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All BCS College Bowl Computer Models Are Out-Nebraska remains #4 barely , Texas #3 (BYU 12 )
College BCS.com ^ | November 26, 2001 | Computer Football Rankings

Posted on 11/26/2001 11:25:33 AM PST by codebreaker

1. Miami 2.92

2.Florida 6.95

3.Texas 8.77

4.Nebraska 10.48

5.Oregon 10.87

6.Tennessee 11.87

7. Colorado 18.06

8.Illinois 20.45

9. Oklahoma 21.68

10.Stanford 22.04

11.Maryland 24.61

12. BYU 25.49


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To: FreeTally
GO GATORS!!!!!!!! '97
41 posted on 11/26/2001 12:46:48 PM PST by mlbford
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To: JohnMac
Hey JohnMac: your cousins who played at UT in the early 70s weren't named Macaluso, were they?
42 posted on 11/26/2001 12:53:15 PM PST by Burma Jones
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To: Wrigley
Yes, the FIGHTING ILLINI did clinch the BCS bowl birth by winning the Big Ten outright. Of course it is just our luck that the year we win the Big Ten, WE CAN'T GO TO THE ROSE BOWL!!! What a bunch of crap, poop, crap!

Also, any Big Ten historians out there? When was the last time a school won the conference in basketball and football?

FIGHTING ILLINI-Big Ten Champions - Basketball & Football - 2001

Bill in Morton, IL

43 posted on 11/26/2001 12:53:57 PM PST by Corvair
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To: F-117A
This must be your top 5... 1. Miami 2. BYU 3. Tenn 4. blank 5. blank

Not really. Miami is certainly #1 at this point, then Florida. From that point I think the quality drops off to such an extent that there are good arguments for several schools to be 3-5, none of which could compete with #1 or #2. Remember, Florida lost to Auburn in inclement weather, away. I was glad to see it, but I have yet to see the team who could touch Florida at home, or on a dry field.

44 posted on 11/26/2001 12:54:03 PM PST by JohnMac
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To: Diddle E. Squat
With good reason, everyone hates someone who regularly gets special treatment and then whines in the rare instance that they are treated like everyone else.

Not sure when Florida has ever gotten "special treatment".

But at least Notre Dame isn't afraid of a tough non-conference game outside of its state.

Who a team plays is not the fault of the kids on the team. In addition, you cant just play any team you want. There are all sorts of conflicts. UF played Marshall this year and plays Miami in 2002 and 2003.

And how many teams lose in November and then get a second chance in a bowl to beat that same team for the nat'l championship? That was utterly bogus.

Right. Bogus. Arizona State played no one in 1996. Then they lost. The pollsters knew that FSU should not have beaten Florida that year as well. Florida was clearly the best team that year. Nebraska NEVER plays anyone, and lost when they did.

If you want to whine about a team getting special treatment, put your energy to FSU. They have played in ALL THREE BCS games when they were not one of the top two teams in 1998 or 2000. OSU and Miami got royally screwed. Also in 1993, FSU lost to Notre Dame. Both teams had one loss, but Notre Dame lost near the end of the year. When Holtz simply stated that it did not make sense for a team with the same record, who had lost to the other, to go to the championship game, FSU just made up syupid shirts calling holtz a whiner. FSU is the media's "golden boy", who can do no wrong. Since 1994 their strategy against Florida was to injure their best player. Some sportsmanship.

45 posted on 11/26/2001 12:55:31 PM PST by FreeTally
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To: WesG
The late loss applies only to Nebraska, especially considering the margine.
46 posted on 11/26/2001 12:55:57 PM PST by JohnMac
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To: Tall_Texan
The National Champion will be wearing orange.

Let's hear it for the wearin' of the Orange!

IRA, go away!

47 posted on 11/26/2001 12:56:56 PM PST by rightofrush
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To: Diddle E. Squat
Gators are the best team in the nation.
48 posted on 11/26/2001 12:57:53 PM PST by Republican Extremist
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To: Texas2step
No conference can touch the SEC in bowl games won and lost in the last 10 years.
49 posted on 11/26/2001 12:57:55 PM PST by JohnMac
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To: Corvair
How about giving the Buckeyes some credit?

Beating Michigan AT Ann Arbor clinched it for you.

50 posted on 11/26/2001 1:01:47 PM PST by Bikers4Bush
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To: Diddle E. Squat
But if the Longhorns do win, given the present system they have a better claim than Florida to play in the Rose. A loss to the defending Nat'l Champs, versus a loss to a mediocre Auburn, they should never have jumped Texas.

BS. For Florida to get there, they beat Tennessee on Saturday and then the West champ the next week in the SEC game. Texas has a weak (at best) schedule, only bolstered by beating Colorado twice (if they do) and to a much lessor extent A&M at College Station (although this is a small factor since A&M -- and I'm an Aggie -- sucks, but...playing in College Station is a nightmare for anyone). Texas beat Colorado and Tech (at home), lost to OU, and didn't play anyone in the North worth a crap. Their non con schedule would make a JV high school coach excited.

If the NCAA isn't going to adopt a playoff, I wish they would at least come up with a BCS formula that severely penalizes teams like Texas for not playing a quality non-conference opponent. This is essentially done in hoops and, to their credit, the t.u. hoops team has responded and played good teams.

51 posted on 11/26/2001 1:06:32 PM PST by 1L
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To: Republican Extremist
Gators are the best team in the nation.

Of all the teams that lost to Auburn, the Gators are the best, but not in the nation.

52 posted on 11/26/2001 1:09:47 PM PST by Moonman62
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To: scottiewottie
Given that Texas and Nebraska are members of the Big 12, it's no surprise that they have a loss recorded! Relative ease of schedule my foot. If only Miami had it so easy, they wouldn't even be in the top 10.

Easy? Miami just blew out two ranked teams by a margins of 50+ points each (setting an NCAA record, BTW). Nebraska lost to a similarly ranked team 62 to 36. You're funny. HAHAHAHAHAHhahahahahahahah........

53 posted on 11/26/2001 1:14:02 PM PST by Moonman62
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To: JohnMac
JohnMac.......what a blithering idiot you are tosay the outragious things you have said. I know how hard it is to see a team like Nebraska win and win and win. Pretty easy to jump all over them when they fail to show up for a game abnd yes they got their butts kicked big time at Colorado. A loss is a loss when ever it happens unless you are brain dead.

54 posted on 11/26/2001 1:14:11 PM PST by Oldsailor
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To: Diddle E. Squat
Boy, what a torturously constructed scenario. If Tallahassee was fifteen miles farther north, your house of cards would crumble. Year in and year out Florida plays a top 10 schedule. When the best football is played in the South, why go elsewhere?

On another point, FSU's joining the ACC has eliminated its traveling, eight ACC games plus Miami plus Florida leaves just one game and it has to be at home. Your example is ten years old.

Your selective facts are amusing. Colorado is not out because they lost to Fresno State early, it's because they lost to Texas five weeks ago. That's two losses.

Even though you're probably too dim to understand it, here's the math. Florida stopped playing Miami in 1988 when the SEC added a seventh conference game. UF had sold bonds for the '82 stadium expansion based on six home games. With the Georgia game in Jax and FSU home-and-home, it left only two games, both of which had to be home games. Miami, not surprisingly, declined to come to Gainesville every year. Other than Texas-Oklahoma, nobody else plays a significant neutral site game every year.

Despite the bonds, in '90, in Spurrier's second action (the first was to reinstall grass) was to try to schedule Miami. Guess what? The SEC added an eighth conference game. Florida played Syracuse on the road in '91, the year before the SEC went to two divisions.

To finish off your misinformed post: in '02 and '03 when the NCAA allows twelve games, guess who UF scheduled? That's right - Miami.

You're no fan, you just love to hate the success of others.

55 posted on 11/26/2001 1:14:42 PM PST by FirstFlaBn
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To: codebreaker
Nebraska and Texas are not guaranteed a BCS spot. If Colorado wins the Big 12 Championship game they will be a BCS team. Since only two from any conference can go, then either Texas or Nebraska would have to go to a non BCS Bowl.
56 posted on 11/26/2001 1:16:50 PM PST by billva
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To: codebreaker
Nebraska is #4 after giving up 63 points in a major ass whupping. Yeah, the BCS is the answer. /sarcasm.
57 posted on 11/26/2001 1:19:52 PM PST by Roebucks
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To: codebreaker
What? Neither Fordham (Rams) or University of Chicago (Maroons) are ranked? Damn sportswriters!
58 posted on 11/26/2001 1:20:16 PM PST by Clemenza
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To: JohnMac
Hey, I'm a Vandy guy too. Just thought I'd say "Hi!" seeing as how it's very seldom that I meet a Vandy fan. LOL
59 posted on 11/26/2001 1:22:37 PM PST by oldvike
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To: JohnMac
LOL!! Except for Tennessee and Florida the SEC is a joke. Top to bottom it is a weak conference. The PAC-10 and Big-12 put the SEC to shame.
60 posted on 11/26/2001 1:23:24 PM PST by ThreeYearLurker
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