(12-31-2014 03:48 PM)dbackjon Wrote:  

(12-31-2014 03:47 PM)He1nousOne Wrote:  While everyone is talking negative about Ole Miss, I am simply going to give props to TCU. Very impressive. That is how you respond to what happened.

Way to give more ammunition to the folks who want the playoff expanded immediately.

Yup - especially if the two semi games are close (or if results are unexpected - ie Ohio State over Alabama)

While there's a lot more football to be played, this bowl season has certainly put an exclamation point on one truism. It is not possible to accurately rank college football teams. Period. Nobody can do it. The "experts" don't know any more than your average fan in this regard.

There have been 25 games played so far. Underdogs have won 13 and favorites won 12. That's a coin flip. When we had the BCS, the results were the same. The #2 team was just as likely to win as the #1 team, and the #3 and #4 teams fared the same. Any system in which the participants are chosen by a beauty contest, as the current system does, and as the BCS did, is fatally flawed.

(12-31-2014 04:26 PM)ken d Wrote:  

(12-31-2014 03:48 PM)dbackjon Wrote:  

(12-31-2014 03:47 PM)He1nousOne Wrote:  While everyone is talking negative about Ole Miss, I am simply going to give props to TCU. Very impressive. That is how you respond to what happened.

Way to give more ammunition to the folks who want the playoff expanded immediately.

Yup - especially if the two semi games are close (or if results are unexpected - ie Ohio State over Alabama)

While there's a lot more football to be played, this bowl season has certainly put an exclamation point on one truism. It is not possible to accurately rank college football teams. Period. Nobody can do it. The "experts" don't know any more than your average fan in this regard.

There have been 25 games played so far. Underdogs have won 13 and favorites won 12. That's a coin flip. When we had the BCS, the results were the same. The #2 team was just as likely to win as the #1 team, and the #3 and #4 teams fared the same. Any system in which the participants are chosen by a beauty contest, as the current system does, and as the BCS did, is fatally flawed.

Bowl games are hard to predict. You don't know which teams are showing up, which ones are their to have fun, which ones are apathetic for being where they are, which teams are trying things for next year - on and on and on. I would guess you will for certain get the best from the semi-finalists tomorrow, however.

(12-31-2014 02:55 PM)hawghiggs Wrote:  Bad Bo is bad.

Skinny arm harry Rob Lowe bad.

(12-31-2014 05:38 PM)SuperFlyBCat Wrote:  

(12-31-2014 02:55 PM)hawghiggs Wrote:  Bad Bo is bad.

Skinny arm harry Rob Lowe bad.

Yup.

(12-30-2014 07:55 PM)ArQ Wrote:  Can a SEC team, especially in the West Division, lose?

Yes, they can. Ask LSU.

Ask LSU, Mississippi, Mississippi State and Auburn.

(01-01-2015 06:14 PM)ArQ Wrote:  

(12-30-2014 07:55 PM)ArQ Wrote:  Can a SEC team, especially in the West Division, lose?

Yes, they can. Ask LSU.

Ask LSU, Mississippi, Mississippi State and Auburn.

Don't forget Alabama!

(01-02-2015 12:08 PM)Gray Avenger Wrote:  

(01-01-2015 06:14 PM)ArQ Wrote:  

(12-30-2014 07:55 PM)ArQ Wrote:  Can a SEC team, especially in the West Division, lose?

Yes, they can. Ask LSU.

Ask LSU, Mississippi, Mississippi State and Auburn.

Don't forget Alabama!

Well, all of their (LSU and Alabama) 2013 starters had a great rookie season in the NFL.