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BCS Predictions
Posted: Sat Dec 03, 2005 11:31 pm
by bozbobcat
With all of the big championship games finished, after 2 upsets (Georgia and Florida St
), here are my BCS bowl predictions.
Fiesta: Notre Dame (at-large) vs. Ohio State (at-large)
Sugar: Georgia (SEC Champ) vs. West Virginia (Big East Champ)
Orange: Florida St. (ACC Champ) vs. Penn St. (Big 10 Champ) Old guy bowl: Bowden (#1 DI-A wins) vs. Paterno (#2 DI-A wins)
Rose (chipper): Texas (Big 12 Champ, #2) vs. USC (Pac-10 Champ, #1)
Best teams left out: Oregon (10-1, sorry
), Virginia Tech (10-2), LSU (10-2), Alabama (9-2), Auburn (9-2)
Anybody got any opinions on this one?
Posted: Sun Dec 04, 2005 11:08 pm
by bozbobcat
It happened just like that. Wow. If I was an Oregon fan, I'd be a little angry about getting passed over like that for Notre Dame or Ohio State. They're both good teams and well-deserving, but 10-1, 2nd place in the Pac-10, only loss to USC, should be worth a BCS bid.
Posted: Sun Dec 04, 2005 11:40 pm
by MSU01
Oregon really had no shot...Ohio State got in automatically with a Top 4 BCS ranking and there's no way they will pass up Notre Dame if they are eligible.
Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2005 11:22 am
by grizband
Notre Dame was automatically in, because they finished #6 in the BCS. There is a clause, I think its still there, that says in ND finishes in the top 6, they are automatic.
Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2005 11:27 am
by catamaran
They have to finish in the top six and have a 9 win season...that was the only way to get the BCS instituted when ND was still a national power
Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2005 12:22 pm
by mquast53000
MSU01 wrote:Oregon really had no shot...Ohio State got in automatically with a Top 4 BCS ranking and there's no way they will pass up Notre Dame if they are eligible.
Yeah you have to consider Oregon's non-conference schedule. They played Houston, Montana and Fresno. They squeaked by both Houston (by 10) and Fresno (by 3). They should have played a tougher non-conference schedule. Notre Dame played a tough schedule and their two loses were by less then a touchdown to two very good teams (USC and Michigan State). Notre Dame was the correct selection.
Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2005 1:20 pm
by CelticCat
Notre Dame is America's team. There is way too much fan appeal to exclude them. Bowl games are all about ratings afterall, nothing more (well except maybe money).