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09-15-2008, 12:38 AM | #32 |
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BYU's season ends on November 22. Suppose they are ranked #2 at that point. Will they keep that position on November 29 and December 6 when there are games such as the Big 12 Championship featuring Oklahoma/Texas vs. Missouri, and the SEC Championship featuring Florida/Georgia vs. Auburn, etc.?
"Although #3 Florida just defeated #5 Georgia to move to 12-1, I remain more impressed with BYU's last second win over #9 Utah two weeks ago, and additionally their crushing of unranked UCLA back in September stands out in my mind over Oklahoma's recent wins against Texas, Nebraska, Kansas and Missouri...." |
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if an SEC team makes it with 1-loss you're SOL.
But conference championship games could actually help you because they're likely to result in an upset. That's why conferences like B12 and SEC get so pissy about the setup of the Pac-10 and B10. |
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And now everyone is lamenting that we will get screwed in January, wondering who we should play for a championship, etc, all because we are 3-0.....LOL. We are truly small time when a 3-0 start gets everyone this crazy with excitement.
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09-15-2008, 01:18 AM | #36 |
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USC dropped from 2nd to 3rd in the final regular season BCS standings of 2003 when LSU won the SEC Championship game and inched above them in percentage points. Same with Florida over Michigan in 2006, and LSU over Georgia last year. Why should anybody think BYU would be safe at #2 or even at #1 on November 22?
On a similar note, last year Missouri was ranked #1 going into the final weekend of the season, lost to #9 Oklahoma in the Big 12 title game, fell to #7 and was shut out of the 10-spot BCS altogether because frankly, none of the bowls wanted them. On another similar note, Texas got the Rose Bowl invite over Cal in 2004 largely due to campaigning by Mack Brown. |
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LOL. Wow you really have drunk the kool-aid. Welcome aboard!
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I can see it now: as 100 sportswriters mull over their final ballots on December 5, through their coffee, caffeine and nicotene polluted minds (the horror! Such unclean vessels!) they keep feeling impressed with BYU and one by one, rank them either #1 or #2.... and as a result of this blessing, many true and faithful scriptoral literalists decide that maybe an unclean mortal CAN indeed receive inspiration from the scorekeeping, unwavering spirit after all, so long as that inspiration is designed to benefit the clean and able elders of Israel....
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