We'll see - my personal opinion is that you'll have a substantial chunk of media/fans raising bloody hell if Texas or any team that's not Alabama/Ohio State passes Boise State, even if undefeated. They see this as the prime opportunity (based on preseason ranking) to pimp their agenda and I don't see them letting it pass. I hope I'm wrong, if only for reasons of my own sanity.
To be fair, in any other conference's tiebreaker system, it would be Texas who get to destroy Missouri again and go on to play UF. OU might've had the better overall SOS, but we had the hardest 4 game stretch out of the entire FBS that year, playing 4 straight top 12 teams in 4 weeks. I think it's fair to say it's (relatively) easier to play 4 difficult games spread out in your schedule than to play through that gauntlet. Maybe we'll get a playoff system in place sometime in our lifetime...
Oh, I absolutely agree with that - half the people are on each side of this debate, so there's going to be bloody hell raised whichever way it plays out. That's the part I love. More pissed off people & more people getting screwed = more demand for a playoff.
Sorry - I should have looked at the schedule more clearly! I'm of the belief that a lot of these SEC teams are overrated this year. It wouldn't surprise me to see the majority of LSU, Auburn, SC, and Arkansas unranked soon enough. It's sort of like the 2008 schedule where they beat #9 Clemson and #3 Georgia and it just turned out that those schools weren't nearly as good as people thought. I could be totally wrong though on the SEC this year.
I thought VT's new uni's were freaking awesome ... but what was that, a circuit board on their numbers?
if anything a 2 loss SEC team is >0 loss WAC. Who cares if BSU wins their games by 60 points. Any team in the SEC would win every game by 60 points in that conference....even vanderbilt would. Look at the schedule for BSU. They play one more decent team in Oregon state. Now look at Bama's schedule this year: Vs #8 Florida, #14 Arkansas, #18 Penn State, #19 LSU, #21 Auburn and #24 South Carolina. Also keep in mind that of the 8 SEC conference games they play, 6 teams played in eight weeks(yes six, South Carolina, Ole Miss, Tennessee, Mississippi State, LSU and Auburn) have a bye the week before they play Bama. So if Bama loses one of those games and BSU runs the table in the "all powerful" WAC you still think that they should play in the BCS national championship game? I don't.
Neither do I......but I don't think we would deserve to be in it with 2 losses.(not happening) SEC can't be touched though.....and everyone knows it.
So you think Ole Miss, who just lost at home to I-AA Jacksonville State, would run the table in the WAC by 60 points? That's some good quality, objective analysis there.
well you never know. LSU got into the title game and beat Ohio State with two losses a few years ago. Congrats BSU you beat a number 10 ranked Virginia Tech team by a last minute touchdown while Bama dominated a number 7 ranked V tech team last year. BSU will not and should not be in the National championship game. What if Bama and OSU losses? then is it a TCU vs BSU championship game? who would watch that? It'd be the third year in a row that they've played each other. Also you might be Trent Richardson's number one fan but he's in a class with me haha
well you never know. LSU got into the title game and beat Ohio State with two losses a few years ago. Congrats BSU you beat a number 10 ranked Virginia Tech team by a last minute touchdown while Bama dominated a number 7 ranked V tech team last year. BSU will not and should not be in the National championship game. What if Bama and OSU losses? then is it a TCU vs BSU championship game? It'd be the third year in a row that they've played each other. Also trent richardson is in the same class at me here in bama
Hmm interesting thanks for the link. I think we are a product of our conference being kind of weak though.
Honestly I think they would. Ole miss had a terrible game and just put it on cruise control. They lost a lot of players last year but I don't think that they will be as bad as everyone thinks they will be. haha well I'm sure i'm not the only person with the same opinion but I go to school here but I just don't think BSU should be in the title game. I'm not for sure which team you root for but if you root for Texas would you think that a 1 loss texas team(say they lose to Nebraska or OU) should be kept out of a national championship game over an undefeated BSU team? also sorry for the double post up there^^^
I know you're an SEC fan, but let's look at the facts. You got Bama, Arkansas and Auburn are on the rise. Florida has a new QB and had what, 10 fumbles last game? Ole Miss lost to FCS school. LSU was on the brink of losing to an mediocre UNC team without 7 starters, with Les Miles being exposed as someone living on the remnant of Saban's recruits and success. Tennessee has had 3 coaches in 3 years. The other USC hasn't been relevant in years. Vandy and Kentucky are the cellar dwellers of the conference. It's time to take "one-loss SEC team" off the college football pedestal.
Yes, that is all true but do you know how big the bulls-eye is on Bama's back this season? 6 teams have the extra week to prepare to play us. Also Tennessee, Auburn and LSU are huge rivalry games for us with two of those games played away. Hell, Tennessee came a kick away from beating bama last year. Also the Florida/Bama rivalry is starting to heat up in the past couple of years. I agree to take a "one-loss SEC team" off the college football pedestal, but not a one-loss bama team. also +1 for sig about Trevor ariza haha
I guess I should update that soon :grin: I give SEC this though. When no major games are on, I'd rather watch an SEC game than a Big 12 or Pac 10 game. Just something about the SEC teams playing each other that makes it fun to watch. SEC's winning the past 4 titles has covered up the overall decline of the strength of the conference as a whole, but I don't think most people realize that. 4-5 years ago it was the best conference by far.
I'm a Texas alum so yeah I'd be upset but then again the system is broken to the point where non-BCS schools have a near impossible chance of getting to a BCS bowl, let alone the championship game so the fact that it could be broken in the other direction (BCS program with 1 loss and a stronger schedule getting passed over by an undefeated Boise State with a weak schedule) is a byproduct of the horrible system that is the BCS. We acknowledge that non-BCS teams get routinely screwed by the system and just say "oh well" but when a BCS team potentially might get screwed by Boise State we're all up in arms and angry. The system blows and now we're seeing the opposite side of the ugliness that is the BCS. Also if we get a TCU/BSU championship game, then accept it. The BCS is garbage and it screws everyone (BCS and non-BCS teams alike)
If you believe a team that lost at home to a I-AA school would win by 60 against the entire WAC - which doesn't lose their games to PAC10 or Big12 schools by 60 points - there's really not much more to discuss, I guess.
