College Football - BCS Bowls

[dalgreen]

What has two thumbs and just booked his flight/hotel to Pasadena?

 

That guy!

 

I love that Illinois is basically in a no-lose situation. Everyone expects them to get blown out, so they can only impress.

 

People who think Illinois is going to get blown out either just hate Illinois or they don't follow Illinois or both. We were being blown out just once this season and it was the first game of the season. And we ended up losing by just 4. USC is playing well right now, but did anybody watch the USC/UCLA game? USC didn't look all that dominating to me. They looked much better against Arizona St. to me.

[Guest]

What has two thumbs and just booked his flight/hotel to Pasadena?

 

That guy!

 

I love that Illinois is basically in a no-lose situation. Everyone expects them to get blown out, so they can only impress.

 

People who think Illinois is going to get blown out either just hate Illinois or they don't follow Illinois or both. We were being blown out just once this season and it was the first game of the season. And we ended up losing by just 4. USC is playing well right now, but did anybody watch the USC/UCLA game? USC didn't look all that dominating to me. They looked much better against Arizona St. to me.

 

Offensively USC didn't look spectacular against UCLA but defensively they were amazing. They held UCLA to 168 total yards and just 12 total yards. Outside of what turned out to be a fluke drive in the last :45 seconds of the first half, USC shut out UCLA and held them to 103 yards. They held Arizona State to 16 yards rushing. This is a very good team that should be healthy once the Rose Bowl rolls around.

 

Illinois is nothing special defensively and has only faced one team that can come close to USC offensively - Missouri - and they were down by 24 in the third quarter and gave up 40 points in the game. And USC's defense is a hell of a lot better than Missouri's. Illinois is going to have to score a lot of points to win this game because I guarantee you that USC will and I don't think Illinois can score a ton of points againist USC.

Edited December 3, 2007 by soccer10k

[Guest]

Early spreads for the BCS games:

 

LSU (-6) over Ohio State

Virginia Tech (-4) over Kansas

Oklahoma (-7) over West Virginia

Georgia (-11) over Hawaii

USC (-14) over Illinois

 

Something wrong with Georgia-Hawaii being only -11 while USC-Illinois is -14.

 

Why?

[Soul]

What has two thumbs and just booked his flight/hotel to Pasadena?

 

That guy!

 

I love that Illinois is basically in a no-lose situation. Everyone expects them to get blown out, so they can only impress.

 

People who think Illinois is going to get blown out either just hate Illinois or they don't follow Illinois or both. We were being blown out just once this season and it was the first game of the season. And we ended up losing by just 4. USC is playing well right now, but did anybody watch the USC/UCLA game? USC didn't look all that dominating to me. They looked much better against Arizona St. to me.

 

I watched Illinois all year long, and they are one of my favorite college teams. But there's no way for me to deny the possibility that they get blown out. I'm not saying it definitely will happen. I certainly don't HOPE it happens. I'm rooting for them all the way. But it could happen.

[jaydee]

Early spreads for the BCS games:

 

LSU (-6) over Ohio State

Virginia Tech (-4) over Kansas

Oklahoma (-7) over West Virginia

Georgia (-11) over Hawaii

USC (-14) over Illinois

 

Something wrong with Georgia-Hawaii being only -11 while USC-Illinois is -14.

 

Why?

 

cus hawaii is an awful team who can barely beat nevada

[Magnetic Curses]

Early spreads for the BCS games:

 

LSU (-6) over Ohio State

Virginia Tech (-4) over Kansas

Oklahoma (-7) over West Virginia

Georgia (-11) over Hawaii

USC (-14) over Illinois

 

Something wrong with Georgia-Hawaii being only -11 while USC-Illinois is -14.

 

Why?

 

cus hawaii is an awful team who can barely beat nevada

 

phew, i was hoping it had nothing to do with illinois being good, just hawaii sucking.

 

dodged a bullet, there.

[Guest]

Early spreads for the BCS games:

 

LSU (-6) over Ohio State

Virginia Tech (-4) over Kansas

Oklahoma (-7) over West Virginia

Georgia (-11) over Hawaii

USC (-14) over Illinois

 

Something wrong with Georgia-Hawaii being only -11 while USC-Illinois is -14.

 

Why?

 

cus hawaii is an awful team who can barely beat nevada

 

Ooo, this is fun. I can play this game too. Illinois is an awful team that LOST to Iowa. See, it works both ways.

[The Voice of Reason]

What has two thumbs and just booked his flight/hotel to Pasadena?

 

That guy!

 

I love that Illinois is basically in a no-lose situation. Everyone expects them to get blown out, so they can only impress.

 

People who think Illinois is going to get blown out either just hate Illinois or they don't follow Illinois or both. We were being blown out just once this season and it was the first game of the season. And we ended up losing by just 4. USC is playing well right now, but did anybody watch the USC/UCLA game? USC didn't look all that dominating to me. They looked much better against Arizona St. to me.

 

If there was a Pac Ten vs Big Ten challenge in football, how many games do you think the Big Ten would win of the following? Maybe two or three, like they do in basketball vs the ACC.

 

OSU vs. USC

Illinois vs. ASU

Mich vs. Oregon State

Wisc vs. UCLA

Penn State vs. Oregon

Iowa vs. Arizona

Indiana vs. Wash State

Mich state vs. Stanford

Purdue vs. California

Northwestern vs. Washington

Minnesota vs. Best High school team in California

Edited December 4, 2007 by The Voice of Reason

[Magnetic Curses]

What has two thumbs and just booked his flight/hotel to Pasadena?

 

That guy!

 

I love that Illinois is basically in a no-lose situation. Everyone expects them to get blown out, so they can only impress.

 

People who think Illinois is going to get blown out either just hate Illinois or they don't follow Illinois or both. We were being blown out just once this season and it was the first game of the season. And we ended up losing by just 4. USC is playing well right now, but did anybody watch the USC/UCLA game? USC didn't look all that dominating to me. They looked much better against Arizona St. to me.

 

If there was a Pac Ten vs Big Ten challenge in football, how many games do you think the Big Ten would win of the following? Maybe two or three, like they do in basketball vs the ACC.

 

OSU vs. USC

Illinois vs. ASU

Mich vs. Oregon State

Wisc vs. UCLA

Penn State vs. Oregon

Iowa vs. Arizona

Indiana vs. Wash State

Mich state vs. Stanford

Purdue vs. California

Northwestern vs. Washington

Indiana vs. Best High school team in California

 

not the way i'd split it up, but it looks fairly even to me, except for indiana being mentioned twice.

[Magnetic Curses]

Early spreads for the BCS games:

 

LSU (-6) over Ohio State

Virginia Tech (-4) over Kansas

Oklahoma (-7) over West Virginia

Georgia (-11) over Hawaii

USC (-14) over Illinois

 

Something wrong with Georgia-Hawaii being only -11 while USC-Illinois is -14.

 

Why?

 

cus hawaii is an awful team who can barely beat nevada

 

Ooo, this is fun. I can play this game too. Illinois is an awful team that LOST to Iowa. See, it works both ways.

 

illinois is an awful team?

[wekse]

What has two thumbs and just booked his flight/hotel to Pasadena?

 

That guy!

 

I love that Illinois is basically in a no-lose situation. Everyone expects them to get blown out, so they can only impress.

 

People who think Illinois is going to get blown out either just hate Illinois or they don't follow Illinois or both. We were being blown out just once this season and it was the first game of the season. And we ended up losing by just 4. USC is playing well right now, but did anybody watch the USC/UCLA game? USC didn't look all that dominating to me. They looked much better against Arizona St. to me.

 

If there was a Pac Ten vs Big Ten challenge in football, how many games do you think the Big Ten would win of the following? Maybe two or three, like they do in basketball vs the ACC.

 

OSU vs. USC

Illinois vs. ASU

Mich vs. Oregon State

Wisc vs. UCLA

Penn State vs. Oregon

Iowa vs. Arizona

Indiana vs. Wash State

Mich state vs. Stanford

Purdue vs. California

Northwestern vs. Washington

Indiana vs. Best High school team in California

 

not the way i'd split it up, but it looks fairly even to me, except for indiana being mentioned twice.

 

kinda what i was thinking...i see a lot of mediocre teams in both conferences.

[Exile on Waveland]

What has two thumbs and just booked his flight/hotel to Pasadena?

 

That guy!

 

I love that Illinois is basically in a no-lose situation. Everyone expects them to get blown out, so they can only impress.

 

People who think Illinois is going to get blown out either just hate Illinois or they don't follow Illinois or both. We were being blown out just once this season and it was the first game of the season. And we ended up losing by just 4. USC is playing well right now, but did anybody watch the USC/UCLA game? USC didn't look all that dominating to me. They looked much better against Arizona St. to me.

 

If there was a Pac Ten vs Big Ten challenge in football, how many games do you think the Big Ten would win of the following? Maybe two or three, like they do in basketball vs the ACC.

 

OSU vs. USC

Illinois vs. ASU

Mich vs. Oregon State

Wisc vs. UCLA

Penn State vs. Oregon

Iowa vs. Arizona

Indiana vs. Wash State

Mich state vs. Stanford

Purdue vs. California

Northwestern vs. Washington

Indiana vs. Best High school team in California

 

Indiana went 7-5 and is in a bowl game; I think they deserve a better matchup than a high school team. I'm sure you mean "Minnesota" at the end.

 

As for that list, the Big Ten would win well more than two or three. I feel pretty comfortable on five of those, ignoring #11. And that doesn't include a couple toss-ups. (I'm assuming Dixon is still out in this scenario.)

[CubColtPacer]

Early spreads for the BCS games:

 

LSU (-6) over Ohio State

Virginia Tech (-4) over Kansas

Oklahoma (-7) over West Virginia

Georgia (-11) over Hawaii

USC (-14) over Illinois

 

Something wrong with Georgia-Hawaii being only -11 while USC-Illinois is -14.

 

Why?

 

cus hawaii is an awful team who can barely beat nevada

 

Ooo, this is fun. I can play this game too. Illinois is an awful team that LOST to Iowa. See, it works both ways.

 

Hawaii played 2 teams all season with a winning record and had 5 games decided by 7 points or less.

 

Compare that to Boise State the year before who played 5 teams with a winning record and only had 3 games decided by 7 points or less.

 

I think Hawaii could compete with most teams because of their unique style of offense, but I don't quite get how a top 15 team could struggle with so bad of teams such a large percentage of the time.

[Soul]

What has two thumbs and just booked his flight/hotel to Pasadena?

 

That guy!

 

I love that Illinois is basically in a no-lose situation. Everyone expects them to get blown out, so they can only impress.

 

People who think Illinois is going to get blown out either just hate Illinois or they don't follow Illinois or both. We were being blown out just once this season and it was the first game of the season. And we ended up losing by just 4. USC is playing well right now, but did anybody watch the USC/UCLA game? USC didn't look all that dominating to me. They looked much better against Arizona St. to me.

 

If there was a Pac Ten vs Big Ten challenge in football, how many games do you think the Big Ten would win of the following? Maybe two or three, like they do in basketball vs the ACC.

 

OSU vs. USC

Illinois vs. ASU

Mich vs. Oregon State

Wisc vs. UCLA

Penn State vs. Oregon

Iowa vs. Arizona

Indiana vs. Wash State

Mich state vs. Stanford

Purdue vs. California

Northwestern vs. Washington

Indiana vs. Best High school team in California

 

Indiana went 7-5 and is in a bowl game; I think they deserve a better matchup than a high school team. I'm sure you mean "Minnesota" at the end.

 

As for that list, the Big Ten would win well more than two or three. I feel pretty comfortable on five of those, ignoring #11. And that doesn't include a couple toss-ups. (I'm assuming Dixon is still out in this scenario.)

 

Yeah looking at that, I think it possible there could be several wins. Put the games in the cold midwest -- add maybe some trademarked slushy snow? You could see the Big 10 matchup decently. I still think the Pac 10 is clearly the stronger conference though.

[Magnetic Curses]

What has two thumbs and just booked his flight/hotel to Pasadena?

 

That guy!

 

I love that Illinois is basically in a no-lose situation. Everyone expects them to get blown out, so they can only impress.

 

People who think Illinois is going to get blown out either just hate Illinois or they don't follow Illinois or both. We were being blown out just once this season and it was the first game of the season. And we ended up losing by just 4. USC is playing well right now, but did anybody watch the USC/UCLA game? USC didn't look all that dominating to me. They looked much better against Arizona St. to me.

 

If there was a Pac Ten vs Big Ten challenge in football, how many games do you think the Big Ten would win of the following? Maybe two or three, like they do in basketball vs the ACC.

 

OSU vs. USC

Illinois vs. ASU

Mich vs. Oregon State

Wisc vs. UCLA

Penn State vs. Oregon

Iowa vs. Arizona

Indiana vs. Wash State

Mich state vs. Stanford

Purdue vs. California

Northwestern vs. Washington

Indiana vs. Best High school team in California

 

Indiana went 7-5 and is in a bowl game; I think they deserve a better matchup than a high school team. I'm sure you mean "Minnesota" at the end.

 

As for that list, the Big Ten would win well more than two or three. I feel pretty comfortable on five of those, ignoring #11. And that doesn't include a couple toss-ups. (I'm assuming Dixon is still out in this scenario.)

 

if dixon is out, you might as well put oregon up against dixon, IL's high school team.

[Keener98]

What has two thumbs and just booked his flight/hotel to Pasadena?

 

That guy!

 

I love that Illinois is basically in a no-lose situation. Everyone expects them to get blown out, so they can only impress.

 

People who think Illinois is going to get blown out either just hate Illinois or they don't follow Illinois or both. We were being blown out just once this season and it was the first game of the season. And we ended up losing by just 4. USC is playing well right now, but did anybody watch the USC/UCLA game? USC didn't look all that dominating to me. They looked much better against Arizona St. to me.

 

Offensively USC didn't look spectacular against UCLA but defensively they were amazing. They held UCLA to 168 total yards and just 12 total yards. Outside of what turned out to be a fluke drive in the last :45 seconds of the first half, USC shut out UCLA and held them to 103 yards. They held Arizona State to 16 yards rushing. This is a very good team that should be healthy once the Rose Bowl rolls around.

 

Illinois is nothing special defensively and has only faced one team that can come close to USC offensively - Missouri - and they were down by 24 in the third quarter and gave up 40 points in the game. And USC's defense is a hell of a lot better than Missouri's. Illinois is going to have to score a lot of points to win this game because I guarantee you that USC will and I don't think Illinois can score a ton of points againist USC.

 

Yea I was impressed with USC's ability to stop the worst scoring team in the Pac 10 outside of Stanford, and the 91st out of 120 DI schools, from scoring more than 7. I was also impressed USC could stop the worst passing team in the PAC-10 from gaining many yards thru the air. UCLA fumbling 4 times also was very impressive by USC.

 

U of I scored 28 points against an Ohio States defense that only allowed more than 17 points 1 time, against the Illini. U of I wont fumble the ball away like UCLA did.

Edited December 3, 2007 by Keener98

[CuseCubFan69]

Does anyone know if the #1 team one week before the BCS was completely bumped out of the BCS games?

[Magnetic Curses]

What has two thumbs and just booked his flight/hotel to Pasadena?

 

That guy!

 

I love that Illinois is basically in a no-lose situation. Everyone expects them to get blown out, so they can only impress.

 

People who think Illinois is going to get blown out either just hate Illinois or they don't follow Illinois or both. We were being blown out just once this season and it was the first game of the season. And we ended up losing by just 4. USC is playing well right now, but did anybody watch the USC/UCLA game? USC didn't look all that dominating to me. They looked much better against Arizona St. to me.

 

Offensively USC didn't look spectacular against UCLA but defensively they were amazing. They held UCLA to 168 total yards and just 12 total yards. Outside of what turned out to be a fluke drive in the last :45 seconds of the first half, USC shut out UCLA and held them to 103 yards. They held Arizona State to 16 yards rushing. This is a very good team that should be healthy once the Rose Bowl rolls around.

 

Illinois is nothing special defensively and has only faced one team that can come close to USC offensively - Missouri - and they were down by 24 in the third quarter and gave up 40 points in the game. And USC's defense is a hell of a lot better than Missouri's. Illinois is going to have to score a lot of points to win this game because I guarantee you that USC will and I don't think Illinois can score a ton of points againist USC.

 

Yea I was impressed with USC's ability to stop the worst scoring team in the Pac 10 outside of Stanford from scoring more than 7. I was also impressed USC could stop the worst passing team in the PAC-10 from gaining many yards thru the air. UCLA fumbling 4 times also was very impressive by USC.

 

U of I scored 28 points against an Ohio States defense that only allowed more than 17 points 1 time, against the Illini. U of I wont fumble the ball away like UCLA did.

 

and again, illinois beat 7 teams at or above .500 and 5 bowl teams. i think they have a shot....

[Magnetic Curses]

Does anyone know if the #1 team one week before the BCS was completely bumped out of the BCS games?

 

i think this question belongs in the non-bcs thread, with all of the other missouri posts.

[SouthSideRyan]

What has two thumbs and just booked his flight/hotel to Pasadena?

 

That guy!

 

I love that Illinois is basically in a no-lose situation. Everyone expects them to get blown out, so they can only impress.

 

People who think Illinois is going to get blown out either just hate Illinois or they don't follow Illinois or both. We were being blown out just once this season and it was the first game of the season. And we ended up losing by just 4. USC is playing well right now, but did anybody watch the USC/UCLA game? USC didn't look all that dominating to me. They looked much better against Arizona St. to me.

 

If there was a Pac Ten vs Big Ten challenge in football, how many games do you think the Big Ten would win of the following? Maybe two or three, like they do in basketball vs the ACC.

 

OSU vs. USC

Illinois vs. ASU

Mich vs. Oregon State

Wisc vs. UCLA

Penn State vs. Oregon

Iowa vs. Arizona

Indiana vs. Wash State

Mich state vs. Stanford

Purdue vs. California

Northwestern vs. Washington

Indiana vs. Best High school team in California

 

Seriously? The Big 10 might win every one of those. I'd probably give the Pac 10 2 wins.

[Magnetic Curses]

What has two thumbs and just booked his flight/hotel to Pasadena?

 

That guy!

 

I love that Illinois is basically in a no-lose situation. Everyone expects them to get blown out, so they can only impress.

 

People who think Illinois is going to get blown out either just hate Illinois or they don't follow Illinois or both. We were being blown out just once this season and it was the first game of the season. And we ended up losing by just 4. USC is playing well right now, but did anybody watch the USC/UCLA game? USC didn't look all that dominating to me. They looked much better against Arizona St. to me.

 

If there was a Pac Ten vs Big Ten challenge in football, how many games do you think the Big Ten would win of the following? Maybe two or three, like they do in basketball vs the ACC.

 

OSU vs. USC

Illinois vs. ASU

Mich vs. Oregon State

Wisc vs. UCLA

Penn State vs. Oregon

Iowa vs. Arizona

Indiana vs. Wash State

Mich state vs. Stanford

Purdue vs. California

Northwestern vs. Washington

Indiana vs. Best High school team in California

 

Seriously? The Big 10 might win every one of those. I'd probably give the Pac 10 2 wins.

 

seriously.

 

let's see, stanford: terrible, california: can't beat anyone, oregon: terrible, ucla: lost to notre dame at home, wash st: coach just got fired for being bad, arizona: bad, washington: average, usc: lost to stanford.

 

i actually think that minnesota could beat stanford, oregon, wash st., and maybe arizona--and minnesota was unbelievably bad.

[da bears]

I think a lot of the thought that USC will blow out Illinois comes from the fact that Carroll has USC ready to play during Bowl games. I don't know what will happen, but really wouldn't be shocked at any result. Well, maybe if they won I would be, but if they lose by a field goal or three touchdowns, wouldn't surprise me.

[Magnetic Curses]

i really wish people would stop saying: "well illinois is capable of winning, but usc is probably going to blow them out."

 

can't have it both ways, and i will definitely call you out just the same when illinois wins.

[Butterscup1679666578]

i really wish people would stop saying: "well illinois is capable of winning, but usc is probably going to blow them out."

 

can't have it both ways, and i will definitely call you out just the same when illinois wins.

 

can i do the same to you when they lose by 4 TDs?

[Mephistopheles]

i really wish people would stop saying: "well illinois is capable of winning, but usc is probably going to blow them out."

 

can't have it both ways, and i will definitely call you out just the same when illinois wins.

 

sure you can ....