BCS computers have Michigan #1, Rutgers #2, OSU #3

[Deadlock]

Who cares? OSU will be #1 throughout everything after Saturday.

 

[cdt]

I heard the guys talking during OSU vs NW and the rematch thing came up and they said something about..

Florida vs FSU during the season FSU crushed Florida then they played for the Nat'l title and Florida blew FSU's doors off and it was terrible boring..

The prospect didn't seem to encouraging for it to potentially happen..Griese seemed down on the idea as well..

It'd have to be a huge shootout like 3 pts or less victory for either side..

 

[Style]

What's the chances of a rematch ? Possible ?

It's possible, but I think it will take nearly all of the one loss teams losing again, ie. the only team with 1 loss will have to be the loser of the OSU-UM game. Which seems pretty unlikely. You've got to believe at least one other team will have just 1 loss. (This is discarding teams like Rutgers and Boise State. They will not be playing for the national title.)

The thing is, the voters don't want to see a rematch this late in the season, and so they will likely put the OSU-UM loser behind other 1 loss teams in the rankings, even if they think the loser is better than the team they're ranking higher, just to ensure a rematch doesn't occur.

Of course, like cdt said, if the game is ultra close it will only increase the chances of a rematch. If it's a 3 point or less game, the voters might put the loser ahead of some of the other 1 loss teams.

 

[The George]

if Florida drops another game...and Rutgers falls to WVU and USC loses to like Cal

then we might have to have a rematch

but I dont think it will be a rematch.....maybe im wrong

 

[Style]

if Florida drops another game...and Rutgers falls to WVU and USC loses to like Cal

then we might have to have a rematch

but I dont think it will be a rematch.....maybe im wrong

If Florida drops one, and ND wins out, then there will be a rematch....of last year's Fiesta Bowl.

I'm down with that. It'd be fun to embarrass the Irish again.

 

[Style]

Actually, Rutgers could play for the title with help. If THE GAME is a blow out, USC loses to Cal, ND loses to USC, Arkansas loses to LSU, Florida loses to Arkansas (SEC title game), and of course Rutgers beats WVU, you pretty much have to put them in there, right? As bad as it would be to have Rutgers play for the title, it'd be better than having a rematch of a blow out that just happened at the end of the season.

That's a lot of ifs up there though. Rutgers is an extreme long shot at this point.

 

[The George]

I would be pissed if ND got in the NC game over us

we kicked thier ass on thier own field....so if we are not in ND shouldnt be in

I forgot about Arkansas they might be a big surprise team to watch out for

 

[cavincali]

I went onto espn and osu is ranked #1.

Someone give a link showing other wise.

 

[The George]

the computers bro....BCS computers are only one part of the equation that is the BCS

human polls are worth 2/3s of the BCS

computer polls mostly have Michigan number 1 that is why it is so close between our BCS numbers

 

[James]

Again, you show your ignorance. The loser of this game gets to play in the Rose Bowl. Yes, it will suck to lose this one, but that's a pretty phenominal consolation prize.

Virginia Tech would give it's left nut to play in a BCS bowl.

ignorance to you is a differing opinion then that of yours, your a cool dude, but you take stuff out of context, you know damn well you dont want to play in the damn rose bowl, you want the national championship. a rose bowl for you wouldnt be as sweet as a national championship. that is what i meant by "a wrap".

and yea i guess i i did miss the Minnesota game i didnt see it on the ESPN scores. But even at that, Rutgers shut out more teams.

 

[Style]

ignorance to you is a differing opinion then that of yours, your a cool dude, but you take stuff out of context, you know damn well you dont want to play in the damn rose bowl, you want the national championship. a rose bowl for you wouldnt be as sweet as a national championship. that is what i meant by "a wrap".

and yea i guess i i did miss the Minnesota game i didnt see it on the ESPN scores. But even at that, Rutgers shut out more teams.

James, you've been saying all year "Just wait till you guys lose!" like the world will end with a Buckeye loss, and the program will be in shame. Sure, Ohio State wants a national title. No kidding. But if they lose a game, but still go to an elite bowl and finish top 5 that's a very good. Add in a Heisman trophy and you have special season, undefeated or no.

Plus, a loss to Michigan doesn't neccessarily mean no national title either. There is still the very real possibility of a rematch, and the odds are greater for that if Ohio State is the loser of the first game. So even by your definition of "a wrap", meaning no national title, your statement was inaccurate.

 

[Style]

Rutgers shut out more teams.

I don't buy the more shutouts theory. OSU is leading the nation in scoring defense. They're giving up only 7.8 points per game. Rutgers is giving up 10.9. So if points surrendered is what drives the computers, then OSU should be ahead of Rutgers.

Also, OSU is averaging 35.8 offensively, while Rutgers is getting 29.1. Points scored and points surrendered are the two biggest stats after Wins, and Ohio State is ahead of Rutgers in both.

Again, the computers are a joke, and have no place in deciding who should play for the title. If they keep refusing to implement a playoff, then the BCS should be two or three polls voted on by humans. If they want to use pure strength of schedule as a tie breaker only, that's fine, it encourages teams to schedule solid opponants, but it shouldn't be one third of the equation, and there is no need for the computers at all. It's not like strength of schedule doesn't influence the teams humans vote on anyway, so it's already in there indirectly.

 

[James]

im not a computer, so dont yell at me, im simply stating what i think the reasoning is behind it.

 

[TrueCavsFan23]

Who cares if rutgers shut out more teams.Aside from the penn state game and illinois game do you see the scores of these games?Why are stupid stats always brought up.We are winning the games we are supposed to win,Texas shouldnt have even had that TD if you watched the game.We got completly ripped on the roughing the passer play.

You can say Texas lost their 2nd game,but that was after McCoy got hurt,we shut them down.Sweed was locked down all game by Malcom Jenkins,why do you always have to hate James?

Ok we played it close vs penn state and illinois...Michigan played it close with penn state and ball state.But both teams are winning teams so they knew how to pull it out.You can let a team hang in there,but if we are the winning team that we are then we know how to close it out,which we do.

 

[crazedcav333]

I'm not being a smartalec. Who do you like James?