<p>Did y'all hear today that Mike Leach is interviewing for the Washington job?</p>
<p>Could he be leaving Texas Tech!?!</p>
<p>^^^ Mike Leach vs. Pete Carroll is one of my crazy dream coaching match-ups (along with Mike Leach vs. Nick Saban, Mike Leach vs. Houston Nutt, or really Mike Leach vs. Anyone). If Leach comes to the PAC-10, thereby requiring an annual game against Pete Carroll, that would be amazing. Plus, it would mean he would have to go up against the other Stoops over at Arizona. Haha.</p>
<p>EDIT: So now the news is that Auburn's Tommy Tubberville has been fired and that Auburn has contacted Mike Leach about the job. Leach to the SEC is even better than Leach to the PAC 10. It would be crazy awesome.</p>
<p>I don't know that I'd blame Leach for leaving. This was clearly Texas Tech's best opportunity ever to go for a national championship in school history, but couldn't even pull out the Big-12 South or a BCS bowl bid. </p>
<p>A quick shout out for USC QB Mark Sanchez, who made the first team Academic All-Pac-10 QB slot. DL Clay Matthews also made first team and backup QB Garrett Green took the second team QB slot, making USC sweep the QB position.</p>
<p>Little BCS humor for you..</p>
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BCS declares Germany WINNER of WWII
USA Ranked 4th...</p>
<p>After determining the Big-12 championship game participants, the BCS computers were put to work on other major contests and today the BCS declared Germany to be the winner of World War II.</p>
<p>"Germany put together an incredible number of victories beginning with the annexation of Austria and the Sudentenland and continuing into conference play with defeats of Poland, France, Norway,Sweden, Denmark, Belgium and the Netherlands. Their only home losses came against the USA and Russia; however considering their entire body of work--including an incredibly tough Strength of Schedule (SOS)-our computers deemed them worthy of the #1 ranking."</p>
<p>Questioned about the #4 ranking of the United States the BCS commissioner stated :The US only had two major victories--Japan and Germany. The computer models, unlike humans, aren't influenced by head-to-head contests--they consider each contest to be only a single, equally-weighted event."</p>
<p>German Chancellor Adolph Hitler said "Yes, we lost to the US; but we defeated #2 France in only six weeks and racked up numerous early wins. I don't want to hear a word about 'cupcakes'! "'Cupcakes' ist verbotten!" Herr Hitler has been criticized for seeking dramatic victories to earn "style points" to enhance Germany's rankings. Hitler protested "Our contest with Poland was in doubt until the final day and the conditions in Norway were incredibly challenging and demanded the application of additional forces."</p>
<p>The French ranking has also come under scrutney. The BCS commented, "France had a single loss against Germany and following a preseason #1 ranking, they only fell to # 2."</p>
<p>Japan was ranked #3 with victories including Manchuria, Borneo and the Philippines. United States coach Harry Truman was criticized for bad taste for scheduling a "politicking" during the halftime of the Germans bombing of Great Britian. A US fan also made the point that "The German's got too many style points for their **** offense whichcontinues to obliterate weaker opponents and show off their might after the battle is won. But what about defense ?</p>
<p>Germany also ran up the score on inconference doormats Greece and Yugoslavia to go with their wins against very weak OOC schedule that included Crete, Morroco, Algeria, and Tunisia.</p>
<p>No doubt the French were ranked number two for their early OOC successes against Tunisia, Algeria, Chad, Madagascar, Djibouti, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Togo, and Cameroon.</p>
<p>With only one conference loss to number one ranked Germany, they showed how to run up the score on the little guys.</p>
<p>The US was ranked number four in the BCS rankings because of the early inconference loss by the US military industrial complex to the US bankers in 1929; a contest they were heavily favored to win convincingly due to their superior talent and coaching.</p>
<p>Critics say the United States misuses superior talent and has very predictable play calling which is why they always struggle in-conference, but they have no explanation for the impressive string of OOC blow out victories over ranked opponents like Germany and Japan.
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<p>The bowl system is just all about money. My school, Wake Forest, got the old screwski, as we had a better record (7-5 vs. BCS schools) than Clemson (5-5 vs. BCS schools) and we beat Clemson head to head. Yet we are probably going to play in the 9th ranked bowl against Navy and Clemscum plays in the 3rd ranked ACC bold. disgusting.</p>
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My school, Wake Forest, got the old screwski, as we had a better record (7-5 vs. BCS schools) than Clemson (5-5 vs. BCS schools) and we beat Clemson head to head. Yet we are probably going to play in the 9th ranked bowl against Navy
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<p>Watch out! Those Middies may get you again!</p>
<p>Meh, it does nothing for us. We will easily beat them, but that is expected. It will do nothing for our program to beat a bad team. We lost to them by a TD and had 5 TO's. If we lose to them (small chance) that is just pathetic.</p>
<p>Go Gators!!!</p>
<p>Good job, Boston College. You never fail to amaze us when you continuously choke.</p>
<p>How about florida last night? What a game! We going to the ship, ay!</p>
<p>Now for national championship predictions, I have to go with the gators. The game is going to come down to Florida's pass defense. All they have to do is contain Bradford. I doubt Oklahoma will be able to stop Florida's multifaceted offense. Final score 41-28 Florida</p>
<p>^ You're nuts. I'm a Longhorn fan, so I'm incredibly annoyed, but Oklahoma is clearly the better team in almost every respect. You want multifaceted offense? Have you seen Sam Bradford and the Sooner running backs?? You're in for a wake-up call, my friend. The Big 12 is the best conference in the nation. Prepare to get demoralized. Sooners 45, Gators 24</p>
<p>yah, playing OU is <em>clearly</em> not going to be as easy as playing Alabama. While Alabama's got no offense, OU's offense may very well be the best in the nation.</p>
<p>But OU lacks defense, and I doubt they'll be able to stop Tim Tebow & Co.
If Florida's defense can step it up, Florida will win out.</p>
<p>Gators 45, Sooners 38</p>
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I doubt Oklahoma will be able to stop Florida's multifaceted offense.
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<p>I severely doubt it as well. I also doubt Sam Bradford will be Sam Bradford when he has to go up against the SEC's best defense.</p>
<p>Florida gets their second crystal football in three years in January. Texas--and yes, I still think USC-- would have given them a better game than the Sooners will. They don't call them Chokelahoma for nothing.</p>
<p>Do we even need to play the game? Just crown the GATORS champions. The game will be over by halftime.</p>
<p>New rankings (AP):
1. Florida (50) 12-1 1,602
2. Oklahoma (9) 12-1 1,540
3. Texas (6) 11-1 1,530
4. Alabama 12-1 1,410
5. USC 11-1 1,372
6. Penn State 11-1 1,259
7. Utah 12-0 1,225
8. Texas Tech 11-1 1,193
9. Boise State 12-0 1,101
10. Ohio State 10-2 1,069
11. TCU 10-2 921
12. Cincinnati 11-2 863
13. Oklahoma State 9-3 853
14. Georgia Tech 9-3 761
15. Oregon 9-3 710
16. Georgia 9-3 599
17. Brigham Young 10-2 477
18. Pittsburgh 9-3 428
19. Michigan State 9-3 423
20. Mississippi 8-4 389
21. Virginia Tech 9-4 318
22. Northwestern 9-3 262
23. Ball State 12-1 249
24. Oregon State 8-4 163
25. Missouri 9-4 150</p>
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Do we even need to play the game? Just crown the GATORS champions.
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<p>Just remember what happen September 27 at The Swamp...</p>
<p>It's official:</p>
<p>Rose: USC (Pac-10 champ) vs. Penn State (Big-10 champ)
Fiesta: Texas (BCS at-large) vs. Ohio State (BCS at-large)
Sugar: Alabama (BCS at-large) vs. Utah (BCS at-large)
Orange: Cincinnati (Big East champ) vs. Virginia Tech (ACC champ)
Title: Florida (SEC champ) vs. Oklahoma (Big-12 champ)</p>
<p>Anyone dare to call any of these games?</p>
<p>BSC Rankings:</p>
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<li>Oklahoma 12-1
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<li>Florida 12-1</li>
<li>Texas 11-1</li>
<li>Alabama 12-1</li>
<li>USC 11-1</li>
<li>Utah 12-0</li>
<li>Texas Tech 11-1</li>
<li>Penn State 11-1</li>
<li>Boise State 12-0</li>
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<li>Ohio State 10-2</li>
<li>TCU 10-2</li>
<li>Cincinnati 11-2</li>
<li>Oklahoma State 9-3</li>
<li>Georgia Tech 9-3</li>
<li>Georgia 9-3</li>
<li>BYU 10-2</li>
<li>Oregon 9-3</li>
<li>Michigan State 9-3</li>
<li>Virginia Tech 9-4</li>
<li>Pitt 9-3</li>
<li>Missouri 9-4</li>
<li>Ball State 12-1</li>
<li>Northwestern 9-3</li>
<li>Boston College 9-4</li>
<li>Mississippi 8-4</li>
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<p>FL should have been ranked #1, but whatever.</p>
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<p>It's official:</p>
<p>Rose: USC (Pac-10 champ) vs. Penn State (Big-10 champ)
Fiesta: Texas (BCS at-large) vs. Ohio State (BCS at-large)
Sugar: Alabama (BCS at-large) vs. Utah (BCS at-large)
Orange: Cincinnati (Big East champ) vs. Virginia Tech (ACC champ)
Title: Florida (SEC champ) vs. Oklahoma (Big-12 champ)
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<p>Title: Florida beats Oklahoma
Rose: USC beats Penn State
Fiesta: Texas beats Ohio State
Sugar: Alabama beats Utah
Orange: Cincinnati beats VT</p>
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Title: Florida beats Oklahoma
Rose: USC beats Penn State
Fiesta: Texas beats Ohio State
Sugar: Alabama beats Utah
Orange: Cincinnati beats VT
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<p>Ditto to all except the last one. The Orange bowl is kind of a toss-up for me, and the sad thing is, it'll probably be less attractive to most viewers than a few of the non-BCS bowls. The Big East and the ACC are not exactly the powerhouses of college football this season. I've seen some people calling for a BCS rule that nixes the requirement that the champs of both conferences be represented in the BCS games. That's pretty harsh to me, but understandably it isn't the most exciting match-up. </p>
<p>If the Utah-Bama game is going to be like last year's Sugar Bowl, with Georgia killing Hawaii, it's going to be a huge downer.</p>
<p>I'll have to think a bit before I call each of those games, but I'll say right now that Bama-Utah is not going to be the blowout that Georgia-Hawaii was last year. It might not be a down-to-the-wire 4th quarter finish, but it's not going to be so dramatically one-sided.</p>
<p>For one thing, Hawaii sort of lucked out getting into the BCS, considering how horribly weak their schedule was last year. This year Utah not only downed a strong Pac-10 team but two strong non-BCS teams in BYU and TCU. And according to one computer ranking (Sagarin), Utah's strength-of-schedule is 71st in the nation, which is not too far behind Alabama's (56th)</p>