Posted on 11/18/2012 7:35:21 AM PST by MinorityRepublican
FSU should be ahead of Oregon...first of all Oregon gave up 50+ against USC....how can a contender give up that many points to anyone, and FSU’s only loss was a last second loss to NC State.
And Oregon lost AT HOME!
Where was that Baylor defense earlier this season.?
I can agree that much with you, at least.
I think they have been learning from their mistakes. LSU was a sloppy game, and they should have won. I’m really looking forward to the bowl game and next year.
I really hope Johnny Football wins the Heisman. He’s so much fun to watch!
God does not care about the scores of football games, but His Mother does!!!
Go Irish!!! Burst the Trojans and bring on the Tide!!!
I have trouble deciding which team to root against.
Where did that poll come from?
I think Manziel SHOULD get the Heisman. Kline got knocked out of the running last night unless he absolutely SHINES against Texas.
I’m a huge SEC fan. I went to Baylor. Once lived in College Station. I was excited when the Aggies moved to the SEC and I’ve been pulling for them. I hope they beat MO. Having a 10 win season in the SEC is huge!
Let me get this straight...
Alabama is somehow gaming the system by chosing not to play ‘powder puff’ teams at the beginning of the season, but rather matching up against a #8 non-conference opponent for their opening game?
And somehow the timing of now playing an unranked non-conf opponent affects the ‘voting’...whilst we are really looking at a ranking weighted heavily with a computer score?
I hope you can understand the strategy of teams like Alabama. They think they can win the big games....so, they schedule Big Games early! Those early victories are what boosts them in the computer score so early. The ease of late season victories over the ‘poweder puffs’ is not helpful to them...it erodes their strength of schedule. But, it offers them some rest and recovery time, before their rivalry game vs Auburn...and post season play if they are so lucky.
Alabama has beat 2 to ten teams this year. If they want to win all the marbles, they will likely have to get past 2 more...their path to a championship will have taken them through 4 top ten wins.
Some programs take decades to accumulate 4 top ten wins. Kansas State, for example would have to accumulate all of its wins from 2003-2012, in order to add up 4 top ten wins. And every one of those was in conference...they rarely venture out and play ‘non powder puff’ non-conf opponents.
I’m an Alabama fan...and I know we don’t completely control our own destiny...because we have a loss. Right now, everybody but Notre Dame fans should have a similar attitude - no bellyaching or complaints about rankings. If you want to control your destiny, just win. Otherwise, just watch.
Could happen
Full disclosure, Master's Degree, The Ohio State University, 1988. That qualifies me as a Buckeye, doesn't it?
Gig 'em!
For some strange reason, the human voters rate more recent losses as much more important than older losses. Case in point is Oregon vs Alabama. Both teams have one loss against very strong opponents, but since Oregon lost more recently, they are placed well below Alabama. Last week, right after Alabama lost, they were put into 5th. It make no sense at all.
So, yes, given this system, the SEC scheduling of weak non-conference opponents very late in the season could be looked at as “gaming” the human BCS voters.
The Barn will be 3 and 9 after this game vs. Bama and probably looking to fire a coach who cannot win without Scam Newton. Enjoy the bottom Barn.
My daughter too.
Gig 'Em Horns!!!
Been a Longhorn fan my entire life but now my daughter is at A&M. My brain is FUBAR!
The only reason the SEC doesn't hold all top 10 spots is because they have to play each other.
JK
Baylor was just awesome. Catholics owe the Baptists big time!
One team per conference, period, and if the television marketing consortiums that nowadays call themselves “conferences” don’t like it, they can realign and return to real conference play.
Conferences should be associations of more-or-less like schools built around natural (mostly geographical) rivalries. And the basis of conference play should be a round robin schedule, best record wins. Once they grow to the point that they split into divisions, they’re no longer really conferences.
Notre Dame and Alabama: You’re welcome!!!!
Sic ‘em Bears!!!!! (and Roll Tide!)
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