NCAA Week 9 running thread: Dennis Franklin's Collarbone is fine, thank you

They'll play the SEC runner-up in the Sugar Bowl just like Hawaii did a few years ago.

 

UCONN by 17.

 

Unless that SEC runner-up is otherwise occupied ... in the BCS title game.

/not saying it should happen, to be clear

 

Then it will have Hawaii v. Georgia all over it again.

 

What do you mean by Boise's "spot"?

Why is an unbeaten Mountain West team more deserving than an unbeaten ACC, SEC, Pac-10 or Big 12 team?

 

Well, my point is that they would play in the Sugar Bowl, since it gets last pick among BCS bowls this year.

 

Dennis Dodd reporting LSU's "Synthetic Three" will be reinstated tomorrow:

http://www.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6270202/32919994

 

I think basketball should adopt the bowl system. Who needs that pesky NCAA Tournament?

 

This would be better suited for the Week 10 thread, but since people are already talking about LSU-Alabama, what the hell? A fan did this research, and I haven't checked it except for a few games here and there, but it looks legit. If so, this is one hell of a stat:

LSU is 30-1 in its past 31 night games played away from Tiger Stadium since losing 26-18 at No.7 Tennessee on Sept. 29, 2001 (night game is defined as a starting time of 6 p.m. Central or later):

09/24/11 at No.16 West Virginia (7:00 pm) Won 47-21
09/15/11 at No.25 Miss State (7:00 pm) Won 19-6
09/03/11 No.3 Oregon - Cowboys Classic (7:00 pm) Won 40-27
01/07/11 No.18 Texas A&M - Cotton Bowl (7:29 pm) Won 41-24

10/09/10 at No.14 Florida (6:30 pm) Won 33-29
09/11/10 at Vanderbilt (6:00 pm) Won 27-3
09/04/10 No.18 North Carolina - Chick-fil-A Classic (7:00 pm) Won 30-24

09/05/09 at Washington (9:30 pm) Won 31-23

12/31/08 No.14 Georgia Tech - Chick-fil-A Bowl (6:30 pm) Won 38-3
10/18/08 at South Carolina (7:00 pm) Won 24-17
10/11/08 AT NO.11 FLORIDA (7:00 pm) LOST 21-51
09/20/08 at No.10 Auburn (6:45 pm) Won 26-21
01/07/08 No.1 Ohio State - BCS Championship (7:00 pm) Won 38-24

08/30/07 at Miss State (7:00 pm) Won 45-0
01/03/07 No.11 Notre Dame - Sugar Bowl (7:00 pm) Won 41-14

12/30/05 No.9 Miami - Chick-fil-A Bowl (6:30 pm) Won 40-3
11/19/05 at Ole Miss (6:45 pm) Won 40-7
10/08/05 at Vanderbilt (6:00 pm) Won 34-6
09/10/05 at No.15 Arizona State (8:15 pm) Won 35-31

10/09/04 at No.12 Florida (6:45 pm) Won 24-21
01/04/04 No.1 Oklahoma - BCS Championship (7:00 pm) Won 21-14

12/06/03 No.5 Georgia - SEC Championship (7:00 pm) Won 34-13
11/15/03 at Alabama (6:45 pm) Won 27-3
10/18/03 at South Carolina (6:45 pm) Won 33-7
09/27/03 at Miss State (8:00 pm) Won 41-6
09/06/03 at Arizona (9:00 pm) Won 59-13

10/12/02 at No.16 Florida (6:45 pm) Won 36-7
01/01/02 No.7 Illinois - Sugar Bowl (7:30 pm) Won 47-34

12/08/01 No.2 Tennessee - SEC Championship (7:00 pm) Won 31-20
10/20/01 at Miss State (8:00 pm) Won 42-0
10/13/01 at Kentucky (6:00 pm) Won 29-25

 

As much as I like that stat, I don't think it's really relevant. It's something to chew over, to be sure. It's something to mention appreciably should LSU beat Alabama. But that trend covers two coaches with entirely different philosophies. Maybe that makes it more impressive, but it also makes it less relevant.

In addition, that first coach is now at Alabama.

 

LSU still can't be forgiven for losing to Florida in 2008.

 

Spot in the poll.. Boise hitting its ceiling and other leapfrogging it.

And I don't give a shit now much SEC apologists feel LSU-Bama should be played for the national title. If you can't beat a team the first time, you don't deserve a second. Isn't that what everyoen told the Big 10 in 2006?