College Gameday Thread: Week 13

[JRTPlaya21]

Originally Posted by Babylon

Outside of Stanford embarrassing Oklahoma that would be some nice matchups.

Why would Stanford be playing Oklahoma? lol

[Babylon]

Originally Posted by JRTPlaya21

Why would Stanford be playing Oklahoma? lol

Meant to say, outside of Stanford embarrassing Nebraska. My bad.

[JRTPlaya21]

Oh ok that makes a lot more sense now.

[SuperMcGee]

Originally Posted by bearsfan_51

It actually looks pretty likely that the MAC winner will get the at-large spot. All they need to do is reach 16th in the BCS to get an automatic bid. Oklahoma will obviously be on the short end of that stick.

Outstanding.

[Grizzlegom]

Ummm...whoever the three voters in the USA Today poll that didn't vote for Notre Dame as the number one team in the country need to have their voting privileges rescinded.

[sbh15]

Originally Posted by bearsfan_51

It actually looks pretty likely that the MAC winner will get the at-large spot. All they need to do is reach 16th in the BCS to get an automatic bid. Oklahoma will obviously be on the short end of that stick.

so based on that and the selection order (January 2013 games: Fiesta, Sugar, Orange) it would probably be...

BCS National Championship: Alabama/Georgia vs Notre Dame
Fiesta Bowl: Kansas State vs Oregon
Sugar Bowl: Florida vs Kent State
Orange Bowl: Florida State vs Rutgers/Louisville

the Sugar and Orange Bowls would just be... ugh

[dunagan15]

how the **** is Kent St in a BCS bowl, thats just awful

[JoeJoeBrown]

Originally Posted by dunagan15

how the **** is Kent St in a BCS bowl, thats just awful

Have you seen them play? They are actually good.

[bearsfan_51]

Originally Posted by dunagan15

how the **** is Kent St in a BCS bowl, thats just awful

*Shrug*

They beat Rutgers pretty handily, and Rutgers is likely to win the Big East.

[bearsfan_51]

Also, I don't know that it's likely. Stanford will have to beat UCLA, and then Kent State would have to leapfrog UCLA to 16. Texas would likely have to lose as well, so as to not jump over Kent State.

I'm not sure Boise State or Northern Illinois are close enough to do that, however.

[sbh15]

all it would take is Stanford beating UCLA, Kansas State beating Texas, and Kent State beating NIU. none of those seem all that unlikely. the hardest part might be beating NIU, actually. I can't imagine the polls not bumping Kent St. ahead of UCLA in that scenario

[SuperMcGee]

I'm never sure with the BCS, but in their best case, Northern Illinois would be adding their best win of the year to leapfrog three losing teams (UCLA, Kent State, Texas), idle Michigan, and a Boise team that has a game against Nevada remaining. Just a question of how much the numbers are actually going to move, in that case.

[bearsfan_51]

Originally Posted by sbh15

all it would take is Stanford beating UCLA, Kansas State beating Texas, and Kent State beating NIU. none of those seem all that unlikely. the hardest part might be beating NIU, actually. I can't imagine the polls not bumping Kent St. ahead of UCLA in that scenario

If there's one thing that people really need to learn about statistics is that if any variable depends on three things happening (with no margin of error), that is not likely.

[Giantsfan1080]

Kent State is good but because they're not a name team people hate on them. As always perception is reality in college football. It's funny BF throws every non name team under the bus.

[bearsfan_51]

Originally Posted by Giantsfan1080

It's funny BF throws every non name team under the bus.

What in the world are you talking about? Where did I hate on anyone?

[Giantsfan1080]

Originally Posted by bearsfan_51

What in the world are you talking about? Where did I hate on anyone?

You always put down every team that's not a powerhouse. Just because it's Kent State doesn't mean they're not a good team.

[bearsfan_51]

Show me one example where I have done this. I honestly haven't a clue what the **** you are talking about.

[JoeJoeBrown]

Originally Posted by bearsfan_51

Show me one example where I have done this. I honestly haven't a clue what the **** you are talking about.

I'm going to have to agree with you. I haven't seen you poop on a small team at all. Maybe GiantsFan is confusing you with someone else.

[wicket]

Originally Posted by bearsfan_51

*Shrug*

They beat Rutgers pretty handily, and Rutgers is likely to win the Big East.

they also got handled by kentucky

[Babylon]

Irrelevant but a 4 team playoff with Notre Dame, Bama TAMU, and Stanford would be sweet.

[Giantsfan1080]

Originally Posted by bearsfan_51

Show me one example where I have done this. I honestly haven't a clue what the **** you are talking about.

I'll try and look for examples. I just know it seem that you usually go against teams that aren't the cream of the crop.

[bearsfan_51]

Originally Posted by Babylon

Irrelevant but a 4 team playoff with Notre Dame, Bama TAMU, and Stanford would be sweet.

Why would TAMU and Stanford be included in that? Florida and Oregon are far more likely.

[Babylon]

Originally Posted by bearsfan_51

Why would TAMU and Stanford be included in that? Florida and Oregon are far more likely.

I just think they're the teams playing the best ball right now. Nothing more than personal preferance.