Posted on 12/03/2006 2:41:24 PM PST by BurbankKarl
There isn't going to be a rematch.
No. 1 Ohio State will play No. 2 Florida, not Michigan, for the Bowl Championship Series national title on Jan. 8 in Glendale, Ariz.
According to a BCS source, Florida moved from fourth to second today ahead of No. 3 Michigan in the final BCS standings.
An official announcement will come this evening in a televised unveiling on Fox.
The news means that USC will play Michigan, not Louisiana State, in the Rose Bowl on Jan. 1.
LSU had pre-sold more than 42,000 tickets in advance of making its first-ever Rose Bowl appearance, but UCLA's upset win over previously No. 2 USC on Saturday, coupled with Florida's win over Arkansas in the Southeastern Conference championship game, changed the final pairings.
The BCS bowl lineup is now expected to be:
Rose: USC vs. Michigan.
Sugar: Notre Dame vs. LSU.
Orange: Louisville vs. Wake Forest.
Fiesta: Oklahoma vs. Boise State.
Florida's jump over No. 3 Michigan, which was idle Saturday and has not played since a three-point loss to No. 1 Ohio State on Nov. 18, likely will cause more uproar in BCS circles.
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I nominate you as worst fan of the year.
LOL isnt that the truth
I agree.
The smart money was also on USC yesterday, though. ;-)
OSU may have something to say about that...
HEre are the offical BCS ratings
http://www.footballfoundation.com/pdf/bcs06/120306l.pdf
Of Fl , you bet. Sorry I support what is right , if you don't like what I post don't read them. I am in here to stay!
God, do I remember that massacre, and how sick I felt at the end of it. That Nebraska team has to be included on any serious list of the greatest college football teams ever. They would have destroyed anyone they would have faced in that game.
Well, the best solution would be a playoff. But, as said before by others and myself here: All Michigan had to do was win; they didn't and neither did USC.
At least with a rematch we would have found out .We will never know now will we. At least not this year thanks to cry baby Fl. , who cries rematch all the time. Figure that one out. But then again I am so bad because I know what is right and what is wrong. Look you have to stand for what you believe or you stand for nothing at all.Me I a m proud to say I take my stand , no matter what or who does not like it,
Woo Hoo!!!
God, Auburn's tied with Notre Dame for #10! Please don't let them get hosed again.
Oh come on this comment is so low , if you can own and operate a computer at least think of a better one then that. That is so old, that insult went out with the horse and buggy. How old are you?
Well, fine. Let's do it that way in the future. Why, we can have a whole year's worth of "do-over's" for every crucial game across the country. I'm sure Arkansas would love the chance to not muff that punt over again.
Boise should have played the overrated notre lame so the domers could have avoided another bowl blowout (they'd just lose by a margin of 4-6).
Don't talk about all Michigan had to do, talk about Fl rematch, who has the most rematches ? Guess who? You win , Fl.
But accusing the whole state of Florida of being complicit in the 9/11 attacks isn't?
Boise St. will beat OU.
And why not Fl does it all the time!
Tostitos Fiesta Bowl - Oklahoma vs. Boise State
Michigan had a chance to make the whole issue of their appearance or not moot a couple of weeks ago.
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The difference in a bowl game is a neutral field. Ohio State was at home. That is usually worth about three points. The difference in the game.
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