They All Fall Down. Yarr.
by SMQ on Nov 18, 2007 1:24 AM EST
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The demise of my ill-fated "Lock of the Week" complicates mythical championship matters in one very specific way - if the Sooners go on to knock the North champion out of the nominal title game in two weeks, opening the door for Ohio State or West Virginia - but there will plenty of time for BCS navel-gazing directly. In the meantime, in honor of probably the biggest win of Mike Leach's head coaching career: guns up, los banditos!
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The computer rankings will likely be pretty close, especially since WVU gets to play UConn. That'll also help them in the minds of the voters, especially if they win big. And I'd argue that WVU's played a better out-of-conference schedule, including a pretty impressive dismantling of Missisippi State. (who nobody outside of LSU really pounded this year) The Big 11's a little bit better top-to-bottom, but certainly the top-half of the Big East is reasonably comparable this year.
I get the sense that when it's all said and done we're going to see a reverse of Michigan/Florida and the pollsters will jump Ohio State ahead of West Virginia this week (even though I'd argue Cincinnati could beat Michigan on a neutral field) and the Big East will get jammed again.
by sodakboy93 on Nov 18, 2007 2:02 AM EST reply actions
maybe im overdoing this big televen thing...
GAHHH!!!!
in any case, i think that west virginia is CLEARLY the better team and has a better resume. they won @ rutgers, they won vs. mississippi state, they won @ cincinnati. they will have to beat connecticut.
ohio states resume consists of one good win (@ michigan) and a couple of halfway decent ones (@ penn state, vs. wisconsin). what i dont get is how ohio state never got the 'who have they played' treatment even though our schedule isnt much different than theirs. whatevs.
still, west virginia is the best team in the country IMO right now. the dixon-led oregon ducks were the best, hands down, but now that dixon is out for the year west virginia is the best. lsu is a pretty close second, and the kansas-misery winner at third. tosu is around 6th or 7th.
i hate the big televen.
Not sure what the deal is with you and the B10...
- Say what you want about the "highlight" quality of the OSU/UM game, but I was there and I can tell you that the weather was about as bad as I can imagine. 36 and rain. Just awful - no way, no how does any team do anything offensively out there. It was brutal - much more so than you could see on TV (I've already rewatched the game a few times).
- You've hammered away at the OSU schedule issue, and I agree that they haven't played an exceptionally great slate this year, but I don't get your take that everyone is looking past their schedule. There's probably a bit of reference bias (from both of us), but I feel like the media has crapped all over OSU's schedule and the Big Ten this year. No, the conference isn't great in 2007, but it's not nearly as bad as everyone thinks.
- I strongly disagree about WVU being the best team out there, but I guess we'll have to (again) agree to disagree. And like the other poster pointed out, there schedule isn't so wonderful.
- In all honesty though, I'm not even sure I care where OSU winds up this year (Rose or MNC game) because, as SMQ has repeatedly pointed out, a true championship isn't going to be crowned no matter what happens (at least as "true" as a non-playoff system champion can be), unless KU wins out. I just want to see OSU beat someone that everyone agrees is legit so as to erase the ill-will from last year. It's amazing how so many cast a program and league aside after one miserable outing (albeit an all-timer of an egg). But such is life in a knee-jerk reaction world.
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