Style of play. Texas actually had a defense (something Oklahoma didn't have), and could have contained Florida's offense better.
What kind of team is Penn State expected to field this year, because if the Buckeyes get past USC at home, and Penn State is rebuilding, tOSU will be have a good chance at being ranked #1 going into the MNC. Look at their schedule:
Navy
USC
@ Toledo
Illinois
@ Indiana
Wisconsin
@ Purdue
Minnesota
New Mexico St.
@ Penn State
Iowa
@ Michigan
What do you think Jimbo, HD?
USC will be the key to the title again this year for the Buckeyes.Thats what they said going into LAST year ....
We don't have theD* we had in previous years, many leaving, we'll see.
NEW YORK -- The Mountain West Conference wants to lead the fight for a major college football playoff.
The MWC presented the BCS with a proposal Wednesday to create an eight-team playoff system that would allow greater access to the national championship game to teams outside the six most powerful leagues.
Commissioner Craig Thompson and four university leaders from the MWC announced details on a conference call and the entire 2½-page proposal was posted on the league's Web site.
"I will put this as bluntly as I can," said Tom Buchanan, University of Wyoming president and chairman of the MWC board of directors. "We all believe that change is needed. The current system is not fair and somebody needs to stand up and say that and ask for dialogue amongst all the parties involved.
"Our goal is to find a system that is best for college football."
The next BCS meeting is scheduled for April in Pasadena, Calif.
Interesting...............................
Mountain West Conference proposes college football playoff - ESPN
The Big East has released it's 2009 schedule:
[FONT=verdana,geneva]2009 BIG EAST Conference Composite Football Schedule[/FONT]
[FONT=verdana,geneva]Saturday, September 5[/FONT]
[FONT=verdana,geneva]CINCINNATI at RUTGERS (date subject to change)[/FONT]
[FONT=verdana,geneva]Connecticut at Ohio[/FONT]
[FONT=verdana,geneva]Indiana State at Louisville[/FONT]
[FONT=verdana,geneva]Youngstown State at Pittsburgh[/FONT]
[FONT=verdana,geneva]Wofford at USF[/FONT]
[FONT=verdana,geneva]Minnesota at Syracuse[/FONT]
[FONT=verdana,geneva]Liberty at West Virginia[/FONT]
[FONT=verdana,geneva]Saturday, September 12[/FONT]
[FONT=verdana,geneva]Southeast Missouri State at Cincinnati[/FONT]
[FONT=verdana,geneva]North Carolina at Connecticut[/FONT]
[FONT=verdana,geneva]Pittsburgh at Buffalo[/FONT]
[FONT=verdana,geneva]Howard at Rutgers[/FONT]
[FONT=verdana,geneva]USF at Western Kentucky[/FONT]
[FONT=verdana,geneva]Syracuse at Penn State[/FONT]
[FONT=verdana,geneva]East Carolina at West Virginia[/FONT]
[FONT=verdana,geneva]Saturday, September 19[/FONT]
[FONT=verdana,geneva]Cincinnati at Oregon State[/FONT]
[FONT=verdana,geneva]Connecticut at Baylor[/FONT]
[FONT=verdana,geneva]Louisville at Kentucky[/FONT]
[FONT=verdana,geneva]Navy at Pittsburgh[/FONT]
[FONT=verdana,geneva]Florida International at Rutgers[/FONT]
[FONT=verdana,geneva]Charleston Southern at USF[/FONT]
[FONT=verdana,geneva]Northwestern at Syracuse[/FONT]
[FONT=verdana,geneva]West Virginia at Auburn[/FONT]
[FONT=verdana,geneva]Saturday, September 26[/FONT]
[FONT=verdana,geneva]Fresno State at Cincinnati[/FONT]
[FONT=verdana,geneva]Rhode Island at Connecticut[/FONT]
[FONT=verdana,geneva]Louisville at Utah[/FONT]
[FONT=verdana,geneva]Pittsburgh at North Carolina State[/FONT]
[FONT=verdana,geneva]Rutgers at Maryland[/FONT]
[FONT=verdana,geneva]USF at Florida State[/FONT]
[FONT=verdana,geneva]Maine at Syracuse[/FONT]
[FONT=verdana,geneva]Thursday, October 1[/FONT]
[FONT=verdana,geneva]Colorado at West Virginia (7:30 p.m., ESPN)[/FONT]
[FONT=verdana,geneva]Friday, October 2[/FONT]
[FONT=verdana,geneva]PITTSBURGH at LOUISVILLE (8 p.m., ESPN2)[/FONT]
[FONT=verdana,geneva]Saturday, October 3[/FONT]
[FONT=verdana,geneva]Cincinnati at Miami (Ohio)[/FONT]
[FONT=verdana,geneva]USF at SYRACUSE[/FONT]
[FONT=verdana,geneva]Saturday, October 10[/FONT]
[FONT=verdana,geneva]CONNECTICUT at PITTSBURGH[/FONT]
[FONT=verdana,geneva]WEST VIRGINIA at SYRACUSE[/FONT]
[FONT=verdana,geneva]Southern Mississippi at Louisville[/FONT]
[FONT=verdana,geneva]Thursday, October 15[/FONT]
[FONT=verdana,geneva]CINCINNATI at USF (7:30 p.m., ESPN)[/FONT]
[FONT=verdana,geneva]Friday, October 16[/FONT]
[FONT=verdana,geneva]PITTSBURGH at RUTGERS (8 p.m., ESPN)[/FONT]
[FONT=verdana,geneva]Saturday, October 17[/FONT]
[FONT=verdana,geneva]LOUISVILLE at CONNECTICUT[/FONT]
[FONT=verdana,geneva]Marshall at West Virginia[/FONT]
Friday, October 23
Rutgers at Army (8 p.m., ESPN2)
[FONT=verdana,geneva]Saturday, October 24[/FONT]
[FONT=verdana,geneva]LOUISVILLE at CINCINNATI[/FONT]
[FONT=verdana,geneva]CONNECTICUT at WEST VIRGINIA[/FONT]
[FONT=verdana,geneva]USF at PITTSBURGH[/FONT]
[FONT=verdana,geneva]Akron at Syracuse[/FONT]
[FONT=verdana,geneva]Friday, October 30[/FONT]
[FONT=verdana,geneva]WEST VIRGINIA at USF (8 p.m., ESPN2)[/FONT]
[FONT=verdana,geneva]Saturday, October 31[/FONT]
[FONT=verdana,geneva]CINCINNATI at SYRACUSE[/FONT]
[FONT=verdana,geneva]RUTGERS at CONNECTICUT[/FONT]
[FONT=verdana,geneva]Arkansas State at Louisville[/FONT]
[FONT=verdana,geneva]Saturday, November 7[/FONT]
[FONT=verdana,geneva]CONNECTICUT at CINCINNATI[/FONT]
[FONT=verdana,geneva]LOUISVILLE at WEST VIRGINIA[/FONT]
[FONT=verdana,geneva]SYRACUSE at PITTSBURGH[/FONT]
[FONT=verdana,geneva]Thursday, November 12[/FONT]
[FONT=verdana,geneva]USF at RUTGERS (7:30 p.m., ESPN)[/FONT]
[FONT=verdana,geneva]Friday, November 13[/FONT]
[FONT=verdana,geneva]WEST VIRGINIA at CINCINNATI (8 p.m., ESPN2)[/FONT]
[FONT=verdana,geneva]Saturday, November 14[/FONT]
[FONT=verdana,geneva]SYRACUSE at LOUISVILLE[/FONT]
[FONT=verdana,geneva]Notre Dame at Pittsburgh (ABC/ESPN/ESPN2)[/FONT]
[FONT=verdana,geneva]Saturday, November 21[/FONT]
[FONT=verdana,geneva]LOUISIVLLE at USF[/FONT]
[FONT=verdana,geneva]RUTGERS at SYRACUSE[/FONT]
[FONT=verdana,geneva]Connecticut at Notre Dame (2:30 p.m., NBC)[/FONT]
[FONT=verdana,geneva]Friday, November 27[/FONT]
[FONT=verdana,geneva]PITTSBURGH at WEST VIRGINIA (ABC/ESPN)[/FONT]
[FONT=verdana,geneva]Saturday, November 28[/FONT]
[FONT=verdana,geneva]SYRACUSE at CONNECTICUT[/FONT]
[FONT=verdana,geneva]RUTGERS at LOUISVILLE[/FONT]
[FONT=verdana,geneva]Illinois at Cincinnati[/FONT]
[FONT=verdana,geneva]Miami (Fla.) at USF[/FONT]
[FONT=verdana,geneva]Saturday, December 5[/FONT]
[FONT=verdana,geneva]CINCINNATI at PITTSBURGH (ABC/ESPN/ESPN2)[/FONT]
[FONT=verdana,geneva]USF at CONNECTICUT (ABC/ESPN/ESPN2)[/FONT]
[FONT=verdana,geneva]WEST VIRGINIA at RUTGERS (ABC/ESPN/ESPN2)[/FONT]
[FONT=verdana,geneva]All times Eastern[/FONT]
[FONT=verdana,geneva]All dates and times subject to change[/FONT]
[FONT=verdana,geneva]Additional television arrangements will be announced as they become available[/FONT]
BTW, just want to get this in:
I am no longer going to defend the Big East anymore.
Last season convinced me what Sam and David were saying all along.
BTW, just want to get this in:
I am no longer going to defend the Big East anymore.
I will still defend the SEC.. Last season proved me right again.
I will still defend the SEC.. Last season proved me right again.
I will still defend the SEC.. Last season proved me right again.
Oh for F* sakes! The one SEC team wins yesterday and now the resident SEC bandwagoner is popping off again! Give me a break. Where were you all season? Why do you only come out when your teams win?
What brought this on? Looks like you may have confused football threads with bball.
Do you think we're a little tired of hearing about the SEC?
Looks that way. I've been wondering why this thread won't get anchored now that spring training has started.
Good thing no one has expressed how tired they are of hearing about the better NHL and NFL teams. There would be nothing on this board except Sabres' history lessons and bad predictions.
Farley reincarnated.Looks that way. I've been wondering why this thread won't get anchored now that spring training has started.
Good thing no one has expressed how tired they are of hearing about the better NHL and NFL teams. There would be nothing on this board except Sabres' history lessons and bad predictions.
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