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Post by Nivro™ on Nov 27, 2011 16:34:03 GMT -5
What great rivalry are we losing? Most of the ones that have the possibility to go away are ones that nobody really cares about but the fans of the teams. I mean, unless you're a Texas-Texas A&M fan...most people dont care about the game. Half of the country probably doesnt even know Pittsburgh-West Virginia is a rivalry. You'll always have your California rivalries (Between USC, Stanford, Cal and UCLA)...all your SEC rivalries will stay the same. Texas-Oklahoma are still there. Notre Dame never changes their rivalries. The only Florida school rivalry thats no longer active is Miami-Florida but its been that way since Florida took them off the schedule in '90. Yeah I pretty much stopped reading when you said nobody cared about Texas/A&M Its the truth. Go outside of Texas, go to Big 10 country, Pac 12 country or SEC country and ask them "Who's Texas biggest rival?" I can promise you 90-95 percent will say "Oklahoma"...Because people dont even think of A&M. Outside of Texas-Texas A&M (and maybe a few surrounding areas) people dont look at their tv schedule and say "Oh dang, I sure hope i can watch that game."....A lot of it has to do with the fact Texas pretty much owns A&M in every aspect of the rivalry. Its so "meh" to the rest of the country that they literally had to create some Lonestar Showdown point system to try to generate more interest in the game. The Oklahoma-Texas rivalry is a MUCH bigger and much more important rivalry on a National level then Texas-Texas A&M....If nothing else the game would become more special. The world didnt end when Florida dropped the Miami rivalry because "their schedule was too hard" and now when they play its even more special. Would people really be heart broken if Tennessee dropped Vanderbilt? Texas dominate A&M, much like Stanford dominates San Jose St in their "rivalry", if Stanford-SJSt dropped that game Im sure nobody outside of the area would care...or even notice.
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Post by Nivro™ on Nov 28, 2011 0:38:35 GMT -5
In other news since I dont feel like just bantering back and forth right now.....I just applied at the University of Mississippi.....No, not as a student...for the Head Football Coaching vacancy!....Yes Im being dead serious, they had it posted on their website and I totally put in my resume. Ill let ya know if I get hired! HAHAHAHAHAHA
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Post by Tim Tebow™ on Dec 2, 2011 22:10:15 GMT -5
This Ohio/NIU game is pretty damn good.
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Post by Cult Member BriGuy on Dec 2, 2011 22:25:18 GMT -5
This Ohio/NIU game is pretty damn good. Most of the MAC games on Thurs/Friday night were entertaining. They were usually high scoring, back and forth with close finishes. Glad the Huskies got the win just now!
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Post by Tim Tebow™ on Dec 2, 2011 22:26:35 GMT -5
Yeah I always love these types of games.
Good job NIU! Ohio completed the mega choke.
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Post by Tim Tebow™ on Dec 2, 2011 22:38:19 GMT -5
Huh...so this is what it would be like to play NCAA 12 with Madden 12 commentary...
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Post by MC2 on Dec 2, 2011 23:54:04 GMT -5
Smelling the roses.
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Post by Tim Tebow™ on Dec 3, 2011 0:01:02 GMT -5
Did anyone really expect Oregon to lose this game?
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Post by Tim Tebow™ on Dec 3, 2011 14:24:39 GMT -5
How bout Southern Miss? Wow.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 3, 2011 16:36:54 GMT -5
Now we'll never know just how good Houston really is since they'll be playing in the Music City Bowl or some other piece of crapgame. Not saying they would have defeated a team from one of the BCS conferences, they would probably get killed actually, but it would have been nice to see how Keenum would do against a half way decent team.
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Post by Happy Pizza on Dec 3, 2011 17:50:42 GMT -5
What a shitty situation for Southern Miss. By winning the game they cost the entire conference millions of dollars. I'm sure they got tons of requests by the other schools prior to the game to just lay down and take a loss.
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Post by Tim Tebow™ on Dec 3, 2011 18:41:42 GMT -5
LSU is so lucky that Georgia is not leading this thing. First the two dropped passes that would have lead to TD's, then the LSU player throwing the ball away before he got to the goal line and not having it reviewed. Wow.
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Post by Cult Member BriGuy on Dec 3, 2011 19:49:22 GMT -5
What a poopty situation for Southern Miss. By winning the game they cost the entire conference millions of dollars. I'm sure they got tons of requests by the other schools prior to the game to just lay down and take a loss. I'm glad So. Miss won. Houston. The players don't care about that money, they just want the wins.
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Post by Cult Member BriGuy on Dec 3, 2011 20:39:23 GMT -5
watching MSU vs Wisconsin:
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Post by BOOM! #WDE on Dec 3, 2011 22:39:46 GMT -5
Gooo Cowboys, go! Hoping those sorry bammers get jumped!
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Post by Cult Member BriGuy on Dec 3, 2011 23:56:42 GMT -5
weak finish to the MSU/Wisconsin game. I feel sick. Hate to see the game end like that, especially after a great return. MSU would have been on the 5 yd line with 1:30 left down 3. UGH.
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Post by Edge618 on Dec 4, 2011 0:14:48 GMT -5
Should be OSU vs. LSU National Championship. No question, and I don't see how Alabama has an argument. OSU beat more top ranked teams, had a tougher schedule, and Bama already got beat by LSU. The ONLY thing they have over OSU is that OSU lost to an unranked team. But OSU played more ranked teams then Bama. If Bama played the schedule OSU has I think their a more than 1 loss team.
Most likely it will be Bama vs. LSU again since ESPN is so screwed up.
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Post by Nivro™ on Dec 4, 2011 0:27:13 GMT -5
Should be OSU vs. LSU National Championship. No question, and I don't see how Alabama has an argument. OSU beat more top ranked teams, had a tougher schedule, and Bama already got beat by LSU. The ONLY thing they have over OSU is that OSU lost to an unranked team. But OSU played more ranked teams then Bama. If Bama played the schedule OSU has I think their a more than 1 loss team. Most likely it will be Bama vs. LSU again since ESPN is so screwed up. You had me until right up then. If they swapped schedules OSU would be at least a 2 possible three loss team. Alabama would run the train on the Big 12 like a cheap hoe! In the end we'd end up with bama-lsu then.
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Post by SuperTiger on Dec 4, 2011 0:31:33 GMT -5
This is what frustrates me most about the BCS. Why is LSU-Alabama a forgone conclusion? Why is it that a week ago, before this week's standings came out, everyone was saying no matter what happens that it would be LSU-Bama and that's how it's suppose to be?
Excuse Me...?
I thought we're suppose to look for the two best teams in the country. The two best! What makes Alabama a better team than Oklahoma State? The resumes certainly are far from close. How can you argue, Penn State and Arkansas victories against Baylor, Oklahoma, Kansas State, and Texas victories? (Not to mention some of the lower teams in the Big 12 aren't half bad, a 6-6 Texas A&M team is probably much better than a 6-6 Florida team)
I'm seriously so tempted to write a letter, addressed to anyone that has any involvement with the BCS asking..
Dear College Football Nation,
Is the SEC the only conference that exists anymore?
I mean really? This has become a serious question.
This is sad for College Athletics, it's a monopoly INSIDE of a monopoly. We might as well abolish any ties the NCAA has with College Football and establish the SEC as it's own league, because with the way this season is panning out, I wouldn't mine doing that. All college football boils down to anymore is the SEC, nobody else matters.
Do we care Oregon won the inagural Pac-12 championship game last night - Nope Do we care Clemson just won its first ACC Championship in 20 years - Nope Do we care about Houston, or Stanford, or Boise State, or any of those other teams that have/had any chance to play in a BCS bowls? - Absolutely Not
All anyone can see right now is LSU and Alabama, and the greedy little pigs that run the BCS are already licking their lips and looking for bigger mansions to live in. This is a purely monetary decision, and considering nobody can even check the BCS standings for accuracy I wouldn't be surprised if the whole damn system has been rigged from the start for this to happen.
I'm irate, and guess what SEC/BCS, you've won. You've officially just taken over all control of College Football. Thanks for caring about the other 108 schools in the country.
Edit: Ok that was harsh. I do want to mention I don't want to take anythign away from LSU. They deserve it, but what it all boils down to is that fact there is really no way to say Oklahoma State is better than Alabama. You can compare the resumes, and personally I think OSU's looks better but that's subject to opinion. With that in mind they might as well both be #2. If both are the same rank. Who do you pick? A team that's already played LSU and lost? Or a team that has won it's conference and hasn't had that chance yet? I think the latter is the fairest decision.
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Post by Cult Member BriGuy on Dec 4, 2011 0:40:46 GMT -5
I hope MSU can still get a BCS spot but it'll likely go to Michigan, which is stupid.
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