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To: subterfuge
I was awaiting a comment like this.

I agree that all teams in the top 16 have a question about how they would fare against Mizzou or WVU.

All college football fans across the country should start screaming for a play off system. The top 16 ranked teams should be allowed to compete with the top two meeting in Jan for the championship.

9 posted on 11/26/2007 9:03:52 AM PST by jdietz ("There's small Revenge in Words, but Words may be greatly revenged" Ben Franklin)
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To: jdietz
West Virginia embracing life at the top

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If Ohio State fans want to avoid an upset stomach, they might not want to root too hard for Oklahoma to beat No. 2 Kansas or No. 4 Missouri in next week's Big 12 Championship Game in San Antonio. The No. 5 Buckeyes should really save themselves from being embarrassed for the second season in a row.

The Buckeyes' national title hopes seemed lost when they fell to Illinois 28-21 on Nov. 10. Then Oregon, Oklahoma and finally LSU lost while the Buckeyes watched. But Ohio State's chances of winning the BCS title are still fleeting, at best. Even if the Buckeyes use the back door to the Louisiana Superdome by finishing in the top two of the final BCS standings, they don't stand a chance against West Virginia.

After Florida ran up and down the field against a better Ohio State team in a 41-14 win in the 2006 BCS Championship Game, the Mountaineers might actually lap the Buckeyes on the Bayou. The Mountaineers are really that fast.

Think Gators quarterback Tim Tebow can run? White runs better.

"I'm biased," Rodriguez said. "I think he's the best football player in the country. Pat has done it his whole career. He makes plays when plays aren't there, and when plays are there, he makes them better."

Think Florida receiver Percy Harvin is fast? Devine and Slaton are faster. Collectively, no other team in the country has as much speed as the Mountaineers.

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11 posted on 11/26/2007 9:22:12 AM PST by the_devils_advocate_666
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To: jdietz
The top 16 ranked teams should be allowed to compete

And then you would have the number 17 team moaning because they were left out.

I still think the best thing to do is divide all teams into 16 conferences of 16 teams. Let each conference be divided into two divisions with a one game League Conference championship game.

From there, you would have a 16 team 'Tournament of Champions'.

Polls would be eliminated from a roll in determining the champion.

24 posted on 11/26/2007 11:01:47 AM PST by Michael.SF. ("democrat" -- 'one who panders to the crude and mindless whims of the masses " - Joseph J. Ellis)
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To: jdietz
"The top 16 ranked teams"

Screw rankings, they're political anyway, just have the conference champs in a play-off. Three weeks tops.

36 posted on 11/26/2007 1:53:07 PM PST by Pietro
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To: jdietz

That is why I have been promoting the idea of having a bracket system in place for the college football the way they do it for the basketball.


38 posted on 11/26/2007 1:56:19 PM PST by Biggirl (A biggirl with a big heart for God's animal creation, with 4 cats in my life as proof. =^..^=)
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