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Notre Dame and Alabama rise after a night of BCS chaos
AP ^ | Sunday, November 18, 2012

Posted on 11/18/2012 7:35:21 AM PST by MinorityRepublican

Coming into Saturday, Oregon and Kansas State had the inside track to college football’s national championship and the Southeastern Conference’s run of six straight BCS titles was in jeopardy.

Then No. 2 K-State got thumped 52-24 by unranked Baylor and top-ranked Oregon fell in overtime to No. 14 Stanford, 17-14.

Now the SEC is alive and well.

And how’s this for a possible national title game: Alabama vs. Notre Dame.

(Excerpt) Read more at m.washingtonpost.com ...


TOPICS: Sports
KEYWORDS: football; ncaa; ntg; sec
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To: 2010Freeper

You forgot to add A&M to your list! We are SECnow, and acting like it!


61 posted on 11/18/2012 9:33:26 AM PST by luckystarmom
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To: ConservativeStatement

I’m good with that because I think A&M would get a BCS bowl game.


62 posted on 11/18/2012 9:35:40 AM PST by luckystarmom
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To: 2010Freeper

The SEC was definitely a case of the “haves” and “have nots”, some usual SEC powers had real bad years, like Auburn, Tennessee, and Arkansas.....but Vandy looks like they may actually be player now for the near future.


63 posted on 11/18/2012 9:36:39 AM PST by dfwgator
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To: BigBobber

Let’s see...what’s coming up....

Florida - Florida State
South Carolina - Clemson
Georgia - Georgia Tech

You were saying?


64 posted on 11/18/2012 9:38:20 AM PST by dfwgator
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To: logitech

VERY pretty :)


65 posted on 11/18/2012 9:38:55 AM PST by chesley (Vast deserts of political ignorance makes liberalism possible - James Lewis)
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To: Terry Mross

Too bad the women’s bball team had their streak snapped last night, though.


66 posted on 11/18/2012 9:39:43 AM PST by dfwgator
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To: staytrue
Florida also has a chance. They need to win against FL ST., and USC to beat ND.


67 posted on 11/18/2012 9:41:40 AM PST by dfwgator
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To: MinorityRepublican

I lost all my respect for Notre Dame when their sorry-ass coach forced that poor kid to sacrifice his life up in that cherry picker in gale force winds to film his stupid team. I hope they get their asses kicked.


68 posted on 11/18/2012 9:43:20 AM PST by jpl (The government spent another half a million bucks in the time it just took you to read this tagline.)
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To: Terry Mross

Do you think Manziel will get the Heisman? I’m an Aggie, so I’m biased.

I know Klein looks like he is out. I’m curious about the defense player from Notre Dame. (Forgot his name).

Anyway, this has been a fun football year for us Aggies. (More fun for me because my son is a freshman at A&M.)


69 posted on 11/18/2012 9:47:09 AM PST by luckystarmom
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To: MinorityRepublican
PAlabama says Roll Tide !
70 posted on 11/18/2012 9:47:19 AM PST by tomkat (a million tiny cuts .. add yours daily .. be creative)
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To: dfwgator

The point is, only the SEC is scheduling out-of-conference powderpuffs at the end of the season. These SEC “wins” are figuring heavily in the voter’s minds when the rankings mean so much more than at the beginning of the season.


71 posted on 11/18/2012 9:50:05 AM PST by BigBobber
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To: MinorityRepublican

‘Rond the bowl, down the hole, ROLL TIDE! ;)


72 posted on 11/18/2012 9:54:56 AM PST by chemicalman (The more support I see,the harder I want to work,and the more determined I am not to let folks down.)
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To: BigBobber
Unlike Notre Dame, the top team in the SEC will play in a conference championship game. This season, that game will likely match up two teams among the top five in the country. The same was true last year, where two of the top teams in the country (LSU and Arkansas) couldn't even play in the SEC championship game because they were in the same SEC division as Alabama.

There ain't no "powderpuffs" in a schedule like that.

73 posted on 11/18/2012 9:55:40 AM PST by Alberta's Child ("I am the master of my fate ... I am the captain of my soul.")
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To: 2010Freeper

Can we somehow get the president picked by a football game?

I think the republicans need to talk to the SEC coaches and team players to learn the secret to winning.


74 posted on 11/18/2012 9:56:24 AM PST by luckystarmom
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To: MAD-AS-HELL

Naa, I don’t think so.


75 posted on 11/18/2012 9:57:49 AM PST by Husker24
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To: MinorityRepublican

Here’s the new Coaches Poll:

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/ncaaf/polls/

ND, ALA, GEO, ORE, FL ST, FLA, LSU.


76 posted on 11/18/2012 9:58:10 AM PST by ConservativeStatement (Smile on Dems: Ignorance is bliss.)
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To: MAD-AS-HELL

“GO BLUE”

GO BLOW!

Buckeyes are 11-0


77 posted on 11/18/2012 10:03:37 AM PST by MPJackal ("From my cold dead hands.")
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To: BigBobber

I would agree that there should be more non-traditional out of conference games for the SEC.....I noted that the last time Florida played a regular season non-conference game out of state (meaning not against FSU or Miami) was in 1992!

My idea is to reserve two weekends and have a random drawing of teams from different conferences that will play each other in the following season, based on their previous years’ ranking.....Say if you ended in the Top 32, you would then play two non-conference games the following year against randomly drawn teams that also finished in the Top 32, one at home, the other would be on the road.


78 posted on 11/18/2012 10:04:54 AM PST by dfwgator
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To: lwoodham

While Saban repeatedly denied any interest in the Alabama position, it was disclosed that Saban’s agent was working out an eight-year, $32M agreement during the past week or so. Many loyal Dolphin fans are expressing anger with Saban’s actions calling them despicable and dishonest.

Great role model. :)


79 posted on 11/18/2012 10:06:20 AM PST by Sporke (USS Iowa BB-61)
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To: ken5050

Yeah, but Oregon got a gift on the following drive with that ridiculous pass interference call on third down. Stanford probably wins the game in regulation if Oregon was forced to punt there.


80 posted on 11/18/2012 10:08:13 AM PST by dfwgator
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