Stupid question time.

Discussion in 'The Tiger's Den' started by olVENICEdog, Dec 6, 2004.

  1. olVENICEdog

    olVENICEdog Founding Member

    Joined:
    Oct 21, 2003
    Messages:
    1,477
    Likes Received:
    1
    I the BCS has #1 vs #2 how come #3 doesnt play #4 or #5?
     
  2. cadillacattack

    cadillacattack Illegitimi non carborundum est

    Joined:
    Oct 15, 2003
    Messages:
    2,327
    Likes Received:
    184
    Because the BCS doesn't want to face the controversey that might result.

    Say, for example, that #2 OU beats #1 USC in a lackluster game and #3 AU beats #4 Cal/Texas in a rout.......

    Ironic when you consider that the BCS couldn't possibly be any more revealed for the sham that everyone already knows it to be

    The games are earmarked for specific conferences so that university presidents can be assured of their "economic share," regardless of how good their representation happens to be.
     
  3. SabanFan

    SabanFan The voice of reason

    Joined:
    Oct 21, 2002
    Messages:
    26,080
    Likes Received:
    1,247
    Well, well, well...welcome to the club. It seems like last year, Auburn fans couldn't understand what LSU fans were complaining about. Wait until OU beats USC and your guys beat Va Tech and you still finish behind the Condoms. Then you'll understand why we are still b!tching one year later.
     
  4. SpringTiger

    SpringTiger Founding Member

    Joined:
    Sep 5, 2003
    Messages:
    1,261
    Likes Received:
    12
    It's coming. Be patient. It will happen when the BCS goes to the "plus one" scenario. That should happen in the next three years.
     
  5. Tiger Dabbs

    Tiger Dabbs T.D.

    Joined:
    Oct 30, 2002
    Messages:
    1,607
    Likes Received:
    59
    This is true...However I was amazed that this was one of his better questions. :shock:
     
  6. tigermark

    tigermark Rematches suck!

    Joined:
    Oct 21, 2002
    Messages:
    1,479
    Likes Received:
    467
    Bowl tie ins. The bowls would not agree to a BCS formula that did honor their traditional tie ins in some way or form. The Sugar bowl wants an SEC team and the Rose Bowl wants that whole Pac-10 Big-11 nonsense. It is all about putting butts in the seats when they are not the championship game. The bowls want some power to decide what teams they have.
     
  7. tigrman

    tigrman Founding Member

    Joined:
    Dec 4, 2003
    Messages:
    247
    Likes Received:
    1
    The BCS was designed to pair 1 and 2 to decide a national championship. It was never intended to pair teams other then 1 and 2 or decide who was ahead of who in individual confeerence races. Which it is being used for.
     
  8. SpringTiger

    SpringTiger Founding Member

    Joined:
    Sep 5, 2003
    Messages:
    1,261
    Likes Received:
    12
    That shouldn't be too difficult to overcome. If the schools tell the Bowls that they are going to change the system to match 1 vs. 4 and 2 vs 3 so that one more game could be played to determine a champion among the top four, and that the Bowls could participate or not, do you think they will play ball, or just settle for a team outside of the top four, which would likely not be their coveted conference champ?
     
  9. cadillacattack

    cadillacattack Illegitimi non carborundum est

    Joined:
    Oct 15, 2003
    Messages:
    2,327
    Likes Received:
    184
    Another urban legend. All of a sudden a minority opinion has become "the Auburn masses."

    Don't get me wrong, there were some AU fans that indeed felt that way, but so what? The overwhelming majority are SEC-homers, as am I. Auburn first, SEC second is the prevailing opinion and always has been, even with ourt most hated rival (Bama).

    I recall attending the '79 Sugar Bowl with several AU friends and yelling as loudly as I ever have for a CFB team. No way were we going to let those Penn State wussies think the SEC wasn't the dominant conference.....and it's still that way today. :thumb:
     

Share This Page