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College Football Week 12, in which Les Miles reads Houston Nutt's will

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Versatile, Nov 17, 2011.

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  1. TigerVols

    TigerVols Well-Known Member

    I just think that if you play in an eligible league, and you are only one of two teams to have defeated every team you play, you deserve to play in the NCG over all other teams that were not the best team on the field of play every single week.

    If that's not the case, then your league shouldn't be eligible for the BCS.
     
    TigerVols, Nov 20, 2011
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  2. ucacm

    ucacm Active Member

    So, if a Sun Belt team scheduled 3-4 horsecrap non-conference opponents and went undefeated, they should be in the NCG?
     
    ucacm, Nov 20, 2011
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  3. Chef2

    Chef2 Well-Known Member

    Goodness....I sure do hope LSU and Alabama lose before the end of the season.........

    Just the thought of another 9-6 game; Except this time for the National Championship. It is just stupid.
     
    Chef2, Nov 20, 2011
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  4. Johnny Dangerously

    Johnny Dangerously Well-Known Member

    That would never happen. The conspiracy machine that puts SEC teams in the championship game would make sure that the Sun Belt team would lose, just like it made sure Oklahoma, Oregon, Florida State, Stanford, Boise State, Oklahoma State, Texas A&M and Wisconsin -- all preseason top-10 teams in the USA Today poll -- lost this season.
     
    Johnny Dangerously, Nov 20, 2011
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  5. Dick Whitman

    Dick Whitman Well-Known Member

    Can we please, for the love of god, dispense with the talk that Houston "deserves" anything?

    Mother of god, every year this noise machine cranks up right around this time.
     
    Dick Whitman, Nov 20, 2011
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  6. derwood

    derwood Active Member

    Preseason rankings are meaninglessness.
     
    derwood, Nov 20, 2011
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  7. Johnny Dangerously

    Johnny Dangerously Well-Known Member

    Tell that to Auburn 2004.

    Those teams I listed had a chance to win and keep winning, and they didn't. I didn't say they deserved their rankings. But they had the rankings they had, and in one of the three components of the BCS formula.

    They were in position. They lost. They can't cry conspiracy.
     
    Johnny Dangerously, Nov 20, 2011
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  8. derwood

    derwood Active Member

    JD,


    My point is that signal to noise ratio of preseason rankings isn't very good not that they are insignificant. Schools that have lots of Juco kids are always under the radar. Rogers at Cal is a good example. Recruiting rankings are worse.
     
    derwood, Nov 20, 2011
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  9. dooley_womack1

    dooley_womack1 Well-Known Member

    No? Did Notre Dame?

    Oh, and....its
     
    dooley_womack1, Nov 20, 2011
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  10. MileHigh

    MileHigh Moderator Staff Member

    Actually, I read/was told it's record within the division that is the tiebreaker. Utah and Arizona State would be 3-2, UCLA would be 2-3. That eliminates the Bruins. Head-to-head, Arizona State won at Salt Lake City, so it would then get the nod.
     
    MileHigh, Nov 20, 2011
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  11. MileHigh

    MileHigh Moderator Staff Member

    Houston's schedule:

    Beat UCLA (6-5) 38-34
    Beat at North Texas (4-7) 48-23
    Beat at Louisiana Tech (7-4) 35-34
    Beat Georgia State (I-AA) 56-0
    Beat at UTEP (5-6) 49-42
    Beat East Carolina (5-6) 56-3
    Beat Marshall (5-6) 63-28
    Beat Rice (4-7) 73-34
    Beat at UAB (3-8) 56-13
    Beat at Tulane (2-10) 73-17
    Beat SMU (6-5) 37-7

    That's softer than Notre Dame's lineup and my pillows.

    Edit: Fixed SMU's mark. I was looking at Southern Miss ...
     
    MileHigh, Nov 20, 2011
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  12. Armchair_QB

    Armchair_QB Well-Known Member

    SMU is like 6-5.
     
    Armchair_QB, Nov 20, 2011
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