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... rich elite of the NCAA. They put money and the all mighty BCS conferences ahead of anybody and everybody. TCU v Boise st? ... sans weather giving them a severe disadvantage. They put the two non BCS teams against each other ensuring another loss. This in turn then hurts the winning team's ranking because they only beat another non-BCS team.
The championship game in which Texas faces Alabama ...
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... to American troops in WW II and holds a grudge; happens).
The BCS people, yet AGAIN, proved they do not know what they are doing when it comes to ranking teams. It is clear that ... from "unimportant" conferences knocking off two teams from BCS conferences wouldn't look good. As it is now, one will ...
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... realize there are those out there that prefer the system the way it is. For one reason or another they like the BCS. They either like the money it generates, see that their team/conference benefits ... )Flroida vs. (4)TCU, at rotation determined BCS bowl
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Semi-final round:
Games ... large
They ask: How many automatic qualifiers?
I answer: 6 from the BCS conferences, undefeated teams in the top ten ...
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... St., Houston and Fresno St; Replaces Utah ans BYU with UTEP and Nevada
With all that shuffling, you'd now have the non-BCS conferences looking for replacements as well. Because they would need to be at 12 teams in order to ever be eligible for a BCS spot. And since the 7 automatic berths are simply the top 7 conferences, a good year could ...
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... the past 3 or 4 years there has been a great undefeated team from the non-BCS conferences that has crashed the gates of ... mid-major upstarts actually have a pretty good record against the BCS' elite. This year things looked to ... Georgia Tech and Iowa. It's not a conspiracy; as with so often in the BCS, the setup ensures that somebody is always getting screwed.
I find it almost inconceivable ...
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... of the season was the cumulative conference records, especially among the power (BCS) conferences. Preseason stories for example, heralded the return to glory ... Big East Conference. The won-loss records compiled by the BCS conferences suggest the Big East may not be ready to go ... and Kansas State (the two who lost "first" in their respective conferences) started their ill-fated games at 8:00 ...
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... non-automatic qualifying leagues, like I do, then you're left with only five teams from BCS conferences who are undefeated or have a single loss and have a legitimate chance at ... , Iowa and Pittsburgh fans, it is just not gonna happen.
I'm not going to go so far as to say the BCS is definitely going to work this year but it probably will. I will not be betting against Texas, Florida, or ...
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... Alabama Crimson Tide secured a berth in the BCS National Title game, where they will meet the Texas ... State will meet in the Fiesta Bowl, a first for the non-BCS conferences – not only to play each other in a BCS bowl game – but also the first time ... 8 Ohio State have known their fates for quite some time, and when the BCS rankings were released, it mattered little where they finished – the Rose ...
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... post. Today's announcement that Alabama and Texas will play for the BCS championship may satisfy most people but what about TCU? Cincinnati? Boise State? ... keep the 10 team system the BCS has.
2. The champion from each of the BCS conferences receives an automatic berth.
3. ... a BCS champion.
So how would it work this year?
This year's BCS conference champions were 1. Alabama (SEC), 2. ...
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... BCS conference has ever done. They have risen to the #4 ranking in the BCS standings. Until now, the best ranking for a non-BCS conference school was #6. ... average score of 44-8. Meanwhile, the #5 and #6 teams are also from non-BCS conferences -- Cincinnati and Boise State.
... , Texas or Alabama? Here are the top ten teams and their BCS ratings:
1. Florida .98422. Alabama . ...
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... following:
“…I still don’t like the way it’s set up because I don’t think we should have non-BCS schools, I think it’s demeaning to those schools that are playing really well.” ... supporters is that Boise State or TCU or Utah would perform just as well or nearly as well in BCS conferences as the front-runners. I like to flip that argument around. What is ...
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... BCS news: nothing. The top six teams in the BCS standings all won yesterday (No. 7 Georgia Tech was off…lazy bastards ... teams. Terrific.
The problem (as if there were only one) is that the teams in the BCS conferences have caught on–if a program like Texas ... West, WAC, Conference USA and anyone else not affiliated with the BCS. Take those top four teams, or top six teams, whatever. Play ...
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... State in the computer rankings.)
It would be great to see both of them play conference champions from the BCS conferences (or for that matter to play Florida, which was ranked number 1 before losing ... play each other isn't the way to convince anyone. Well, maybe it's a way to convince some people that the BCS really is afraid of the Mountain West and the WAC. But that's about all this ...
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... 't discuss how the conferences of the programs involved haven't generally measured up very well to BCS leagues in past ... championship game.
""My problem with the BCS,'' Barton said, "is, they claim ... 39;d be richer if they went to a tournament and they're not doing that.
I'm not saying that the BCS selection process is perfect. I'm not saying that the power ...
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... College Football Bowl Schedule
Game
Date
Site
Conferences
Pairing
Rose presented by Citi
Jan. 1
... Jan. 1
8:30PM
New Orleans, La.
BCS (at-large) vs. SEC
Cincinnati vs. Florida
Tostitos Fiesta
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