Posted on 11/30/2006 2:29:05 PM PST by MikefromOhio
Weekend Thirteen cleared up the BCS title picture a bit. USC won convincingly against Notre Dame while Florida failed to get the style points needed to make a run at the Trojans and Wolverines. With Arkansas losing to LSU, Florida only theoretically has a chance at the title game. The weekend was not without surprises as Texas lost for the 2nd time in a row while West Virginia eliminated itself from Big East and BCS contention by losing to South Florida. The weekend also featured some great finishes with BYU, Georgia, Oklahoma and Tennessee pulling games out late. This week is Championship Week. The conference championship games for the MAC, Conference USA, ACC, SEC and Big XII will be played. Each of those games, along with the Army-Navy game, is the feature this week.
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The MAC champion goes to The Motor City Bowl in Detroit, MI to face either the 7th best Big Ten team or an at-large team. As the Big Ten is getting 2 into the BCS, it will be the at-large team. Central Michigan can score in bunches while Ohio is on a roll.
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The winner of this game goes to the Liberty Bowl to play against an SEC school while the loser of this game will most likely be heading to Mobile, Alabama for the GMAC bowl against a MAC team (probably Central Michigan). Houston lost a close game to USM earlier this season while it was still in the post-Miami funk after nearly defeating the Hurricanes in Miami.
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I can’t believe I’m actually going to pick this. Wake Forest is the better team. Georgia Tech has the weapons to win, but not the quarterback. Their defense will keep them in this game, but the pick is Wake. The winner goes to the Orange Bowl while the loser goes to the Chick-Fil-A bowl (formerly the Peach Bowl).
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The winner of this game is going to the Sugar Bowl unless Florida wins big and something absolutely screwy happens in the BCS. Arkansas must win this game to get into the BCS at all. Otherwise, LSU is going. It comes down to if Florida will be able to score consistently or if Arkansas will be able to make some plays through the air. Special teams will play a big factor in deciding this game. That favors Arkansas. With LSU not playing this weekend, the loser of this game is probably relegated to the Capital One bowl.
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The winner of this game is going to the Fiesta Bowl. A good old school match-up that will be played in the Big XII championship for the very FIRST time in the 10 year history of the conference. Since the loss to Texas back in October, Oklahoma has been on a roll. Nebraska, minus a slip up against Oklahoma State, has only lost to USC and Texas, which was a much better team at the time of the loss. I have to give the edge to Oklahoma. Bill Callahan gets too conservative in big games like this and I think the Oklahoma offense will be able to move the ball against the Nebraska defense. The loser of this game will go to the Cotton Bowl.
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Army and Navy square off again. This year Navy is the home team. Navy is the better team but Army did almost knock off Texas A&M earlier this season. This game will win Navy the Commander in Chief’s trophy for the best service team. Navy is slated to go to the Meineke Car Care Bowl in Charlotte, North Carolina.
(2) USC (-13.5) at UCLA
USC 43 – UCLA 17
(3) Michigan BYE
Next Game: projected to be in the Rose Bowl
(5) LSU BYE
Next Game: projected to be in the Rose Bowl
Connecticut at (6) Louisville (-27)
Louisville 42 – Connecticut 21
(7) Wisconsin BYE
Next Game: Accepted bid for the Capital One Bowl
(10) Boise State BYE
Next game: projected to be in the Fiesta Bowl
(11) Auburn BYE
Next Game: projected to be in the Outback Bowl
(12) Notre Dame BYE
Next Game: projected to be in the Sugar Bowl
(13) Rutgers at (15) West Virginia (-10)
Rutgers 22 – West Virginia 20
(14) Virginia Tech BYE
Next Game: projected to be in the Chick-Fil-A Bowl (Peach)
(17) Tennessee BYE
Next Game: projected to be in the Cotton Bowl
(17) Texas BYE
Next Game: projected to be in the Gator Bowl
(20) BYU BYE
Next Game: accepted bid for the Las Vegas Bowl
Stanford at (21) Cal (-29)
Cal 43 – Stanford 7
(22) Texas A&M BYE
Next Game: accepted bid to be in the Holiday Bowl
(25) Boston College BYE
Next Game: projected to be in the Champs Sports Bowl
Texas A&M BYE
Next Game: accepted bid to be in the Holiday Bowl
Florida State BYE
Next Game: Accepted Bid to the Emerald Bowl
Oregon St. at (24) Hawaii (-7.5)
Hawaii 43 – Oregon St. 40
I know.
However, it should be a requirement to win your conference.
If it isn't a requirement to do so, they need to institute a 4 team playoff.
If only Florida hadn't scheduled Western Carolina, chances are they would be ahead of Michigan in the computers.
Yeah this could be a lot of fun....
Or not :)
Exactly! Bring 'em on! Take away the two center-QB exchanges and the gamewasn't even close. Those won't happen again since the Bucks' C will be healed up by January. Oh, and Notre Dame was supposed to destroy OSU last year... hmmm.... I recall a different outcome. That being said, Michigan had their shot and blew it. It is silly to think that all they have to do is beat OSU once for the National Title, yet OSU would have to beat that team up north twice to win the Title. You got to win down the stretch and Florida has done that.
If NCAA not mandated a 12-game schedule, making Florida scramble to find another opponent on short notice, then they would be ahead of Michigan in the computers.
Everyone had to scramble.
That's why Ohio State had to play Bowling Green and why Michigan had to play Ball State.
You can't tell me they could not have found someone to take the beating and the payday that was AT LEAST D-1A....
Just compare the schedules side by side. Using the USA Today top 25 rankings and CFN's top 119 for the rest, you can see that side by side, Florida had the more difficlut schedule and defeated a much more impressive slate of teams than Michigan did. The bowl eligible teams of both teams are bolded.
Michigan.............................Florida
Wisconsin #6.............................LSU #5
N. Dame #12 .......................... Arkansas #8
Penn St. #37.............................Tennessee #19
Minnesota #47.........................Kentucky #33
Vanderbilt #48..................................Georgia #34
Indiana #51.......................................S. Carolina #35
Iowa #52....................................Alabama #46
C. Michigan #61..........................Vanderbilt #48
Mich. St. #70.....................................FSU #49
Northwestern #82.............................So. Miss #54
Ball St. #85.........................................C Florida #93
…………………….................................W. Carolina Div 1AA
Ohio St. #1............................... Auburn #11
If we're talking about who's deserving, this is a no-brainer.
* Florida played the most difficult schedule in the nation.
* Michigan played 10 teams that are bowl eligible while Michigan polayed on 6 teams that are bowl eligible.
* Florida won its conference division championship and overall conference championship.
* Michigan did not win its conferencce championship.
If Michigan is selected to play Ohio State for the ational champiuonship game and wins, whats next?...Will we have folks calling for a best two out of three....Please, get real.
Quit saying Michigan should go. They'll come and take you away.
I'm just so glad that this entitlement mentality of USC and the NC was put to bed yesterday. Even as they were losing yesterday, Mussberger was still wondering aloud how a loss to UCLA "might" hurt their chances at the NC.
I'm a true Buckeye, and it makes no difference to me if we face MI or FL in Glendale. Two victories over Michigan would be really sweet and a win over the SEC would be almost as enjoyable!
Here's my question to the fans on this thread ... if Michigan had beaten OSU on November 18th, everything else being the same, would anyone on this planet (excluding Ohio) expect a rematch?
This scenario keeps screaming for a playoff system. It just does. Yea maybe UF played a "tougher" schedule, but UM went toe to toe with Ohio State....Oh WTH, it doesn't matter, they're going to kick the crap out of either team anyway.
And Pete Caroll crying that UCLA had an extra week to come up with some new stuff. How Al Gore of him!!!!!!
Well I will say that USC's schedule this past month has been nothing short of brutal.
I personally want a 16 team playoff (11 game mandated schedules out of every conference) which would include all 11 D-1A conferences and 5 BCS wild cards (the top 5 rated non-conference champion BCS schools).
They could start it next weekend and be done by the time they are CURRENTLY playing the BCS National Title game.
It won't happen. The Presidents and the bowls would rather take the money that they have on hand rather than the risk and the probable BIGGER payoff in a playoff format.
Does that mean that he got outcoached?
Welcome to the world of the SEC. Its that way for the SEC every season.
Well, I guess there a few lucky furniture shoppers in West LA this morning. They can thank the Trojans for beating themselves...
According to UF message board, the coaches poll is out and UF is #2. Still looking for a link though...
Found the link to the coach's poll - Florida has a pretty big lead over UM.
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/football/usatpoll.htm
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