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Running 2011 Bowl Season Thread- Match-ups on Page 1

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Armchair_QB, Dec 4, 2011.

  1. Cosmo

    Cosmo Well-Known Member

    They don't usually play two, shot. Maybe some mix of Louisiana-Monroe and an FCS, but not two FCS schools.
     
  2. LongTimeListener

    LongTimeListener Well-Known Member

    There used to be eight, and now there are 10, BCS teams. In 2005, the top four teams constituted the upper tier of the BCS, and the next four teams constituted the lower tier. Of the eight teams that qualified for the BCS, Georgia was #6 in that group and West Virginia was #7. (FSU was the lowest ranked at 22nd overall.) That is the very dictionary definition of being in the lower tier.

    This is not a difficult concept.
     
  3. Big Circus

    Big Circus Well-Known Member

    And the argument is similar to the "Boise in the BCS" arguments, that the SEC gauntlet is tough enough that the schools can afford to take more of a breather OOC.

    What's funny to me is that the SEC schools all schedule their creampuffs late in the season. Other conference races are going down to the wire with big games and Florida is playing Furman. It's no different from playing them early, it's just funny timing.
     
  4. king cranium maximus IV

    king cranium maximus IV Active Member

    Ah. We're speaking different languages. I took "lower-tier BCS" to mean "lower-tier BCS ranked" rather than "lower-tier BCS qualified."

    To each their own.
     
  5. LongTimeListener

    LongTimeListener Well-Known Member

    Ah. I can see the confusion now. Yes, apologies.

    My point is that if WVU or the Big East rep were routinely matched up against teams 1 through 4 (or now 1 through 5) as the Big Ten usually is, the record would look decidedly worse.

    However, none of this mitigates the horridness of the ACC.
     
  6. I Should Coco

    I Should Coco Well-Known Member

    Well done, Boom ... especially the "It's"
     
  7. Ben_Hecht

    Ben_Hecht Active Member


    Doesn't even help them in roundball. Loved how Middle Tennessee crucified the squeaky-shoe crowd, this year.
     
  8. BitterYoungMatador2

    BitterYoungMatador2 Well-Known Member

    BUt but but but but...the Fat 10's awesome!
     
  9. BitterYoungMatador2

    BitterYoungMatador2 Well-Known Member

    I love this revisionist bullshit history. Nobody - fucking nobody - gave West Virginia a prayer in that game. People were tuning in to see how close DickRod's boys could keep it wit' duh big, bayyyud SEC. When WVU scored its first touchdown there was a bit of a "aww, isn't that cute? Lil' Wess Virginia's gonna' lead for a minute or two." When it became 14-0 it became "Whoa, shit. These guys might actually be up for this." And when WVU held on for dear life to win that game, capped off with the fake punt, it immediately became, "Well, Georgia obviously wasn't that good." No, they were that good. Wess Virginia was just better that night.
     
  10. LongTimeListener

    LongTimeListener Well-Known Member

    However good Georgia was, the general consensus was that there were six teams in the country that were better. If West Virginia had been matched up against one of the top four teams -- USC, Texas, Penn State or Ohio State -- it was likely to be an entirely different story.

    The Big East, every year, plays against the bottom half of BCS participants. The Big Ten in most years plays against the top half of the BCS. This is an indisputable fact.
     
  11. BitterYoungMatador2

    BitterYoungMatador2 Well-Known Member

    You mean that 11-1 Penn State team that needed 3 overtimes to beat an 8-5 Florida State? That one?
     
  12. LongTimeListener

    LongTimeListener Well-Known Member

    Yes, that one. I see that you are able to access the historical data involving BCS results. It shouldn't be too difficult, then, to compare the degree of difficulty each conference has faced in the matchups.
     
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