Outshined_One
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This is a strangely enjoyable game. I don't think this speaks well regarding Hawaii's talent, though...
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YEOWCH! That was close!
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I can see scenarios where teams might be willing to tank in order to get more favorable matchups in a potential playoff. how would you get a better matchup by losing? seems unlikely. Maybe it'd be a rare situation, but bear with me. Let's say a team is ranked #3 with the top two teams maintaining their spots. The #3 team matches up really well with the teams hovering around the 7-10 area, but really does not like any potential matchups with teams who could finish the season ranked #13. So, instead of going out and winning their conference championship game, they tank and attempt to move down a few spots in order to get the better draw. Again, it's unlikely, but not unheard of (see: NBA playoffs).
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I can see scenarios where teams might be willing to tank in order to get more favorable matchups in a potential playoff.
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I think the biggest difficulty there is that the conferences would throw a fit since that would basically cause teams to disregard winning their conferences in favor of trying to get ranked in the Top 16. Granted, I'd imagine the vast majority of conference champions would be ranked in the Top 16, but there's still the possibility that it might cause a conference champion to miss out.
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Ideally, I'd LOVE to see a 16 team playoff. I'd have it structured like: 6 BCS conference champion teams 6 second place teams in those BCS conferences 4 at large bids for teams that are either really good third place teams in their conferences or are non-BCS conference champions (if they have a good enough record) However, that system would involve 5 weeks' worth of playoffs, since the structure of football tends to ask for a week off between games. Alternatively, I could also see an 8 team playoff, with the same structure as above, only no second place teams and two at-large bids. However, considering the NCAA has a penchant for screwing things up in football, I could see them having a four team playoff using the teams ranked 1-4.
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This year has been unique in so many ways that I don't think you can count on this type of thing happening again. There've been years past where people have said that things got as bad as they could get...and yet, here we are. That was a TD.
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Meanwhile, Hawaii finally decides to make a ballgame out of this one. 28-14.
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This assumes LSU in the NC? Even if Georgia takes their place, the Sugar Bowl would still take LSU...right?
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Hawaii: Where being obese gets you a job as a mascot.
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OH-VER-RATE-ED! *Clap Clap Clap Clap Clap*
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This is turning into a laugher in a hurry.
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A heck of a lot of hell. Seriously, whoever gets chosen to be the #2 team, there will be a lot of complaints from a number of fans from a number of schools.
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Washington is the only team on there that I think would be likely to beat some of the lower echelon teams in the Big 10. Those other three teams are complete and utter jokes. I don't see how you can make a good argument for OSU's defense because they smacked around two of the worst teams in the MAC and the third best team in the Gateway Conference.
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OSU's non-conference schedule: Youngstown State Akron @Washington Kent State Washington is 4-8, with its four wins coming against Syracuse, Boise State, Stanford, and Cal. You cannot make a serious case for the other three being anything more than organizational fodder for the Buckeyes.
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*Flips to the Washington/Hawaii game* Time to see if the Rainbow Warriors crash the BCS party.
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Ohio State sucks. I'd argue they're the worst team of all the conference champions.
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RABBLE RABBLE RABBLE RABBLE RABBLE!!!!!
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Conference Champions and their losses: Ohio State: #15 Illinois OU (assuming status quo): Texas Tech and Colorado Southern Cal: Stanford and #17 Oregon Virginia Tech: #7 LSU and #11 Boston College WVU: #21 South Florida and Pittsburgh LSU: Arkansas and Kentucky Seriously, you can make a case for any of those five being #2 behind Ohio State. Heck, you could probably make a case that all five of those teams are markedly better than OSU!
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Heck, why not give consideration to WVU in that case? We're giving it to all of the other conference champions!
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I won't argue with this but it has happened twice in the last 6 years. Something worth noting: -Oklahoma played in their conference championship game and lost to Kansas State in 2003. At least they actually made it to their conference championship game. -Nebraska was shut out of their conference championship game in 2001.
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Then again, this could all be moot if Mizzou somehow wins tonight.
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Their case strengthens if OU loses, but considering the BCS expanded the potential pool of teams to play in the bowls, I really think the fact that OSU will be in the National Championship game, the Rose Bowl committee will give serious consideration to the second best Big 10 team. It's funny, considering Illinois would be a top 10 team if they hadn't lost to freaking Iowa. You realize Im saying I think U of I will be in the Rose right? Whoops, misread your post. :oops:
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Their case strengthens if OU loses, but considering the BCS expanded the potential pool of teams to play in the bowls, I really think the fact that OSU will be in the National Championship game, the Rose Bowl committee will give serious consideration to the second best Big 10 team. It's funny, considering Illinois would be a top 10 team if they hadn't lost to freaking Iowa.
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Virginia Tech has a more legitimate claim, considering the two games they lost were to ranked teams in LSU and BC. Oklahoma lost to Colorado and Texas Tech.
