BCS bowls (5 Games - 10 Teams -- Pick Teams to LOSE)

That’s okay, Tide fans. At least Mark May and Lou Holtz think you’re the “best team in the country right now”. So you’ve got that going for you…

And then they sit there and completely ignore everything they said before the game. Stay classy, ESPN.

All right boys, listen up…next year, I will accept [del]bribes[/del] voluntary donations to either
a) Not pick your team to win; or
b) Pick your team’s opponent to win

I already tried that, Oak. No takers. :wink: Anyway, I had a WAY worse record than you during the regular season, I’m more reliable…

So Zeldar and Rex Goliath are leading with 2 of 3 so far. Eight of us are 1-2, ten are perfectly wrong, and then there is Typo Negative, who one might argue is 2-2, or maybe 2 of 6.

I sorted the original array like this for my own amusement, but perhaps y’all might enjoy what it shows, too.

FWIW:



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                             MichSt  Stanford  Baylor  CentFla  Alabama  Oklahoma  Clemson  OhioSt  FlaSt  Auburn
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armedmonkey            5     MichSt                    CentFla           Oklahoma           OhioSt  FlaSt 
JohnT                  5     MichSt                    CentFla           Oklahoma           OhioSt  FlaSt
Oakminster             5     MichSt                    CentFla           Oklahoma           OhioSt  FlaSt 
Munch                  5     MichSt                    CentFla           Oklahoma           OhioSt         Auburn 
Nauplius               5     MichSt                    CentFla           Oklahoma           OhioSt         Auburn
USCDiver               5     MichSt                    CentFla           Oklahoma           OhioSt         Auburn        
Snowboarder Bo         5     MichSt                    CentFla           Oklahoma  Clemson                 Auburn
notfrommensa           5     MichSt                    CentFla           Oklahoma  Clemson                 Auburn
Zakalwe                5     MichSt                    CentFla           Oklahoma  Clemson                 Auburn
zoog                   5     MichSt                    CentFla           Oklahoma  Clemson          FlaSt   
DMC                    5     MichSt                    CentFla  Alabama            Clemson                 Auburn
NoClueBoy              5     MichSt                    CentFla  Alabama            Clemson                 Auburn
Typo Negative          5     MichSt  Stanford  Baylor  CentFla                     Clemson   

For You                5             Stanford          CentFla           Oklahoma  Clemson          FlaSt   
Jackknifed Juggernaut  5             Stanford          CentFla           Oklahoma  Clemson                 Auburn
Jman                   5             Stanford          CentFla           Oklahoma  Clemson                 Auburn
Sterling Archer        5             Stanford          CentFla           Oklahoma  Clemson                 Auburn
swampbear              5             Stanford          CentFla           Oklahoma  Clemson          FlaSt 
Yorikke                5             Stanford          CentFla           Oklahoma  Clemson          FlaSt   
Zeldar                 5             Stanford          CentFla  Alabama            Clemson          FlaSt
Rex Goliath            5             Stanford  Baylor                    Oklahoma           OhioSt         Auburn  
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   21                105       13       9        2       20        3        17       14        7      8      12  /105

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Ha! I didn’t notice that.

I didn’t give the Sooners any chance at all. Looks like I should have stuck to my “Bet against the team that’s pissed they aren’t in a better bowl” theorem.

I think we can see why NFM does not bet on CFB.

He can’t pick outright winners, let alone bet against the spread.

But you did pick winners – unfortunately, those winners won.

I made a pretty (painful) little color-coded list of the BCS top fifteen teams so far, can anyone tell me what kind of movement this is likely to amount to?

1 Florida State
2 Auburn
3 Alabama - lost to #11 Oklahoma
4 Michigan State - beat #5 Stanford
5 Stanford - lost to #4 Michigan State
6 Baylor - lost to #15 Central Florida
7 Ohio State - lost to #12 Clemson
8 Missouri - beat #13 Oklahoma State
9 South Carolina - beat #19 Wisconsin
10 Oregon - beat unranked Texas
11 Oklahoma - beat #3 Alabama
12 Clemson - beat #7 Ohio State
13 Oklahoma State - lost to #8 Missouri
14 Arizona State - lost to unranked Texas Tech
15 UCF - beat #6 Baylor

Will 3 teams drop out of the top ten? Will 3 move into it? What about Stanford, how far will they fall? And should Oregon feel like they were screwed?

I don’t see a thread where we talk about the games themselves, so I’ll just post here:

In the OSU-Clemson game, after the excessive celebration penalty, OSU had two timeouts, there were 31 seconds left, and it was second down with the clock stopped. They could have used those timeouts, and if they prevented a first down, they could have got the ball back with maybe 20 seconds left. Clemson wasn’t expecting them to call a timeout, so they would only have had third down to try to get 20+ yards.

20 seconds was enough time to complete a pass or two and be able to throw a hail Mary to the end zone. Instead, Urban Meyer just gave up.

I really like what you did here, and it gave me the idea to add some data to make it a little easier to predict where things will go in the AP Poll after the dust settles.

I’ve incorporated your work into the stuff I got from



Standings Bowl Subdivision  

Florida State (1)      8-0 13-0  Monday, Jan 6 8:30 PM No. 1 Florida State vs. No. 2 Auburn 
                                 BCS NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP   

Michigan State (4)     8-0 13-1  4 Michigan State - beat #5 Stanford

Auburn (2)             7-1 12-1  Monday, Jan 6 8:30 PM No. 1 Florida State vs. No. 2 Auburn 
                                 BCS NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP  

UCF (15)               8-0 12-1 15 UCF - beat #6 Baylor
Louisville (18)        7-1 12-1    No. 18 Louisville 36, Miami (FL) 9

Ohio State (7)         8-0 12-2  7 Ohio State - lost to #12 Clemson
Missouri (8)           7-1 12-2  8 Missouri - beat #13 Oklahoma State
Northern Illinois (23) 8-0 12-2    Utah State 21, No. 23 Northern Illinois 14

Alabama (3)            7-1 11-2  3 Alabama - lost to #11 Oklahoma
Baylor (6)             8-1 11-2  6 Baylor - lost to #15 Central Florida 
South Carolina (9)     6-2 11-2  9 South Carolina - beat #19 Wisconsin 
Oregon (10)            7-2 11-2 10 Oregon - beat unranked Texas  
Oklahoma (11)          7-2 11-2 11 Oklahoma - beat #3 Alabama  
Clemson (12)           7-1 11-2 12 Clemson - beat #7 Ohio State 
Fresno State (20)      7-1 11-2    No. 25 USC 45, No. 20 Fresno State 20
 
Stanford (5)           7-2 11-3  5 Stanford - lost to #4 Michigan State
 
Oklahoma State (13)    7-2 10-3 13 Oklahoma State - lost to #8 Missouri 
LSU (16)               5-3 10-3    No. 16 LSU 21,   Iowa 14
UCLA (17)              6-3 10-3    No. 17 UCLA 42,  Virginia Tech 12
  
Arizona State (14)     8-1 10-4 14 Arizona State - lost to unranked Texas Tech
Duke (24)              6-2 10-4    No. 21 Texas A&M 52,     No. 24 Duke 48
USC (25)               6-3 10-4    No. 25 USC 45,           No. 20 Fresno State 20

Wisconsin (19)         6-2  9-4    No. 9 South Carolina 34, No. 19 Wisconsin 24
Texas A&M (21)         4-4  9-4    No. 21 Texas A&M 52,     No. 24 Duke 48 

Georgia (22)           5-3  8-5    Nebraska 24,             No. 22 Georgia 19

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Ball State           7-1 10-2  Sunday,   January 5 9:00 PM Arkansas State vs. Ball State GODADDY BOWL 

East Carolina        6-2 10-3  

Marshall             7-1 10-4  
Rice                 7-1 10-4  
Bowling Green        7-1 10-4 


If I had anything to do with it, I’d drop

Wisconsin (19) , Texas A&M (21) and Georgia (22)

and move up three (don’t care much which) from the 10-x batch not already ranked.

How things will get shuffled in the 10-x group (and up) already in the Top 25 is anybody’s guess. But we could have some fun playing with it here if y’all want to.

Unfortunately, only two teams immediately ahead of UCF lost, so I can’t see us getting ranked any higher than #11. :frowning:

4 out of 5! What an incredible championship game. The best teams played, and the best team won fair and square.

Roll Tide

WOOT!

ETA: I went 1-4 here but ffs I got the important one right! WOOT!

You and me both brother!!! It weren’t pretty but it counts.

Go 'Noles!

Just like I know I can’t be perfectly right, I can’t be perfectly wrong.

Missed the first four, but I did pick Auburn to lose.

I had mixed emotions. Happy for the ACC to win a BCS, but I do have some allegiances to Auburn, my favorite SEC team.

Great Game.

Wow! What a finish!

Too bad I wasn’t rooting for anybody

Rick Reilly is prolly happy. I can’t wait to read his column in the morning. :slight_smile:

The scores:



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                               Stanford  Baylor  Alabama  OhioSt  Auburn
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Rex Goliath            4/5     Stanford  Baylor           OhioSt  Auburn   
   
DMC                    2/5                       Alabama          Auburn                         
Jackknifed Juggernaut  2/5     Stanford                           Auburn
Jman                   2/5     Stanford                           Auburn 
Munch                  2/5                                OhioSt  Auburn 
Nauplius               2/5                                OhioSt  Auburn
NoClueBoy              2/5                       Alabama          Auburn
Sterling Archer        2/5     Stanford                           Auburn
Typo Negative          2/5     Stanford  Baylor              
USCDiver               2/5                                OhioSt  Auburn 
Zeldar                 2/5     Stanford          Alabama 
         
armedmonkey            1/5                                OhioSt
For You                1/5     Stanford  
JohnT                  1/5                                OhioSt 
notfrommensa           1/5                                        Auburn
Oakminster             1/5                                OhioSt 
Snowboarder Bo         1/5                                        Auburn
swampbear              1/5     Stanford                           
Yorikke                1/5     Stanford                            
Zakalwe                1/5                                        Auburn

zoog                   0/5                                        
 
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   21                 33/105        9       2       3        7      12  33/105

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Fun BCS Bowls. Even the Champ game. Thanks to all for playing!