Derwood

I think it's simply rematches that are forbidden, not sure. Since we never played this year, that doesn't come into play. Three cheers for imbalanced scheduling! I know you're already a big fan of it. :wink: The writer claims that the BCS games who select before the Fiesta are much more likely to pass over Mizzou in favor of more attractive choices. (Example: Rose takes USC and UI to maintain Pac-10/Big-10 politics. Orange takes, I dunno, Georgia and somebody?) The writer thinks the Fiesta will pass on ASU because having the local team will hurt the economy. Orange usually has the ACC champ plus an at large

that looked wrong to me before I realized that the Cotton is no longer a BCS bowl. It never was a BCS bowl. i'm old school. pre-BCS, the big 5 bowls were the Orange, Sugar, Rose, Cotton and Fiesta. when the BCS started, the Cotton got the boot

i don't know enough but Nutt to make that comparison

you stayed about 2 seconds longer than necessary

Big 10 is 1-5 in the challenge so far. at least they're keeping with tradition

that looked wrong to me before I realized that the Cotton is no longer a BCS bowl.

Do you have a problem with every conference tourney winner making the Tourney in basketball? No because it's different in basketball. The lower seeded teams, with the exception of the No. 16 seeds, all have a chance to win in the tournament and it's usually not one specific conference that gets a 16 seed every year. The Sun Belt is the laughing stock of I-A football year in and year out. They're always the worst conference so why should they get an automatic bid? Not to mention the huge talent gap there is between the BCS conferences and small conferences in football and the same conferences (I'm talking about small conferences not one like the Missouri Valley) in basketball. This year has seen more parity in college football than ever before but that mostly pertains to the BCS conferences (obviously App. State over Michigan is an exception). Just as an example, the top teams in the Sun Belt, MAC, and C-USA are Troy, Central Michigan/Miami (OH), and UCF. Here is what those teams have done this year: Troy: Lost at Arkansas 46-26, lost at Florida 59-31, lost at Georgia 44-34 and beat Oklahoma State (5th Big 12 South) at home 41-23. Central Michigan: Lost at home to I-AA North Dakota State 44-14, lost at Kansas 52-7, lost at Purdue (9th Big 10) 45-22, lost at Clemson 70-14. Miami (OH): Gave Minnesota (last Big 10) it's only win 41-35, lost at home to Cincinnati 47-10, lost at Colorado 42-0, beat Syracuse at home 17-14. UCF (which probably has the best case out of these teams): beat North Carolina State on the road (last, ACC Atl) 25-23, lost at home to Texas 35-32, lost at South Florida 64-12. I don't know about you, but I don't really want to see first round games featuring any of these teams. Like I said, you want to set a provision so any non-BCS team in the top whatever-you-want-it-to-be get an automatic bid to accommodate 2007 Hawaii, 2006 Boise State, 2004 Utah, go right ahead, I'm all for it. But to just give them all automatic berths regardless of their record is a waste of a spot. By the same token, to give a 2005 Florida State and 2004 Pittsburgh automatic berths simply for winning their conferences is also a waste. but what a tournament like that would do is narrow the gap in talent between the BCS schools and smaller schools. if you were a kid and were being courted by a top Sun Belt school and a bottom Big 10 or Big East school, where would you go (knowing that winning the Sun Belt would put you in the tourney)? using the college basketball analogy, couldn't a tourney like this turn some smaller school into the Gonzaga of football? no one heard of Gonzaga before a couple of cinderella runs in the tourney, and now their recruiting is way up and they are perennial top 25 teams.

nothing on Rotoworld yet

wins don't matter, write Meph? What are we writing him about? son of a

what if instead of signing Matsui, we just tell Fukodome that we'll install a DDR machine in the player's lounge

well, the Big East is like 87 teams and the SEC is only 12, so...

i am 100% with him in this article. that would be amazing

DePaul drew Vanderbilt in the BE/SEC matchups. could've been worse

6 of the last 7 Heisman winners have been QB's. The only non-QB to win was Reggie Bush in 2005. and of those 6, one (Palmer) has a real career in the NFL while a second (Leinart) may do well. Weinke, Crouch, White and Smith...ha ha ha the best part is that you would cut off your own leg to have any of those four at the end there quarterbacking for Penn State QB is not usually a strong point at this program, this is true. blame Paterno for that. he doesn't really like them. If he could find a RB who could throw, he'd probably just direct snap it to him every down and pass it only when necessary

i can see them taking KU over Missouri, if only because the "two losses vs. one loss" mentality will be in full effect

and Scott Brosius is a true Yankee! :lol:

You're being sarcastic, right? This year's draft is supposed to be totally stacked at the lottery positions. less sarcastic than ignorant I guess. is the assumption that all the freshmen this year (Gordon, Mayo, etc.) will come out? Yes Gordon Rose Mayo Love Beasley etc... seeing how much my two teams suck (DePaul/PSU) I haven't paid a ton of attention to those guys. I usually don't know about the "big names" until tourney time This draft is going to be very talented if all the freshman leave. Ive already said I would prefer the Bulls to tank the rest of the season to get a high draft pick because these kids coming out will be better than anybody on our roster. who are the big men coming out (besides Hibbert, who the jury is out on)?

6 of the last 7 Heisman winners have been QB's. The only non-QB to win was Reggie Bush in 2005. and of those 6, one (Palmer) has a real career in the NFL while a second (Leinart) may do well. Weinke, Crouch, White and Smith...ha ha ha

maybe Tim needs to register IlliniHatesHoosiers.com

it would be the first time ever a team finished 16 games out of first in the NFL

if just being at an airport counts, I've been to Germany. if landing at an airport but not leaving the plane before taking off again counts, I've been to Dallas and Los Angeles

You're being sarcastic, right? This year's draft is supposed to be totally stacked at the lottery positions. less sarcastic than ignorant I guess. is the assumption that all the freshmen this year (Gordon, Mayo, etc.) will come out? Yes Gordon Rose Mayo Love Beasley etc... seeing how much my two teams suck (DePaul/PSU) I haven't paid a ton of attention to those guys. I usually don't know about the "big names" until tourney time

wins don't matter, write Meph?

You're being sarcastic, right? This year's draft is supposed to be totally stacked at the lottery positions. less sarcastic than ignorant I guess. is the assumption that all the freshmen this year (Gordon, Mayo, etc.) will come out?

i don't really want another lottery pick. the draft won't be as deep this year in all likelihood. i want my superstar