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Big XII probably out for CFP [College Football/Vanity]
DEC-06-2014 | Self

Posted on 12/06/2014 8:50:06 PM PST by re_nortex

The big win by the Buckeyes probably put them into the final four of the College Football Playoff. The rankings by the committee (due in about 25 hours) are likely going to be:

Tide
Ducks
Noles
Bucks


TOPICS: Sports
KEYWORDS: baylor; osu; tcu
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To: GunRunner

Baylor beat:

Oklahoma
Tcu
K-state

Oklahoma was picked to finish #2 this year behind Alabama.

The big 10 championship game was a blowout because the big 10 is weak.


101 posted on 12/06/2014 9:52:44 PM PST by lonestar67 (I remember when unemployment was 4.7 percent / Cruz 2016)
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To: dangus
No team that gives up 61 points a in college football game is a serious contender for the national championship.

A home loss to a mediocre team is more respectable than 60+ friggin' points. This isn't Canadian football.

102 posted on 12/06/2014 9:53:27 PM PST by GunRunner
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To: eyedigress
And the lyrics for Yea Alabama, the Tide's fight song include, "...remember the Rose Bowl, we'll win then!"
103 posted on 12/06/2014 9:54:53 PM PST by re_nortex (DP - that's what I like about Texas)
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To: re_nortex

It was a bitch back then. Train trips and broken legs. Ouch!


104 posted on 12/06/2014 9:58:11 PM PST by eyedigress (e(!zOld storm chaser from the west)/?s)
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To: lonestar67
The Buckeyes scored an annihilating victory with a backup quarterback in a major conference championship game. One loss, finished strong.

Baylor gave up 58 points at home. That's over 8 touchdowns.

105 posted on 12/06/2014 9:59:13 PM PST by GunRunner
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To: eyedigress

Actually, the best system for picking a national champion was probably the worst for conference prestige:

The Rose Bowl had the most prestige, but always featured a Pac-8 team. The Sugar Bowl always featured an SEC team. If the PAC or the SEC had a top-two team, they could pretty much count on picking whoever they wanted to be the opponent, including independent teams, like Notre Dame. And if the top two teams were PAC and SEC teams, the SEC team would probably play in the Rose Bowl because it was the most prestigious, and the 2nd place SEC team would host the Sugar. It was when every conference tried to have their own prestige bowl that the system began to fall apart.


106 posted on 12/06/2014 10:00:09 PM PST by dangus
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To: GunRunner
16 teams would be about right. It would be a blast and every team would have a clear shot at a title. Ya got the chance for a Boise St, Marshall or the usuals.
107 posted on 12/06/2014 10:04:03 PM PST by Theoria (I should never have surrendered. I should have fought until I was the last man alive)
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To: GunRunner

Ha! Giving up 35 to Virginia Tech is like giving up 90 to Baylor.


108 posted on 12/06/2014 10:05:12 PM PST by dangus
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To: dangus

The coordinators of the Rose Bowl caused all of it. They shut it down to any team outside of the PAC-10 or BIG-10.

OK, Lets play.

That went bankrupt pretty fast. Reap it Rose Bowl.

(Put a damn bathroom in there at the least)


109 posted on 12/06/2014 10:05:12 PM PST by eyedigress (e(!zOld storm chaser from the west)/?s)
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To: eyedigress
I enjoy everything about college football, not just the game but the pageantry, the traditions, the history, the pre and post-game shows and the fight songs. Just as controversial as my picks for the top four of the CFP are my top fight songs:

Aggie War Hymn (aTm)
Fight On (U$C)
FSU Fight Song
Victory March (Notre Dame)

110 posted on 12/06/2014 10:06:02 PM PST by re_nortex (DP - that's what I like about Texas)
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To: re_nortex

I like all of it.

I was blasting TN fight songs out of my truck in 1989 when we demolished UCLA in Pasadena. 14 point dogs ended up 35-7.

It was a hoot!


111 posted on 12/06/2014 10:10:48 PM PST by eyedigress (e(!zOld storm chaser from the west)/?s)
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To: re_nortex

Yes, I was at the stadium in Pasadena and having fun.


112 posted on 12/06/2014 10:12:49 PM PST by eyedigress (e(!zOld storm chaser from the west)/?s)
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To: eyedigress

I thought John Ward was one of the best announcers. We could hear the games (”It’s football time in Tennessee!”) on radio even down here in Texas.


113 posted on 12/06/2014 10:16:36 PM PST by re_nortex (DP - that's what I like about Texas)
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To: dangus
Second game of the season.

Finishing strong, not having a defense that gives up basketball scores, and winning 59-0 against a 10-2 team in the conference championship game gets precedent.

Ohio State is going.

114 posted on 12/06/2014 10:16:58 PM PST by GunRunner
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To: eyedigress
I totally agree with you.

The Rose Bowl's intransigence was the reason for the problems that led to the BCS, which ended up solving nothing more than fixing the Rose Bowl problem.

I remember when Penn State went undefeated in 1994, and had to go the Rose Bowl to play the Ducks instead of playing the only other undefeated, which was Nebraska, who played 1 loss Miami in the Orange.

Similar problem in 1996, when FSU and Arizona State were the only undefeated teams but didn't play each other because of the Rose Bowl.

115 posted on 12/06/2014 10:22:26 PM PST by GunRunner
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To: re_nortex

It was a fun time. Tennessee had 98 radio stations at the apex of radio football.

I hope they can get over the idiocy of their control mantra and let this school play ball again. They have fun when its allowed.

I miss John Ward on the Radio. The box announcer was Bobby Denton. He died earlier this year, he was in place from the 60’s.


116 posted on 12/06/2014 10:24:07 PM PST by eyedigress (e(!zOld storm chaser from the west)/?s)
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To: GunRunner

Pathetic excuses. In what universe does it matter what time of the year the games were played in? They got their teeth kicked in.


117 posted on 12/06/2014 11:08:57 PM PST by dangus
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To: lonestar67

OU losing today to Ok State, didn’t help the Big XII’s case.


118 posted on 12/06/2014 11:12:15 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: re_nortex

Here is one change I would make that could go a long way towards fixing the system.

Each team in the Power 5 conferences should have two open dates for two opponents picked at random from the other Power 5 conferences, one home game, and one away game.

You could have the drawing a few months before the season starts so the schedules could be set. But that way, every team has to go on the road for a game outside of their region.

For example, Florida has not had to play a non-conference game outside of the State of Florida, since 1992!

I think that would go a long way towards settling a lot of the questions at the end of the season.


119 posted on 12/06/2014 11:17:20 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: re_nortex

“And by putting the Buckeyes into one of the four slots, any ambiguity over picking the best team between the Frogs and Bears is eliminated. “

Not having a playoff hurt both Baylor and TCU. The Big Twelve should get busy and bring two more teams into its conference. Also, the Big Ten TV market is huge and a demographic that simply can’t be ignored.


120 posted on 12/07/2014 3:18:10 AM PST by snoringbear (E.oGovernment is the Pimp,)
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