BCS standings released, 10/26/2008

[sciencewhiz]

The full rankings are here: http://www.bcsfootball.org/cfb...-2-BCS-standings-(PDF)

1 Texas 8-0
2 Alabama 8-0
3 Penn State 9-0
4 Oklahoma 7-1
5 Southern California 6-1
6 Georgia 7-1
7 Texas Tech 8-0
8 Florida 6-1
9 Oklahoma St 7-1
10 Utah 8-0
11 Boise St 7-0
12 Ohio State 7-2
13 TCU 8-1
14 Missouri 6-2
15 Florida St 6-1
16 Ball State 8-0
17 Minnesota 7-1
18 Tulsa 7-0
19 LSU 5-2
20 BYU 7-1
21 Michigan St 7-2
22 North Carolina 6-2
23 South Florida 6-2
24 Oregon 6-2
25 Connecticut 6-2

With Penn State's win, they become the first team to become BCS eligible, by getting the required 9 wins.

Both Texas Tech and Georgia should pass USC next week, if they can win.

The Mountain West conference has more teams in the top 20 then the Big East, ACC, and Pac 10 combined.

 

[destrekor]

I hate saying it, but go Penn State!
Since OSU lost to them, I need them to rep the Big 10 and make something for themselves, else our loss feels all the more pathetic... even though it already stands as a pathetic loss. sigh

 

[BrokenVisage]

WE ARE!

 

[destrekor]

Originally posted by: BrokenVisage
WE ARE!

Bastards?

The fan behavior at the end of the game definitely upset me, but that's nothing new. They were definitely killing the mood while lowering the flag. Considering the visitor section is right at the section where we lower the flag.

 

[bignateyk]

Originally posted by: destrekor
I hate saying it, but go Penn State!
Since OSU lost to them, I need them to rep the Big 10 and make something for themselves, else our loss feels all the more pathetic... even though it already stands as a pathetic loss. sigh

:thumbsup:

I've rooted for OSU the last two years. Hopefully we won't let the big10 down if we make it this year. I already have tickets to the NCS game, so hopefully bama will lose.

 

[BrokenVisage]

Originally posted by: destrekor

Originally posted by: BrokenVisage
WE ARE!

Bastards?

The fan behavior at the end of the game definitely upset me, but that's nothing new. They were definitely killing the mood while lowering the flag. Considering the visitor section is right at the section where we lower the flag.

I didn't hear about what the PSU people did, but this was a huge game for us with the NCG on the line so I'm guessing they were just drunk and rowdy.

 

[Zenmervolt]

Originally posted by: destrekor
I hate saying it, but go Penn State!
Since OSU lost to them, I need them to rep the Big 10 and make something for themselves, else our loss feels all the more pathetic... even though it already stands as a pathetic loss. sigh

I don't know that it was really what I would call pathetic. Pryor made a couple of critical mistakes by getting greedy and going for a little too much, but to his credit he didn't show nerves, which is a good thing. It's quite disappointing for this year, since we did have plenty of opportunity to win the game, but overall it worked out better than I expected. I really thought that Pryor would show nerves and Penn State would win it going away. Instead the defense did their job and Pryor didn't get rattled even if he did try to do more than he should have.

ZV

 

[KLin]

I'm going to LMAO if Ball State ends up getting into a BCS bowl in the case TCU, Utah and Boise State lose.

EDIT: Tulsa too. Damn, it's going to be a nightmare if all of these mid majors run the table since there's only 1 guaranteed spot for a mid-major in the top 12.

 

[destrekor]

Originally posted by: Zenmervolt

Originally posted by: destrekor
I hate saying it, but go Penn State!
Since OSU lost to them, I need them to rep the Big 10 and make something for themselves, else our loss feels all the more pathetic... even though it already stands as a pathetic loss. sigh

I don't know that it was really what I would call pathetic. Pryor made a couple of critical mistakes by getting greedy and going for a little too much, but to his credit he didn't show nerves, which is a good thing. It's quite disappointing for this year, since we did have plenty of opportunity to win the game, but overall it worked out better than I expected. I really thought that Pryor would show nerves and Penn State would win it going away. Instead the defense did their job and Pryor didn't get rattled even if he did try to do more than he should have.

ZV

Our defense was good, but our offense was terrible. Play calling, as usual this year, was bland. I've said it before, and it continues to be obvious, but the play calling is being dumbed down so that Pryor has some decent chances. He really never threw the ball far at all, and there were moments that he never even looked at one side of the field, times when those players were wide open for a long throw.

And while I believe Pryor will make a terrific QB, this year is showing that Tressel seems to not care so much about getting the team anywhere, but rather prepping Pryor for next year by giving him needed experience. Could have easily put Boeckman in the game, thrown in some more dynamic plays that set up deep passes and hope to make good of them. Tressel has seemingly given up on ever playing Boeckman again at this rate, since he never played him yesterday, in what was obviously our toughest game of our Big 10 schedule.

Originally posted by: BrokenVisage

Originally posted by: destrekor

Originally posted by: BrokenVisage
WE ARE!

Bastards?

The fan behavior at the end of the game definitely upset me, but that's nothing new. They were definitely killing the mood while lowering the flag. Considering the visitor section is right at the section where we lower the flag.

I didn't hear about what the PSU people did, but this was a huge game for us with the NCG on the line so I'm guessing they were just drunk and rowdy.

It wasn't they that necessarily did anything 'wrong', it was just amplified by the fact that I was standing directly in front of them, and I was already upset enough as it was. And yeah, just drunk and rowdy, nothing new as an OSU fan.

And I meant to throw in a "" after "Bastards?", but I seem to have forgotten that. Ooops.
All fun and games. I just had a terrible day yesterday from afternoon through the end of the night. Good thing I was in uniform for the flag raising, or I probably would have found myself in some trouble that night.

 

[bignateyk]

We had some decent riots at PSU last night. Nothing like the riots of the early 90's, but better than we've seen in a decade.

http://www.collegian.psu.edu/a...es_downtown_after.aspx

Video on the site of lots of drunk students getting pepper sprayed...

Some great photos too: http://www.collegian.psu.edu/a...y_students_gather.aspx

 

[sciencewhiz]

Originally posted by: KLin
I'm going to LMAO if Ball State ends up getting into a BCS bowl in the case TCU, Utah and Boise State lose.

EDIT: Tulsa too. Damn, it's going to be a nightmare if all of these mid majors run the table since there's only 1 guaranteed spot for a mid-major in the top 12.

There will likely be 3-4 SEC and Big 12 teams in the top 14. Since only 2 teams from a conference can make BCS bowls, it makes it more likely that multiple non-bcs teams can make it.

If the season ended today, here is how I think the bowls would play out:

National Championship Game: Texas vs Alabama.
Rose Bowl gets USC and Penn State (Pac 10 champion & Big 10 champion)
Orange Bowl gets Florida State (ACC Champion)
Fiesta Bowl takes Oklahoma (to replace Texas). No more Big 12 teams are eligible, which gets rid of Texas Tech, Oklahoma St, and Missouri.
Sugar Bowl takes Georgia (to replace Alabama). No more SEC teams are eligible, which gets rid of Florida.
There are now 3 spots left for Utah, Boise St, Ohio State, or TCU. Utah has a guaranteed spot for being the highest overall of the non-bcs conferences. Ohio State would certainly get a spot, which then means the Orange bowl (last in picking order this year) gets stuck choosing a second non-bcs team.

 

[Zenmervolt]

Originally posted by: destrekor
Our defense was good, but our offense was terrible. Play calling, as usual this year, was bland. I've said it before, and it continues to be obvious, but the play calling is being dumbed down so that Pryor has some decent chances. He really never threw the ball far at all, and there were moments that he never even looked at one side of the field, times when those players were wide open for a long throw.

And while I believe Pryor will make a terrific QB, this year is showing that Tressel seems to not care so much about getting the team anywhere, but rather prepping Pryor for next year by giving him needed experience. Could have easily put Boeckman in the game, thrown in some more dynamic plays that set up deep passes and hope to make good of them. Tressel has seemingly given up on ever playing Boeckman again at this rate, since he never played him yesterday, in what was obviously our toughest game of our Big 10 schedule.

Tressel is very much a classic Big 10 style coach, the old "three yards and a cloud of dust". If you're expecting him to ever really go after the spectacular plays.

That said, I'd argue that Tressel is more concerned with the team in the long run. Yes, Boeckman might have been a good change-up yesterday, but overall I agree with Tressel that it's better in the long run to give Pryor the playing experience. There are legitimate arguments to be made either way, but I think that it's only practical to continue building Pryor.

ZV

 

[bGIveNs33]

Originally posted by: sciencewhiz

Originally posted by: KLin
I'm going to LMAO if Ball State ends up getting into a BCS bowl in the case TCU, Utah and Boise State lose.

EDIT: Tulsa too. Damn, it's going to be a nightmare if all of these mid majors run the table since there's only 1 guaranteed spot for a mid-major in the top 12.

There will likely be 3-4 SEC and Big 12 teams in the top 14. Since only 2 teams from a conference can make BCS bowls, it makes it more likely that multiple non-bcs teams can make it.

If the season ended today, here is how I think the bowls would play out:

National Championship Game: Texas vs Alabama.
Rose Bowl gets USC and Penn State (Pac 10 champion & Big 10 champion)
Orange Bowl gets Florida State (ACC Champion)
Fiesta Bowl takes Oklahoma (to replace Texas). No more Big 12 teams are eligible, which gets rid of Texas Tech, Oklahoma St, and Missouri.
Sugar Bowl takes Georgia (to replace Alabama). No more SEC teams are eligible, which gets rid of Florida.
There are now 3 spots left for Utah, Boise St, Ohio State, or TCU. Utah has a guaranteed spot for being the highest overall of the non-bcs conferences. Ohio State would certainly get a spot, which then means the Orange bowl (last in picking order this year) gets stuck choosing a second non-bcs team.

Don't forget that only one team from a non-BCS conference can make it... so that leaves out TCU.(Unless there isn't enough eligible teams.)

 

[sciencewhiz]

Originally posted by: bGIveNs33

Don't forget that only one team from a non-BCS conference can make it... so that leaves out TCU.(Unless there isn't enough eligible teams.)

My point was that as it stands right now, there won't be enough eligible teams from BCS conferences.

Also, the rule says that only one team from a non-BCS conference automatically qualifies (not that only one can make it). However, in practice, the bowls will always choose a BCS school over a non-BCS school, so that effectively means that only the automatic qualifier will make it.

 

[her209]

AP Poll for 11/2/2008
AP Top 25
1. Alabama (46) 9-0 1,600
2. Texas Tech (12) 9-0 1,528
3. Penn State (6) 9-0 1,525
4. Florida (1) 7-1 1,398
5. Texas 8-1 1,353
6. Oklahoma 8-1 1,324
7. USC 7-1 1,250
8. Oklahoma State 8-1 1,198
9. Boise State 8-0 1,030
10. Utah 9-0 1,028
11. TCU 9-1 958
12. Ohio State 7-2 898
13. Missouri 7-2 830
14. Georgia 7-2 808
15. LSU 6-2 746
16. Ball State 8-0 594
17. Brigham Young 8-1 536
18. Michigan State 8-2 456
19. North Carolina 6-2 418
20. West Virginia 6-2 303
21. California 6-2 288
22. Georgia Tech 7-2 286
23. Maryland 6-2 242
24. Florida State 6-2 128
25. Pittsburgh 6-2 96

 

[BrokenVisage]

3 F'ing points?!? I swear, if PSU goes undefeated and still gets left out of the NCG there will be REAL riots in Happy Valley!

 

[dbk]

Wow look at all those ACC teams jumping back into the top25

 

[JohnCU]

Originally posted by: her209
AP Poll for 11/2/2008
AP Top 25
1. Alabama (46) 9-0 1,600
2. Texas Tech (12) 9-0 1,528
3. Penn State (6) 9-0 1,525
4. Florida (1) 7-1 1,398
5. Texas 8-1 1,353
6. Oklahoma 8-1 1,324
7. USC 7-1 1,250
8. Oklahoma State 8-1 1,198
9. Boise State 8-0 1,030
10. Utah 9-0 1,028
11. TCU 9-1 958
12. Ohio State 7-2 898
13. Missouri 7-2 830
14. Georgia 7-2 808
15. LSU 6-2 746
16. Ball State 8-0 594
17. Brigham Young 8-1 536
18. Michigan State 8-2 456
19. North Carolina 6-2 418
20. West Virginia 6-2 303
21. California 6-2 288
22. Georgia Tech 7-2 286
23. Maryland 6-2 242
24. Florida State 6-2 128
25. Pittsburgh 6-2 96

ohh the mighty SEC has only 4 teams in the top 25, same as the ACC, unpossible.

 

[fustercluck]

Sucks that USC and Florida won't get a chance to play in the title game since they lost a single game. That's how the system works though. I think USC and Florida are still the two best teams in the country, but Alabama and Texas Tech could be also. Where's that playoff system?

 

[bunnyfubbles]

Originally posted by: BrokenVisage
3 F'ing points?!? I swear, if PSU goes undefeated and still gets left out of the NCG there will be REAL riots in Happy Valley!

Uh, the two teams above them are also undefeated and also have much better wins under their belts.

I could see your claim maybe making sense should a team with a loss sneak in instead of them...

 

[her209]

Originally posted by: BrokenVisage
3 F'ing points?!? I swear, if PSU goes undefeated and still gets left out of the NCG there will be REAL riots in Happy Valley!

I think Bama will fall to LSU. Even if they win, they still have to win the SEC Championship Game.

 

[bignateyk]

Originally posted by: wankawitz
Sucks that USC and Florida won't get a chance to play in the title game since they lost a single game. That's how the system works though. I think USC and Florida are still the two best teams in the country, but Alabama and Texas Tech could be also. Where's that playoff system?

I might have some sympathy for them if their one loss had come to a decent team, but after losing to oregon state and ole miss you don't really have much of an argument as to why your team should play for the national championship.

 

[dbk]

Originally posted by: her209

Originally posted by: BrokenVisage
3 F'ing points?!? I swear, if PSU goes undefeated and still gets left out of the NCG there will be REAL riots in Happy Valley!

I think Bama will fall to LSU. Even if they win, they still have to win the SEC Championship Game.

Texas Tech might lose to OU AND Okie St. Penn State is still looking good for the NCG, IMO.

 

[bignateyk]

Originally posted by: her209

Originally posted by: BrokenVisage
3 F'ing points?!? I swear, if PSU goes undefeated and still gets left out of the NCG there will be REAL riots in Happy Valley!

I think Bama will fall to LSU. Even if they win, they still have to win the SEC Championship Game.

LSU sucks this year.. I doubt they will take out bama. I think florida will roll them though in the SEC championship.

I also think texas tech has a good chance of losing to both oklahoma and oklahoma st considering those two teams both had close games against texas.

 

[LostUte]

Originally posted by: dbk

Originally posted by: her209

Originally posted by: BrokenVisage
3 F'ing points?!? I swear, if PSU goes undefeated and still gets left out of the NCG there will be REAL riots in Happy Valley!

I think Bama will fall to LSU. Even if they win, they still have to win the SEC Championship Game.

Texas Tech might lose to OU AND Okie St. Penn State is still looking good for the NCG, IMO.

I think it is very possible that a 1 loss Big12/SEC team gets in ahead of Penn State.