College Football - Live Thread - Week EIGHT

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[Boston Blackie]

Nice how the Notre Dame clock operator started the clock well before the snap, even though the UCLA player went out of bounds on the kickoff.

It was important enough for you too question the integrity of the "Notre Dame clock operator" insinuating that Notre Dame cheated..

America's most overrated team squeaks out a win at home against another half-ass team

Maybe they should schedule traditional national powers like...

North Texas

Rice

Iowa State

Sam Houston State

Baylor

Texas Tech

Kansas State

No half-ass teams in this monster group.

[Boston Blackie]

...how about this: Undefeated Michigan beats undefeated OSU, but the BCS keeps OSU at #2 for a rematch a month later.

Great scenario...OSU victory in national championship game would create a situation where a Big 10 team wins the national championship but NOT the conference championship.... happened once before that a B10 team won national championship but not the conference championship.That would have every other conference screaming....and hopefully create a furor for a legitimate playoff for the national championship.

[MikefromOhio]

happened once before that a B10 team won national championship but not the conference championship.

When did that happen?

Oklahoma got into the BCS Championship without winning their conference championship, but it's NEVER happened with the Big Ten.

[Boston Blackie]

Long before the BCS. It Was WAY back in time when there was even more chaos in determining the national champion...it might have been before dirt was 'invented'.

1936...Northwestern Big 10 champion

1936...Minnesota national champion

http://www.collegefootballpoll.com/champions_bigten.html http://www.ncaa.org/champadmin/ia_football_past_champs.html

[Boston Blackie]

Sorry...screwed up the links

Big 10 champs click here to view

National champs click here to view

[MikefromOhio]

oh...I thought you were talking about the BCS.

anything really pre-1960 or so can be seriously screwed up.

Like a school can have several national championships, but they are from sources that aren't recognized.

it's weird...

[Boston Blackie]

It will remain weird until the NCAA creates a legitimate playoff. I believe the major bowls prevent this from happening...they don't want to kill their cash cows.

All is not lost because the flip side is that WE have the privilage of ranking (insulting) each others teams,coaches, conferences and whatever else we can think of. What a system!

[rockthecasbah]

Cal looked very beatable on Saturday against Wash, so did ND against UCLA. I agree with you that SC looks beatable (I'd say due to large # of injuries) but nothings a given.

SC just sent 11 players to the NFL, has over 20 freshmen on the roster, 20+ players on the injured list and is still 6-0. Pretty remarkable when you think about it

[MikefromOhio]

yeah....but they look a lot like a version of Ohio State from 2000.

they started 5-0 and didn't look great in each game, but they got the job done.

The teams look very similar to me.