BCS = BS?
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With USC’s slaughter of Oklahoma in the BCS title game last night (55-19) the college football season has officially come to an end. At this point it is safe to say that USC is the undisputed champ of NCAA football. Although, Auburn was left out in the cold by the BCS. Auburn finished 13-0 defeating Virginia Tech in the Sugar Bowl and has finished ranked 2nd. An appropriate ranking? Well, I doubt that they could have defeated USC, but they never got that chance. And are they better than Oklahoma? There is no way to know for sure. Speaking of the Sugar Bowl, how is it that Virginia Tech deserved to play in it? They may have done very well against Auburn, but what about Cal Berkeley? Talk about being robbed. Cal was ranked 4th going into bowl season and ended playing #21 Texas Tech in the Holiday Bowl. Ouch. In my opinion, a playoff system is the only way to fairly determine the champ.
Speaking of mismatches, how about Utah and Pittsburgh? There is NO WAY Pittsburgh deserved to be playing in the Fiesta Bowl. Ridiculous. This is why Utah finished 5th and Pittsburgh is unranked. The BCS is a sham. Plain and simple.
While Boise State lost their bowl game, they only lost 40-44 to #7 Louisville, and it was their ONLY LOSS of the entire season. Yet their final ranking dropped to 13th with 9-3 teams Miami and Michigan being ranked above them. In my opinion Iowa should be placed below Boise State as well.
However, something good did come of this year’s bowl season. My alma mater, Fresno State defeated (then ranked) #18 Virginia. Yeah, go dawgs! This makes three consecutive bowl game wins (vs. UCLA in ’03 and Georgia Tech in ’02) and six consecutive bowl appearances. We finished ranked #22 and while I think we deserve to be up around #18 or 19 (have a look at teams 18-21) I’m just happy to have finished ranked.
I think I need to take a drive through Virginia with all of my Fresno State paraphernalia.
With USC’s slaughter of Oklahoma in the BCS title game last night (55-19) the college football season has officially come to an end. At this point it is safe to say that USC is the undisputed champ of NCAA football. Although, Auburn was left out in the cold by the BCS. Auburn finished 13-0 defeating Virginia Tech in the Sugar Bowl and has finished ranked 2nd. An appropriate ranking? Well, I doubt that they could have defeated USC, but they never got that chance. And are they better than Oklahoma? There is no way to know for sure. Speaking of the Sugar Bowl, how is it that Virginia Tech deserved to play in it? They may have done very well against Auburn, but what about Cal Berkeley? Talk about being robbed. Cal was ranked 4th going into bowl season and ended playing #21 Texas Tech in the Holiday Bowl. Ouch. In my opinion, a playoff system is the only way to fairly determine the champ.
Speaking of mismatches, how about Utah and Pittsburgh? There is NO WAY Pittsburgh deserved to be playing in the Fiesta Bowl. Ridiculous. This is why Utah finished 5th and Pittsburgh is unranked. The BCS is a sham. Plain and simple.
While Boise State lost their bowl game, they only lost 40-44 to #7 Louisville, and it was their ONLY LOSS of the entire season. Yet their final ranking dropped to 13th with 9-3 teams Miami and Michigan being ranked above them. In my opinion Iowa should be placed below Boise State as well.
However, something good did come of this year’s bowl season. My alma mater, Fresno State defeated (then ranked) #18 Virginia. Yeah, go dawgs! This makes three consecutive bowl game wins (vs. UCLA in ’03 and Georgia Tech in ’02) and six consecutive bowl appearances. We finished ranked #22 and while I think we deserve to be up around #18 or 19 (have a look at teams 18-21) I’m just happy to have finished ranked.
I think I need to take a drive through Virginia with all of my Fresno State paraphernalia.
posted by Jonathan at 1/05/2005 11:40:00 AM
2 Comments:
hey man,
I agree with you completely. BTW Catrina (aka ViGhce) and I were at the Boise game. I gotta say that the Boise locals really came out in force to support the WAC. There were like 4k of us and 4k of UVA fans and the rest of the 28k were Boise folk! After the game they opened the field up to the public and we got to go play on the Blue turf! As for the Bulldogs, I can't wait for next year, with 18 returing starters, we should be in another great position to 'bust the BCS.' -HIena
what up bro! this is merLOT. i was looking at the referral links to those who viewed my xanga and found yours, so i thought i'd type at your or something. I hope all is going well over there for you. We all do miss you, and stories are STILL told about your famous doings...such as attempting to drink from the broken glass...that one will always be around. anyways, we miss you and Tweetie, take care of yourselves, and we hope to see/hear from ya'll soon!
-merLOT
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