(01-04-2013 04:23 PM)macgar32 Wrote: (01-04-2013 02:21 PM)umbluegray Wrote: In BCS Bowls the SEC is currently 0-1 and could possibly end up 0-2.
The PAC-12, however, is 2-0 in BCS Bowls.
Is it safe to say that, this year, the Pac12 is the best football conference?
Keep in mind that Alabama backed into the NC game (which allowed a 2nd SEC team to get in the BCS mix).
If OSU wasn't on probation then we're looking at ND vs OSU for the NC.
If KState hadn't lost a week AFTER Alabama they'd be in there.
If Oregon hadn't lost a week AFTER Alabama they'd be in there.
If Alabama had lost to ATM a week after KSU and Oregon lost instead of the other way around then Alabama wouldn't be in the NC game.
Would be nice if that were true...
But the voters would have fixed that by the final week by moving Alabama ahead due to their perceived strength.
Speaking of perception and voters [Irish voted #1] and would of-could of-should of's:
3 games [at home] that could have and probably should have gone the other way.
SOUTH BEND, Ind
College football: No. 4 Notre Dame escapes, beats Pitt 29-26 in triple overtime
Panthers kicker Kevin Harper lined up for a 33-yard field goal to win the game on the ensuing possession. The snap was high and Harper barely missed wide right. Notre Dame was still, incredibly, aliveā¦.
Against an undermanned Pitt team that gave the Irish their best shot, Notre Dame did just enough to escape with a win
SOUTH BEND, Ind
Notre Dame Football: Irish Escape with 20-13 OT Win vs. Stanford
Stanford running back Stepfan Taylor was stopped by the narrowest margin on the game's final play, twisting on top of the pile before stretching for the goal line as Notre Dame began to celebrate.
The whistle blew as his forward progress was stopped, but it was unclear whether Taylor's body ever touched the ground. The ball did eventually break the plane, but it was determined by replay that the play had already been blown dead.
SOUTH BEND, Ind.
Unscathed Irish unsatisfied after escape
Throw in a pair of makeable field goals blowing wide for good measure in the Irish's 17-14 victory over BYU.