Posted on 01/01/2007 9:55:59 PM PST by misterrob
Best end to a college game I have ever seen!!!
I think the best way to do a playoff in a manner that can accomodate teams like BSU is to have a play-in, during the month of December between the conference champions of the 2-nd tier Division I-A conferences (Mountain West, MAC, WAC, Sun Belt and C-USA), the winner out of that tournament gets a shot at the big boys in January. That guarantees that every Division I-A team has an opportunity to win the championship if they run the table.
Shades of Duriel Harris to Tony Nathan against the Chargers in 1982.
Lets not get carried away. Ohio State, Florida, USC, LSU or Michigan would take them to the woodshed.
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You mean BSU should get a shot at Florida. :)
USC with two losses will be higher ranked than they will be. They blew out a highly regarded opponent on the national stage. They may get a number 5 ranking at best.
As a Gator, after last night, I'm not convinced Florida would take them to the woodshed, I think it would actually be a pretty close game. I don't see UF winning by more than a TD.
The same was said of Oklahoma by many. Don't forget, take away the terrible call at the end of the Oregon game and Oklahoma is ranked in the top three.
Michigan? Laughable.
First, your tagline is a real hoot!!
I concur with your remark about Koetter not winning "enough" games. Sometimes, I forget that college football is a "business", a big one and that money talks.
Koetter's fate sounds similar to that of Mike Shula, 'Bama's most recent coach. He did win 10 games last year, but what did him in was his unimaginative, uninspired play calling. He was the one who called all of the offensive plays even though they had a coordinator. His teams were undisciplined, so much so, that players backtalked coaches on the sidelines. Part of that was Shula's fault. But the final nail in the coffin was the loss to lowly Mississippi State and then the 5th straight loss to rival Auburn.
Shula, like Koettter, was shy and not very outgoing. He was a good recruiter but not so effective with alumni.
What is going to be interesting is to see what 'Bama will do if Saban turns down their offer.
Some Bama folks were clamoring for Dennis Erickson but many thought he had too many NCAA liabilities, something Bama is only too familiar with.
Yes, Michigan could in spite of the thrashing they took from the Trojans. They are a great team and were completely dominated last night and it could have been far worse than 32-18. The Rose Bowl result convinced me so far that Ohio State may have dodged a bullet. If USC played that great in a game for which they were supposedly unispired. How do you think they would have played in a game that means something?
The Trojans are very young and are going to be awesome next year.
What a see-saw that game turned out to be! I was screaming at my TV for the last half hour.
Way to go, Boise!
They clobbered the Beavers early in the year in Idaho. I think the result may have been different later in the year when OSU was playing great.
Yes, but what is the SEC's record against Big Ten teams so far?
Read an article this morning about a discussion of that play after the game that went something like this:
Player...."We practice that play every week for a few minutes, it's a fun play".
Another player..."Yeah but it usually doesn't work at practice".
Offensive coordinator...."It never works at practice".
He wears out his welcome wherever he goes.
But if Daddy is making over a million a year then the family goes wherever he does.
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