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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.
Labels: Auburn, BCS, BCS Busters, Oregon Ducks, Oregon State, TCU Football
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.
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.
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.
Labels: Alabama, Auburn, Boise State, Oregon State, TCU Football
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.
SportsCenter kept replaying clips all night of what happened. I will always remember Jermaine O’Neal straight dropping that fan on the sidelines!
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.
Labels: Auburn, Barry Bonds, BCS, Indiana Pacers, Mark Cuban, Miami Heat, Mike Vick, MLB, NBA, NBA Finals, NFL, Patriots, Pistons, Steroids, Tim Donaghy
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.
SportsCenter kept replaying clips all night of what happened. I will always remember Jermaine O’Neal straight dropping that fan on the sidelines!
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.
Labels: Auburn, Barry Bonds, BCS, Indiana Pacers, Mark Cuban, Miami Heat, Mike Vick, MLB, NBA, NBA Finals, NFL, Patriots, Pistons, Steroids, Tim Donaghy