NCAA Week 12 Running Thread

Oh, and for the record, even though I'm from Missouri, I'm not a Kansas hater (or K-State, for that matter).

In fact, KU is my son's favorite college team (He spent some time at KU-Med in Kansas City, where he was diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome, so the Jayhawks became his favorite team).

Like I said, if KU wins Saturday, the 'Hawks should be No. 1.

 

This will be lost in the talk of Lloyd Carr's retirement at Michigan but Baylor whacked Guy Morriss today. If you're scoring at home, he's the fourth coach to be fired by BU since the inception of the Big 12.

According to the Waco paper the supposed short list for his replacement includes:

Mike Singletary
Houston Nutt
Art Briles
Larry Fedora (former Baylor assistant)
Tommy Bowden

 

So LSU should drop from No. 1 even if it beats Arkansas?

 

Should LSU win, I fully expect them to be no lower than No. 2. If LSU wins, they're in the title game, period.

 

Seriously, Harley, that's ridiculous. LSU stays No. 1 until it loses (to Missouri in New Orleans. A boy can dream, can't he?)

 

I know this sounds like Animal House, but 20 – count 'em, 20 – Ole Miss players were put on double-secret probation for stealing from two hotels.

It seems the Commercial-Appeal got the ball rolling on this:

http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2007/nov/18/ole-miss-players-disciplined-taking-hotel-property/

 

No. 1 teams have dropped before, even after winning, because No. 2 or No. 3 defeated a top-5 opponent. That's the way it should be.

Having an argument that a team stays where they are until they lose makes schedule strength a joke.

 

they'd still have the sec championship game, too

 

But LSU has played a stronger schedule than both Mizzou and Kansas, so there goes that argument.

 

Let's examine that:
--LSU had three non-SEC cupcakes, and kicked ass in their one test, vs. No. 9, Va. Tech.
--Mizzou had three non-Big 12 cupcakes, and held off Illinois, which turned out to be a ranked team who gave Ohio State its loss.
--Advantage LSU

--LSU lost to Kentucky (17 at the time) in overtime, and UK has faded away.
--Mizzou lost to Oklahoma (6) with a late fade, and OU is now 10th.
--Advantage: Even

--LSU beat Florida (9), Auburn (18) and Alabama (17) in close games, and beat S.C. (12) pretty solidly. Florida is a legit top power, Auburn is decent but has no business being ranked. SC has faded a bit, and Bama has belly-flopped.
--Mizzou routed Nebraska (25) and Texas Tech (22). Nebraska fell off the earth, but Tech beat No. 3 Oklahoma and is 8-4. Then possibly next week, a win over No. 2 Kansas.
--Advantage: Even, assuming a Mizzou win.

--LSU also routed Mississippi State (a good win in retrospect) and solidly beat a not-so-good Ole Miss team. And let's assume a solid victory over Arkansas.
--Missouri solidly beat a bad Iowa State team and a mediocre Kansas State team (that did beat Texas), routed a mediocre Colorado team (that did beat Oklahoma and Texas Tech), and got past an up-and-down Texas A&M team.
--Advantage: Even.

So, basically, the only edge is that LSU took care of its one nonconference test much better.

 

Which is utter fucking horseshit. Anyone droping LSU after beating Arkansas is trying to create a story instead of report on one.

 

so, we agree, lsu has the edge. very good.

of course, both teams have possibly two games remaining, so there is that