The BCS Sucks!!!!!

[B17Skull12]

Originally posted by NATEDOG
Texas belongs in the Rose bowl, and they will win the Rose bowl.... the only reason Cal was ranked ahead of Texas is because the only team they lost to was #1 USC, and TX lost to #2 OU... but we will see in the Orange bowl that OU ( and I hate to say this ) is the best team in the nation right now.

Alright i can understnad, but you are quite blinded.  Cal had overall better stats at that USC game and by all means should have won.  Arrington and Rodgers are forced to behold.  CAl i think is a better than Texas.

[Reschke]

Well as a coach once told me "If if's and but's were candy and nuts we'd all have a merry christmas"....what that means is the BCS in some form or fashion is here to stay thanks to the old commisioner of the SEC (Roy Kramer) who wasn't a bad man for wanting his conference to be the best in the land and to benefit from all the money that can be brought its way.

However to think that Cal has to sit out just because a team; TEXAS; that barely squeaked by Arkansas (Which that ended the season at 5-6, 3-5 in conference play.) had a coach that whined to all the sports writers for a week is ridiculous. I mean come on...show me some reasoning besides Mack Brown whines and I will be able to at least respect it. Yes I know Mack and his brother Watson (the coach here at UAB); I don't know him well but I know a whiner when I see it.

Granted this season wasn't the best for the SEC but they were far and away a better overall conference than the Big-12 or the Pac-10.

No system is ever going to be perfect but I say lets have a committee that doesn't give out rankings until all the teams have played at least 6 games. In order to be on the committee you will have to be a former college player and or coach as well as some "Joe Smith" everyday guys or girls. This would eliminate the fraternity atmosphere of the coaches poll and the biased sports writers side as well.

That way everyone will have an opportunity to stumble and turn themselves around with the possibility of getting back in the race over the last 6 games of the season which are traditionally the meat of everyone's schedules. OH and this would mean that the sports writers (AP poll) and AFCA (coaches ESPN) poll are thrown out the door on their ASSES!

[myelo]

Originally posted by Reschke
Well as a coach once told me "If if's and but's were candy and nuts we'd all have a merry christmas"....

Dandy Don Meredith was your coach?

[WMLute]

Originally posted by Ack-Ack
Who would rank them #1, especially after USC beats the crap out of Oklahoma in the Orange Bowl?   Auburn might be a decent team but they are in no way as good as USC.  Nor is Oklahoma for that matter.


ack-ack

heh.  you gona eat them words.  Boomer Sooner!!

[recon7]

Hey, Reschke,

If we're going to talk about squeeking by, we can't forget the low-ranked Alabama team bringing their 3rd string to the Iron Bowl...

Just had to give you a hard time...  Long time, no talk.

[NATEDOG]

Originally posted by B17Skull12
Alright i can understnad, but you are quite blinded.  Cal had overall better stats at that USC game and by all means should have won.  Arrington and Rodgers are forced to behold.  CAl i think is a better than Texas.

I think Cal is a better team than USC, but I think TX and OU are better than Cal....
All three of those teams had close calls....... USC got out played by Cal, OK got out played by A&M, Cal got BEAT DOWN by Southern Miss?!?! and TX got lucky against Kansas.
and as far as Mack Brown crying about the BCS... look no further than Pete Carrol..... his cryin and moaning got us the system that we have this season. If strength of schedule was still in the mix, Cal and USC wouldn't be in the top 5. and think about...... would you vote for Texas after seeing Mack Brown beg? me either, I think that actually lost votes.

[Munkii]

Originally posted by NATEDOG
I think Cal is a better team than USC, but I think TX and OU are better than Cal....
All three of those teams had close calls....... USC got out played by Cal, OK got out played by A&M, Cal got BEAT DOWN by Southern Miss?!?! and TX got lucky against Kansas.
and as far as Mack Brown crying about the BCS... look no further than Pete Carrol..... his cryin and moaning got us the system that we have this season. If strength of schedule was still in the mix, Cal and USC wouldn't be in the top 5. and think about...... would you vote for Texas after seeing Mack Brown beg? me either, I think that actually lost votes.

Yeah and since OU shut out UT there is no question.  Sorry had to rub it in.  I was down for the game... I rolled by the HiTech offices real slow with my OU flag, although no one was there it was a silent victory.

[Reschke]

Originally posted by myelo
Dandy Don Meredith was your coach?

Not him but someone from his time period...phrases like that have a long life among coaches.

[B17Skull12]

Originally posted by NATEDOG
. If strength of schedule was still in the mix, Cal and USC wouldn't be in the top 5. and think about...... would you vote for Texas after seeing Mack Brown beg? me either, I think that actually lost votes.

we have a winnar!1

[RedTop]

and on the note of Pete "Cry til they split the National Championship" Carrol , USC shouldn't have been Co National Champs last year. CAL beat em. Cal at the time if I remember were UNRANKED.

Pete cried and and got co-ownership of a national championship from LSU.

Cal isnt all that good. Did Mac whine? Sure a bit. Did any of the other coaches? HE!! yes they did cause they all want a part of it. Texas isn't the bad guy here. The SYSTEM IS. Cal should have played better. Wait til you have a So So game in the National Champ. with O.U winning by say 3 or 6.Then Auburn just KILLS who they play and finishes undefeated. WHY wont they have a GRIPE.

Get off Texas' back.

BCS sucks..has sucked and WILL suck:(

[Reschke]

Originally posted by NATEDOG
If strength of schedule was still in the mix, Cal and USC wouldn't be in the top 5. and think about

Ahh but strength of schedule and the score component are truly back in the formula of the BCS. The coaches and sports writers honestly can not claim that they study each game enough to put a true vote in for each team.

I know a guy who is a voter on the AP poll and a voter for the Heisman. In his defense he is a all around nice guy but he can't watch every game or attend every game that is happening on Saturday because he may be at a local game writing a story on it. So by his admission he says that when he votes he primarily looks at score first then the stats  if it was a particularly close ball game score wise.

[texace]

Bah, at least y'all will get to watch your teams if you want. My team's game will most likely be omitted in favor of reruns of Gilligan's Island and The Brady Bunch.

I'll still root for Texas, though...

[Ack-Ack]

Originally posted by B17Skull12
HA!
Just HA!, how can you expect to beat aurburn, if you struggle against UCLA, let standford roll over you in the first half, and have a close game against OSU?  You are seriously kidding yourself there.  OU going to spank you in the orange bowl.  Im going to watch White, and Peterson eat you guys, and watch bushwhack and linart get eaten.

The only team that has the ability to beat USC isn't the team that is playing in any of the top BCS bowls.  Unfortunately, that team is playing #23 Texas Tech in the Holiday Bowl.  But you're young so I'll over look your ignorance this time.


ack-ack

[Elfie]

I knew there was a reason I liked you Gunslinger I was born in Lincoln, 2.8 miles from the stadium. I have red N's in my blood

With that said I am in favor of a playoff system for division 1 college football. All other divisions of college football have a playoff and so do all other college sports. It's time to get a real playoff system setup for division 1 football imo

[Rude]

Long live Texas!!!! Long Live the Sooners!!!

Long Live the Big 8....errr...Big 12!!!!

Bunch of whiners!!!