November 21, 200817 yr Author And you say that why? Because they are the best 5 bowl games.....If you eliminate the automatic conference bids for those bowls, you get better games. Take the top 10 teams in the final standings and let them play each other. 1 vs. 2 3 vs. 4 5 vs. 6 7 vs. 8 9 vs. 10 If 5 of those teams are from the same conference, who cares? The other teams will still get a bowl bid, just not one of the best 5.
November 21, 200817 yr There is not a top 10 caliber team in either of those conferences...With that being said, neither really deserves to play in one of those games. Look at the Big East record since 2000 in BCS games. I think it speaks for itself as to why they DESERVE to be there. :sssh:
November 21, 200817 yr Because they are the best 5 bowl games.....If you eliminate the automatic conference bids for those bowls, you get better games. Take the top 10 teams in the final standings and let them play each other. 1 vs. 2 3 vs. 4 5 vs. 6 7 vs. 8 9 vs. 10 If 5 of those teams are from the same conference, who cares? The other teams will still get a bowl bid, just not one of the best 5. Where is the interest in teams from the same conference playing in a bowl game? This is why we have conference championship games...:sssh: To keep teams from playing AGAIN in a bowl.
November 21, 200817 yr Where is the interest in teams from the same conference playing in a bowl game? This is why we have conference championship games...:sssh: To keep teams from playing AGAIN in a bowl. :thumb:
November 21, 200817 yr Author Look at the Big East record since 2000 in BCS games. I think it speaks for itself as to why they DESERVE to be there. :sssh: I don't understand why you keep focusing on the Big East, other than your blatant homerism. No conference should have an automatic bid, not the Big East, not the ACC, not the Pac 10, not the Big Ten, not the Big 12, and not the SEC. Let the top 10 teams in the BCS standings go to those five games, regardless of what conferences they play in. BTW, the talent level in the Big East is lower this year than any of the past years since the Pitt debacle against Utah. THIS YEAR, not the past years, the BEast and ACC champions aren't not going to be 2 of the best teams in the country. There's absolutely no way you can rationalize that, but I'm sure your going to keep trying.
November 21, 200817 yr Author Where is the interest in teams from the same conference playing in a bowl game? This is why we have conference championship games...:sssh: To keep teams from playing AGAIN in a bowl. I'd much rather watch, as would the rest of America, a rematch of Texas/Oklahoma than the ACC champion play the BEast champion.
November 21, 200817 yr Because the Big 6 Presidents would love to throw all that money up in the air hoping that some of it might land in their lap. Money talks and, well, you know the rest...
November 21, 200817 yr I don't understand why you keep focusing on the Big East, other than your blatant homerism. No conference should have an automatic bid, not the Big East, not the ACC, not the Pac 10, not the Big Ten, not the Big 12, and not the SEC. Let the top 10 teams in the BCS standings go to those five games, regardless of what conferences they play in. BTW, the talent level in the Big East is lower this year than any of the past years since the Pitt debacle against Utah. THIS YEAR, not the past years, the BEast and ACC champions aren't not going to be 2 of the best teams in the country. There's absolutely no way you can rationalize that, but I'm sure your going to keep trying. You didn't say the bolded part in the beginning though. Had you said that in your initial response, I would have had no problem with your outlook on the whole situation.
November 21, 200817 yr I'd much rather watch, as would the rest of America, a rematch of Texas/Oklahoma than the ACC champion play the BEast champion. That's your opinion and there's nothing wrong with it. But as GT said...money talks.
November 21, 200817 yr Author If the season ended today, this is most likely how the current system would match up the BCS games.... BCS Title Game: Alabama vs. Texas Tech Sugar Bowl Maryland vs. Utah Fiesta Bowl USC vs. Florida Orange Bowl Cincinnati vs. Texas Rose Bowl Penn State vs. Oregon State Based on the current rankings, if we had no automatic bids, the match ups would look like this.... 1 vs. 2 Alabama vs. Texas Tech 3 vs. 4 Texas vs. Florida 5 vs. 6 Oklahoma vs. USC 7 vs. 8 Utah vs. Penn State 9 vs. 10 Boise State vs. Ohio State I'll take the second set of games...
November 21, 200817 yr Author With two Big 11 teams in there. Yeah. That would be awesome... This year, it's better than the alternative....
November 21, 200817 yr Author No. Way... You think Maryland and UC are better than Ohio State this year?
November 21, 200817 yr You think Maryland and UC are better than Ohio State this year? I think UC is as good as OSU this year. Pat White and Noel Devine didn't combine for 100 yards at their place. White/Devine > Pryor/Wells. I think UNC ends up winning the ACC and they are as good as OSU as well...
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