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Just for the record, PrimeTime is basically saying that if one company or area of the world has control of the market in something and you have the resources and desire to try to enter that market, you shouldn't do it because you "don't belong".
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Of course they do. Teams that win impressively are often moved ahead of teams that don't win impressively. This in turn effects the BCS. The same goes for losses. If someone beleives that Michigan didn't play as well as the score indicated, then sure, it does matter. Exactly. Teams can win close games and have pretty well controlled it. Michigan/Ball State, the Cards got to the 2 yard line with a chance to tie, but Michigan led almost the whole game and by as many as 15. Michigan/Penn State, only a 7-point margin, but did anyone really think Penn State was going to win that game at any point during it? Heck, Ohio State/ND last year was markedly similar to the OSU/Mich game this year in that OSU outplayed the opponent significantly but made a couple of mistakes to allow the other team back in it. The only difference is that they scored late in the ND game and not in the Mich game. You can control a game without blowing out the opponent.
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Wow, what a grandma. Depends what you like but if you're like me you'd rather have the 360.
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Once again: That game should never have been that close. Ohio State thoroughly dominated the game, and if not for Troy Smith fumbling a snap and Doug Datish completely botching another, Ohio State wins the game by 13 or 17 and we're not even having this discussion. but they did, so it was that close. As they say, if the Queen had balls... The point is, it's not like Michigan played well enough to force a rematch. OSU just played imperfectly enough to keep the game close.
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Once again: That game should never have been that close. Ohio State thoroughly dominated the game, and if not for Troy Smith fumbling a snap and Doug Datish completely botching another, Ohio State wins the game by 13 or 17 and we're not even having this discussion.
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Is Truffle willing to give her up?
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Whoa, this is getting out of hand.
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Wait a second, what if Ohio wins the MAC title game? The MAC only has 3 bowl tie-ins and they've all been filled without Ohio...
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Whoa, whoa, whoa, someone took the bowl thread before I could get to it? :-P
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Wow, I was going to trash this contract, but Zaun's pretty damn good. Three straight years of 350+ OBP.
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and then this... I would love it if LSU were selected for the Rose Bowl! That would be a very exciting game. In any other year I'd be ecstatic for ND to go to the Rose Bowl, but this year there is obviously just no way that it makes any sense. But a rematch of the "Cheerios Bowl" in 1992 with Florida in the Sugar Bowl would be fine by me.
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Guarantee games (as games like Buff/Wisconsin are called) are a fact of life. Ball State has decided not to play Purdue anymore because the Boilers weren't giving them enough money. SEC teams (like Auburn who we play I think in 2008) are offering over triple the money that Purdue is to play BSU. Of course, after the IU/Mich/Purdue games (BSU lost by a combined 18 points in the three games), teams might not be so eager to have the Cards in for a game. :wink:
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Georgetown 69, BSU 54. Pretty obvious that offense is going to be this team's deficiency. Next up is Indiana State on Saturday. And ND barely escapes Lehigh 93-87. Next is Winston-Salem State on Wednesday as the run through the gauntlet continues.
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strange situation for them. two points either way to the fourth ranked team could mean the difference between a BCS game and the Lampshade Bowl. A similar thing happened to Tennessee in 2004. We made it to the SEC championship with two losses (I still have a little hate for ND for knocking Ainge out for the year in our loss to them) and outplayed Auburn but still lost and dropped from a BCS bowl to the Cotton Bowl. We went on to demolish TAMU in the bowl. Funny how the Cotton bowl is considered an inferior bowl. When I was a kid it was one of only 4 bowls on New Years day and it was a big one. The Southwestern Conference champ would go and play an at large. I remember Joe Montanas(really Notre Dame) comeback against Houston was a Cotton Bowl The Cotton Bowl was the bowl that ND won in 1993 opposite FSU's Orange Bowl win to push the national title to the hands of the voters. The voters naturally used the head-to-head logic and voted FSU, who lost to ND 6 weeks previously, as champs. Up until the BCS it was one of the major bowls.
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Wisconsin's not in the discussion. Obviously, they would be one of the leading candidates if they were eligble, but they are not. There was a little bit of discussion that if they were #3 overall if that would get them in, but it still doesn't. Two is the absolute limit for any conference. Which is a rule that IMO should be changed when you look at the fact that both LSU and Wisconsin are good enough to be BCS teams but simply have no chance (in LSU's case if Arkansas wins the SEC title game).
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Only if they get a deal done.
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What would it take for Sammy Sosa to be beloved again?
Andy replied to Abe Frohman's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
:-s D'oh, DJAXX EDIT silly me Jon shortened his name and DJaxxFan changed his. The mods on this board are really trying to confuse us now... -
Now, if Carolina is the team I think they are, they're going to go to Philly and beat the ever-living crap out of them to make the pundits think they're among the best teams in the league again. Then in week 14 they'll completely crap out against the Giants, breaking NY's now 4-game losing streak and remaining a game behind New Orleans in the South. Oh, and Oakland has a good chance to fall out of the driver's seat. :wink:
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Thursday, Nov. 30th at 8 pm (NFL Network) ------------------------------- Baltimore (9-2) at Cincinnati (6-5) Sunday, Dec. 3rd at 1 pm ----------------------------- Arizona (2-9) at St. Louis (5-6) Atlanta (5-6) at Washington (4-7) Detroit (2-9) at New England (9-3) Indianapolis (10-1) at Tennessee (4-7) Kansas City (7-4) at Cleveland (3-8) NY Jets (6-5) at Green Bay (4-7) San Diego (9-2) at Buffalo (5-6) San Francisco (5-6) at New Orleans (7-4) Sunday, Dec. 3rd at 4 pm ----------------------------- Houston (3-8) at Oakland (2-9) Jacksonville (6-5) at Miami (5-6) Dallas (7-4) at NY Giants (6-5) Tampa Bay (3-8) at Pittsburgh (4-7) Sunday, Dec. 3rd at 8 pm (NBC) ----------------------------- Seattle (7-4) at Denver (7-4) Monday, Dec. 4th at 8:30 pm (ESPN) ----------------------------- Carolina (6-5) at Philadelphia (5-6)
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Boise and ND both look to be near-locks for BCS bowls. With Michigan already in the Rose Bowl/NC game, that leaves one spot for LSU, Florida (if they lose to Arkansas) or Louisville (if Rutgers beats WV). I'm guessing Florida loses to Arkansas and takes that final at-large slot, leaving Wisconsin vs LSU as the greatest non-BCS game of all time. Why would ND get an at-large over LSU who out-ranks them by five spots? What are you talking about? It's not an either/or situation. Either they're both going to get it (if Florida wins the SEC title game) or LSU won't be eligible (because Arkansas wins and Florida goes as the 2nd SEC team).
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ND against Lehigh tomorrow night as Luke Harangody continues to emerge as an impact player in the Big East. BSU heads to DC to face Georgetown. The Cardinals have to play Butler and Oklahoma State in the next two weeks as well. But a brutal non-conference slate can only help the Cardinals grow quicker.
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Count me in as a UCLA fan this week. I'm also rooting for Florida (because I think ND would have a better chance against them than Arkansas), GT (so ND can at the least have the distinction of being the only team with three BCS teams on their schedule this year) and Oklahoma (just because I feel bad for all the crap that's gone on with them this year).
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Amen. Also, go Florida. Judging by the newly released BCS rankings, Florida *may* be able to jump over Michigan with a win over Arkansas and of course a USC loss to UCLA. That's another reason why I don't like those playoff games. That extra game can give a team an advantage over one that just plays 12 games. Of course it can bite them too for example if Florida loses. Yeah I don't like that either. IMO Michigan is significantly better than Florida. Sorry CR, but your Bruins don't have one prayer in hell of beating USC----even though I would love to see it. We'll know tomorrow if a rusty Ben Olson will be cleared to play over the crappy Pat Cowan. Nope, they have little chance to win, given how weak the offense is. The OL will get completely manhandled, we'llbe lucky if Cowan throws more incompletions than interceptions and there are no playmakers on offense. The defense should hang in there for a while but won't be able to overcome the likely disperity in TOP and the short field from turnovers. Oddly enough, I feel the Bruins have a better chance to win this year than last. Heh, that's what I said about ND.
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I thought LSU would jump the Badgers. Didn't think beating Pitt while WV losing to South Florida would let Louisville leap them though. Wisconsin drops 4 slots in the computers while idle. that's alot. c'mon STSU and Buffalo. help a brother out here man. What's Wisconsin's out of conference schedule next year? Washington State, UNLV, The Citadel and one TBA. Link it will more than likely be a MAC team. the usual MO is a Pac 10/Big 12 team/Big East team, a Mountain West or WAC team (not one or the other, I forget which conference UNLV and SDSU are in), a MAC team, and a total patsy. I think they stacked weak non conference schedule knowing Barry would be gone and wanting to give Beliema a good start. turned out to bite him in the ass. play an Oregon or Colorado like they used to and they are fourth or fifth in the BCS right now. I think every BCS team should play at least 2 BCS teams out of conference. I'd be happy with 1. Two seems like it'd be really hard to arrange.
