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There are other ways too. As was mentioned earlier, the winner of the Big East could be outside. Florida State could lose to Florida, win the ACC and be out of the top 14 (maybe). Or they could lose the ACC championship. UCLA could lose to Stanford and then win against them in the Pac-12 championship, likely leaving them out of the top 14. Even Kansas State could lose against Texas, finish out of the top 14, and still be the highest ranked Big-12 team (unlikely, but possible if Oklahoma loses to Oklahoma State, and either or both of Oklahoma, Oklahoma State loses their other game).
Also, it's possible that the 14 will have to be expanded to 18, opening up more potential teams. That would happen if there were not enough teams in the top 14 to choose from. For example, if 6 SEC teams AND 3 pac-12 teams finished in the top 14 (not impossible). Then the next 4 become available for selection, likely creating a choice for a bowl selection.
Arkansas punted on 4th and 4 in LSU territory down 4 with 6 minutes left.
Pretty spectacular even by coaching-not-to-lose standards.
Smith has absolutely nothing to lose, neither does his team. Those calls are inexcusable. They should have fired him and given one of the assistants the program for the last few weeks.
From his time at MSU I remember him the complaint was that he was too reckless. What the hell happened?
Maybe all that time in bankruptcy court broke his spirit.
Edit: This is the third time this year that LSU has been lucky to escape a lousy team on the road.
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The important thing is #### Arkansas.
I said that on the previous page. But, it's also true that the 3rd place BCS team gets an auto berth if the champion of their conference goes to the title game, so if Florida finishes ahead of either Oregon or Notre Dame, its possible that every single one of the 10 BCS teams will be predetermined.
Nova is just terrible.
Florida/Florida State has been fun so far.
This is my first extended look at FSU's defense and I haven't been very impressed.
*=Maybe not a "fact," per se.
I wonder if instincts just kicked in there. As you say, it's a really bad tactical decision.
How can that be? The #18 team in the country got manhandled by the Big East team that tied #1 Notre Dame. And another team that has been at best mediocre against other Big East teams just beat the #20 team in the country. Both Pitt and UConn are making strong cases to the voters.
Will Muschamp gets paid very well to think with that lump three feet above his ass.
isn't working
the poor defense has to be exhausted
good gravy
and then right back to the same old, same old
Looks like Manuel is going back in, but it's likely too late. Argh.
Bedlam has also been a ton of fun. Pretty fantastic slate right now, I'm watching both at the same time.
I think the teams were pretty closely matched overall despite the final score....FSU may not be 'back' but they're going in the right direction. Now the question becomes what conference going forward...
geez
Edit: Maybe not... the computers appear to say they shouldn't.
Wow, everyone from 15-21 lost, except for UCLA. 24 & 25 lost. One of 11 and 12 will lose. This could really happen. I guess they are as deserving as who ever wins the Big East championship, but neither team belongs in a BCS game. I'd rather see Kent St. make it, but they lost to Kentucky.
I'd guess Clemson. TV eyeballs is item one, as always. But here is what I think it might come down to, the Fiesta Bowl has an early pick and the West coast team is more likely to bring fans.
La Tech doesn't have a good win. Their best game is a close loss to A&M. Which is solid, but it's still a loss and they didn't beat anyone good. They played 2 good teams on the year and lost both. Utah State's best win is La Tech. They lost to BYU, who Boise beat. Utah State is a solid team - but they played 3 decent OOC teams and went 1-2 - the win is an overtime win against a 5-7 Utah team. Boise is in a somewhat similar boat.
In fact, Sagarin suggests La Tech should be a touchdown dog to San Jose State in their game tonight.
I can't see Oregon getting passed up, so really the question is would one of the 2-loss SEC teams get the nod over a 1-loss #4 Florida team?
The ACC actually has a pretty good racket. Suck so bad top to bottom that you consistently have teams with 2 losses that don't have a good win but are still ranked like 10-15 for no reason.
Well, none of these teams have good wins. That's why I think none of them have any business being in a BCS game.
Their best game is a close loss to A&M.
Which is probably the best non-BCS performance of the year. I can't think of a better one off the top of my head, the MAC wins over Rutgers and Cincy don't look so impressive these days.
They lost to BYU, who Boise beat. Utah State is a solid team - but they played 3 decent OOC teams and went 1-2 - the win is an overtime win against a 5-7 Utah team. Boise is in a somewhat similar boat.
The difference between Boise winning and Utah St. losing against BYU can pretty much be chalked up to Boise being home and Utah St. being away (Boise won 7-6, Utah St. lost 6-3). Losing to Wisconsin away is a wash with losing to MSU away. San Diego St. beat Boise at home and lost to a team that Utah St. crushed (San Jose St.), I think the BYU loss away is clearly better than the San Diego St. loss at home. I'm not saying there is any huge distinction here. They are all teams that are probably among the 35th-50th best in the nation. But I'll take Utah St.'s defense and their QB over the other non-BCS teams.
I believe that is what this goobledy gook means
Sagarin has Utah State and Boise as borderline top 25 teams, and I think that's pretty reasonable. La Tech is ranked 52 and has given up 50 points to a lot of teams that aren't A&M too. I just don't see them beating a team they'd have to play in the BCS.
The conference played so few interesting OOC games that I wonder if the ND loss and the Arizona loss by the Oklahoma teams suggest the Big 12 isn't as good as the computers think. I'm not really sure, but they will get the chance to prove it during the bowls.
The ACC actually has a pretty good racket. Suck so bad top to bottom that you consistently have teams with 2 losses that don't have a good win but are still ranked like 10-15 for no reason.
Yeah, I'm thinking there are 3-5 teams in the Big 12 that go 10-1 or better with Clemson's schedule to date (Oklahoma, K-St., Texas, TCU, Ok. St) and maybe a couple more (Texas Tech, WVU).
I'm surprised they are ranked that highly. I guess there are so few teams with 2 or less losses that a non-good loss can be covered up by just rolling on a less than impressive schedule.
LT's loss by 2 was at home, Louisana Lafayette lost on the road by 7 to Florida. That's another "good loss."
I think there would be a difference, as a TV and ticket sales product between the highest ranked team in the ACC, coming off a win over a rival SEC team, and a two loss, second highest ranked ACC team that lost to their rival again. One team looks like the next step for Clemson, the other looks like the team that got annihilated in the Orange Bowl last year. I don't know if it is enough to get them in over Oklahoma, but I think it will make it a closer decision.
Good call. I can't believe that Florida team is 11-1 with the wins they have. Blows my ####### mind.
Agreed. I thought they would lose today and they only trailed for a few minutes. I guess they play to their competition, and I won't complain about them any more. They are obviously a very good team. I am looking forward to watching them in a BCS game, I just hope it's not the championship game against Bama.
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