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Wow, how bad was Aardsma? Last I heard he was "Mr. Future Closer". Did he get teed up on in the minors this year? -
ROTOWORLD's latest take (sorry if it's a repost):
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Skiles loves having certain guys come off the bench. Deng, Gordon, and last year Chandler. Reminds me of when Phil Jackson would always start Ron Harper, but Steve Kerr would always end up with more minutes
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I don't mind if Penn State looses as long as they don't lose.
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So a 1 loss WVU is in. However if they lose to South Florida they are out, even though they have a better all around record then SF, in the same conference? If they lose to South Florida and South Florida wins their other two games, yes, because conference record trumps overall record (unless you're at-large or independent)
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Awesome huh? If FSU wins the ACC some team is going to get really screwed out of a spot they deserve. Didn't FSU go to a BCS game a few years ago with a 7-4 record? Question: Does every team have the same requirements as ND? The reason I ask is because if scUM beats O$U, they could very well be in the BCS top twelve with 8 wins, not the 9 required for ND. I'm guessing 9 wins is not a requirement for conference teams, but I may be wrong. If Penn State loses and Michigan beats O$U, Michigan would be in at 8-3. FSU would be in at either 9-3 (if they beat Florida and Miami/Va Tech) or 8-4 (if they lose to Florida but win the ACC title). South Florida could also be in with 3 losses if they win out. But the scenerio I wondered about was what if Penn State wins, and scUM wins out. Penn State is in, but Is scUM eligible for a BCS game? No, probably not, as they wouldn't be anywhere near the top 12 in the BCS rankings.
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Maybe it's 9 wins and top 12 in BCS for at large bids, and since ND has to be at-large, that's why it's a higher win total for them every year. Now if Miami, LSU and/or Texas somehow lose their conference title games, the BCS is going to have a huge mess on it's hands
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Awesome huh? If FSU wins the ACC some team is going to get really screwed out of a spot they deserve. Didn't FSU go to a BCS game a few years ago with a 7-4 record? Question: Does every team have the same requirements as ND? The reason I ask is because if scUM beats O$U, they could very well be in the BCS top twelve with 8 wins, not the 9 required for ND. I'm guessing 9 wins is not a requirement for conference teams, but I may be wrong. If Penn State loses and Michigan beats O$U, Michigan would be in at 8-3. FSU would be in at either 9-3 (if they beat Florida and Miami/Va Tech) or 8-4 (if they lose to Florida but win the ACC title). South Florida could also be in with 3 losses if they win out.
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and hate Florida State
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your potential ACC champ and Orange Bowl rep is not even in the top 25. sweet and let me adsd that i'm shocked that LSU didn't jump Penn St. Not that they should have, mind you...
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can we go one day w/o the Notre Dame vs. Everyone Else fighting?
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Holliday Bowl was my generic "disappointing, non-BCS bowl"
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I'd call this a big game, since the outcome determines the winner of the Big Ten... there's certainly more on the line than OU-TT, for example. I know, but I didn't want to be killed for showing PSU bias. Sadly, if PSU loses, there is no way they can win the conference. It's win at East Lansing or hello Holliday Bowl
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Only a few more games left... BIG GAMES ------------- (16) Fresno St. @ (1) USC ( 8 ) Alabama @ (11) Auburn (9) Ohio St. @ (17) Michigan Oklahoma @ (21) Texas Tech OTHER GOOD TOP 25 GAMES ---------------------------------- GA Tech @ (3) Miami (5) Penn St. @ Michigan St. (7) Virginia Tech @ Virginia Clemson @ (19) S. Carolina TOP 25 MISMATCHES ------------------------ (4) LSU @ Mississippi Syracuse @ (6) Notre Dame Oregon St. @ (10) Oregon (12) Texas Tech @ Oklahoma St. Kentucky @ (14) Georgia (23) Boston College @ Maryland UAB @ (24) UTEP OTHER IMPORTANT CONFERENCE GAMES ------------------------------------------------ Missouri @ Kansas St. Minnesota @ Iowa N. Illinois @ Toledo California @ Stanford I'll edit the Rankings when the BCS comes out later today.
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When you have an endless pool of minor league talent to fill your lineup holes with, it doesn't take a genius to win. His postseason managing, however, is atrocius. I can accept Guillen more, simply because he really made no managerial mistakes the entire post season. In the NL, I might have considered Frank Robinson or Ned Yost. In the AL, Mike Scoscia (sp?) or Eric Wedge. I can't understand this line of thinking. Call me crazy, but didn't Baker have a seemingly 'endless' pool of minor league talent to choose from when he got here? The difference is that Cox has the stones to actually play the rookies he is given. The guy has done a tremendous job down there, and in my mind this was by far his best season. He got his props, and deserved them. When did the Cubs have legitimate major league ready prospects at 2 OF positions, SS, 1B and catcher all at the same time?
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I'm guessing the new BCS will look like this: 1. USC 2. Texas 3. Miami 4. LSU 5. Penn St. 6. Alabama 7. Ohio St. 8. VA Tech 9. Notre Dame 10. Oregon
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Will LSU pass idle PSU in the BCS this week?
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illinois playing at UNC would probably be harder if UNC hadn't lost it's top 7 scorers from last year. They are struggling to just field a team right now, and will be VERY young.
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Based on 2005's numbers, I would gladly have had him in our pen...
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I haven't looked at DePaul' schedule, but with a new coach and no more Quemont Greer, I think they get OWNED by the Big East
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As someone who is hoping that Mizzou by several freak occurrences makes it to a BCS game with an 8-4 record, no. :P Here's your BCS nightmare, with all the possibilities except a couple already explained in this thread: Pac-10: Oregon Big 12: Missouri Big Ten: Penn State (no offense PSU, just that Mich and OSU have more national pull) ACC: 8-4 Florida State SEC: South Carolina (Is this even possible?) Big East: South Florida (don't laugh, if USF wins out, including beating WV, this is a reality) At-larges: UCLA/USC (If UCLA beat USC and won out I can't imagine either of them getting passed up; I'm assuming further nightmarish occurrences such as ND losing one of their last two) Ouch. Untrue. PSU has more national alumni than either of those schools. Penn State has a very "Cub-like" fan base, meaning they are everywhere (and will travel to bowls in flocks). It's actually more of a nightmare for the BCS if Michigan wins with it's 3 losses (which is possible if they beat O$U and Penn State loses next Saturday)
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So much for Penn State clinching a share of the title today
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Ok, it's Saturday. Time to bump this thread back up. Noon (EST) games include NU/OSU, Clemson/Florida St. and others. I'll probably catch some of the Northwestern game, then watch Alabama and LSU
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What 1-loss team would deserve to play in the Rose Bowl?
Derwood replied to Derwood's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
How do you figure? Michigan won fair and square Carr complained and they unjustly added two seconds to the clock. Time doesn't stop when the team calls timeout, it stops when the official calls it. Michigan won the game on a play with one second left. How do you know 2 seconds weren't miscounted at some point earlier in the game? It probably happens in almost every game. Enough so that 2 random seconds added at the end doesnt really factor in the decision. Penn State still should have stopped them and they didn't. Yes, that's why I don't particularly blame the refs in that game. Penn State didn't score a point in the entire first half, didn't defend the final kickoff very well, and simply didn't stop the Wolverines down the stretch. And of course, had there been 2 fewer seconds, Michigan would have called different plays. It's not like everything would have been exactly the same had the 2 seconds not been added. -
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