Well, how bout that huh. And here I was being happy the SEC WON'T be in the championship game
The BCS can't die any sooner.
The BCS can't die any sooner.
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NCAA Football 2012 Thread
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Eh, Alabama's defense was pretty so-so in both the LSU and A&M games.
What I fear the most is that USC will beat Notre Dame and Georgia will beat Bama, setting up for a Cocktail Party Game of the Century II: Part II: Electric Boogaloo which ends 7-6 on a Driskell pick-six.
The winner of Georgia-Alabama will have beaten two top 5 teams on the year. Oregon's best win was over a soon-to-be unranked USC team. Unless the winner of that game loses next week, they'll be playing in the NCG.
Florida still has to get past Florida State, the toughest test any of the top 10 teams has to face next week. In the event ND loses, I think it'll be something like Oregon > SEC loser > ND > K-State/Florida/LSU. I can't imagine Oregon dropping further than #5 this week, after ND/Bama/UGA/UF, and they have 2 games against ranked opponents to jump Florida and the loser of the SEC championship game.
Well at the moment, they only have one. If Stanford beats UCLA, Stanford wins the Pac-12 North.
EDIT: I feel obligated to post this
Yeah, just like the media I seem to have forgotten that Stanford controlled its own destiny in the Pac-12 North. Oops.
Funny, if Stanford wins they'd have to play UCLA two weeks back to back. Hell, it'd probably be better for UCLA if they lose next week so they can avoid Oregon in the championship game!
Matt Barkley's going to be out for their game against Notre Dame on Saturday. It looks like the national championship game is going to be ND vs Bama/UGA, because it's highly unlikely those three will lose to USC/Auburn/Georgia Tech this week.
Funny, if Stanford wins they'd have to play UCLA two weeks back to back. Hell, it'd probably be better for UCLA if they lose next week so they can avoid Oregon in the championship game!
Matt Barkley's going to be out for their game against Notre Dame on Saturday. It looks like the national championship game is going to be ND vs Bama/UGA, because it's highly unlikely those three will lose to USC/Auburn/Georgia Tech this week.
Neither of ND, Alabama, Georgia or Florida deserve to win the National Championship if you ask me.
Notre Dame is still the same old Notre Dame, and hasn't played an SEC caliber defense.
Alabama has a highly overrated defense, that got shredded by LSU and Texas A&M; padding their stats against weaker teams.
Georgia is a sham, owning only a fluky win over Florida in a game that was horribly called.
And Florida still doesn't have a dominant enough O-Line to win it all.
One of them will win it, but if you ask me, LSU is the best team in the country.
Notre Dame is still the same old Notre Dame, and hasn't played an SEC caliber defense.
Alabama has a highly overrated defense, that got shredded by LSU and Texas A&M; padding their stats against weaker teams.
Georgia is a sham, owning only a fluky win over Florida in a game that was horribly called.
And Florida still doesn't have a dominant enough O-Line to win it all.
One of them will win it, but if you ask me, LSU is the best team in the country.
Notre Dame played a harder schedule this year than most of the top SEC teams... If they go undefeated they deserve to be there even if they didnt go undefeated the way you wanted
Huskers going to the B1G championship game woot!!
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double post because rumors
Northern Illinois appears to have been ranked #16 in the BCS, thus pushing Oklahoma out of a spot in the BCS bowls.
What a fucking joke this system is. 11-2 Georgia, 10-2 LSU, 10-2 A&M, 10-2 South Carolina, 10-2 Oklahoma, 10-2 Clemson, and 9-3 Oregon State all get left out of BCS bowls. Instead, we get 10-2 Northern Illinois, 8-5 Wisconsin, and 10-2 Louisville. Are you fucking kidding me?
The national championship game and the Fiesta Bowl (Kansas State - Oregon) will be great games. Aside from that, we get Florida-Louisville (lol), Florida State-Northern Illinois (...), and Stanford-Wisconsin (meh). This is insane.
The next best games that should be BCS games are probably the Cotton Bowl (A&M - Oklahoma) and the Chick-fil-a bowl (LSU-Clemson).
Northern Illinois appears to have been ranked #16 in the BCS, thus pushing Oklahoma out of a spot in the BCS bowls.
What a fucking joke this system is. 11-2 Georgia, 10-2 LSU, 10-2 A&M, 10-2 South Carolina, 10-2 Oklahoma, 10-2 Clemson, and 9-3 Oregon State all get left out of BCS bowls. Instead, we get 10-2 Northern Illinois, 8-5 Wisconsin, and 10-2 Louisville. Are you fucking kidding me?
The national championship game and the Fiesta Bowl (Kansas State - Oregon) will be great games. Aside from that, we get Florida-Louisville (lol), Florida State-Northern Illinois (...), and Stanford-Wisconsin (meh). This is insane.
The next best games that should be BCS games are probably the Cotton Bowl (A&M - Oklahoma) and the Chick-fil-a bowl (LSU-Clemson).
Outside of Alabama vs ND and Oregon vs K-State, this bowl season is gonna suuucckkkk....
Florida State vs Northern Illinois......I know Jordan Lynch is a beast, but come on. However, it would be hilarious as hell if FSU loses here.
Not sure how I feel about Louisville vs Florida. I would've rather seen Oklahoma vs. Florida.
Stanford vs. 8-5 Wisconsin. Has a 8-5 team EVER gotten into the Rose Bowl to begin with? Anyway, I see Stanford's run defense shutting down Wisconsin's run game big time.
Suddenly Oklahoma got the Boise State treatment. Nebraska's hard faceplant and the godawful Big East season ruined everything lol.
OU / Texas A&M and LSU / Clemson look like solid bowl games. South Carolina / Michigan...hmm.
EDIT: If you like wild shootouts, Baylor / UCLA might be the game for you.
Florida State vs Northern Illinois......I know Jordan Lynch is a beast, but come on. However, it would be hilarious as hell if FSU loses here.
Not sure how I feel about Louisville vs Florida. I would've rather seen Oklahoma vs. Florida.
Stanford vs. 8-5 Wisconsin. Has a 8-5 team EVER gotten into the Rose Bowl to begin with? Anyway, I see Stanford's run defense shutting down Wisconsin's run game big time.
Suddenly Oklahoma got the Boise State treatment. Nebraska's hard faceplant and the godawful Big East season ruined everything lol.
OU / Texas A&M and LSU / Clemson look like solid bowl games. South Carolina / Michigan...hmm.
EDIT: If you like wild shootouts, Baylor / UCLA might be the game for you.
USC, worst preseason #1 ever.
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I was at the Sugar Bowl (I'm from Louisville). It was amazing, and Florida should be ashamed not only for losing, but because we had like twice as many fans there as they did and the distance to New Orleans difference isn't even close. #3 selling 7,000 tickets to a BCS game is a complete joke. Glad we earned the Big East at least some respect, even if we're jumping from this sinking ship for the ACC (which isn't much better of a football conference imo, but at least the basketball will be good). It would be awesome if Notre Dame won, but I don't see it happening ever because even if the SEC is overrated, Bama's raw talent is unmatched.
It's bad when you consider the fact that the BBVA Compass Bowl and the Music City Bowl both had more ticket sales (hell they sold out). From what I can tell, the Sugar Bowl had the least ticket sales of all the SEC bowls. That or the Gator Bowl.
Also Louisville probably would've been undefeated if they didn't lose their starting tailback. The two games after he went down, their offense struggled (they lost to UConn. That says enough). And Louisville's defense isn't exactly sturdy.
Also Louisville probably would've been undefeated if they didn't lose their starting tailback. The two games after he went down, their offense struggled (they lost to UConn. That says enough). And Louisville's defense isn't exactly sturdy.