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So I was just on ESPN's college FB page and the Sportsnation poll asks: Will Central Michigan make it to a BCS Bowl this season?

Only 9% of those polled thought so. I thought it was a silly question, myself. No offense to CMU fans or the team, but is ESPN serious? What on earth do they see in CMU that would make them think they will go undefeated (apparently a requirement for non-BCS schools to play in one of those bowls)? Is this just because of that article they had on the front page?

Do any CMU fans realistically think you guys will go undefeated or 11-1 this year? I just don't see it happening in the MAC. Especially for a team playing in the tougher West.
I am not a CMU fan, but with road games at Clemson, Purdue, and Kansas if CMU were to go undefeated then they would most likely be in a BCS game if they were the only undefeated non-BCS team.
That might be the stupidest poll I've ever seen on ESPN.com.

CMU won't even win their division, let alone the MAC, let alone enough OOC games to be sniffing a BCS game.
I would never start a season by predicting a BCS bowl for any MAC team. You need everything to go right for it to happen. You don't make it, you look like an ass.
Losing your savior coach who had NO wins against BCS teams and hiring someone from the golden age of Debore means you will beat 3 BCS teams this year along with your mac schedule and play in a BCS bowl game... Yup, that sounds about right for chimps fans... lmfao
I think its a legit question. Central Michigan has the kind of fire power to play with BCS teams. Clemson, Purdue, and Kansas are not dominating teams. Some MAC teams did play well vs BCS teams last year.
OUBOBCATJOHN Wrote:I think its a legit question. Central Michigan has the kind of fire power to play with BCS teams. Clemson, Purdue, and Kansas are not dominating teams. Some MAC teams did play well vs BCS teams last year.

CMU may have the fire power to play with the BCS teams on their schedule, but they do not have the fire power to make it through a MAC schedule unscathed.
Good point. The MAC has some very good teams this year besides CMU. The key is the non-conference schedule has to be set up in a way to give a team a decent shot at going unbeaten and climbing the polls early.

I think most teams have no chance, but I think CMU, WMU, and Ohio have the defenses that can keep the game close vs BCS teams. You have to be able to stop the run and pressure the QB. Looking at the all-MAC d-line players at CMU, Ohio, and WMU returning you can see that they got a chance. A team also has to be able to control the clock and keep the ball way from the bigger BCS teams offense. All three of these MAC teams have outstanding running backs. I think Ohio beating Kentucky, Pittsburgh, and Illinois gives them some confidence. You give a team some confidence and anything can happen.
OUBOBCATJOHN Wrote:I think its a legit question. Central Michigan has the kind of fire power to play with BCS teams. Clemson, Purdue, and Kansas are not dominating teams. Some MAC teams did play well vs BCS teams last year.

Lord, you bobkittens just get dumber and dumber. Clemson isn't a good team? Tell me something... weren't they ranked like #10 at somepoint in the season? Yea. When was a MAC school ranked last? Exactly. Shut it.
Quote:When was a MAC school ranked last?

I'm not positive when, but I'm pretty sure it was Buffalo. ;-)

As for the Western horses' behinds who think Chippewa fans are deluding themselves, the poll originated from Bristol, Connecticut, not Mount Pleasant, Michigan. Most of us know, regardless of the team, "The Perfect Storm" needs to occur for a non-BCS squad to got to a major bowl.
CountryRedHawk Wrote:
OUBOBCATJOHN Wrote:I think its a legit question. Central Michigan has the kind of fire power to play with BCS teams. Clemson, Purdue, and Kansas are not dominating teams. Some MAC teams did play well vs BCS teams last year.

Lord, you bobkittens just get dumber and dumber. Clemson isn't a good team? Tell me something... weren't they ranked like #10 at somepoint in the season? Yea. When was a MAC school ranked last? Exactly. Shut it.

Maybe CountryRedHawk should learn to read before calling others dumb. He said they weren't "dominating", which means they might be good, maybe even very good, but plenty beatable.
Okie Chippewa Wrote:As for the Western horses' behinds who think Chippewa fans are deluding themselves, the poll originated from Bristol, Connecticut, not Mount Pleasant, Michigan. Most of us know, regardless of the team, "The Perfect Storm" needs to occur for a non-BCS squad to got to a major bowl.

Nobody here thinks that CMU is saying that. But by your reading comprehension displayed here, I might wonder if you yourself submitted the poll to ESPN.com.
Roberto Gato Wrote:
CountryRedHawk Wrote:
OUBOBCATJOHN Wrote:I think its a legit question. Central Michigan has the kind of fire power to play with BCS teams. Clemson, Purdue, and Kansas are not dominating teams. Some MAC teams did play well vs BCS teams last year.

Lord, you bobkittens just get dumber and dumber. Clemson isn't a good team? Tell me something... weren't they ranked like #10 at somepoint in the season? Yea. When was a MAC school ranked last? Exactly. Shut it.

Maybe CountryRedHawk should learn to read before calling others dumb. He said they weren't "dominating", which means they might be good, maybe even very good, but plenty beatable.

Considering the idiocy that spews from OUBobcatJohn's computer... I'd say he's just about twice as dumb as me. Also, I'm fairly certain that I read his statement correctly. As for my response, he's torn Miami, foolishly, praised his Bobcats after their first MAC East Championship ever, and their first bowl game since forever. He then tore into a team with whom he has no connections. I live in South Carolina, I'd love to hear him say that down here.
Clemson was 3-0 vs FAU, Temple, and La Tech and 5-5 vs everybody else. They lost 4 of their last 5 to end the year 8-5 5-3 ACC. I may be wrong but how is that a GREAT team. The fact is CMU played well Boston College and Kentucky. Your biased views against the MAC living in South Carolina with your ACC glasses on distorts the fact that CMU can in FACT play with BCS teams. LA Tech, FAU and Temple were terrible last year. contrats on Clemson rolling up 170 points on those three teams......I can name 100 teams that would do the same thing.

NC State lost at home to Akron.....who got beat by Ohio, CMU, and Kent State. Virginia lost to WMU who lost to Ohio and CMU.
Quote:Clemson was 3-0 vs FAU, Temple, and La Tech and 5-5 vs everybody else.

the 5 losses were to:

10-3 Boston College
10-3 Virginia Tech
9-4 Maryland
8-5 South Carolina
8-5 Kentucky

the 5 wins included wins against 11-3 Wake Forest and 9-5 Georgia Tech.

Don't try to make it out like Clemson beat up on the little sisters of the poor last year alone.
Back to the topic, CMU I personally do not think is at the level to break through into the BCS bowls. However, this team has potential to knock off a couple BCS schools in Kansas and Purdue, while giving Clemson a game.
CMU will be very good this year, but a BCS bowl requires a year when everything goes not just right but perfect. That scenario is already gone because Kelly bolted for Cincinnati. A new coaching staff requires some adjustment. They might be very successful, but running the table doesn't seem like a realistic goal.

I don't know when we will see a MAC team in a BCS bowl. I hope it is coming soon, because we could really use it as a confrence. Better teams than the 07 Chips have failed to break through, and it may take a team better than the 03 Miami U squad to get it done.
This is an absolutely stupid poll to have regardless of the team. With the current BC$ system the only way any mid-major makes it is if they go undefeated (damn hard to do at any level) and even then they won't get into the bowl they deserve to get into.

How many teams were undefeated last year? I'll give you a hint. One of them didn't even play in the game they earned the right to play in because they happened to be from the "wrong" conference.
catdaddy_2402 Wrote:
Quote:Clemson was 3-0 vs FAU, Temple, and La Tech and 5-5 vs everybody else.

the 5 losses were to:

10-3 Boston College
10-3 Virginia Tech
9-4 Maryland
8-5 South Carolina
8-5 Kentucky

the 5 wins included wins against 11-3 Wake Forest and 9-5 Georgia Tech.

Don't try to make it out like Clemson beat up on the little sisters of the poor last year alone.

Thank you for introducing some logic and sanity into this discussion.
They would have to go undefeated, and even if they did CMU would be ignored becuase BCS rankings will say the MAC wins are not worthy of a BCS bowl.

If they or any MAC team teams goes undefeated thias year they will probably be ranked in the low 20's or at best the high teens.
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