this
GATORS BY TWO TOUCHDOWNS
HEFALUMPS ARE GATOR BAIT
By Bammer Time
November 19, 2008 3:52 PM | Link to this
Where do bammer boys look to find thier prom dates?
The family reunion Photos.
I gotta 100 of them. LOL.
By Bammer Time
November 19, 2008 3:55 PM | Link to this
What do bammer boys call the family reunion?
A target rich environment.
bammersbite@myballsack.com
By Bammer Time
November 19, 2008 4:02 PM | Link to this
What does a bamaboy call a knothole in the dog house?
A gloryhole.
bammerssuc@mydick.com
By mcdawg
November 19, 2008 4:19 PM | Link to this
UF better watch out-still not sold on their D-UGA moved the ball up and down on them but couldn’t put it in the end zone
By SEC Schedules Chumps
November 19, 2008 4:21 PM | Link to this
For all the SEC clowns that like to talk SOS. here are some SOS numbers that are related to * OUT OF CONFERENCE SCHEDULING*
Plese make sure to not forget this is not considering you conference schedule, that is pretty musch set and the school has no controll over. These number deal with the teams the school choose to schedule. AS in weekazz Div 1AA chumps to pad your records. Out of Conferences’ Strength of Schedules -
Just for some perspective, in regards to the Strength of Schedules of the BCS Conferences…
Percentage of Games played vs current BCS-Ranked Top 25 Opponents so far
PAC - 35.7 BTEN - 12.2 ACC - 11.9 BEast - 11.1 XII - 6.3 SEC - 6.1
Percentage of Games played vs current Computer-Ranked Bottom 30 Opponents so far
PAC - 10.7 ACC - 16.7 XII - 18.8 BEast - 19.4 BTEN - 29.3 SEC - 36.4
Percentage of Games played vs Non-D1A Opponents so far
PAC - 7.1 BEast - 19.4 BTEN - 19.5 XII - 20.8 SEC - 21.2 ACC - 33.3
So far this season…
57.6% of the SEC’s opponents have been “chumps” 50.0% of the ACC’s opponents have been “chumps” 48.8% of the BTEN’s opponents have been “chumps” 39.6% of the XII’s opponents have been “chumps” 38.8% of the BEast’s opponents have been “chumps” 17.1% of the PAC’s opponents have been “chumps”
Note - “chumps” meaning teams Ranked in the Bottom 30 of the Consensus Computer Ratings and/or Non-Division 1A teams.
Hey Kool-Aid drinking hater either put that in your pipe and smoke it or go ahead and just chew on it LOL~!=)
AGAIN THESE ARE OUT OF CONFERENCE OPPONENTS
By ogre
November 19, 2008 4:34 PM | Link to this
B C S SUCK!!
By SEC Schedules Chumps
November 19, 2008 4:34 PM | Link to this
Corrected formatting to improve readability.
Out of Conferences’ Strength of Schedules -
Just for some perspective, in regards to the Strength of Schedules of the BCS Conferences…
Percentage of Games played vs current BCS-Ranked Top 25 Opponents so far (OOC)
PAC - 35.7
BTEN - 12.2
ACC - 11.9
BEast - 11.1
XII - 6.3
SEC - 6.1
Percentage of Games played vs current Computer-Ranked Bottom 30 Opponents so far (OOC)
PAC - 10.7
ACC - 16.7
XII - 18.8
BEast - 19.4
BTEN - 29.3
SEC - 36.4
from lowest to highest
including provisional-D1A Western Kentucky
Percentage of Games played vs Non-D1A Opponents so far (OOC)
PAC - 7.1
BEast - 19.4
BTEN - 19.5
XII - 20.8
SEC - 21.2
ACC - 33.3
So far this season…
57.6% of the SEC’s opponents have been “chumps”
50.0% of the ACC’s opponents have been “chumps”
48.8% of the BTEN’s opponents have been “chumps”
39.6% of the XII’s opponents have been “chumps”
38.8% of the BEast’s opponents have been “chumps”
17.1% of the PAC’s opponents have been “chumps”
Note - “chumps” meaning teams Ranked in the Bottom 30 of the Consensus Computer Ratings and/or Non-Division 1A teams.
Hey Kool-Aid drinking hater either put that in your pipe and smoke it or go ahead and just chew on it LOL~!=)
By bama12titles
November 19, 2008 4:55 PM | Link to this
After LMAO over your childish insults about Alabama and the SEC. Let me please remind you of the strength of the sec. The sec continously leads the nation in winning %, we obviously win in the bowl season going 7-2 last year, and we’ve won 3 bsc titles since 03. We also have more players in the pros than any other conference and we lead the nation year after year in attendance.
Meanwhile, the pac 10 still takes your whoopings from the Mountain West of all conferences. Is it 5-0 or 6-0 that they own the pac 10. Either way they own your azz.
Whatcha got to say to that tough guy? Let me guess. You gonna rehash all the tired old, retreaded 6th grade jokes about marrying our sister, blah, blah, blah. Come on dude, try to use some actual wit or some intelligence with your insults. Surely you can do better than a 6th grader!
By bama12titles
November 19, 2008 5:02 PM | Link to this
I sense a lot of hostility by this guy trashing everything Alabama and SEC to boot. Someone forgot to take his medication today. But it is kinda funny to listen to this idiot rant and rave like a freaking lunatic over football posts. Dude, I hope you get some help.
By Idiots galore
November 19, 2008 5:05 PM | Link to this
To the king of the idiots. You a funny guy. You so funny you work as circus clown. You funny mon. Vaywee funny mon!!!
By OOC Schedules
November 19, 2008 5:21 PM | Link to this
Hmmm, looking at OOC schedules , the PAC 10 does have a significaly stonger OOC schedule than the SEC. OU, Ok St., Utah, Boise St., Penn St, Ohio St, TCU, BYU, Georgia, Tenn, Hawaii, Virginia, Norte Dame, Utah St., Purdue, San Jose St., Fresnao St, Colo St, Mich St, UNLV, Idaho, New Mex, Baylor; only 2 Pansies, No. Az, and Portland St, in state games.
By bama12titles
November 19, 2008 5:34 PM | Link to this
OCC Schedules,
Hmmm, Explain to me what exactly is the point of having a supposedly harder out of conference schedule if you’re just going to lose the games. Why schedule the Mountain West and brag about how tough your ooc schedule is if you’re just going to go 0-5 or 0-6 against the Mountain West? Probably gotta stumped there but I eagerly await your reply.
By bama12titles
November 19, 2008 5:45 PM | Link to this
Hmmm,
I’m looking at the top tier ooc teams that the Pac10 scheduled and I’m curious. They scheduled the following teams only to lose: OU,Utah, Boise St, Penn St(66-17 I might add), TCU, and Georgia. I’m not sure if the Pac 10 team that played Ok St. won or lost but I suspect that they lost.
That means that out of the bigger names that the Pac10 played they lost all of the big games with the sole exception of USC beating Ohio St.
UCLA barely beat a horrible Tennessee team but then again Tenn. is 3-8 and 1-6 in the sec so we can’t exactly count UT as a heavyweight this year.
So that means that out of the bigger time, ranked opponents of OU, OK ST, UTAH, BOISE ST, PENN ST, OHIO STATE, BYU, AND GEORGIA that the Pac10 went a paltry 1-8 against the above ranked teams. Is that right?
Gee, you guys suck even worse than I thought. Seems to me you might want to avoid bringing up statistics since all they do is prove my point which is that outside of USC the Pac10 is and has been for quite some time just a big freaking joke.
Incidentally, how many teams beside USC are even ranked? And how many can we expect to be attending bowl games? Just curious.
By shane#1
November 19, 2008 5:46 PM | Link to this
I agree with the above post, there is no doomsday machine for the BCS, at least as far as naming a true national champion. A national championship game that doesn’t sell out or draw mega ratings will spell the end of the BCS. I am an SEC fan, but I would love to see the BCS end, if it takes a Texas Tech- Boise State BCSNCG.
By bama12titles
November 19, 2008 5:53 PM | Link to this
Hey ooc schedules,
I almost forgot. It looks like barring an upset in the last 2 games that the Pac10 champion will be Oregon State. How does it feel to know that your champion was thrashed 66-17 in its only big time nonconference game against Penn State?
I just can’t fathom an SEC champion whether it be Bama or Florida this year or LSU last year or UGA in 05 or anybody winning the conference after getting pounding 66-17 by an out of conference foe. A team that crappy would never win the SEC. Nuff said!!
By gatorhead
November 19, 2008 6:31 PM | Link to this
*Tony *- I’m not sure Boston Globe dude did his research. Quoting from > http://www.bcsfootball.org/bcsfb/eligibility
No more than two teams from a conference may be selected, regardless of whether they are automatic qualifiers or at-large selections, unless two non-champions from the same conference are ranked No. 1 and No. 2 in the final BCS Standings.
Am I missing something? Doesn’t that throw out the whole Doomsday Scenario (re:the 3 Big 12 teams)?
By brink
November 19, 2008 6:32 PM | Link to this
Yep…this scenario is just wrong. If two team from the same conference are #1 and #2, then a third team can go to a BCS bowl.
By Rusty Pecker
November 19, 2008 9:49 PM | Link to this
Wow the UGAy fans are bitter! I guess I would be too if my team took it up the @ss on every big game of the year. 1980 national champs!!! there go herschel, there goes herschel!
By WE ARE USC
November 19, 2008 9:56 PM | Link to this
Are you comparing your Alma mater or your conference? Nobody in the NCAA has a better OOC record than the Trojans, they are 26-2 since 2002, (with no Div 1AA opponents, USC has never scheduled a gimme against chumps). Here are there OOC games and results.
WINS (26) Auburn, Colorado, ND, Iowa(BCS BOWL), Auburn, BYU, Hawaii, ND, Michigan(BCS BOWL AP NC), Virginia Tech, Colorado State, BYU, ND, Oklahoma (BCS BOWL BCS NC), Hawaii, Arkansas, ND, Arkansas, Nebraska, ND, Michigan, Idaho, Nebraska, ND, Illinois (BSC BOWL), Ohio State
LOSSES (2) K State, Texas (BCS BOWL only loss)
That’s the best OOC record in college football over the past 7 years. How does your team compare? I’m not sure why you are so focused on your conference, but I will respect your opinion. However I personally don’t put the emphasis on the conference, as far as I know the NC is awarded to a team, not a conference. I do understand that the SEC plays a tougher conference schedule ans therefore don’t have to put the emphasis on scheduling stronger OOC teams.
All the back and forth about who is better will not prove anything. In January we might see an SEC v USC match-up, than we’ll find out for sure. Alabama is having a great year, as is Florida, the SEC CG should be a good one.
Good luck with the remainder of you schedule.
By eDAWG
November 19, 2008 10:57 PM | Link to this
Being a DAWG fan I really hate to say it but the GATORS will win it all this year. That’s right…you can go ahead and tell everyone you heard it here first…
By WE ARE OREGON STATE
November 20, 2008 1:43 AM | Link to this
THE BEAVERS WILL WIN THE WEAK PAC-10, and go to the Rose Bowl.
By SB
November 23, 2008 8:02 PM | Link to this
Tony, the more I read from you the more I feel compelled to respond. Are you kidding about OU. If you didn’t see what I saw last night….the biggest baddest college football team ever on a file in the Sooners, you are the deaf dumb and blind journalist of the century. Florida should be 3rd, Alabama is only 1st because of their no losses. If the BCS wasn’t so biased for the SEC, then this truly interesting season would be even better. Florida being 3rd and beating Alabama which will happen would have proven the SEC is greater than all. Now, a battle between 1 and 2 in the same conference is like kissing your sister in front of you parents. Please….get a better perspective before writing anything else for the AJC, glad I live elsewhere than redneck country. SB
By Chris in Bama
November 24, 2008 6:28 AM | Link to this
JEEZ there are some retards on here!
USC is competitive and a great team and they do have good OOC play…..The SEC as a whole is much stronger than the PAC 10 but USC can contend just fine with the SEC elite…
USC is the ONLY team in the pac 10 that deserves to still be a bCS team…
The SEC doesn’t schedule tough OOC games for one reason….when your in conference schedule is against much stronger teams you cannot expect them to play contenders week in and week out….there is not a team in the entire NCAA that could do that!
If USC were to play every OOC game against the SEC or Big 12 elite then they would have it very bad as any team would….this is a ridiculous conversation.
IN closing the SEC is stronger as a whole but USC is as good as maybe every SEC team…with all due respect tho I dont think USC could beat Bama or Florida this year but it would be a great game.
By Chris in Bama
November 24, 2008 6:31 AM | Link to this
I think the rankings are pretty accurate this week…just look at them with logic…I think Florida is better than OU tho by a long shot.
The BCS standings arent quite as correct as the AP poll
By Chris in Bama
November 24, 2008 6:35 AM | Link to this
Oh and by the way the hillbilly, you f*** your mom and sister stuff just isnt funny…Watch the news and see what it is really like in the south. i promise you there are more f* in cali then anywhere else and i bet there is more incest in the northern states and west virginia than anywhere else. grow a brain