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2011 College Football: Occupy GameDay!

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MavHockey14 said:
Is it a bad thing for College Football that the Big East is losing its bid though?
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By the time they get around to the discussion in 2014, who in the Big East is an actual original Big East member? BC, Miami, VT, Pitt and Syracuse are gone. So, Rutgers and West Virginia deserve a bid along with whatever scraps are grabbed from C-USA?
 
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Priceless said:
The SEC will like the millions of extra dollars that come with a third or fourth BCS bowl.
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The galling thing is they'll certainly deserve three and if things break right (and by "right" I mean "wrong"), four. How many non-SEC teams could beat South Carolina at a neutral site?
 
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MavHockey14 said:
Wonder where he'll end up...Ohio State?;)

losing 10 of 11 straight as your instate rival continuously gets better isn't going to keep your job secure.:p
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To be fair, having to open your season against OkSt/Stanford/USC/Oregon as four of your first five games isn't exactly a piece of cake. But losing to Oregon St., the same OSU that lost to SacSt in September, is gonna be the final nail in the hole. And as you mention the complete collapse last year. Man, they were like 6-1 coming into Stanford last year and he could have written his next contract, what a 180.
 
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Kepler said:
The galling thing is they'll certainly deserve three and if things break right (and by "right" I mean "wrong"), four. How many non-SEC teams could beat South Carolina at a neutral site?
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Florida State, Iowa, UConn and Missouri, in the last six years.

MavHockey14 said:
Is it a bad thing for College Football that the Big East is losing its bid though?
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Possibly. More access certainly hasn't hurt the quality of the BCS games we're given (only one of the games where a non-AQ team got the oneir autobid was a dog - Hawaii-Georgia in 2008); certainly Oklahoma-Boise ranks amongst the best BCS games ever, and Wisconsin-TCU last year was an excellent game).

But the more and more that the revenue gap increases between the teams inside and the teams outside, the less likely it is that anyone will be able to break in and be a "buster" team, and the more calcified the top tier of FBS football will become. Which is good for the haves, and terrible for the have nots.

At current, the BCS has 68 teams on the inside, versus 52 out; if all current Big East members are shut out, that drops to 62-58, and at least four more teams (UMass, South Alabama, Texas State and UTSA) are joining the FBS by 2013-14; it's plausible that if the Big East is shut out, and just one more team joins the FBS, that the BCS group will no longer be a majority, and I think that opens up the potential for an anti-trust suit, or at least an investigation.

bronconick said:
Stewart Mandel on the end of the Big East's AQ bid.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/20...qualifier.status/index.html?eref=twitter_feed
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Well, as far as the talk is against the league, the BCS bid for the Big East isn't going anywhere for another three seasons. There's no qualification criteria at current that would take away their bid; the only set right now is to see if the seventh bid might be awarded in 2012-13 and 2013-14 (which the Mountain West will almost assuredly meet with just Boise, and only improves when also counting TCU).

If the BCS were to substantially change its agreement for the seasons after 2013, then it's plausible the Big East might be caught on the short end.
 
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kingdobbs said:
Florida State, Iowa, UConn and Missouri, in the last six years.
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Pretty sure he was talking about this year's South Carolina team losing to one of this year's non-SEC teams. The previous 5 seasons, South Carolina's gone 36-27 (.571). You don't think this year's team is a .571 team (around 7-5), do you?
 
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Kepler said:
The galling thing is they'll certainly deserve three and if things break right (and by "right" I mean "wrong"), four. How many non-SEC teams could beat South Carolina at a neutral site?
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http://scores.espn.go.com/ncf/boxscore?gameId=290012294 Yup, as previously mentioned, the HAWKEYES smoked 'em!:D 31-0 after three quarters, that was a good New Years.:p
French Rage said:
To be fair, having to open your season against OkSt/Stanford/USC/Oregon as four of your first five games isn't exactly a piece of cake. But losing to Oregon St., the same OSU that lost to SacSt in September, is gonna be the final nail in the hole. And as you mention the complete collapse last year. Man, they were like 6-1 coming into Stanford last year and he could have written his next contract, what a 180.
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I remember all too well. Last year was the highest expectations that Iowa has had in the Kirk Ferentz era, and we were upset at Arizona in a night game where Iowa almost came back and got the job done. The swooned hard last year, for mysterious reasons. Nick Foles is a **** good QB, and I'm confused at how that happened.
 
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LynahFan said:
Pretty sure he was talking about this year's South Carolina team losing to one of this year's non-SEC teams. The previous 5 seasons, South Carolina's gone 36-27 (.571). You don't think this year's team is a .571 team (around 7-5), do you?
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Plus we'll know at some point because if South Carolina isn't in the BCS, they'll play a Big Ten team in the Capital One or Outback Bowls.
 
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LynahFan said:
Pretty sure he was talking about this year's South Carolina team losing to one of this year's non-SEC teams.
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Yes.

Of course, this is all pending Spurrior's "actions of conscience" today. You never know when such a principled stand can affect the team on the field. :D
 
Re: 2011 College Football: Occupy GameDay!

LynahFan said:
Pretty sure he was talking about this year's South Carolina team losing to one of this year's non-SEC teams. The previous 5 seasons, South Carolina's gone 36-27 (.571). You don't think this year's team is a .571 team (around 7-5), do you?
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Too soon to tell. It's two non-con wins weren't exactly dominant performances, and those games against UT and Florida in the coming weeks might as well have the word "trap" in big neon letters above them. So, yeah, I could see the Cocks running out of steam and going 7-5.
 
kingdobbs said:
Too soon to tell. It's two non-con wins weren't exactly dominant performances, and those games against UT and Florida in the coming weeks might as well have the word "trap" in big neon letters above them. So, yeah, I could see the Cocks running out of steam and going 7-5.
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An even bigger reason to question the Cocks is their quarterback play..
 
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MavHockey14 said:
An even bigger reason to question the Cocks is their quarterback play..
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Considering that they are now one injured QB away from having to experience an all Wildcat offense or true freshman QB against an SEC defense. Ouch.
 
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Kepler said:
They have their replacement QB. That's what Spurrier was waiting for. (Either that or the SEC has a hard cap at 6 strikes.)
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Garcia's problem wasn't the number of strikes, it was the number of interceptions. No one cares what you do off the field, but it will be a perfect excuse to jettison you if you don't perform on the field. Once Garcia was benched, all Spurrier need to do was sit and wait.
 
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I'm shocked

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