KU showed tonight they aren't just a basketball school. What a turn around for that program. Good win against a highly ranked opponent; lots of people had picked KU to get blown out and OU to rout WVU.. didn't work out that way either way. So, they'll end up with a 1 loss, great run year...
UVA puked all over themselves as Texas Tech rolled them away in the 4th; Missouri was simply too much for Arkansas. USC looks to roll on the Illini. So far, here's bowl records: 01..Sun Belt.......1-0.....1.000.....0 02..Mountain West..4-1.....0.800.....0...
Well, Missouri decided to show up and play hard. Tony Temple is apparently thinking of trying to upgrade his draft status from oh, 4th round to a first day (prob like a 2nd rounder). Not a bad bump in pay. Hell, Big12 in general playing hard today. Texas Tech nods it up at 21 it appears...
Missouri does have to feel bitter though.. a team they beat (Illinois) goes to a BCS, and they don't. Even though it's the rules that no league gets more then two, has to chafe their hide. Hopefully they will come out and play like it in their bowl game.
The only person responsible for taking Kansas slot is Missouri or Oklahoma. Under the BCS system, no league can have more then two teams in. So once OU and Kansas were in, even if a bowl wanted MU, they contractually couldn't take them.
So, KU v VT ; OU vs. WVU.. Wow. I'm not sure KU can hang with VT, but I'd give them a shot at it, I think OU should ring the neck of WVU... LSU will wail on OSU.
Yeah, remember, KU could say "hey, we beat then #21 Kansas State" and look at how the rest of the season went for KSU. To beat someone who at one point was ranked.. pusha.
OSU -- pro: highest ranked team going; will end season #1. cons: (1) played in a down conference this year, and their OCS sucked. LSU -- pro: won their conference. Despite the saying that the SEC is "tough" the SEC (as a whole) did poorly when playing their OCS schedule, so not sure how...
Hawaii pulls off one of the greatest comebacks I've ever seen (period). Great, great fourth quarter.. the thing that keeps them out of being ranked higher is simple.. they play in their time zone, so it's 3AM in the EST by the time the game is over. But, look, with what happened today we will...
Agreed on Saban. I can't blame Miles for taking the job, it's going home.. though I still stand by my comment he's the wrong fit for that program and I think his move is still the wrong one.. but that's me ;)
Missouri's Chase Daniels continues his record bound streak of games/pass attempts without INT. Missouri played a very solid game tonight. So, #4 beats #2, #1 loses, #3 beats #20.. IF Missouri beats OU next week, and WVU wins, it will be Missouri and WVU for the national title (who would have...
Well, I always hate seeing a team go down when an injury changes the whole game, but it happened again tonight.. OU loses their QB, and goes down to the Red Raiders of Texas. This takes the "sure thing" of a B12 team in the title game totally out of the loop. IF Missouri or KU win the Big12...
Ohio got hurt worse then most because they don't have enough quality wins in the system to help.. so coaches and individuals (voters, not computers) voted them lower. This would have happened under the old bowl system as well, because this was not the workings of computers. The moment Kansas...
Well, not necessarily. While it would take a disaster at this point for one of the three Big12 teams to get shut out, it could happen. How? KU loses to Iowa State but beats Missouri, which wins the tie breaker and they go to the championship game. KU wins the championship game, but due to their...
And Oregon goes down in flames, ending the PAC-10s shot at a national championship game. Now, the door is wide open, if it all plays out, as it sits, it is most likely to end up with an Oklahoma-LSU game or a KU-LSU game or.. I'm trying to think because at this point, the Big10 and Pac10 are...
So far this year: A football championship series team beat then Top 5 Michigan. Illinois beats up on OSU Kentucky beats LSU And so on.. upset much? Yeah, I'd give Missouri fair odds over anyone above them just because of their offense. But the top 3 I think would be a very competitive no...
When ND lost to the two service academies in 1944, they were the two best teams in the nation (Army / Navy) and their game was viewed generally as the national championship. So, it's pretty hard to compare eras here.
Big10 pretty much solidified today that they have no right to believe they should get 2 teams into the BCS.. alas, they have a better shot then most of accomplishing this feat, with sub-par teams. I could also see LSU going down in the SEC title game. It'll be interesting. KU knows one...
Scheduling is a trick, but the same could be said of the #1 (OSU) who padded out it's schedule with Youngstown, etc. Look, KU's schedule isn't fantastic, but they've beaten what's in front of them. And I don't think random HTF'ers could beat KSU or Texas A&M, both of which are fluky teams...
OU has to be thrilled about this. If KU goes undefeated into the Big12 game, and OU beats OSU in the bedlam showdown, then the Big12 game absolutely makes the best case it's had in years for a national title play-in game. And, if in a miracle, KU goes undefeated, they would legitimately bitch...