Posted on 11/08/2013 4:57:53 AM PST by C19fan
For the third time in five years, Stanford stunned an Oregon team with legitimate national championship aspirations. For the second consecutive year, the Cardinal might have knocked the Ducks out of a Rose Bowl berth as well. And as a result, the Pac-12 won't be playing for the national championship for the seventh time in the BCS's final eight years.
Stanford's upset victory, coupled with Baylor's pasting of Oklahoma in a pair of Thursday night Top 10 showdowns, sent a shockwave through the top of the BCS even before the weekend. (They might have to cancel classes in Tallahassee and Columbus on Friday.)
This much is clear: Alabama and Florida State, atop the Week 11 BCS standings, will control their respective destinies. If either team wins out, it'll be playing in Pasadena on Jan. 6. Then, after that, it gets a bit messy.
(Excerpt) Read more at bleacherreport.com ...
Explain to me again how Stanford lost to Utah.
I’ll post to this thread when I get this bag off my head and maybe I can see better.
LOVED IT.... especially Baylor absolutely CRUSHING OU!!
especially on D!
Disappointed in the Duckies.. they should have done better...
Roll Tide
Explain to me again how Stanford lost to Utah.
Which is why Stanford losing to an UNRANKED and pathetic Utah team will not rise higher than an undefeated Ohio State. Right now it is AL & FSU in the Championship unless one or both stumble down the stretch.
I feel for you after BYU
(Hey, that rhymes)
Notre Dame isn’t good enough to hate anymore so this year I have Baylor. No excuses, but Stoops isn’t up to the job anymore (if he ever was) but there was a lot of home cookin’ going on.
Just curious, but who came up with the silly THE names for universities? There is nothing special or notable about any who have this appellation applied.
Ohio State should have copyrighted the THE. They still have the Best Damn Band In The Land though.
I don’t undrstand Bama’s no. 1 ranking other than the sportswriters’ bias in favor of the SEC. Bama has played only two ranked teams — only oneof which was top ten — including an overrated Texas A&M that it barely beat. Sure, Stanford lost to a mediocre Utah, but it has also beaten five ranked teams including a no. 9 and and no. 3. Ohio has only played two ranked teams, none of which were top ten, and up until last night, Baylor has had a patsy schedule. As of this morning, I rank the top five as:
FSU
Alabama
Stanford
Ohio
Oregon
THE Ohio State band - that is something I could see.
It seemed to me that the Ducks beat themselves. They had a dropped pass, an overthrown pass, and a critical goal line fumble. At least two of these things could have been scores if the plays were completed. The player who said they would put up 40 points against Stanford evidently “misspoke.”
dam i wish LSU hadn’t sent all their defense into the NFL last year... otherwise i could even give points on this one!
enjoy the game.
If we get Florida State versus Alabama in the final BCS Championship Game, at least it will be two college football powers that have enjoyed considerable success in the last 30 years.
Yeah. When somebody does, please share it with me. I couoldn’t believe what I was seeing.
I’m a Bama fan, and always thought Oregon was a little over-rated. But only a little. This blew me away.
I read the article, and the comments.
I have one question: Why does everyone keep assuming that Bama is going to drop one. My prediction is that it doesn’t happen.
I could be wrong. “There’s never a bronco that couldn’t be rode, and never a cowboy that couldn’t be throwed”.
It just seems very unlikely.
Roll Tide, Roll.
And a merry “rammer jammer” to you
An 0-12 Notre Dame is PLENTY good enough to hate on.
Ok, I’ll re-hate them.
:)
There ya go
:)
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