tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post5450375633855515644..comments2024-03-17T03:18:56.070-04:00Comments on Dan Shanoff: 11/08 Quickie: Favre, Browns, Vick, TCUUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-14936953481669481742010-11-10T15:47:58.689-05:002010-11-10T15:47:58.689-05:00You have consistantly said that the SEC will event...You have consistantly said that the SEC will eventually force a playoff when it's champion is jilted for the national title game. How about this 1-2 punch?<br /><br />If Bama beats Auburn (as you and I think they will), it's likely the final BCS standings will go Oregon 1, Non-AQ 2&3 (for our purposes, the order is not important) Oregon & Non-AQ1 go to Glendale, but the BCS guarantees the top three teams in the standings get to go to a BCS bowl. And per Stewart Mandel's mailbag today, if Non-AQ1 goes to the title game, the Rose Bowl can pick whomever they choose, meaning Stanford can start reserving rooms the second after Auburn loses.<br /><br />Now the Sugar has a prisoner's dilemma: W/Stan, TCU & Boise already in (and the Big East Champ still to be seeded since the Orange will take the ACC Champ) the Sugar is forced to either a) take a small school for the 4th consecutive year (Hawai'i, Utah, Cincy), or take a 1-loss Big 10 team and in doing so, lock out 11-1 LSU because that would take the last at-large berth. <br /><br />In the span of 10 days, the SEC would go from being the 4 time defending national champion to watching a non-AQ play Oregon for the title *AND* losing a 2nd BCS slot. (That it's the Rose Bowl doing this is particularly hilarious). You think Mike Slive would take his marbles and go home?Trenchman003https://www.blogger.com/profile/10761980433717220382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-89337658296268220422010-11-08T12:23:55.484-05:002010-11-08T12:23:55.484-05:00Hi Dan,
You seemed to start the year focused on w...Hi Dan,<br /><br />You seemed to start the year focused on what the teams were and not so much on their schedules. I think the power of the human voters is being capable of looking beyond the rankings of the opponents, instead looking at the skill of the team and projecting their strengths and weaknesses against the other top-tier teams.<br /><br />I know year-to-year comparisons are next to meaningless, but Boise beat Oregon AND TCU last year, beat Oregon 2 years ago and lost to TCU by 1. While Oregon and TCU can claim to be stronger this year, so can Boise. Based on this season and recent program history, I can't see how Boise #1 votes are so easily dismissed. <br /><br />Any reasonable person should be able to make an impassioned argument for any of the top 4. We might have stronger evidence for Ore, Aub and TCU, based on their opponents. That does not prove by any measure they are better than Boise.<br /><br />As a former Boise #1 voter you should not be dismissing their case so easily.Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09978284603123219734noreply@blogger.com