NCAA Week 10 Running Thread

[zagoshe]

That could be good news for Jacksonville hoteliers.

On the other hand, given Golden Domers' inflated expectation for this season, aforementioned Domers could say, "Well, **** it" and stay home.

The beautiful city of Jacksonville isn't enough to entice them.
Whichever bowl invited them when they turned it down should
invite them again and make them take less money.

Notre Dame can't turn down an invitation to the Gator Bowl if they're bowl-eligible and within the Big East two-loss rule. It's contractual.

You are correct about this - but of course, that won't stop the conspiracy theorists from going on and on about Notre Dame playing in the final Cotton Bowl game at the Cotton Bowl or whatever that storyline is.

 

[ucacm]

That could be good news for Jacksonville hoteliers.

On the other hand, given Golden Domers' inflated expectation for this season, aforementioned Domers could say, "Well, **** it" and stay home.

The beautiful city of Jacksonville isn't enough to entice them.
Whichever bowl invited them when they turned it down should
invite them again and make them take less money.

Notre Dame can't turn down an invitation to the Gator Bowl if they're bowl-eligible and within the Big East two-loss rule. It's contractual.

You are correct about this - but of course, that won't stop the conspiracy theorists from going on and on about Notre Dame playing in the final Cotton Bowl game at the Cotton Bowl or whatever that storyline is.

there's no conspiracy. if the Gator or Sun Bowl don't end up with Notre Dame, the Cotton Bowl has the option to select Notre Dame over an SEC team once every three years. Considering the exceptionally mediocre season the SEC is having, especially the second tier of teams, it's at least within the realm of possibility that the Cotton Bowl would select a four loss Notre Dame (that is, if Notre Dame manages to win two more games) over a four or five loss Auburn, Arkansas, Ole Miss, or Tennessee.

Contrary to popular belief, Notre Dame is not a part of the entire Big East bowl package. The only Big East bowl games that Notre Dame is tied into are the Gator and Sun Bowls.

Each year, participants in the AT&T Cotton Bowl Classic will be chosen from the Big 12 Conference and the Southeastern Conference. The Big 12 provides the game's anchor institution. Once the selection process has been completed by the Bowl Championship Series, the Classic receives its choice of Big 12 members. The SEC will provide a division champion, a division runner-up, a team with a comparable record or a mutually agreed upon team as the Big 12's opponent. The AT&T Cotton Bowl has the opportunity to select Notre Dame in place of the SEC representative once in the next three years.

http://www.attcottonbowl.com/fan-guide/general-info

 

[JackReacher]

I wonder if any team has been ranked in the top 4 one week and a 14.5-point underdog the next?

Come on down, Iowa.....

 

[txsportsscribe]

You are correct about this - but of course, that won't stop the conspiracy theorists from going on and on about Notre Dame playing in the final Cotton Bowl game at the Cotton Bowl or whatever that storyline is.

um, that would be last year's cotton bowl

 

[Steak Snabler]

A friend of mine asked me this question yesterday and I didn't have an answer for it ...

Has a ranked team ever lost and then moved UP in the polls, as LSU did this week?

 

[DanOregon]

I realize the 30th anniversary was last year, and the tie-in would proclude it from happening, but a Houston-Notre Dame Cotton Bowl would be eminently watchable.

 

[ucacm]

A friend of mine asked me this question yesterday and I didn't have an answer for it ...

Has a ranked team ever lost and then moved UP in the polls, as LSU did this week?

I think Arkansas moved up after losing to Tennessee during Houston Nutt's first year as the head coach.

 

[DanOregon]

It happens all the time when Notre Dame loses. I wish it happened more often to be honest, give credit for playing well against a good team.
But it is clear that some teams enjoy a double-standard of not being penalized for close wins, while also enjoying the "judo" effect of not dropping that far when they lose because suddenly people realize a team that beat them is "really good" so the loss wasn't that bad. (See USC-Oregon, BYU-Oklahoma, Penn State and everyone).

 

[Flying Headbutt]

Of course Nick Saban defends the SEC refs.

http://espn.go.com/blog/ncfnation/post/_/id/12525/saban-tired-of-the-bashing-of-officials

 

[txsportsscribe]

north texas moved into the top 20 (yes, it was that long ago) years back after losing a close game to texas.