So with BYU now at #17....

[cougjunkie]

Originally Posted by ute4ever

Suck it like an everlasting gobstopper!

your penis or her breasts?

[OrangeUte]

Originally Posted by Mormon Red Death

You are thinking of Nebraska...

i don't think so. it seems like it was the year that lsu beat oklahoma in the orange bowl despite losing to kansas state in the big 12 title game, and kansas state went to the fiesta bowl. my mind is fuzzy, though, and i don't have time to investigate. you could very well be right.

[BarbaraGordon]

Originally Posted by OrangeUte

i don't think so. it seems like it was the year that lsu beat oklahoma in the orange bowl despite losing to kansas state in the big 12 title game, and kansas state went to the fiesta bowl. my mind is fuzzy, though, and i don't have time to investigate. you could very well be right.

you're correct.

[HuskyFreeNorthwest]

Originally Posted by OrangeUte

i don't think so. it seems like it was the year that lsu beat oklahoma in the orange bowl despite losing to kansas state in the big 12 title game, and kansas state went to the fiesta bowl. my mind is fuzzy, though, and i don't have time to investigate. you could very well be right.

Nebraska did also go the the BCS NC game in 2001 season after losing badly to Colorado and therefore not even going to the Big 12 championship game. Nebraska got pounded by Miami in the Rose Bowl championship game. Colorado beat Texas in the B12 championship to go to the Fiesta Bowl.

[bluegoose]

Originally Posted by HuskyFreeNorthwest

Nebraska did also go the the BCS NC game in 2001 season after losing badly to Colorado and therefore not even going to the Big 12 championship game. Nebraska got pounded by Miami in the Rose Bowl championship game. Colorado beat Texas in the B12 championship to go to the Fiesta Bowl.

Colorado was scary good at the end of that season. They were the hottest team in the country the entire second half of the year and likely would have given Miami all that they could handle in NC game, if given the chance.

[HuskyFreeNorthwest]

Originally Posted by bluegoose

Colorado was scary good at the end of that season. They were the hottest team in the country the entire second half of the year and likely would have given Miami all that they could handle in NC game, if given the chance.

That is a nice theory, except Colorado got throttled by the #2 team in the country in the Fiesta Bowl. So I doubt they would have done much against Miami.

[BarbaraGordon]

Originally Posted by HuskyFreeNorthwest

That is a nice theory, except Colorado got throttled by the #2 team in the country in the Fiesta Bowl. So I doubt they would have done much against Miami.

The Fiesta Bowl is clearly a set-up by the SEC to keep the Big 12 from proving itself as the sport's most dominant conference. That's the only conceivable explanation for the outcomes.

[HuskyFreeNorthwest]

Originally Posted by BarbaraGordon

The Fiesta Bowl is clearly a set-up by the SEC to keep the Big 12 from proving itself as the sport's most dominant conference. That's the only conceivable explanation for the outcomes.

Do you mean Pac 10? Those seem to be the teams that humiliate Big 12 teams in Bowl games. Well I guess the SEC does too. Maybe it is a joint Pac 10/SEC venture.

[BarbaraGordon]

Originally Posted by HuskyFreeNorthwest

Do you mean Pac 10? Those seem to be the teams that humiliate Big 12 teams in Bowl games. Well I guess the SEC does too. Maybe it is a joint Pac 10/SEC venture.

Nonono, we don't PLAY the SEC in the Fiesta Bowl. But the Big 12 is the primary competition for the SEC for the mythical title of "strongest conference in college football." So see the SEC's got the bowl games all fixed up to undermine our attempts to lay claim to the title of best conference.

See? They thought no one would catch on but you can't outsmart batgirl. Nosirree.

[ute4ever]

The BCS results from the past 10 years tell us two things:
-The Big 12 gets the most love in being selected for the title game
-If there were a conspiracy to keep the SEC on top, there are three conferences who appear to be a bigger threat than the Big 12, based on winning percentages.

"Championship game" appearances by conference:
5 Big 12
4 SEC
3 ACC
3 Big East
3 Big 10
2 Pac 10

Winning percentage by conference:
.738 SEC 11-4
.667 Pac 10 8-4
.600 Big East 6-4
.488 Big 10 8-9
.429 Big 12 6-8
.100 ACC 1-9
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1.00 MWC 1-0
.500 WAC 1-1
.000 Notre Dame 0-3

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Results:

1999 Teams
Sugar #4 Ohio State 24, #6 Texas A&M 14
Fiesta #1 Tennessee 23, #2 Florida State 16
Orange #8 Florida 31, #15 Syracuse 10
Rose #9 Wisconsin 38, #5 UCLA 31

2000 Teams
Sugar #1 Florida State 46, #2 Virginia Tech 29
Fiesta #3 Nebraska 31, #5 Tennessee 21
Orange #8 Michigan 35, #4 Alabama 34
Rose #7 Wisconsin 17, Stanford 9

2001 Teams
Sugar #3 Miami 37, #7 Florida 20
Fiesta #6 Oregon State 41, #11 Notre Dame 9
Orange #1 Oklahoma 13, #2 Florida State 2
Rose #4 Washington 34, Purdue 24

2002 Teams
Sugar #13 LSU 47, #8 Illinois 34
Fiesta #4 Oregon 38, #3 Colorado 16
Orange #5 Florida 56, #10 Maryland 23
Rose #1 Miami 37, #2 Nebraska 14

2003 Teams
Sugar #3 Georgia 26, #14 Florida State 13
Fiesta #2 Ohio State 31, #1 Miami 24 (2OT)
Orange #4 USC 38, #5 Iowa 17
Rose #7 Oklahoma 34, #6 Washington State 14

2004 Teams
Sugar #2 LSU 21, #1 Oklahoma 14
Fiesta #5 Ohio State 35, #10 Kansas State 28
Orange #9 Miami 16, #7 Florida State 14
Rose #3 USC 28, #4 Michigan 14

2005 Teams
Sugar #3 Auburn 16, #8 Virginia Tech 13
Fiesta #6 Utah 35, #21 Pittsburgh 7
Orange #1 USC 55, #2 Oklahoma 19
Rose #4 Texas 38, #13 Michigan 37

2006 Teams
Sugar #11 West Virginia 38, Georgia 35
Fiesta #4 Ohio State 34, #6 Notre Dame 20
Orange #3 Penn St. 26, #22 Florida St. 23 (3 OT)
Rose #2 Texas 41, #1 USC 38

2007 Teams
Champ. #2 Florida 41, #1 Ohio State 14
Fiesta #8 Boise St. 43, #10 Oklahoma 42, OT
Orange #6 Louisville 24, #14 Wake Forest 13
Rose #5 USC 32, #3 Michigan 18
Sugar #4 LSU 41, #11 Notre Dame 14

2008 Teams
Champ. #2 LSU 38, #1 Ohio State 24
Fiesta #9 W. Virginia 48, #4 Oklahoma 28
Orange #8 Kansas 24, #3 Virginia Tech 21
Rose #7 USC 49, #13 Illinois 17
Sugar #5 Georgia 41, #10 Hawaii 10