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Originally Posted by Cannon Shell (Post 694849)

Texas which is the biggest NCAA football program out there plays 2 teams this year ranked in the top 25. Assuming they get to the Big 12 championship game against Nebraska they will play 3 ranked teams including the same team twice. They also play powerhouses Rice, Wyoming, UCLA (who lost at home to Stanford 35-0), Iowa State (who lost to iowa 35-7), Baylor (who is probably going to be a 18pt underdog to TCU this week), Kansas state (who was less than impressive against UCLA which stinks), Florida Atlantic (a sunbelt team), Ok state (who just beat Troy by 3) and texas A&M. Tougher than Boise's schedule? Yeah but hardly the gauntlet that you'd be led to believe that every BCS conference school plays.

And America wants to see them as well
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=5552261

Yep. I firmly believe that a team's schedule and conference-strength should matter. However, the thing is that a lot of people get locked into thinking of certain conferences in certain ways no matter the reality in that particular season. Two years ago the Big12 (particularly the South) was absolutely loaded. This year....not so much. I think the Big10 is probably better than the Big12 this year. The ACC, meanwhile, appears to be a big pile of crap despite their "BCS conference" label.
Basically I think that if there is a team from the Big 10, or the SEC, or the Big 12 this year that goes undefeated than yeah, I think they should probably be selected over Boise. My problem is when people suggest that a one-loss team from one of those conferences would deserve to go over them. I think that's wrong.

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Originally Posted by Cannon Shell (Post 694849)

Assuming they get to the Big 12 championship game against Nebraska

How dare you discount my Tigers from Big12 North contention? After all, the boys crushed mighty McNeese State yesterday.

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Originally Posted by miraja2 (Post 694878)

Yep. I firmly believe that a team's schedule and conference-strength should matter. However, the thing is that a lot of people get locked into thinking of certain conferences in certain ways no matter the reality in that particular season. Two years ago the Big12 (particularly the South) was absolutely loaded. This year....not so much. I think the Big10 is probably better than the Big12 this year. The ACC, meanwhile, appears to be a big pile of crap despite their "BCS conference" label.
Basically I think that if there is a team from the Big 10, or the SEC, or the Big 12 this year that goes undefeated than yeah, I think they should probably be selected over Boise. My problem is when people suggest that a one-loss team from one of those conferences would deserve to go over them. I think that's wrong.

it does appear that way. clemson is the big hope now, and they travel to auburn next wknd...intriguing matchup. the worst part of the game? whoever wins will get touted like mad after, and most likely won't deserve to be.

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Originally Posted by hoovesupsideyourhead (Post 693564)

go noles..acid test this week vs ok

blowed out...

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Originally Posted by miraja2 (Post 694880)

How dare you discount my Tigers from Big12 North contention? After all, the boys crushed mighty McNeese State yesterday.

I saw them against Illinois. Nuff said...

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Originally Posted by Cannon Shell (Post 694945)

I saw them against Illinois. Nuff said...

Hey, at least they looked pretty good in the second half.

The good news is that I fully expect Mizzou to be 5-0 after their first five games.
The bad news is that I fully expect them to be 5-3 after their first eight.

GPK, are you having a cow yet? ECU 27-vt 21 :)