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Showing posts with label Auburn. Show all posts

Friday, December 3, 2010

Well Frog fans, it’s the last weekend of the college football regular season which makes it TCU’s final opportunity to get into the BCS Championship game. Our hopes are in the hands of two teams at this point, Go Cocks and Go Beavers…Auburn takes on the South Carolina Gamecocks in the SEC Championship game and Oregon faces off against the Oregon State Beavers in another chapter of the Civil War rivalry.

By now, I am sure you know all the scenarios, but let’s break them down.

- If Auburn and Oregon both win….TCU will be in the Rose Bowl against Wisconsin on New Year’s Day.

- If Auburn wins and Oregon loses….TCU will be in the BCS Championship against Auburn.

- If Auburn loses and Oregon wins…This is where it gets dicey. If Auburn loses, I think TCU will be in the BCS Championship against Oregon, but it will be close. Auburn could lose the game but only potentially fall to #2. It basically comes down to how far the human voters drop Auburn with a loss.

- If Auburn loses and Oregon loses….All hell will break loose. TCU will be in the BCS Championship game against possibly Auburn, Wisconsin, or Stanford. Most likely Stanford or Auburn.

Get ready because Saturday will be another stressful day of watching college football. Luckily we don’t have to wait all night to know our fate, both games should be wrapped up by 6:30 PM or so.

2:30 CST- Oregon @ Oregon State (ABC)

3:00 CST- Auburn vs. South Carolina (CBS)

Arizona State upset Arizona on Thursday night, and Miami (OH) upset Northern Illinois on Friday night, so hopefully that is a sign of things to come this weekend.

Monday, October 11, 2010

With the latest release of the week 7 college football rankings, the conspiracy theories have began to run wild. All three major polls had Ohio State, Oregon and Boise State as their top three, after that, it gets a little fuzzy.

Kentucky.com

The surprise was everyone keeping Alabama ahead of South Carolina.

Alabama is No. 8 to South Carolina's No. 10 in the AP, No. 8 to South Carolina's No. 12 in the coaches' poll and No. 8 to South Carolina's 11 in Harris.

Wait a minute - did anyone watch the game?

I could not agree more. Add in the fact that some people like Desmond Conner have Alabama at #3 above Auburn and South Carolina, it gets even more ridiculous.

CollegeFootballTalk.com

Desmond Conner, UConn beat writer for the Hartford Courant, submitted a ballot that included the following slotting of teams:

No. 3: Alabama, No. 8 Auburn, No. 13 South Carolina

On Sept. 27, Auburn beat South Carolina 35-27.

On Oct. 9, South Carolina beat Alabama 35-21.

So, according to Desmond Conner, Alabama is a better team than both Auburn and South Carolina, the former that beat the latter and the latter that beat the then-No. 1 team by two touchdowns. Absolutely. Amazing.

It doesn’t get any better either, especially if you are a TCU or Boise State fan. Is there a conspiracy to keep Oregon State ranked low so it doesn’t benefit the Frogs or Broncos? Here is more from Kentucky.com

The AP is the only major poll this week that has Oregon State, No. 24 this week, ranked in the top 25.You read that right.

The years-long joke called the USA Today poll unveiled a list and two-loss Oregon State wasn't on it. But two-loss Florida was?

Oregon State improved to 3-2 with a victory at No. 9 Arizona. The Beavers' losses this year have come against the coaches' current No. 3, Boise State, and No. 5, Texas Christian. Oregon State's strength of schedule is ranked No.1 in the latest Sagarin ratings, which has the Beavers at No. 6 for BCS-rankings purposes.

So while No. 1 Ohio State plays its second game outside Columbus next week at Wisconsin, and coaches' No. 11 Michigan State won't play a game outside the state until Oct. 23 at Northwestern, Oregon State has already played TCU in Texas, at Boise State and Arizona in Tucson. Beavers are used to mud, but not when it's thrown in their faces.

I’m normally not one for conspiracy theories, but all of this seems kind of strange. Hopefully all of this will work itself out by the end of the season. If not, we could have BCS Chaos once again.

Thursday, December 17, 2009

I was thinking about this the other day and since the decade is coming to an end, there isn’t a better time to post this. I was thinking about the most controversial sports moments of the decade and also some of the biggest scandals of the decade. I think the two go hand and hand, so why not combine them.

Here are some of the things I thought about…Give me your opinion and if you would add something.



MLB Steroid Scandal: This spanned a lot of the decade and was a very big story for the media and sports fans. Congress even had to get involved with this. Some of the biggest players in the game have been linked to steroids this decade. A-Rod, Roger Clemens, Barry Bonds, Mark McGuire…you can go on and on.



Pacers/Pistons Palace Brawl: I remember seeing this and being amazed that this actually happened. SportsCenter kept replaying clips all night of what happened. I will always remember Jermaine O’Neal straight dropping that fan on the sidelines!



New England Patriots Spy Gate: I think this bothered most NFL fans simply because most of us hate the Patriots. Outside of the fines, there were really no consequences for what New England did. They destroyed the tapes and that was pretty much the end of that. I still think more should have come out of this. They should have at least shown the tapes or something.



Tim Donaghy Referee Betting Scandal: This event pretty much confirmed all thoughts NBA fans have been having for years. Most thought the NBA was set up in some form or fashion and then a referee pops up who had been betting on games. Although some of his claims seem a little off, a lot of them seem completely believable.



Auburn Shut out of BCS Title Game in 2004: I still can’t believe this happened and it upsets me to this day and I’m not even an Auburn fan. I don’t really consider this a scandal, but it was VERY controversial. How did the BCS not allow an undefeated SEC team play for the Championship? They were a great team that season and deserved to be in that game.



2006 NBA Finals- Mavs/Heat: This one hits close to home and I probably will never forget this series. No matter what anyone says, there was something fishy going on there and I will always believe Stern set it up for the Mavs to lose. David Stern didn’t want to see Mark Cuban celebrate a championship and that’s the bottom line. The Mavs were up 2-0 and had the series stolen from them by D. Whistle and the referees.



Barry Bonds passing Hank Aaron as Home Run King: There are still people who refuse to acknowledge Barry Bonds as the record holder for the most home runs. Bonds has been linked to steroids for a while now and it seems to bother a lot of people. I personally like Barry Bonds and think he gets too much of a bad rap.



Michael Vick Dog Fighting Ring: Michael Vick was on top of the world and if he hadn’t lied, he probably would still be a good QB in the NFL. He got caught up in a terrible activity and ended up serving time for it. Now he is a shell of his former self and backs up Donovan McNabb in Philadelphia.

I was thinking about this the other day and since the decade is coming to an end, there isn’t a better time to post this. I was thinking about the most controversial sports moments of the decade and also some of the biggest scandals of the decade. I think the two go hand and hand, so why not combine them.

Here are some of the things I thought about…Give me your opinion and if you would add something.



MLB Steroid Scandal: This spanned a lot of the decade and was a very big story for the media and sports fans. Congress even had to get involved with this. Some of the biggest players in the game have been linked to steroids this decade. A-Rod, Roger Clemens, Barry Bonds, Mark McGuire…you can go on and on.



Pacers/Pistons Palace Brawl: I remember seeing this and being amazed that this actually happened. SportsCenter kept replaying clips all night of what happened. I will always remember Jermaine O’Neal straight dropping that fan on the sidelines!



New England Patriots Spy Gate: I think this bothered most NFL fans simply because most of us hate the Patriots. Outside of the fines, there were really no consequences for what New England did. They destroyed the tapes and that was pretty much the end of that. I still think more should have come out of this. They should have at least shown the tapes or something.



Tim Donaghy Referee Betting Scandal: This event pretty much confirmed all thoughts NBA fans have been having for years. Most thought the NBA was set up in some form or fashion and then a referee pops up who had been betting on games. Although some of his claims seem a little off, a lot of them seem completely believable.



Auburn Shut out of BCS Title Game in 2004: I still can’t believe this happened and it upsets me to this day and I’m not even an Auburn fan. I don’t really consider this a scandal, but it was VERY controversial. How did the BCS not allow an undefeated SEC team play for the Championship? They were a great team that season and deserved to be in that game.



2006 NBA Finals- Mavs/Heat: This one hits close to home and I probably will never forget this series. No matter what anyone says, there was something fishy going on there and I will always believe Stern set it up for the Mavs to lose. David Stern didn’t want to see Mark Cuban celebrate a championship and that’s the bottom line. The Mavs were up 2-0 and had the series stolen from them by D. Whistle and the referees.



Barry Bonds passing Hank Aaron as Home Run King: There are still people who refuse to acknowledge Barry Bonds as the record holder for the most home runs. Bonds has been linked to steroids for a while now and it seems to bother a lot of people. I personally like Barry Bonds and think he gets too much of a bad rap.



Michael Vick Dog Fighting Ring: Michael Vick was on top of the world and if he hadn’t lied, he probably would still be a good QB in the NFL. He got caught up in a terrible activity and ended up serving time for it. Now he is a shell of his former self and backs up Donovan McNabb in Philadelphia.

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