fuck the BCS

reversedarwinism

BCS - obvious it has to go. Just gets worse every year.

trappedinmyradio

peacocoaNMO wrote:

jesus holy shit christ i'm pissed off. i know this discussion happens every year but this year my team (missouri) gets fucked so now it's my turn to rant. ok, mizzou finishes 6th in the bcs standings and gets an invitation to the cotton bowl. what the fuck is the cotton bowl? Kansas finishes 8th and goes to the orange bowl. Kansas had 1 loss this year - to missouri - 1 week ago. Illinois finishes 13th in the final bcs standings with a record of 9 -3 and goes to the rose bowl. missouri beat illinois the first game of the season. fuck the bcs.

missouri gets beat not once but TWICE by the same team and you're complaining? missouri had to take care of business...they couldn't...they didn't win the conference...that's the price they pay...get over it.

soulsinging

trappedinmyradio wrote:

missouri gets beat not once but TWICE by the same team and you're complaining? missouri had to take care of business...they couldn't...they didn't win the conference...that's the price they pay...get over it.

the point was, how many times did kansas play oklahoma? who won when kansas played mizzou? so why did kansas get a bid over mizzou? the only team that beat mizzou all year was oklahoma. so yeah, oklahoma is a better team. but in what world does that equate to kansas being a better team than mizzou?

gue_barium

soulsinging wrote:

definitely. they looked so complacent last year. they were over-hyped and it bit them.

They looked awful, really. I think they may have had a lot more time off last year, too, than their opponent. I can see how that would effect a team's performance. Hopefully, they can remedy that problem this year and be ready.

soulsinging

gue_barium wrote:

They looked awful, really. I think they may have had a lot more time off last year, too, than their opponent. I can see how that would effect a team's performance. Hopefully, they can remedy that problem this year and be ready.

they had almost 2 months off between games last year. much longer break than florida. but it's the same difference as this year... an extra 2 weeks. that's the shit of the big ten sched. they looked like a team playing their first game of the season: slow, rusty, disorganized. i think tressel tried to keep them from peaking and they ended up lifeless. this year, i think the desire for redemption and the underdog thing will keep them sharper. i just dont know if it will be enough.

Cosmo

peacocoaNMO wrote:

jesus holy shit christ i'm pissed off. i know this discussion happens every year but this year my team (missouri) gets fucked so now it's my turn to rant. ok, mizzou finishes 6th in the bcs standings and gets an invitation to the cotton bowl. what the fuck is the cotton bowl? Kansas finishes 8th and goes to the orange bowl. Kansas had 1 loss this year - to missouri - 1 week ago. Illinois finishes 13th in the final bcs standings with a record of 9 -3 and goes to the rose bowl. missouri beat illinois the first game of the season. fuck the bcs.

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maybe one of the weighted factors in their criteria is the College's draw appeal... meaning, which ever College will draw the greatest number of television viewers get extra points in the equation.

gue_barium

Cosmo wrote:

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maybe one of the weighted factors in their criteria is the College's draw appeal... meaning, which ever College will draw the greatest number of television viewers get extra points in the equation.

BCS is bottom line $, no question.

gue_barium

soulsinging wrote:

they had almost 2 months off between games last year. much longer break than florida. but it's the same difference as this year... an extra 2 weeks. that's the shit of the big ten sched. they looked like a team playing their first game of the season: slow, rusty, disorganized. i think tressel tried to keep them from peaking and they ended up lifeless. this year, i think the desire for redemption and the underdog thing will keep them sharper. i just dont know if it will be enough.

In spite of the BCS, I do look forward to this game quite a bit.

soulsinging

gue_barium wrote:

In spite of the BCS, I do look forward to this game quite a bit.

me too. it should be one of a small handful of good ones.

go pre

with all the crazy shit that happened this year in college football, there was no doubt that someone would feel screwed when it came down to the bcs games.

who got hosed worse? missouri this year or wisconsin last year? pretty similar screw jobs if you ask me.

the bcs needs to go.

gue_barium

go pre wrote:

with all the crazy shit that happened this year in college football, there was no doubt that someone would feel screwed when it came down to the bcs games.

who got hosed worse? missouri this year or wisconsin last year? pretty similar screw jobs if you ask me.

the bcs needs to go.

Idaho rocked, too.

gue_barium

Get_Right wrote:

unfortunately, college sports are a business

and the decisions are based on money not competitiveness

but you probably already knew that

ita only a matter of time before you will have to buy tickets to the local pop warner game

Did you know while Lebron James was in high school in Cleveland, scalpers were getting $500 a pop for tickets to a friggen high school game? The high school itself was selling tickets at $20-30 a pop. WTF!

Anon

yea, missou and KU got hosed big time...another ho-hum, boring-ass BCS title game...

leatherman_8

All Mizzou had to do was beat the team that Mizzou supposedly gave away their first loss too. And they got spanked. All West Virginia had to do was beat a bad Pitt team, and they got embarrassed.

Everyone knows how the BCS works. Mizzou knew that if they lost the Big XII game they'd be out completely, and they couldn't get it done.

Also, the Rose Bowl selection committee openly loathes being forced to go with the occasional non-traditional matchup (ala Oklahoma vs. Washington St., or Michigan vs. Texas). If they want to keep the Big 10-Pac 10 so bad, then maybe they should consider withdrawing from the BCS in favor of Cotton, Gator, Outback, Capitol One, etc... I would honestly have no problem with that, even as an Illinois/Big 10 guy.

But hey, Illinois knew what they had to do, they knew the math and they did it. If you don't like it, call the cops.

brainofPJ

all4PearlJam wrote:

yea, missou and KU got hosed big time...another ho-hum, boring-ass BCS title game...

perhaps the reason that i don't watch college too often anymore...

MookieBlaylock5v1

in the debate about whether conferences should have a championship game at the end of the season...

keep in mind that the major conferences which currently do have a title game each have 12 teams (SEC, Big 12, ACC). That's enough teams to adequately divide the conference into two divisions and have the division winners play for the conference championship. Conferences like the Big Ten or Pac-10 likely wouldn't even think of adding a title game unless their leagues grow to 12 or more as well.

Anon

brainofPJ wrote:

perhaps the reason that i don't watch college too often anymore...

Well, this year was really exciting - just very dissapointing to see the same damn teams in the title game when there were probably about 5-6 other deserving of being in the same position...And to be honest, I do not think that ANY team with 2 losses should play for a Championship game - even if they were both in OT.

Indian Summer

just go with the NFL.....i've been leaning that way for a few years...and I think this year has done me in.

soulsinging

all4PearlJam wrote:

Well, this year was really exciting - just very dissapointing to see the same damn teams in the title game when there were probably about 5-6 other deserving of being in the same position...And to be honest, I do not think that ANY team with 2 losses should play for a Championship game - even if they were both in OT.

so who goes of hawaii, kentucky, and osu?

throwingcopper

soulsinging wrote:

so who goes of hawaii, kentucky, and osu?

OSU and LSU.