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College Football Week 13: Rivalry Week! (fucla!)

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verbum said:
I think Clemson was looking forward to beating USC and forgot they were playing NC State. I'm picking Clemson, they will be mad as hornets in July.
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Clemson has not had a good game in five weeks. Their defense is giving up 35 points a game to powerhouses such as Maryland and NC State. The offense seems to be running out of steam as defenses have noticed how shallow the Clemson playbook really is.

South Carolina by 14..
 
Point Spreads of Interest


Louisville 3 pt dog @ South Florida

WVU 7 pt fav against Pitt (was 10 pts)

Cincy 3 pt fav @ Syracuse

LSU 13 pt fav vs Arkansas
 
KingGondo said:
Nice hire for Zona.

If UCLA can get Mike Leach, the Pac-12 might be the most fun league ever.
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I wouldn't mind the Pirate King ending up over at ASU as well. There are rumors swirling that Erickson could be finished over there.

Zona's current personnel is a lot more suited for DickRod's offense than what Michigan had. That's really a good situation for him to build his rep back up.
 
OK so I'm sure this has been discussed somewhere so far, but the BCS can LITERALLY be broken if the following happens:

- LSU and Alabama win this weekend
- Georgia beats LSU in the SEC title game
- LSU and Alabama still finish in the top two of the BCS

OK so what the fuck happens if this happens?

Georgia would get the SEC auto bid. LSU and Alabama could be #1 and #2. That's THREE SEC teams that meet BCS rules to be in BCS games. By law they have to take the #1 and #2 teams, and by law they have to take the SEC title winner. But also by law, they can't take three teams from one conference.

So SOMETHING would break. What happens in this case?
 
TheNatural said:
OK so I'm sure this has been discussed somewhere so far, but the BCS can LITERALLY be broken if the following happens:

- LSU and Alabama win this weekend
- Georgia beats LSU in the SEC title game
- LSU and Alabama still finish in the top two of the BCS

OK so what the fuck happens if this happens?

Georgia would get the SEC auto bid. LSU and Alabama could be #1 and #2. That's THREE SEC teams that meet BCS rules to be in BCS games. By law they have to take the #1 and #2 teams, and by law they have to take the SEC title winner. But also by law, they can't take three teams from one conference.

So SOMETHING would break. What happens in this case?
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No, that's specifically addressed. If 1 and 2 are from the SEC and neither are the conference champs, then they go the MNC. The SEC champ Georgia will get the SEC auto-bid. The SEC would have three teams in the BCS bowls and all would be technically kosher. That's the exception to the 2-team conference limit. The other conferences may have their heads explode, though. I guess an at-large would get bumped out.
 
TheNatural said:
OK so I'm sure this has been discussed somewhere so far, but the BCS can LITERALLY be broken if the following happens:

- LSU and Alabama win this weekend
- Georgia beats LSU in the SEC title game
- LSU and Alabama still finish in the top two of the BCS

OK so what the fuck happens if this happens?

Georgia would get the SEC auto bid. LSU and Alabama could be #1 and #2. That's THREE SEC teams that meet BCS rules to be in BCS games. By law they have to take the #1 and #2 teams, and by law they have to take the SEC title winner. But also by law, they can't take three teams from one conference.

So SOMETHING would break. What happens in this case?
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That's the only exception to the two team limit written in the BCS bylaws.
 
GoldenEye 007 said:
No, that's specifically addressed. If 1 and 2 are from the SEC and neither are the conference champs, then they go the MNC. The SEC champ Georgia will get the SEC auto-bid. The SEC would have three teams in the BCS bowls and all would be technically kosher. That's the exception to the 2-team conference limit. The other conferences may have their heads explode, though. I guess an at-large would get bumped out.
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Ah okay, I thought it might have broke the BCS.

That's a lot of undeserved welfare money for Ole Miss, Vandy, and Kentucky if SEC get three BCS teams.
 
supabrett said:
Any pollster who votes to avoid a rematch should have their vote taken away for next season.
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We're constantly told that college football has the most important regular season in sports, that we don't need a playoff because the BCS works... Then how do we end up with a rematch of LSU and a team they beat on the road in the regular season?

If OSU beats OU, they deserve to play LSU for the MNC. Someone else deserves a shot, and America deserves a better game than another 9-6 FG-fest.
 
KingGondo said:
We're constantly told that college football has the most important regular season in sports, that we don't need a playoff because the BCS works... Then how do we end up with a rematch of LSU and a team they beat on the road in the regular season?

If OSU beats OU, they deserve to play LSU for the MNC. Someone else deserves a shot, and America deserves a better game than another 9-6 FG-fest.
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You shouldn't have lost to Iowa State. IOWA STATE.
 
KingGondo said:
We're constantly told that college football has the most important regular season in sports, that we don't need a playoff because the BCS works... Then how do we end up with a rematch of LSU and a team they beat on the road in the regular season?

If OSU beats OU, they deserve to play LSU for the MNC. Someone else deserves a shot, and America deserves a better game than another 9-6 FG-fest.
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Definitely agree that an Alabama/LSU rematch would be boring as fucking shit.
 
If it ends with LSU/ALA 1 and 2, I* just can't send ALA to the title game. You can't give them a bye week for losing at home.

It's never a perfect system. It's about absurdity management. And giving ALA a bye week for losing is more absurd than letting Standford or VT or OSU jump them. They had their shot at LSU already

*I had falsely assumed my use of this pronoun would not cause confusion. I was wrong.
 
squicken said:
If it ends with LSU/ALA 1 and 2, I just can't send ALA to the title game. You can't give them a bye week for losing at home.

It's never a perfect system. It's about absurdity management. And giving ALA a bye week for losing is more absurd than letting Standford or VT or OSU jump them. They had their shot at LSU already
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Before I start stressing out, are you a voter in the Harris poll?
 
All the one loss teams losing might destroy the BCS, especially if the 2 loss team beats LSU in the title game. AP probably gives their title to a team that loses the BCS championship game.

Stan/ND and Aub/Ala are the two biggest road blocks to BCS destruction.
 
bucknuticus said:
Arkansas has only played one good defense all year and we know what happened there.
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Records might not show it, but Miss State and USCe have decent defenses. Dropped 44 on both. Also, Arkansas scored more points on Bama's D than any other SEC opponent has.

EDIT: That last part isn't meant to be impressive.
 
Yeah but I follow LSU I have been a fan for years. This is exactly the kind of situation and game where they will fuck up and blow it.
 
Week 13 Pick'em Games
Texas @ Texas A&M by 14
Arkansas @ LSU by 20
Iowa @ Nebraska by 13
Georgia @ Georgia Tech by 14
Michigan State @ Northwestern by 4
Ohio State @ Michigan by 10
Tennessee @ Kentucky by 4
Alabama @ Auburn by 17
Oregon State @ Oregon by 28
Virginia Tech @ Virginia by 10
Penn State @ Wisconsin by 17
Florida State @ Florida by 4
Clemson @ South Carolina by 4
Notre Dame @ Stanford by 10
UCLA @ USC by 17
 
KingGondo said:
Yes. And?

I'll have you know that those are not just football programs. They're Future SEC Schools™.

Accord them some respect. And pom poms.
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Pom poms Shakers have to be earned!
mre is like the old man yelling, "Get off my porch."

DEAL WITH IT MRE. THE SEC IS CHANGING. CHANGE IS GOOD!
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Fuck those clouds!
 
Apple Cup week. Not much on the line other than bragging rights, whereas we needed to win last year's game to go to a bowl. I think I'm just still depressed from Saturday. I should be able to work up the hate by Saturday though.
 
Texas @ Texas A&M by 7
Arkansas @ LSU by 5
Iowa @ Nebraska by 9
Georgia @ Georgia Tech by 4
Michigan State @ Northwestern by 10
Ohio State @ Michigan by 10
Tennessee @ Kentucky by 8
Alabama @ Auburn by 9
Oregon State @ Oregon by 14
Virginia Tech @ Virginia by 10
Penn State @ Wisconsin by 10
Florida State @ Florida by 14
Clemson @ South Carolina by 10
Notre Dame @ Stanford by 14
UCLA @ USC by 24
 
So if OkSt. loses to Oklahoma, who gets the last BCS bid?(assuming Houston wins out)
If all the big favorites win, I think these would be the eligible teams.

Michigan
K St.
Ok St
Boise St

Probably going to end up being Michigan, other three teams all need to hope for a Stanford loss. Iowa St. win was huge for Michigan/Big 10

If Ok St. wins then Stanford might not get into the top 4 so Stanford could be substituted in for Ok. St in the above list and 2 of the 4 go.
 
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