larrygator Posted October 13, 2012 Share Posted October 13, 2012 I'm pulling for my favorite team today: Stanford Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larrygator Posted October 13, 2012 Share Posted October 13, 2012 (edited) Yes, and they score a TD on defense 15 seconds after my post. Edited October 13, 2012 by larrygator Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jew Posted October 14, 2012 Share Posted October 14, 2012 Stanford got robbed. Â In other news: the BCS is still heading towards a disaster at the end of the season. Still some unbeatens, but still some huge match ups left that can potentially leave the country with a bunch of really good 1-loss teams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hilltopper39 Posted October 15, 2012 Author Share Posted October 15, 2012 Yeah it certainly looks like we're headed for a bunch of really good 1-loss teams at the end of the year, I just hope that someone like Louisville or Rutgers from the Big East doesn't run the table and go undefeated. I think it's funny how far Florida State dropped in the rankings after one slip up, they are all the way down to 14, which is probably where they belong but people seem to usually have a inflated expectations for FSU. Â I'd love to see USC upset Oregon to have both of those teams at 1 loss just to farther complicate things. Â It's going to be ironic when Ohio State is 12-0 yet can't play for a bowl game... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jew Posted October 15, 2012 Share Posted October 15, 2012 ^Assuming USC is Oregon's only loss and USC wins out, they would have to play each other again in the PAC-12 title game. Â The Big East is so bad, I can easily see two stronger 1-loss teams getting the nod over an undefeated Big East team. Those computers do some crazy calculations! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skycoastin Steve Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 I honestly don't think there will be an undefeated team this year. Just doesn't seem like even someone like Alabama will be able to pull it off. They still have to beat LSU on the road, and then if they get past that, beat either Florida or South Carolina in Atlanta, which will absolutely not be easy. Oregon always seems to have a boner game or two a year, and @ USC is no picnic, nor is @ Oregon State. Kansas State is on a nice roll, but they'll lose one eventually. And as big of a Florida fan as I am, it's hard to see them going 3-0 against South Carolina, UGA, and @ FSU on the back half of the season. ND won't win out, especially with games @ Oklahoma and USC. Might just be another 2007 with several worthy candidates in December. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hilltopper39 Posted October 18, 2012 Author Share Posted October 18, 2012 I wouldn't be totally surprised if either Louisville, Cincinnati, or Rutgers won out and remained undefeated, I know all three have yet to play each other but that conference is weak enough that one of those teams has good shot at being undefeated. Â I'm secretly pulling for a Notre Dame, Alabama BCS Title game, just to see Notre Dame get beat by 40. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoasterGuy06 Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 ^Most older Bama fans are hoping for the same thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jew Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 My slightly bias self wants USC vs Alabama. Â Even if one of the Big East teams goes undefeated, that conference is so weak I can definitely see two 1-loss teams from better conferences getting the nod. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoasterGuy06 Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 ^Agreed about the Big East. Rutgers is currently #11 in the computers, so that would probably be their only hope. Â As long as Bama makes it to the game, I don't care who the other team is Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hilltopper39 Posted October 19, 2012 Author Share Posted October 19, 2012 All three undefeated teams from the Big East still play each other, so if someone does run the table they could potentially have wins over two top 5-15 teams late in the season, and that might be enough to slide into one of the top spots of the BCS rankings. Cincinatti beat Va. Tech, Louisville beat North Carolina and Kentucky, and Rutgers beat Arkansas, I realize none of those wins are all that attractive but the Big East has beaten teams from other BCS conferences which is worth something in the polls. Â As much as I would hate to see Louisville play for the BCS Championship, if they go undefeated from a BCS conference, no matter how bad the conference is that year, then they should get the bid over any 1 loss team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shivtim Posted October 19, 2012 Share Posted October 19, 2012 As much as I would hate to see Louisville play for the BCS Championship, if they go undefeated from a BCS conference, no matter how bad the conference is that year, then they should get the bid over any 1 loss team. Â Which is exactly why we're shifting away from the silly system we have now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jew Posted October 19, 2012 Share Posted October 19, 2012 ^^I disagree. The Big East is so weak, one loss for any of those teams is going to drop them WAY down in the polls. I don't think you could take them over a 1-loss SEC or PAC-12 team, whose one loss will most likely end up being to another legitimate top-10 team. Or even Notre Dame for that matter, who if they finish with 1 loss (to USC!), will still have an impressive resume themselves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoasterGuy06 Posted October 19, 2012 Share Posted October 19, 2012 Just looking at their strength of schedule Cincy would have the best (although still slim) shot to make the championship as an undefeated. Their SOS is 36, Rutgers is 73, and Louisville is 94 (out of 120). Â Here are the SOS for the other undefeated teams: Alabama 29, Florida 11, Mississippi St 49, Kansas St 23, Notre Dame 37, Ohio 118, Oregon State 30, and Oregon 30. Ohio St is 64, but obviously is ineligible this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jew Posted October 20, 2012 Share Posted October 20, 2012 And one more falls from the potential 1-loss title group...thanks for playing South Carolina. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParkTrips Posted October 24, 2012 Share Posted October 24, 2012 South Carolina is funny. 90k fans every weekend to cheer for a team that has only won their division once in 20 years, and only won 5 bowl games in their more than 100 seasons Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jew Posted October 24, 2012 Share Posted October 24, 2012 ^Aside from fireworks and golf, what else is there to do in South Carolina? Â BCS computer logic: Â USC wins by 44 vs a crappy team, and drops 1 spot to #16. Oklahoma wins by 40 vs a crappy Kansas team and moves up 2 spots to #8. Georgia wins by 5 vs a crappy Kentucky team and moves up 4 spots to #13 West Virginia gets crushed by 41pts at home by a top 5 team and drops only 3 spots to #15. South Car gets crushed by 33 pts on the road by a top 5 team and drops 3 spots to #10. Texas Tech wins on the road at #23 TCU and drops 2 spots from #7 to #9. Â The playoff system can't get here soon enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hilltopper39 Posted October 24, 2012 Author Share Posted October 24, 2012 I kind of wish they wouldn't release the BCS rankings until later in the season, I mean seriously at this point they don't matter at all. There is so much football left to be played that the BCS rankings right now are about as useless as preseason rankings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeemerBoy Posted October 24, 2012 Share Posted October 24, 2012 South Carolina is funny. 90k fans every weekend to cheer for a team that has only won their division once in 20 years, and only won 5 bowl games in their more than 100 seasons Doesn't this apply to most of the SEC though? It's really just about the tailgating for the perennial SEC pretenders....which is still pretty much acceptable to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hilltopper39 Posted October 24, 2012 Author Share Posted October 24, 2012 What does everyone think about Notre Dame at Oklahoma this weekend? I think Oklahoma as a 10 point favorite is a little high because honestly I don't think Notre Dame or Oklahoma are either that good. We'll see, should be an exciting game regardless. Â Florida Georgia is this weekend in my neck of the woods and the crazies have already started to roll in from sticks and swamps, the RV lot was probably full yesterday. I'm fairly impartial to the rivalry, but have gone to the game the past few years and it is seriously one of the best atmosphere's I've ever been around for a sporting event anywhere, and by best I mean an absolute drunk fest and tailgating as far as the eye can see around what is usually decent football game. Florida is probably the better team, but in a game like this all bets are off and I wouldn't be surprised if Georgia won to make things interesting in the SEC East (then again if Florida wins by 20 I won't be surprised either). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ernierocker Posted October 24, 2012 Share Posted October 24, 2012 Florida is definitely light years better than they were in the 1st half versus Tennessee. It's like that team found its identity in the 2nd half and has never turned back. Tennessee on the other hand... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shivtim Posted October 25, 2012 Share Posted October 25, 2012 I think the ND/OU game is pretty wide open. I would not be surprised if Oklahoma wins by four touchdowns, if the game goes to overtime, or if the Irish defense pulls out a 10-6 victory. Â Florida should whomp on Georgia. They're better on nearly every metric except quarterback. But we all know how Aaron Murray does in big games. Â USC could falter at Arizona. Â Michigan/Nebraska has some pretty big implications for Big10 champ, which is very important since OSU is ineligible. Whichever team wins this game will likely go to the Rose Bowl. Â And let's not forget Mississippi State at Bama. Another huge clash of unbeatens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hilltopper39 Posted October 25, 2012 Author Share Posted October 25, 2012 I had to share this from over at Grantland courtesy of John Brandon, it's just about the best description I've read of what's going on in the SEC in relation to the current dominance of Alabama and emergence of Texas A&M.  Two roads have diverged in the shadowed SEC wood. Missouri has proven unworthy, while Texas A&M has shown it belongs. And how. Nonetheless, the Aggies' Kyle Field was put through its second unhappy initiation Saturday. There's plenty to be happy about in College Station. You've got a real-deal superstar quarterback and you'll have him for a couple more years. You've got a top-10 recruiting class arriving next year, 28 strong. Texas is down. Ryan Swope and Damontre Moore. Plenty to smile about. But then there's this other matter: There are three teams in the SEC — A&M has already faced two and will play the last of them, Alabama, on November 10 — who do not care whether their quarterback or their home crowd has a nickname, who do not care about statistics, who do not care about orchestrating a balanced offense or if TV analysts feel confident in their passing attacks, who do not care if they get called for three or four personal fouls a game, who do not care if their cheerleaders are pretty or what their BCS rank is, who do not care about anything except strapping themselves into a steel chair and strapping the opponent into an identical chair opposite them and exchanging head-slaps until one party passes out. LSU and Florida were good enough to allow A&M the first half-dozen swings, and then coaches Miles and Muschamp looked up, blood trickling down their chins, maniacal grins spreading across their faces, and slowly lifted their pimp hands. Alabama is not known to show such courtesy. They're known to strike you in the temple immediately, so you'll give in right away. All this is to say that the final step of assimilation for coach Kevin Sumlin and Texas A&M will be gaining that depth, conditioning, mind-set, and ability to adjust at halftime, all of which allows a team to want four quarters. It reminds a team that the first half can be loads of fun, but the second half determines the winner. www.grantland.com/story/_/id/8549470/notre-dame-oklahoma-georgia-florida-west-virginia-woes  I'm not an Alabama fan by any means, but I love how they play football. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeemerBoy Posted October 25, 2012 Share Posted October 25, 2012 And let's not forget Mississippi State at Bama. Another huge clash of unbeatens. And by "huge," you mean the best team in college football reminding their opponent that they're still just "the other Bulldogs" in the SEC, and just as marginal as the ones in Athens.....right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jew Posted October 25, 2012 Share Posted October 25, 2012 Mississippi State's best win so far is Tennessee. That's all you need to know about why they are unbeaten. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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