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Penn State paper and their twitter now saying sources are telling them they're headed to the Cap One and Iowa headed to Fiesta. Jerry Palm says Iowa to the Fiesta is a done deal.
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Here's what I'm hoping: Sugar picks Florida Fiesta picks Cincinnati Orange picks Iowa/PSU Fiesta picks TCU Sugar picks Boise State I see where you're coming from but it won't happen. Cincy is going to be the last pick. Consensus is that they'll travel the least of all these teams. Fiesta will either take Iowa or TCU first. I am getting a little worried about the Fiesta actually wanting this TCU/Boise matchup (still don't know why) and then the Orange picking PSU.
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Who do you want? It's 4 top 10 teams. Unless Penn State gets selected this should be the best group of BCS teams they've ever had. I think TCU vs. Georgia Tech is a really interesting matchup.
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Agreed. There's no payoff for the teams, plus probably less money involved. Supposedly they think it could be a huge tv ratings game but I don't see it. If Iowa gets selected over PSU, you'll have the top 10 teams in the BCS playing in the BCS bowls. That has to be a first doesn't it? National Championship- 1. Alabama vs. 2. Texas Sugar Bowl- 3. Cincy vs. 6. Florida Fiesta Bowl- 5. Boise State vs. 9. Iowa Orange Bowl- 4. TCU vs. 10. Georgia Tech Rose Bowl- 7. Oregon vs. 8 Ohio State.
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I don't understand all of this media push for a Boise vs. TCU matchup in the Fiesta Bowl. There was basically no one projecting that until the last 24 hours and now it's everywhere. I can't see how they sell as many tickets as a matchup involving a Big Ten team. The teams don't gain nearly as much by beating each other as they would by beating an AQ. Plus much of the national appeal for tv ratings is seeing the little guy beat the big guy.
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Every game today was [expletive] awesome. Except the Florida/Alabama game which was awesome because we got to see Tebow cry and Urban throw a fit. Now put Iowa in the BCS and we'll call it a weekend.
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I know, what the hell? Used to think Tedford was an outstanding coach.
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Had surgery this afternoon, could be serious. Was having really bad migraines going back to Thanksgiving. Rumor at Carver was some kind of brain artery surgery, possibly due to some kind of aneurysm. Athletic department being fairly vague and quiet about things. Team won by like 30 but that's pretty scary.
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Marc Morehouse, the best connected sportswriter in Iowa said earlier this week that he felt there was a 30% chance Iowa went to the Fiesta, 60% to the Cap One and 10% to the Orange Bowl. He was fairly confident it would be PSU. Today he says after talking to his people, he feels it's 90% to the Fiesta, 6% to the Orange and 4% to the Cap One. This is all dependent upon Texas beating Nebraska. If not it would come down to Iowa/PSU over Boise which would be a bad deal.
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What in the world are you talking about? This has nothing to do with "my team" nor am I pissy about anything. You were ranting about how awful field turf is while I and other Bears fans were telling you Soldier Field has been awful for years. As if today's surfaces were somehow related to the garbage that was astroturf. It's not a big deal, I was just curious why you were so adamant this summer that the Bears should never switch to that junk but now it's okay. Whether it was awful from the first game or not, it's been consistently terrible from October on for years. They should make the switch if they can't maintain it.
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*sigh* I really prefer grass, but given the inability of the Bears and Park District to make it work effectively, they may have no choice here. That field is becoming an embarrasing topic too often, and way too early in the season too. So why could you not see that when you were vehemently arguing against that this past summer? The basis of my argument was that turf sucks, because it does. But the inability of the Bears and Park District to have the field playable even in September is a whole other issue. I'm talking specifically about Soldier Field. Myself and others said that the FieldTurf in the dome was probably better than Soldier Field most of the year. You said there's no way any FieldTurf is better than grass. Nothing has changed between now and then. Soldier Field's surface is just as bad as it's been for years.
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*sigh* I really prefer grass, but given the inability of the Bears and Park District to make it work effectively, they may have no choice here. That field is becoming an embarrasing topic too often, and way too early in the season too. So why could you not see that when you were vehemently arguing against that this past summer?
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Those teams have a lot of speed but that was terrible defense also. Awful tackling. Exciting game though.
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Decent breakdown on Cutler: http://www.footballoutsiders.com/cover-3/2009/cover-1-whats-wrong-jay-cutler
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Michigan is going to be the one that costs us. It would be extremely sweet for Wisconsin to hang on but I don't see it.
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Way to go Illini, Tisdale was a beast in the last minute. [expletive] you Michigan and Minnesota. Ohio State should win so it's going to come down to Wisconsin beating Duke at home which I don't expect to happen. Same garbage every year.
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Who said he's going to Iowa? What the [expletive]?
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[expletive]. We finally hit our shots and we lose because our freaking transition d was terrible and we gave up too many offensive boards. Didn't help that we got bent over at home a few times in critical situations. That sucks. The ACC is gonna end up scumming this thing out 6-5 again.
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Big Ten has got this. We'll have 4 wins by the end of the night.
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http://virginiatech.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1022672 Virginia Tech's rivals site picks Iowa to win. If the Hawks can pull the upset there should be no way the Big Ten loses this year.
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Yeah I think they're definitely the two most complete teams. I don't think much support exists for this thesis. The Vikings have played one of the easiest schedules in the NFL -- the easiest in the entire NFL per Sagarin (the Colts have the twelfth most difficult). Their best win was a 2-point win against a 6-5 team, their loss a 10-point loss to another 6-5 team. Despite that, they've allowed 19 more points on the season than the Colts, and have only outscored their opponents by 19 more points total. Looking at advanced statistics, the Saints just jumped the Colts for No. 1 in team efficiency, with the Vikings ranked eighth (the Vikings are two spots ahead of the Colts in offense, but 12 spots behind in defense) (see http://www.advancednflstats.com/2009/12/team-efficiency-rankings-week-13.html). I'm not entirely sure what the Vikings have done to distinguish themselves from the Colts. Edit: I totally forgot that the Packers are somehow 7-4, so those would be the Vikings best wins. That was not meant to be an intentional misrepresentation. I apologize for that. That's fair. Indy has certainly played a much tougher schedule. I'm probably just putting too much weight on their slow starts and the holes they've dug in the last month or so. The end results have been impressive.
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Eh, Va Tech is bad also. Not as bad as Iowa but still bad. Delaware just took them to overtime. They've won 3 games against awful teams without huge margins. They're a terrible offensive team. Also one of these nights Iowa is going to just go crazy and hit a ton of 3's. They're good shooters getting open looks but not making anything. I would be scared to bet on any team like that who shoots so many 3's. I think they might win.
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holy smokes When the city shuts down at noon so everyone has 7+ hours to party before the game, it better get loud. That was just so odd.
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Yeah I think they're definitely the two most complete teams.
