This Week in College Football 12/2 - 12/4

[Damaramu 0]

Sucks to be California. Fucked out of a BCS bowl and now they get to face a shitty Texas Tech team.

Wow what a challenge for Cal.....*makes jacking off motion*

[Guest Salacious Crumb]

Sucks to be California.  Fucked out of a BCS bowl and now they get to face a shitty Texas Tech team.

You're just angry 'cause Texas is going to whop your ass.

Wow, way to totally not get the point.

[Dr. Tyler; Captain America 0]

GO PITT!

[Bored 0]

Good lord ESPN is going to do the "handing out of the bids" even though every bowl has been announced.

 

Anyways for the lazy people I'll post the bowl schedule on this page:

New Orleans: North Texas vs. Southern Miss

Champ Sports: Georgia Tech vs. Syracuse

GMAC: Memphis vs. Bowling Green

Ft. Worth: Cincinnati vs. Marshall

Las Vegas: Wyoming vs. UCLA

Hawaii: UAB vs. Hawaii

MPC Computers: Virginia vs. Fresno State

Motor City: Toledo vs. Connecticut

Independence: Iowa State vs. Miami of Ohio

Insight: Notre Dame vs. Oregon State

Houston: UTEP vs. Colorado

Alamo: Ohio State vs. Oklahoma State

Continental Tire: North Carolina vs. Boston College

Emerald: Navy vs. New Mexico

Holiday: California vs. Texas Tech

Silicon Valley: Northern Illinois vs. Troy

Music City: Minnesota vs. Alabama

Sun: Purdue vs. Arizona State

Liberty: Louisville vs. Boise State

Peach: Florida vs. Miami

Outback: Wisconsin vs. Georgia

Cotton: Tennessee vs. Texas A&M

Gator: West Virginia vs. Florida State

Capital One: Iowa vs. LSU

Rose: Michigan vs. Texas

Fiesta: Pittsburgh vs. Utah

Sugar: Auburn vs. Virginia Tech

Orange: USC vs. Oklahoma

[Art Sandusky 0]

We actually have some pretty good bowls this year.

[Edwin MacPhisto 0]

I know I've griped about Virginia having to head out to play Fresno State, but that actually looks like it'll be one of the more interesting match-ups. Feels kinda bland all across. Right now I'm most excited about the Liberty and the Peach.

[SilverPhoenix 0]

Wow. California gets knocked down to the fucking Holiday Bowl. At least give them one of the other top 5 bowls. (Is the Holiday Bowl for the number 9th Team as always?).

 

It's not fair that we will never EVER know who is the best team out of the 3 deserving (Hell, if you really want to make things interesting, 5.) teams to play for a National Title. For as much as I hate the SEC, that isn't fair to Auburn who went undefeated in a balls tough conference.

 

Two points to realize.

 

1) Auburn can still win a share of the National Title. The Sports Writers do want a story, and if Auburn kicks the shit out Virginia Tech, they may just get it.

 

2) If this was going to be such a problem, they should've suspended the Big East bid for this year (ONLY this year.), the conference was gutted and raped (Well, you can still say the same thing for CUSA, but they're not in the BCS), did anyone expect it to be a good year?

[Gert T 0]

They could not keep the Big East champ out and if so would have set a dangerous precedent. This isn't NASCAR you can't change the rules in the middle of the year (And I am a big fan of NASCAR)

 

 

Good thing Cal gets to play a Big 12 team, hope they beat them by 40.

[Fökai 0]

The BCS can throw the Big East out at the end of the year, right?

[Dr. Tyler; Captain America 0]

No, it has to be based on 3 year averages, from what I understand.

[SilverPhoenix 0]

They could not keep the Big East champ out and if so would have set a dangerous precedent. This isn't NASCAR you can't change the rules in the middle of the year (And I am a big fan of NASCAR)

 

 

Good thing Cal gets to play a Big 12 team, hope they beat them by 40.

That's exactley the point I was trying to make. The Big East is not at fault here. But still, the Big East will be villified alot more than it has in College Sports already. There are going to be idiots calling for that bid now, even if the Big East wins the next 3 National Championships. (Highly unlikely, but trying to make an example.) The fault lies in an unfair, and exclusive Bowl System that favors those in power (Utah does not make things all better. It's one team out of 56 that's played in this series.), there is a way to make sure that 16 teams (with at least 10 of them being the best ones.) (8 is too short sighted, I'm sorry.), and protect the Bowl System.

 

16 Team Playoff (11 Automatic Bids with one going to each Conference, 5 At Large ones (California doesn't get screwed, Louisville, and Boise State get into the mix. Hell! Even Georgia and LSU or Iowa gets a shot.) )

 

Norte Dame has to be at least in the Top 11, to get one of the at large bids.

 

Losers from the 1st Round and Quarter Finals all get transplanted into one of the 6 next major bowls besides the BCS. (Liberty, Peach, Capital One, OutBack, Gator, Cotton and Outback)

 

Final 4 Teams play in 2 of the BCS Bowls (ex for this year Sugar and Rose)

Semifinal Losers play in the Fiesta Bowl for the right to end the season as a winner

Final 2 Teams would play in the Orange Bowl.

 

Everyone else gets to go the Other Bowls like the NIT is now for Basketball.

 

This system isn't perfect (no System is), and I bet someone is just waiting to pick out flaws. But it gives almost everyone a fair shot, and the most anyone plays is 17 games. (And since Division I A is supposed to be premeir Leauge of College Football, it's more than fair.)

 

California is going to decapitate Texas Tech. And the score is going to be so horrible, that they will literally committ murder on the field.

[2GOLD 0]

The writers can't split the vote unless they want to look like jerk-offs.

 

USC and Oklahoma are #1 and #2 in the polls. Saying #3 could pass them by blowing out a team barely inside the Top Ten isn't logical.

 

The title will not be split. But without a playoffs, we will never get a true national champion. It's really sad DI-A College Football is the only one of the major NCAA titles not decided by a playoff.

[SilverPhoenix 0]

The writers can't split the vote unless they want to look like jerk-offs.

 

USC and Oklahoma are #1 and #2 in the polls. Saying #3 could pass them by blowing out a team barely inside the Top Ten isn't logical.

 

The title will not be split. But without a playoffs, we will never get a true national champion. It's really sad DI-A College Football is the only one of the major NCAA titles not decided by a playoff.

I have to say that those are good points, but to counter argue for the sake of debate, not flaming.

 

1) Wasn't the BCS designed to take alot of the AP Power away in the first place? The AP has always been the championship that gets peoples panties in a bunch.

 

2) It's Division I A Football, logical and those 18 letters do not go together 90% of the time.

[Edwin MacPhisto 0]

The biggest problem with a playoff is the lack of money involved. If anyone's got fiscal stats for profits on the football playoffs in the other divisions, share 'em, as I can't really find any. I doubt they can compare with the bowls, though; most of the bowls make a shitload of money for the teams and sponsors involved, and anything on December 30th or later certainly does. The schools in Division I-A won't go to a playoff unless they're convinced they can make just as much money as they do playing 28 bowl games.

 

If you think you can do bowls and a playoff at the same time, that's a different story, but I think executing that would be a massive nightmare.

[Guest Salacious Crumb]

I've said it before.

 

Do all the bowls and then have the BCS bowls kick off an 8 team playoff.

[2GOLD 0]

This year, the writers don't need to do anything except hope Auburn wins and Oklahoma loses. If OU loses and Auburn crushes VT, you are looking at the Pandora Box being kicked wide open and the BCS will continue to just laugh and laugh.

 

The Pac-10 is really getting pissed off and they have every right to be. The conference is treated as second rate.

 

Now the SEC has a reason to be pissed off as they have a team go undefeated through the conference of the defending BCS champion and get told, "sorry, computers didn't like you".

 

Meanwhile, the Big 12 controls the BCS in a manner of speaking. There is no way on planet Earth that OU should have a computer ranking of .990, which is what killed Auburn this year and killed USC last year. Mack Brown controls the coaches poll as every year Texas is able to move some question spots near the end in that poll.

 

 

I have no problem with OU being in the title game as they did go undefeated, but something is EXTREMELY wrong when the BCS computer continues to just give OU some number that is absurd.

[teke184 0]

I find it funny that everyone pisses and moans about what Out Of Conference teams that Auburn played this this season considering that Strength Of Schedule was INTENTIONALLY pulled from the rankings this year because USC threw a shit-fit over missing out on the Sugar Bowl.