Hoping not to jinx anything, I’m now looking forward to what it will take for BC to earn a shot in the national title game. Clearly, they have to win out, which means winning games in Death Valley (Clemson) and Maryland. The Clemson game is going to be the most ominous, as we’ve beaten them twice in a row. An ACC title game would be vs. either Virginia or Virginia Tech.
The comeback win last Thursday taught me a great life lesson. When you’re recording one game on the DVR and watching another, make sure to schedule the box to record the program that comes on after the game as well. Throughout the night I was watching the recording of that game during commercials in the World Series, but since I had failed to record the program that came on after the BC-VT game, I was only able to watch up until halfway through the 4th quarter. Running to the computer after finding this out, I honestly figured they’d lost, but had hoped that they hadn’t been shutout. It turns out I missed the greatest comeback in the team’s history.
Heading into this week, I’m wondering how many years it will take before the Big 10, Pac 10 and Big East finally start having conference championship games. If SEC, ACC and Big 12 teams have to do it, then the other three conferences shouldn’t be getting over. That said, if Arizona St. makes it through these last four games undefeated, how can Ohio St. be considered more worthy of a slot in the title game? Hypothetically, if Kansas-BC-OhioSt-ArizonaSt all win out, the title game could be BC vs. Ohio St, which appears on its face to be very very very unfair. Likewise, if one of those four teams loses a game and LSU wins out, how can anyone pretend that making it out of the SEC with one loss is somehow less impressive than making it out of the Big 10 undefeated, never having to play a conference championship game?
I’m anticipating that if BC holds onto the #2 ranking and earns a shot at the title, there will be a #3 team that most of the college football world considers more worthy, and it will suck having to listen to it for a full month prior to New Years. The NCAA has to be hoping that there are only two undefeated teams at the end (sorry Hawaii, even though Boise St. beat Okahoma in a BCS bowl game to go undefeated last year, and in 2004 Utah decimated just about every team it played, “your kind” are second-class citizens.) I think it will most likely work out to something like 2004, when USC and Oklahoma played in the title game, while Auburn went undefeated and had to take a back seat. I think it’s wrong to exclude ANY SEC team that goes undefeated in the title game.
Anyways, I’m looking forward to Arizona St-Oregon in a couple hours, and the Seminoles are in Chestnut Hill tonight. The Celtics played defense last night. Peyton is in for a long, painful Sunday. Â
Arizona St.
Sat, Nov 3 at (4) Oregon 6:40 pm — Loss
Sat, Nov 10 at UCLA 3:30 pm —
Thu, Nov 22 (13) USC 8:00 pm —
Sat, Dec 1 Arizona 8:00 pm
Ohio St.
Sat, Nov 3 Wisconsin 12:00 pm — Win
Sat, Nov 10 Illinois 3:30 pm —
Sat, Nov 17 at (15) Michigan 12:00 pm
BC
Sat, Nov 3 Florida State 8:00 pm — Loss
Sat, Nov 10 at Maryland 8:00 pm —
Sat, Nov 17 at (25) Clemson TBA —
Sat, Nov 24 Miami (FL) TBA
Kansas
Sat, Nov 3 Nebraska 12:30 pm — Blowout Win
Sat, Nov 10 at Oklahoma State 8:00 pm —
Sat, Nov 17 Iowa State TBA —
Sat, Nov 24 (9) Missouri TBA
LSU
Sat, Nov 3 at (17) Alabama 5:00 pm — BIG Win (s/b #2 in new rankings)
Sat, Nov 10 Louisiana Tech 8:00 pm —
Sat, Nov 17 at Mississippi TBA —
Fri, Nov 23 Arkansas 3:30 pm
Have to rant about Shannon Sharpes expert analysis at halftime for a minute. He concluded that the New England defense looked “slow” and “old” and that Indianapolis was getting the best of them.
Was he watching the same game!?!? 4 Drives in NE territory (3 in the red zone), resulted in 3 kicks (one blocked) and a TD. 13 POINTS!
I realize we cant put much credence into what these bozos say, it’s hard enough to ignore the fact that he stumbles around with basic grammar.
It’s obvious Sunday after Sunday that just because you played football, doesn’t make you good at analysis! THERE’S A REASON YOU DIDN’T TRANSITION TO COACHING.
Another note, Big Ben is making Baltimore look a fool right now. I am liking the arrangement of going to Baltimore and having Pittsburgh at home right about now…
Ah, the former player pundits…the game is to stake out some territory and claim it as your own…so for Sharpe it was, “hey, anyone else saying that New England’s defense is washed up? no? ok, I’m going with that”
100% throwaway…I feel the same way about every single word that comes out of Chris Berman’s mouth. None of it is worth my time. Is Dan Marino and Boomer Essiason still on the half time show with Sharpe?
Even though Boomer is pro-Pats, I can’t do it to myself.
Funny since I used to look forward to Inside the NFL every week, and now I avoid it like the plague. When I do check it out, it’s only to fast forward up to see how NFL Films cut the game tape for highlights…get those unrehearsed sideline moments on microphone.
So as Bill Clinton used to say (at least according to SNL), “I feel your pain”.