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The final scores of both games would make a big difference, but I think Auburn and South Carolina would be very close to each other for that 2nd spot. I can't remember the obligation of the bowls when it comes to the standings, but if they can the Sugar might pick Auburn anyways even if USC was slightly in front in the standings. maybe im biased here but does Auburn have a greater level of national interest than USC? Both fanbases will travel enough for that aspect to be a wash and Clowney being a top pick and national storyline I might choose to invite USC. Also, Auburn is hosting gameday this week and the ratings for this Iron Bowl are going to be enormous. Lots of people are going to watch Bama decimate Auburn. Conversly, if USC Clemson goes the gamecock's way, than Id think USC would be a good Suger Bowl Matchup at #4 or #5 in the BCS after passing up Stanford, Baylor, Mizzou, Clemson and maybe Auburn and maybe Ok St.
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Doesn't the Cotton Bowl go to an SEC West team? It always does, but it's not a contractual requirement. No bowl game is contracted to a single division. Well, that has to be the logic they're using since Mizzou will end up better than LSU. Maybe not. A bad loss this week or in the SEC title game might drop them below LSU even with LSUs 3 losses. Losing your last game hurts most unfortunately. If Mizzou and USC both win their games this weekend South Carolina will get the second SEC BCS slot, assumign Bama is able to smash Auburn and then Mizzou.
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I think Mich is like a 10pt line so its like a 4-1 proposition that they can upset OSU. Definately possible. Gamecocks are a 5.5 favorite, play at home very well, Clemson got eviscerated by the only good team they have played and USC has won this game 4-5 times in a row. Mizzou A&M is tough because A&M looked really awful saturday and im afraid that JFF might be injured. Hopefully A&M can pull this off and hopefully Manziel plays well enough to prevent AJ Mccaron from winning a heisman. Hes like a bad version of Ken Dorsey and I really dont want him to win it. Unfortunately Alabama will overmatch Auburn. Auburn is a great story this year but they are overrated and will get absolutely destroyed.
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I havent seen anything. What are they doing/saying?
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Yea. His silly list also left off the 3 florida programs that have had as much or more success than bama over the last 20 years.
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Didnt they vacate a couple of years because of that team? And the only other good season here or there prior to Sarkesian is mired in incredibly underhanded dealings in the neihiesel era. But to show what Sark's 5yr run is compared to the previous 5yrs: (for this i have assumed they go 1-2 the rest ofn this year) total wins: 33 vs 12 PAC wins: 23 vs 6 Bowl Apearences: 4 vs 0 Weeks Ranked: 9 vs 0 He has essentially turned them from horrendous to competitive and had a hugely positive impact on the program which was an absolute joke prior to him takign the job.
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Are you kidding? Hes done a great job at a place where coaches go to die.
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USC should go big on this hire. Get a guy who has absoltuely proven he can lead a winning program and pay him an ungodly amount to coach the team. Coach O has had a nice interim record but I would absolutely not Quade him because they eeked out a last second win against an overrated Stanford team. Even if they beat an overrated UCLA team. Im not sure that Lane wouldnt have done the same. I think Orgeron is good at what he does and they should try to convince him to stay. If I were USC than I would focus on bringing back Sarkesian or going for Sumlin and I would absolutely stay away from Del Rio.
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While I agree with you; its the defacto AP system. They take the preseason rankings and go from there.
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But you really have to justify moving Baylor ahead of OSU and not vice versa. OSU started the year in the poll position and has (with the exception of the NW game) dominated every opponent. To the point that the illini briefly closing the game to 13 points is considered struggling mightily. Bottom line is its unheard of that a team would start #2 in the pre season polls, basically tear through their schedule and get passed by a preseason unranked team. The narrative all year has been against OSU and IMO its been pretty unfair.
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After this year Ferentz will likely have averaged 6-7 losses per year for 4 years. Iowa could do better than that, and probably would if they hadn't given Ferentz the worst buyout in sports. You believe Iowa has averaged 6-7 losses per year because of a buyout? Being relevant on a national basis 1-2 times per decade is pretty much all Iowa can hope for, and they have gotten that out of Ferentz. They average 6.25 losses per year for a 4-year stretch in the mid 2000s. They averaged 8 losses per year during the period they moved from Hayden Fry to Ferentz. They averaged 7.8 losses during the 70s. Iowa cannot reasonably expect to do better than what they've done with Ferentz. Agreed. Its a real lack of perspective if you think Ferentz hasnt done a great job at Iowa. Hes put together a competitive team every year and has an outstanding bowl record. This year even, they have lost copetitive games to 4 ~#15 teams and won @ minnesota. Hes not getting fired.
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I wanna talk for a second about what appears to be a ton of hive-mind regarding the big ten in general and Ohio St in particular. Baylor came into the year unranked, has played exactly two road games (one against pathetic KU and one against K state). I would equate the K-state game with the northwestern game. An ugly win against a fair opponent in their only road game vs a competent opponent. They have the win against OU which will probably end up looking less impressive as the weeks move on. On the other side everybody seemed to decide that OSU doesn’t look good. Ohio St would slaughter Baylor. Wisconsin would beat Baylor. Baylor has made a name for itself by running up the score on terrible teams and having a schedule where they have played 7 out of 9 games at home. Art Briles has been around for a while its not like he just rose from the ashes of branch dividion this year.
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Ferentz should, and I think does, have the Iowa job until he doesnt want it anymore. Hes been pretty much rock solid for them for 15 years and had opportunities to leave for better jobs. Iowa is not going to do better. Hoke is a completely different story, has a much weaker track record and is at a school that considers itself Ohio State's football equal.
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ASU got a gift in the wisconsin game. ASU is this year's oregon state. UCLA is also overrated.
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Thats kinda cherry-picking. I could say that the gamecocks are the only team to give two top 18 teams their only loss. Beside ASU and UCLA play on saturday so stanford will only hold that distinction for a few days. Bottom line they lost to a bad team and a mediocre team. USC is ranked now, so how mediocre are they, really? And ND is the only other team to defeat 3 currently-ranked teams, so if you want me to extend to the top 25, the point still stands. Stanford has far, FAR better wins than Oklahoma State or Michigan State. Moreover, if you consider USC mediocre, than what do you think of three-loss ND (MSU's loss) and SEVEN-loss West Virginia (Oklahoma State's)? USC is a decent team i shouldnt have called them mediocre. I expected USC to beat Stanford and I hope they beat ASU. A road loss to ND is a pretty forgiveable loss in my opinion and although the teams arent ranked the wins at Iowa, at nebraska and the beatdown of michigan are impressive wins. Bottom line is I think the PAC 12 is trash and it gets a pass because people assume STanford and Oregon are great teams and a few other pac teams get ranked by racking up wins against bad teams.
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Thats kinda cherry-picking. I could say that the gamecocks are the only team to give two top 18 teams their only loss. Beside ASU and UCLA play on saturday so stanford will only hold that distinction for a few days. Bottom line they lost to a bad team and a mediocre team.
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They should be careful how much they pump up Baylor becausen when Ok St beats them then you pretty much have to put Ok St in the top 5 with a very legit shot at a mythical national championship.
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How is Stanford ahead of Ok St and Mich St in the BCS coming off a second loss? The Pac 12 is a very circular argument and if Oregon slides into the BCS title game its gonna suck.
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Week 11 - Bears (5-4) vs Baltimore (4-5) - 12:00 PM, CBS
Ryne Ween replied to CaliforniaRaisin's topic in Other Sports
lo pan fan has absolutely lost his mind over this one. -
Week 11 - Bears (5-4) vs Baltimore (4-5) - 12:00 PM, CBS
Ryne Ween replied to CaliforniaRaisin's topic in Other Sports
Thats not what happened. -
Week 11 - Bears (5-4) vs Baltimore (4-5) - 12:00 PM, CBS
Ryne Ween replied to CaliforniaRaisin's topic in Other Sports
this guy has no business coaching an nfl team. -
Vandy's reputation has definitely taken a hit these days, especially considering their rape scandal. jeez. well behave yourselves northwestern, you're our only hope. Not if yo count negligent homicides.
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Yes the Criminoles.
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If by not do any favors you mean not ignore blatant theft bar fighting and duis and janikowski I guess. Free shoes U's widespread academic fraud under bowden I guess is not technically legal but yea I'd guess fsu has a decent handke on Tallahassee police but I guess I don't actually know and neither do you.
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Letterman is all you ever need.