08-24-2010, 06:05 PM
Would you guys be in favor of a football championship game for your conference? Just wondering. My personal take is that it would be on tv and more exposure can only be good.
(08-24-2010 06:05 PM)stc Wrote: [ -> ]Would you guys be in favor of a football championship game for your conference? Just wondering. My personal take is that it would be on tv and more exposure can only be good.
(08-24-2010 09:33 PM)UNTFlyer Wrote: [ -> ]I'd rather win a championship game and a bowl game than just a bowl game.
(08-24-2010 07:29 PM)SpaceRaider Wrote: [ -> ]No, it'd would be a disaster if a Sun Belt team had an excellent season, undefeated or 11-1, ranked, and lost a meaningless championship game, to go to the New Orleans bowl if there was a chance to go to a BC$ bowl.
Absolutely not.
(08-25-2010 03:08 AM)RecoveringHillbilly Wrote: [ -> ](08-24-2010 07:29 PM)SpaceRaider Wrote: [ -> ]No, it'd would be a disaster if a Sun Belt team had an excellent season, undefeated or 11-1, ranked, and lost a meaningless championship game, to go to the New Orleans bowl if there was a chance to go to a BC$ bowl.
Absolutely not.
Which is why some MAC fans still hate on Buffalo for beating a 12-0, #12 ranked Ball St squad for the MAC title. Never before did they chalk up a championship as a 'fluke' so much, and as a detriment to the conference since they thought BSU had a chance at a BCS game.
(08-25-2010 09:51 AM)stc Wrote: [ -> ](08-25-2010 03:08 AM)RecoveringHillbilly Wrote: [ -> ](08-24-2010 07:29 PM)SpaceRaider Wrote: [ -> ]No, it'd would be a disaster if a Sun Belt team had an excellent season, undefeated or 11-1, ranked, and lost a meaningless championship game, to go to the New Orleans bowl if there was a chance to go to a BC$ bowl.
Absolutely not.
Which is why some MAC fans still hate on Buffalo for beating a 12-0, #12 ranked Ball St squad for the MAC title. Never before did they chalk up a championship as a 'fluke' so much, and as a detriment to the conference since they thought BSU had a chance at a BCS game.
Yeah but Ball St. had no shot at a bcs game. They had literally played nobody. One of the easiest slate of games in the country. You have to atleast play one or two big out of conference games to have a shot. Most Sunbelt, CUSA, MWC, and WAC teams play atleast one or two big games. The MAC has teams that don't always follow that mold.
(08-25-2010 10:58 AM)MTPiKapp Wrote: [ -> ](08-25-2010 09:51 AM)stc Wrote: [ -> ](08-25-2010 03:08 AM)RecoveringHillbilly Wrote: [ -> ](08-24-2010 07:29 PM)SpaceRaider Wrote: [ -> ]No, it'd would be a disaster if a Sun Belt team had an excellent season, undefeated or 11-1, ranked, and lost a meaningless championship game, to go to the New Orleans bowl if there was a chance to go to a BC$ bowl.
Absolutely not.
Which is why some MAC fans still hate on Buffalo for beating a 12-0, #12 ranked Ball St squad for the MAC title. Never before did they chalk up a championship as a 'fluke' so much, and as a detriment to the conference since they thought BSU had a chance at a BCS game.
Yeah but Ball St. had no shot at a bcs game. They had literally played nobody. One of the easiest slate of games in the country. You have to atleast play one or two big out of conference games to have a shot. Most Sunbelt, CUSA, MWC, and WAC teams play atleast one or two big games. The MAC has teams that don't always follow that mold.
That's not true. If you're in the top 12, you have a shot at the BCS, now I'm not sure exactly how it works, I think the BCS only has to take one non-AQ in the top 12 and Utah was ahead of them, so maybe they wouldn't have been taken, but they had a BCS resume before losing the MAC title game.
(08-25-2010 09:51 AM)stc Wrote: [ -> ](08-25-2010 03:08 AM)RecoveringHillbilly Wrote: [ -> ](08-24-2010 07:29 PM)SpaceRaider Wrote: [ -> ]No, it'd would be a disaster if a Sun Belt team had an excellent season, undefeated or 11-1, ranked, and lost a meaningless championship game, to go to the New Orleans bowl if there was a chance to go to a BC$ bowl.
Absolutely not.
Which is why some MAC fans still hate on Buffalo for beating a 12-0, #12 ranked Ball St squad for the MAC title. Never before did they chalk up a championship as a 'fluke' so much, and as a detriment to the conference since they thought BSU had a chance at a BCS game.
Yeah but Ball St. had no shot at a bcs game. They had literally played nobody. One of the easiest slate of games in the country. You have to atleast play one or two big out of conference games to have a shot. Most Sunbelt, CUSA, MWC, and WAC teams play atleast one or two big games. The MAC has teams that don't always follow that mold.
(08-25-2010 11:41 PM)Paul of Troy Wrote: [ -> ]If Ball State had made it to a BCS bowl it would have been a worse ass-kicking than the Hawaii-Georgia fiasco. No matter who they would have played.
Hell, look at what Tulsa did to them in the GMAC.
(08-26-2010 07:58 AM)arkstfan Wrote: [ -> ](08-25-2010 11:41 PM)Paul of Troy Wrote: [ -> ]If Ball State had made it to a BCS bowl it would have been a worse ass-kicking than the Hawaii-Georgia fiasco. No matter who they would have played.
Hell, look at what Tulsa did to them in the GMAC.
Check still would have cleared.
(08-25-2010 04:45 PM)arkstfan Wrote: [ -> ](08-25-2010 09:51 AM)stc Wrote: [ -> ](08-25-2010 03:08 AM)RecoveringHillbilly Wrote: [ -> ](08-24-2010 07:29 PM)SpaceRaider Wrote: [ -> ]No, it'd would be a disaster if a Sun Belt team had an excellent season, undefeated or 11-1, ranked, and lost a meaningless championship game, to go to the New Orleans bowl if there was a chance to go to a BC$ bowl.
Absolutely not.
Which is why some MAC fans still hate on Buffalo for beating a 12-0, #12 ranked Ball St squad for the MAC title. Never before did they chalk up a championship as a 'fluke' so much, and as a detriment to the conference since they thought BSU had a chance at a BCS game.
Yeah but Ball St. had no shot at a bcs game. They had literally played nobody. One of the easiest slate of games in the country. You have to atleast play one or two big out of conference games to have a shot. Most Sunbelt, CUSA, MWC, and WAC teams play atleast one or two big games. The MAC has teams that don't always follow that mold.
The rule for the BCS says "highest rated conference champion rated 12 or better". Until losing to Buffalo, Ball State was #12 in the BCS. They had that part down. What would have blocked them is that two conferences champions (Boise and Utah) were rated better than 12.
(08-26-2010 11:48 AM)stc Wrote: [ -> ](08-25-2010 04:45 PM)arkstfan Wrote: [ -> ](08-25-2010 09:51 AM)stc Wrote: [ -> ](08-25-2010 03:08 AM)RecoveringHillbilly Wrote: [ -> ](08-24-2010 07:29 PM)SpaceRaider Wrote: [ -> ]No, it'd would be a disaster if a Sun Belt team had an excellent season, undefeated or 11-1, ranked, and lost a meaningless championship game, to go to the New Orleans bowl if there was a chance to go to a BC$ bowl.
Absolutely not.
Which is why some MAC fans still hate on Buffalo for beating a 12-0, #12 ranked Ball St squad for the MAC title. Never before did they chalk up a championship as a 'fluke' so much, and as a detriment to the conference since they thought BSU had a chance at a BCS game.
Yeah but Ball St. had no shot at a bcs game. They had literally played nobody. One of the easiest slate of games in the country. You have to atleast play one or two big out of conference games to have a shot. Most Sunbelt, CUSA, MWC, and WAC teams play atleast one or two big games. The MAC has teams that don't always follow that mold.
The rule for the BCS says "highest rated conference champion rated 12 or better". Until losing to Buffalo, Ball State was #12 in the BCS. They had that part down. What would have blocked them is that two conferences champions (Boise and Utah) were rated better than 12.
exactly, and there was no way Ball St. was passing those two.
(08-26-2010 12:29 PM)MTPiKapp Wrote: [ -> ](08-26-2010 11:48 AM)stc Wrote: [ -> ](08-25-2010 04:45 PM)arkstfan Wrote: [ -> ](08-25-2010 09:51 AM)stc Wrote: [ -> ](08-25-2010 03:08 AM)RecoveringHillbilly Wrote: [ -> ]Which is why some MAC fans still hate on Buffalo for beating a 12-0, #12 ranked Ball St squad for the MAC title. Never before did they chalk up a championship as a 'fluke' so much, and as a detriment to the conference since they thought BSU had a chance at a BCS game.
Yeah but Ball St. had no shot at a bcs game. They had literally played nobody. One of the easiest slate of games in the country. You have to atleast play one or two big out of conference games to have a shot. Most Sunbelt, CUSA, MWC, and WAC teams play atleast one or two big games. The MAC has teams that don't always follow that mold.
The rule for the BCS says "highest rated conference champion rated 12 or better". Until losing to Buffalo, Ball State was #12 in the BCS. They had that part down. What would have blocked them is that two conferences champions (Boise and Utah) were rated better than 12.
exactly, and there was no way Ball St. was passing those two.
You're missing the point, Ball State still had a BCS bowl resume that year, despite not playing anyone, until their MAC title game loss. You are correct in saying they would not have gone to a BCS bowl due to Boise and Utah being ahead of them, but what if they hadn't been? If Boise and Utah had both dropped just one game somewhere along the way, Ball State would have been BCS bound until losing that MAC title game.
(08-26-2010 01:20 PM)HoustonCajun Wrote: [ -> ](08-26-2010 12:29 PM)MTPiKapp Wrote: [ -> ](08-26-2010 11:48 AM)stc Wrote: [ -> ](08-25-2010 04:45 PM)arkstfan Wrote: [ -> ](08-25-2010 09:51 AM)stc Wrote: [ -> ]Yeah but Ball St. had no shot at a bcs game. They had literally played nobody. One of the easiest slate of games in the country. You have to atleast play one or two big out of conference games to have a shot. Most Sunbelt, CUSA, MWC, and WAC teams play atleast one or two big games. The MAC has teams that don't always follow that mold.
The rule for the BCS says "highest rated conference champion rated 12 or better". Until losing to Buffalo, Ball State was #12 in the BCS. They had that part down. What would have blocked them is that two conferences champions (Boise and Utah) were rated better than 12.
exactly, and there was no way Ball St. was passing those two.
You're missing the point, Ball State still had a BCS bowl resume that year, despite not playing anyone, until their MAC title game loss. You are correct in saying they would not have gone to a BCS bowl due to Boise and Utah being ahead of them, but what if they hadn't been? If Boise and Utah had both dropped just one game somewhere along the way, Ball State would have been BCS bound until losing that MAC title game.
What I am wondering is now that the MWC has Boise State, TCU, Fresno, Nevada and let's say BYU stays and they add Houston, how will any team qualify for a BCS birth? It is very unlikely that any team will go undefeated in conference and their top team will likely have at least 1 or 2 losses. Add to that the OOC BCS games they will play and that means the conference's top teams will likely have 1-3 losses. Since they are not a BCS conference already, they just diluted their national standing. Houston just might be going from a top C-USA school to a middle of the pack MWC school. Will loading up with top programs help the MWC achieve a BCS conference birth or hurt their chances given the scenario I just painted?