2012 College Football

[Power Player]

Originally Posted by r2473

Ohio State is undefeated this year. Any reason they are not ranked #1 or #2 in the BCS?

They're on probation due to a severe case of the Tressels.

[volleygirl]

Originally Posted by Power Player

But they probably wont though. That is 4 teams in the same conference. They WON'T all make the playoffs. It will still be very hard to make playoffs if there are 8 teams...even 16 teams.

The games will all still have meaning. Put it like this, the FSU-UF game had zero meaning outside of state champs. Now fire up the youtube replay and listen to the crowd, and let me know if there was excitement in the air or not.

Plus you are not reading. I already said 16 teams is a fantasy, and 8 would be great. I also already said that they need to trim the 2 fluff teams out of their schedules that so many BCS teams schedule. So there will be no extra games.

LSU/Bama and FL/GA would all be in a playoff if you had just the 8 games, heck 3 of them would make it if they had a 4 game playoff.

You think these schools will drop the creampuffs from their schedules when theyre making millions playing them? Thats like expecting the NFL to stop playing prer season games.

[volleygirl]

Originally Posted by r2473

Ohio State is undefeated this year. Any reason they are not ranked #1 or #2 in the BCS?

They would finish 3rd in the ACC. enough said

[Power Player]

Yes I do because the playoff system will pay them that $$. The TV $$ will be huge.

Also, you are forgetting that the conference title games havenot been played yet. I was just posting the matchups I made as an example of this week. Lets look at the mahcups again next week.

And in all honesty if there are 3 SEC teams in an 8 team playoff isn't that how it should be since it is currently the best conference by a mile?

[volleygirl]

Originally Posted by Power Player

Yes I do because the playoff system will pay them that $$. The TV $$ will be huge.

Also, you are forgetting that the conference title games havenot been played yet. I was just posting the matchups I made as an example of this week. Lets look at the mahcups again next week.

And in all honesty if there are 3 SEC teams in an 8 team playoff isn't that how it should be since it is currently the best conference by a mile?

The conferences would want to do away with the conf title games then. And there would definitely be more than 3 SEC teams in a 8 team playoff this season. maybe 5 of them would be SEC

[Power Player]

Thats fine, that is how this season has played out though.

Honestly, conference title games in some ways are not needed. The ACC game costs $4 to attend. $4.

But you could keep them by having the major conference winners get a playoff birth (acc, sec, big 12, big 10, Pac 12)

[r2473]

Originally Posted by Power Player

They're on probation due to a severe case of the Tressels.

I meant the AP top 25. Why #4? I'd assume they'd be #2 (or #1) BCS if they were eligible.

http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball/rankings

Originally Posted by volleygirl

They would finish 3rd in the ACC. enough said

Sure, but Oklahoma would kick the hell out of Notre Dame if they ever played....

[Power Player]

Originally Posted by r2473

I meant the AP top 25. Why #4?

http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball/rankings

Strength of schedule. The big 10 is atrocious.

[r2473]

Originally Posted by Power Player

Strength of schedule.

Have you taken a peek at Notre Dame's schedule?

[Power Player]

Originally Posted by r2473

Have you taken a peek at Notre Dame's schedule?

Yes, it is considered one of the toughest in the country.

[BigServer1]

Originally Posted by Power Player

Yes, it is considered one of the toughest in the country.

It's actually considered 30th by a number of the computers. It really hurt ND that Michigan, MSU and USC were all down. Oklahoma and Stanford are their best two wins, which are impressive, but it's not the gauntlet that people assumed it would be in the preseason.

Florida has played probably the toughest schedule all year, beating 4 teams in the top 12 and their lone loss was to #3. Stanford's schedule has also been insane.

[r2473]

Originally Posted by Power Player

Yes, it is considered one of the toughest in the country.

25 this week. 40 last week.

http://www.teamrankings.com/college-...hedule-by-team

[tricky]

Yeah, I think the preseason rank was #1 or close to it. Obviously fell off due to various teams falling off the table. However, you want to look at the Sagarin ratings closely.

The top conferences read

1. Big-12
2. SEC
3. Pac-12
4. Big-10
5. Independent
6. Big East
7. ACC

The Big-12 has only two teams in the top-20.

[jamesblakefan#1]

As hollywood mentioned and I've been saying for years, 6 team playoff w/ top 2 teams getting a bye and no auto bids would be the best option. 5 games between the 4 BCS sites with one site hosting 2 games a year every 4 years, so that no one's left out of the money. First round games the 2nd week of December, Semifinal games New Year's Day, Finals the week after. Or 1st round games 2nd week December, Semis 3rd week, finals on New YEars day, with no more Meinike Car Care Bowls on Jan 3/4th. New Years Day should always have the biggest games.

I agree w whoever said we don't need to see Bama smack down the CUSA champion, even though ODU will be up there in a few years. Difference between CBB and CFB is that physicality plays much larger a role in football, making upsets less likely. Also lack of a 3 pt line (obviously).

OSU isn't ranked in the Bowl Championship Series because they aren't BOWL eligible. Simple enough.

Auto bids to the BCS for conferences like ACC and Big East is absurd, always has been. Lou/Rutgers will get BCS bid while Bama/Georgia loser heads to the Capital One Bowl. Seems legit.

[BigServer1]

Originally Posted by jamesblakefan#1

As hollywood mentioned and I've been saying for years, 6 team playoff w/ top 2 teams getting a bye and no auto bids would be the best option. 5 games between the 4 BCS sites with one site hosting 2 games a year every 4 years, so that no one's left out of the money. First round games the 2nd week of December, Semifinal games New Year's Day, Finals the week after. Or 1st round games 2nd week December, Semis 3rd week, finals on New YEars day, with no more Meinike Car Care Bowls on Jan 3/4th. New Years Day should always have the biggest games.

I agree w whoever said we don't need to see Bama smack down the CUSA champion, even though ODU will be up there in a few years. Difference between CBB and CFB is that physicality plays much larger a role in football, making upsets less likely. Also lack of a 3 pt line (obviously).

OSU isn't ranked in the Bowl Championship Series because they aren't BOWL eligible. Simple enough.

Auto bids to the BCS for conferences like ACC and Big East is absurd, always has been. Lou/Rutgers will get BCS bid while Bama/Georgia loser heads to the Capital One Bowl. Seems legit.

Would you have a selection committee? Or would you keep the current BCS standings and take the top 6?

I feel like it would have to be a selection committee, and the conference limit should expand from 2 max to 3 max. If there's a year where one conference has three baller teams, they should be represented as such.

[Power Player]

Originally Posted by r2473

25 this week. 40 last week.

http://www.teamrankings.com/college-...hedule-by-team

Just going by preason rank. Regardless i expect to see nd get beat by the SEC team they play, but ill root for the upset.

[BigServer1]

Happy to see Stanford make the Rose Bowl, and I hope they win it. If we've got to lose to someone, I'd rather have it be the team that wins the Rose Bowl than some crap team.

Rooting for Kansas State tonight against Texas. I'd like to finally see the Oregon - KSU matchup take place.

[jamesblakefan#1]

7-5 Wisconsin who finished 3rd in their division is headed to a BCS game...wow.

[BigServer1]

FSU looked absolutely awful tonight, but they'll be in a BCS game.

Kansas State to the Fiesta, and Wisconsin just crushing Nebraksa for the Rose Bowl.

[Power Player]

We played a lot of young guys tonight and EJ was EJ. 1 more game of this bad QB play.