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.
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. 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.
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.
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!