So they should start thier season later, or do like USC and a few others do, take a week off before and after a big game ?
They already added a week this year to the schedule.
They still end on Nov. 22nd
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So they should start thier season later, or do like USC and a few others do, take a week off before and after a big game ?
They already added a week this year to the schedule.
They still end on Nov. 22nd
All I have to say is "put up or shut up." When a Big10 champion defeats a team in the MNC I will bow to their superiority. Until then...
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The media has nothing to do with it. Oklahoma has a better chance of playing Texas in the MNC than it has of playing in the Fiesta Bowl. Texas will likely be the Big-12 South champion, so the Big-12 North team (when they lose to Texas) will be runner up. Since Texas will be in the MNC, they can't go to the Fiesta Bowl, so the runner up (Missouri) will. Oklahoma has a chance of moving up to 2nd in the BCS with a poor showing by PSU and Alabama at some point in November.
All I have to say is "put up or shut up." When a Big10 champion defeats a team in the MNC I will bow to their superiority. Until then....
Wow. was 2002 really that long ago?
Doesn't Tech play Texas and both Okies over the next 3 or 4 weeks? Tech's position in the top ten will be pretty much solidified by then. Whoever plays Missouri in the Big 12 championship will see a diiferent team than the one that slept until they were behind 35-zip against (in my opinion) the country's best team, Texas.
Looks like the BCS 2 team limit will hurt the Big 12, much as it has hurt the SEC and Big 12 in the past. I wonder if Oklahoma will do its' bowl fold this year.
Doesn't Tech play Texas and both Okies over the next 3 or 4 weeks? Tech's position in the top ten will be pretty much solidified by then. Whoever plays Missouri in the Big 12 championship will see a diiferent team than the one that slept until they were behind 35-zip against (in my opinion) the country's best team, Texas.
Yes, Texas Tech plays #1 Texas, #9 Oklahoma St and #4 Oklahoma in the next 3 weeks. No sense in complaining about their current ranking in the polls now as the conversation is meaningless. Once their schedule plays out, the entire nation will get a much better grasp at how good or mediocre this team really is.
Wow. was 2002 really that long ago?
2002? In college football years, uh...yes.
The last two years have all but wiped out a lot of respect for the Big10, due in most part to tOSU's poor performance in the MNC. If Penn State finishes undefeated and wins the MNC, I, as many others, will again believe the Big10 is as strong as it once was. Until then, smack the SEC, Big12, Pac10, etc., and you'll get smacked back.
LSU maybe. The way Florida and Georgia have played lately though, I think it would be a two touchdown victory at the least.
The best two teams in both conferences have played each other often and the result has been the same....a serious a$$whippin'....
All I have to say is "put up or shut up." When a Big10 champion defeats a team in the MNC I will bow to their superiority. Until then....
I do believe this has happened already. 2002? "That evil school from down South".
So we are to assume this will happen each and every year? PUHLEEEEEZE! If that's the case, Miami will never play in a BCS game again, Florida will never beat MICHIGAN, etc.... And the Etroit Lions will never win a game. Oh, wait a minute, the last one may be the exception that proves the rule.
The last two years have all but wiped out a lot of respect for the Big10, due in most part to tOSU's poor performance in the MNC. If Penn State finishes undefeated and wins the MNC, I, as many others, will again believe the Big10 is as strong as it once was. Until then, smack the SEC, Big12, Pac10, etc., and you'll get smacked back.
And PSU's outstanding record in bowl games (including winning three in a row) has no impact on how you perceive that team? Huh?
Also note: the Big Ten is 3-3 versus the SEC in bowl games the last two years.
That Washington/Washington State Apple Cup on November 22nd, IMO, will be a Blooper Bowl of hilarious proportions.
FWIW, USC does not control their own destiny with regards to the Rose Bowl/BCS. Oregon State -- were they to win out -- would get the Rose Bowl bid by virtue of their win over the Trojans.
Incidentally, that is the same Oregon State team that was clobbered by PSU 45-14 earlier in the season.
