BCS Breakdown

Posted by Jacob Floyd On 8:33 PM
This shows the problems in a computer doing the tabulating. Anyone who watched the games on Saturday saw a Florida team which should have lost, if it had not been for two awful calls which should have been no-calls, and two missed field goals.

Alabama, dismantled S. Carolina. Texas did its best to lose against Oklahoma, but managed a win, and seemingly locked a spot in the Texas vs. Alabama/Florida title game. I really don't see any change in that unless the unthinkable happens and they all lose 2 games. USC really doesn't look good enough to deserve a shot. Iowa, I think does.

This is my main argument here: a one loss MWC team should be higher than an undefeated Boise St. Team. Yep. I said that. Why? Boise State has played 2 teams with winning records: Oregon, and Tulsa. They won those games by a combined 18 points. Not bad, but not impressive. They don't play anyone else of note, including 2 of the worst teams in the nation (Utah State and San Jose st a combined 2-10). Now, TCU could well go undefeated. But even a loss to Utah or BYU, they'd still have beat Clemson and Virginia on the road, and another top 25 team (either Utah of BYU). If BYU wins out, they will have beaten 3 top 25 teams (two of them top 10). Utah has a tougher road if they were to lose, simply because their sole loss was on the road to Oregon, who of course Boise St. beat, and share Utah State and San Jose State on the schedule. But if they win out, they will have beaten BYU and TCU at home.

Now, to more circular logic, the kind that makes us pull our hair out when the BCS comes into play: Georgia Tech's only loss came to Miami. Miami's only loss came to Virginia Tech. Virginia Tech lost to Alabama and...Georgia Tech.

Usually the call for a play-off comes with a load of one loss or unbeaten teams. This year may be the year when its because none of these teams really seem that dominant and all seem untested so far. It may become more clear over the rest of the season. But as history has shown, it will become even more muddled.

Games of next week ( a bit of a down week after this last week with the exception of the top 2):
TCU @ BYU
Oregon @ Washington
South Florida @ Pittsburgh
Penn St. @ Michigan
Uconn @ West Va.

Upset alert:
Texas @ Missouri: Has trap written all over it. Missouri suffered its first two loses of the season back to back in the last two weeks, and Texas is coming off of a win against Oklahoma and may be looking ahead at $15 Oklahoma State.

1 Response to "BCS Breakdown"

  1. Mandie Reed Said,

    can you believe a girl is reading about sports. lol :) i can't help it i love it!

    mandie reed

     

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