College Football - Championship Week and the Army-Navy Game - Live Thread

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[michigander]

Good luck on all your favorites for whatever bowl games they may be allowed to play.

There are way too many folks that take all this WAY too seriously for whatever reasons.
Try to keep it all in the correct perspective okay?

[GatorGirl]

Thanks cf!

My undergrad was at a PAC-10 school, for me the Rose Bowl is the ultimate bowl. And the Tournament of Roses the ultimate parade! Then the BCS had to go screw that all up. They should leave the bowls and do separate playoffs if they wish. I do agree that "sportswriters" shouldn't have the ultimate say...I mean, after all, they are members of the LSM, aren't they???

Good luck to the Tigers in whatever bowl. You'll have fun! GG

[Jrabbit]

Exactly! That's why I'm happy my beloved OSU Pokes NEVER are in the position of a Michigan or Florida....less stress this way! LOL

[Diddle E. Squat]

With a win over then BCS #5 (vastly overrated) Notre Dame, USC jumped Michigan (down from .9263 to .9216) by going from .9188 to .9460. Much of that was from voters switching who was #2, but a good bit was also strength of schedule.

Florida is behind Michigan, .8897 to .9216, so a similar point shift would jump them. Will enough voters switch (probably most that switched to USC will now move to FL rather than Mich.) and will the SOS and extra game over BCS #9 be enough? In a strange twist, the USC loss may actually slightly hurt FL's SOS gain.

USC got a .0272 boost last week, FL needs a .0320 boost (reduced by any Michigan slippage.)

OK, here's hoping that Florida gets screwed, Urban Myer and the SEC go nuts, and the BCS further implodes. Unfortunately if Florida does move up to BCS #2, that likely solidifies the BCS for several years, as the SEC is pacified and suddenly becomes a big defender of it again (SEC commish is head of the BCS.)

Anyone who hates the bogus fraud that is the BCS should be rooting for Michigan to hold on and get a rematch.

[ABG(anybody but Gore)]

Dunno about that, but I think Florida might have played their way to the Title Game, while USC may well have screwed LSU out of the Rose Bowl..

[dfwgator]

UCLA has been very very good to UF this year. :)

[Jasper]

Congrats Florida - GO GATORS

[dfwgator]

Florida gets in and here's why. Usually when one team has finished their games and the other team has games left, the voters will tend to vote the team with no more games higher, taking a wait and see approach with the other. I truly think most of the voters did not expect UF to beat Arkansas, and they took that into account in their vote. Now that USC is out, the whole dynamic changes. I think a lot of voters will have an anti-rematch mentality. And Florida's offense saved their best performance against an SEC opponent for today's game, and I believe that was the one major knock on UF, until today. Plus UF's defense did a good job of stopping Arkansas' running game, which got huge yards against LSU the previous week.

Now perhaps some voters won't want Florida because they don't want the same school to have both major college championships in the same year.

[Diddle E. Squat]

Hawaii's Colt Brennan will be going for the single-season passing TD record (just 3 short) against Oregon St. soon, I think. ESPN is showing a start at 11pm eastern, 12 eastern, or Sunday TBA, depending on where you look!

[Tall_Texan]

Rutgers ties it with West Virginia, 20-20.

[Diddle E. Squat]

Now perhaps some voters won't want Florida because they don't want the same school to have both major college championships in the same year.

Normally I'd say that is ridiculous, but we are talking about sportswriters, many of which are petty pantywaists. That sounds exactly like the logic the Houston Chronicle's Richard Justice would use (a bandwagoning, flip-flopping, drama queen poof who will write things just to get a reaction) so sadly you may be on to something.

[Diddle E. Squat]

And Rutgers gets a big interception.

[Jrabbit]

And Huskers are putting the hurt on Zero U!! Go Huskers!! PLEASE!

[Ohioan from Florida]

I hope not. That would be atrocious!

[commish]

Rutgers inside WVU 25 --- Could we actually have RUTGERS and WAKE FOREST in the BCS????

[dfwgator]

Ironically Florida and Ohio State could conceivably end up playing in March for the basketball championship as well.

[aft_lizard]

I hope this fire continues all half.

[commish]

RUTGERS 23 WVU 20 --- Rutgers 3:55 away from the Orange Bowl.

[Ohioan from Florida]

It wouldn't surprise me! I have great respect for Meyer, Donovan, Tressel, and Matta. I think they are top-notch coaches, as well as mentors, all the way around.

[Diddle E. Squat]

Sooners block a field goal and run it back for a TD, but is called back because of a Nebraska delay of game penalty killed the play before it started.