College Football - Championship Week (Dec. 1)

[Smack]

Pete Thamel just Tweeted that NIU will go to the Orange Bowl. Official. MACtion comes to the BCS.

 

Well, no point in watching the Orange or Sugar Bowls this year.

 

Or the National Championship game #blowout

[Tracer Bullet]

I know I said controversy in one of my posts but lucky is a better term (I was going off what NewUserName originally said).

 

They were very lucky to win the game. That still doesn't change the crux of my argument.

 

hahaha. ok

[Andy]

Pete Thamel just Tweeted that NIU will go to the Orange Bowl. Official. MACtion comes to the BCS.

 

Well, no point in watching the Orange or Sugar Bowls this year.

 

Or the National Championship game #blowout

I'd think you and several others here would probably be at least as likely to watch if it were a blowout. :wink:

 

Thamel also confirmed the other BCS bowls, not that we needed him to: KSU/Oregon Fiesta Bowl, Louisville/Florida Sugar Bowl.

[Guest]

Pete Thamel just Tweeted that NIU will go to the Orange Bowl. Official. MACtion comes to the BCS.

 

Well, no point in watching the Orange or Sugar Bowls this year.

 

Or the National Championship game #blowout

 

I highly doubt Notre Dame's defense will let it be a blowout.

[UMFan83]

http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/college/football/coaches-poll12

 

That's a really cool graphic to help determine who each coach voted for in the final poll. I thought it was interesting that 3 people picked Michigan as high as 15th in their poll. Those people: Brady Hoke, Brian Kelly and Rich Rodriguez lol.

 

 

Oh yeah and James Franklin of Vandy had ND 4th on his ballot

[Andy]

http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/college/football/coaches-poll12

 

That's a really cool graphic to help determine who each coach voted for in the final poll. I thought it was interesting that 3 people picked Michigan as high as 15th in their poll. Those people: Brady Hoke, Brian Kelly and Rich Rodriguez lol.

 

 

Oh yeah and James Franklin of Vandy had ND 4th on his ballot

Beat you to that. Hoke also had NIU 25th (no love for your old conference, Coach?) behind freaking USC.

[Formerly Snayke]

I highly doubt Notre Dame's defense will let it be a blowout.

 

Notre Dame by 20.

[abuck1220]

http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/college/football/coaches-poll12

 

That's a really cool graphic to help determine who each coach voted for in the final poll. I thought it was interesting that 3 people picked Michigan as high as 15th in their poll. Those people: Brady Hoke, Brian Kelly and Rich Rodriguez lol.

 

 

Oh yeah and James Franklin of Vandy had ND 4th on his ballot

Beat you to that. Hoke also had NIU 25th (no love for your old conference, Coach?) behind freaking USC.

 

they lost to iowa and beat kansas at home by 7. USC would beat NIU by a thousand.

[gscool89]

I'm happy for Northern Illinois but they don't deserve this at all. Georgia would beat them by at least 45. They can thank a terrible system.

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Ditto Wisconsin and Louisville

[Andy]

http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/college/football/coaches-poll12

 

That's a really cool graphic to help determine who each coach voted for in the final poll. I thought it was interesting that 3 people picked Michigan as high as 15th in their poll. Those people: Brady Hoke, Brian Kelly and Rich Rodriguez lol.

 

 

Oh yeah and James Franklin of Vandy had ND 4th on his ballot

Beat you to that. Hoke also had NIU 25th (no love for your old conference, Coach?) behind freaking USC.

 

they lost to iowa and beat kansas at home by 7. USC would beat NIU by a thousand.

Usually I argue hypotheticals like that with "There's no way that team would have the guts to schedule that matchup". For USC, which actually deigns to play AQ opponents most of the time OOC, it's actually the opposite.

[UMFan83]

I'm happy for Northern Illinois but they don't deserve this at all. Georgia would beat them by at least 45. They can thank a terrible system.

 

I can't get upset when the system is designed to automatically send an undeserving team to a BCS Bowl every year (Big East champ). I think it's fine. It's clear that these mid conference schools can't play for the title no matter what they do but at least a BCS bearth gives them something to strive for.

[Old Style]

Texas A&M vs. Oklahoma in the Cotton Bowl. Not really excited about the location but it should be a good matchup.

[Andy]

Texas A&M vs. Oklahoma in the Cotton Bowl. Not really excited about the location but it should be a good matchup.

Other bowl matchups that were conference games not so long ago:

 

Va Tech vs Rutgers - Russell Athletic

Ball State vs Central Florida - Beef O'Brady's

West Virginia vs Syracuse - Pinstripe

 

We'll see more and more such matchups in future years.

[Guest]

What is in the DNA of Irish fans that make them so overly sensitive about having ND be the butt of jokes?

Ass

[Formerly Snayke]

Hahaha, we're discounting a 2nd quarter touchdown to Tennessee that cut the lead to 10?? You think Bama stopped trying with 25 minutes left against Ole Miss?

 

Alabama was up 20 with 21 minutes to play at home. I never said they would stop trying, but what's Ole Miss' win probability after that touchdown?

[TruffleShuffle]

Calling me stupid doesn't make you come off any better.

 

Fyi, 100% of the reason people you is bc of you. So there's that.

[Guest]

Kirk Herbstreit's Northern Illinois' rant was fantastic.

[Tracer Bullet]

Calling me stupid doesn't make you come off any better.

 

Fyi, 100% of the reason people you is bc of you. So there's that.

 

you left out that part where careless said I was the reason everyone hates ND. So cheers.

[USSoccer]

Kirk Herbstreit's Northern Illinois' rant was fantastic.

 

Summarize?

[Andy]

Kirk Herbstreit's Northern Illinois' rant was fantastic.

His network paid for the stupid system. ESPN is, at the least, complicit in the ridiculous rules the BCS set up.

[Smack]

Calling me stupid doesn't make you come off any better.

 

Fyi, 100% of the reason people you is bc of you. So there's that.

 

you left out that part where careless said I was the reason everyone hates ND. So cheers.

 

you're way down the list (but on it)

[Tracer Bullet]

Calling me stupid doesn't make you come off any better.

 

Fyi, 100% of the reason people you is bc of you. So there's that.

 

you left out that part where careless said I was the reason everyone hates ND. So cheers.

 

you're way down the list (but on it)

 

and I absolutely 100% do not care. But don't paint this (truffle) as if I'm out here calling people stupid and saying they're hated. you (truffle) look like an ass.

[snoodmonger]

http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/college/football/coaches-poll12

 

That's a really cool graphic to help determine who each coach voted for in the final poll. I thought it was interesting that 3 people picked Michigan as high as 15th in their poll. Those people: Brady Hoke, Brian Kelly and Rich Rodriguez lol.

 

 

Oh yeah and James Franklin of Vandy had ND 4th on his ballot

Beat you to that. Hoke also had NIU 25th (no love for your old conference, Coach?) behind freaking USC.

 

they lost to iowa and beat kansas at home by 7. USC would beat NIU by a thousand.

 

And Kansas gave that game away. And they played it without their star running back, who led the Big 12 in rushing. NIU is going to get fisted.

[Guest]

Kirk Herbstreit's Northern Illinois' rant was fantastic.

 

Summarize?

 

Ripped the selection of NIU and the system that is set up that allows them to play despite their resume. Also ripped the cap on two schools from each BCS conference. Noted that NIU lost to Iowa and Kent State lost to Kentucky.