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Running Bowl Selection Thread

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Chef2, Dec 5, 2010.

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  1. hondo

    hondo Well-Known Member

    Just for kicks, here's what the bowl lineup might have been under the old system

    Rose: Oregon vs. Wisconsin (if the Big Ten tie is broken by highest-ranked team).
    Orange: Oklahoma vs. Virginia Tech
    Fiesta: Ohio State vs. Nebraska???
    Sugar: Auburn vs. TCU???
     
    hondo, Dec 5, 2010
    #13
  2. Dick Whitman

    Dick Whitman Well-Known Member

    We would have probably ended up with a split national champion.
     
    Dick Whitman, Dec 5, 2010
    #14
  3. MileHigh

    MileHigh Moderator Staff Member

    Or if you have that then have a plus-one system where you take the two best teams after the meaningless bowls. Whatever. It's a joke.
     
    MileHigh, Dec 5, 2010
    #15
  4. Michael_ Gee

    Michael_ Gee Well-Known Member

    If Hondo's scenario was REALLY old school, then the Big Ten tie would've been broken by a vote of the school ADs, in which case the howling, and voting, would still be going on.
     
    Michael_ Gee, Dec 5, 2010
    #16
  5. trifectarich

    trifectarich Well-Known Member

    It's all cyclical. Some years a conference is good; some years, not. Florida State played in a BCS game five years ago (or thereabouts) with four losses, didn't it?
     
    trifectarich, Dec 5, 2010
    #17
  6. MileHigh

    MileHigh Moderator Staff Member

    Actually, the old Rose Bowl rule would have been in effect: The team that has gone the longest without going to Pasadena. Thus, it would have been Michigan State.
     
    MileHigh, Dec 5, 2010
    #18
  7. TheSportsPredictor

    TheSportsPredictor Well-Known Member

    For all the mocking of UConn in the BCS, well, if there were a playoff system, they would probably get a spot in that by virtue of winning the Big East. That's the way it goes. Will be the same when the Rams make the playoffs at 7-9.
     
    TheSportsPredictor, Dec 5, 2010
    #19
  8. Dick Whitman

    Dick Whitman Well-Known Member

    This isn't a one-year aberration. The Big East is clearly the worst of the BCS conferences, and wears that label consistently.
     
    Dick Whitman, Dec 5, 2010
    #20
  9. TheSportsPredictor

    TheSportsPredictor Well-Known Member

    Last year Cincinnati went undefeated. In 2006 WVU makes the title game if they don't choke on the last weekend against Pitt.
     
    TheSportsPredictor, Dec 5, 2010
    #21
  10. Flying Headbutt

    Flying Headbutt Moderator Staff Member

    Why is Arkansas going to a BCS game over LSU?
     
    Flying Headbutt, Dec 5, 2010
    #22
  11. Moderator1

    Moderator1 Moderator Staff Member

    Didn't Arkansas beat LSU?
     
    Moderator1, Dec 5, 2010
    #23
  12. Dick Whitman

    Dick Whitman Well-Known Member

    Exceptions that prove the rule?
     
    Dick Whitman, Dec 5, 2010
    #24
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