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Jason Bay OPS's 70 points less than JD Drew vs. LHP. I still think that most managers would have made that move. Let's just agree that Boston sucks a big one. I'm confident if Boston had up Ted Williams' severed head, he would have ripped a double off the green monster. batting right handed With his eyes closed

Drew Brees is the best QB in the league right now. Rivers has more yards per pass attempt, more touchdowns, and less interceptions. How is Brees better? Brees basically matches Rivers in everything. Brees has more yards. Brees has done all this without Colston and Shockey. Rivers still has LT, Gates, Chambers, Jackson around him. Brees these past weeks had... David Patten, Billy Miller, and Lance Moore.

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Drew Brees is the best QB in the league right now.

This is extremely true and I really doubt any of the three make it through without at least one more loss each. The original question, though, was IF all three did win out, who should go to the title game. should or will? If one of the reasons for no playoff is to preserve the sanctity of the regular season, then you have to take the undefeated team(s), right? If Penn State wins out, they should be in. If Penn State has one-loss, they should not get picked over a 1-loss Florida and 1-loss Texas team (if they lose) I tend to think Penn State would go if unbeaten (and it could definitely be justified), but it's also justifiable that Florida would be more deserving - given that they might have three better wins than Penn State would. But they lost a bad Ole Miss team! You can't just overlook their terrible loss. It's not overlooking it. It's putting more weight on three tougher wins than Penn State would have. The loss would definitely justify Penn State over Florida, but wins over Georgia, LSU and Alabama would justify Florida over Penn State. Neither would be a travesty is basically what I'm getting at. yeah but why is neutral field against georgia or home against lsu harder than at ohio state? because you think those teams are better? lsu's schedule consists of wins over app st, horrid north texas, @auburn (who you might have noticed is not good this year), 10 point win at home against mediocre miss st, and then completely pantsed by florida. georgia hasn't been too impressive either. Im guessing because the SEC is far and away better then the Big 10. Its not even close. Florida would have win's against LSU,Gerogia and Alabama. Penn State can't match that.

Come on Tampa.. don't blow this.

if penn st. goes undefeated but alabama and a big xii school also go undefeated, i wouldn't be pissed about penn st. not making the championship game. they play in stronger conferences. it's similar to if we hadn't given up the td with time expired against michigan in 2005; texas and usc were undefeated and were better teams than us. the system sucks, but given the system that's in place, you want the best undefeated teams from the best conferences to play for the championship. however, if penn st wins out and florida goes to the championship game ahead of them, i'll be irate. it's not like florida will have a loss like ou's loss at texas on their resume, where you can say "well they just played a team that's tougher than any team psu played." they lost to friggin ole miss at home; penn st has plenty of games that are tougher than that and if they go undefeated, that'll mean they didn't crap themselves against an average team. If Florida wins out, they would of beat LSU (already), at Georgia, at Vandy, and who ever they play in the SEC championship game. By the end of the year, nobody's gona give a Howry about beating Vandy. By the end of the year, nobody is going to care about beating Wisconsin or Illinois either.

if penn st. goes undefeated but alabama and a big xii school also go undefeated, i wouldn't be pissed about penn st. not making the championship game. they play in stronger conferences. it's similar to if we hadn't given up the td with time expired against michigan in 2005; texas and usc were undefeated and were better teams than us. the system sucks, but given the system that's in place, you want the best undefeated teams from the best conferences to play for the championship. however, if penn st wins out and florida goes to the championship game ahead of them, i'll be irate. it's not like florida will have a loss like ou's loss at texas on their resume, where you can say "well they just played a team that's tougher than any team psu played." they lost to friggin ole miss at home; penn st has plenty of games that are tougher than that and if they go undefeated, that'll mean they didn't crap themselves against an average team. If Florida wins out, they would of beat LSU (already), at Georgia, at Vandy, and who ever they play in the SEC championship game.

No freakin way. NO.

Agreed. If they tried to be creative, it could work. You can still have all of the bowls as normal. Rotate the 4 majors as serving as sort of a national semi final with a +1 game coming from those two semifinals. Put all of the major bowls back on January 1st where they belong with the National Championship coming on that following Sunday/Monday/Tuesday. However it works to give them 7-10 days off. I don't want a big playoff, I just want 4 teams and that is it. I would want a 8 team. So you can get the big schools like USC,Ohio St, Texas blah blah blah. But also if there is a sneaky team like BYU (was) this year you could throw them in there and if you have a decent team from the ACC so they don't bitch they could be in it as well.

Come on Tampa...

Agreed. If they tried to be creative, it could work. using the bowls as a playoff wouldn't change the financial situation A playoff + a championship game would get alot of money.

Buster mentioned the Brewers. :beg:

Here...we...go.

If Penn St. wins out and you don't make the NC game are you going to be pissed?

They could still have bowls with a playoff system.

This is extremely true and I really doubt any of the three make it through without at least one more loss each. The original question, though, was IF all three did win out, who should go to the title game. should or will? If one of the reasons for no playoff is to preserve the sanctity of the regular season, then you have to take the undefeated team(s), right? If Penn State wins out, they should be in. If Penn State has one-loss, they should not get picked over a 1-loss Florida and 1-loss Texas team (if they lose) I tend to think Penn State would go if unbeaten (and it could definitely be justified), but it's also justifiable that Florida would be more deserving - given that they might have three better wins than Penn State would. One of the two teams would feel screwed, which is the reason for the desire for a playoff system. the only people who desire the playoff system are the fans, media, and maybe 1/2 the coaches. The universities and NCAA want nothing to do with it. Not having a playoff system to end a season is one of the dumbest things in sports.

Grand Slam?

Did anyone see the new iPhone commercial that last break? :-))

I just want to get this series over and the ws over with ASAP so that the offseason can start. I love baseball and im loving the post season but please go faster.

I don't hear the stupid Boston fan's booing now.

I have an idea. You guys might of heard of it before so im not making this up. In some college sports and pro sports, at the end of each regular season they do this thing called a *playoff* or maybe its PAYoff im not sure, anyways. Its crazy, they take the best teams from each sport and they play it out to see who deserves the title. Maybe college football should try it?

This series has been a butt kicking. This is like the kid who got picked on in like 1st grade, decided he was not going to take it anymore. Worked out, and by the time high school came around the kid decided to beat the hell out of the bully. And not just beat him up but the Rays are giving the Red Sox a curb stomping right now.

penn state, i would hope. i'm pretty sure that penn state will have a handful of wins tougher than a home game against ole miss. in other news, byu is getting absolutely crushed. they're not playing well, but tcu is very good. the mountain west is probably better than the big east this year. Beating Illinois and Wisconsin is not a big deal. maybe, but losing at home to ole miss IS a big deal. Very true, but winning the SEC would be a big deal.