Which BCS conference is the weakest?

[Ready]

The Big East is the weakest link and probably should lose their automatic stop in a Bowl game.
I bet most teams in the Mountain West and Western Athletic would clean the clock with most of them.


Imagine How pathetic the Big East would be this year had Louisville not join them. Rutger would be the number 2 team, and they got hammered by the 2-9 team Illinois from the Big Ten. Even last year. Just like last year when Pittsburgh got destroyed by Utah. Sad thing is, everybody picked Utah to beat them up and thats exactly what happened.

 

[chuckywang]

Originally posted by: Ready
The Big East is the weakest link and probably should lose their automatic stop in a Bowl game.
I bet most teams in the Mountain West and Western Athletic would clean the clock with most of them.

They won't. If they lose their bid, the major conferences will be in the minority, and they won't let that happen.

 

[Ready]

Originally posted by: chuckywang

Originally posted by: Ready
The Big East is the weakest link and probably should lose their automatic stop in a Bowl game.
I bet most teams in the Mountain West and Western Athletic would clean the clock with most of them.

They won't. If they lose their bid, the major conferences will be in the minority, and they won't let that happen.

How can that be possible? 6BCS conf and 5 none BCS conf.

 

[chuckywang]

Originally posted by: Ready

Originally posted by: chuckywang

Originally posted by: Ready
The Big East is the weakest link and probably should lose their automatic stop in a Bowl game.
I bet most teams in the Mountain West and Western Athletic would clean the clock with most of them.

They won't. If they lose their bid, the major conferences will be in the minority, and they won't let that happen.

How can that be possible? 6BCS conf and 5 none BCS conf.

BCS rules stipulate that the champion of a BCS conference must have an average rank of at least 12 over the course of 4 (I think) consecutive years. If a conference does not meet this requirement, then they MIGHT lose their automatic bid.

But I think that even if this happened to the Big East (unlikely as it is), the BCS will not take away their bid. There are 119 D-1a teams. If the BCS took away the autobid of the Big East, there would be 57 BCS conference teams and 58 non-BCS conference teams, and then Notre Dame would be on the side of the BCS while Army, Temple, and Navy wouldn't. The balance of college football would shift and the BCS isn't about to let that happen.

 

[chuckywang]

Originally posted by: Ready

Imagine How pathetic the Big East would be this year had Louisville not join them. Rutger would be the number 2 team, and they got hammered by the 2-9 team Illinois from the Big Ten. Even last year. Just like last year when Pittsburgh got destroyed by Utah. Sad thing is, everybody picked Utah to beat them up and thats exactly what happened.

I go to Illinois. Illinois was down by 20 in the third quarter and needed a miracle to tie the game late in the 4th. Rutgers got the ball first in OT but only managed a field goal. Illinois won on a two yard Pierre Thomas run. Rutgers blew it, they didn't get hammered.

 

[Ready]

Originally posted by: chuckywang

Originally posted by: Ready

Imagine How pathetic the Big East would be this year had Louisville not join them. Rutger would be the number 2 team, and they got hammered by the 2-9 team Illinois from the Big Ten. Even last year. Just like last year when Pittsburgh got destroyed by Utah. Sad thing is, everybody picked Utah to beat them up and thats exactly what happened.

I go to Illinois. Illinois was down by 20 in the third quarter and needed a miracle to tie the game late in the 4th. Rutgers got the ball first in OT but only managed a field goal. Illinois won on a two yard Pierre Thomas run. Rutgers blew it, they didn't get hammered.

yes I exaggerate. Still they got beat by a 2-9 team. Big East can't do anything outside of their own conference....

 

[Ready]

Big East seems to be the popular choice!

 

[ElFenix]

oops, i forgot that the big easy is a bcs conference!

 

[Tylanner]

Big Ten is a constant force!

 

[Ready]

Originally posted by: Tylanner
Big Ten is a constant force!

It's hard not to when your consistently anchored by Ohio State and Michigan year after year after year after year...
And once in a while the other teams have big years also. I would agree that overall Big Ten is easily the strongest conference.

 

[drum]

Originally posted by: Ready

Originally posted by: Tylanner
Big Ten is a constant force!

It's hard not to when your consistently anchored by Ohio State and Michigan year after year after year after year...
And once in a while the other teams have big years also. I would agree that overall Big Ten is easily the strongest conference.

is that not what it takes?

 

[Alkaline5]

The Big East is the weakest by far, but if you're looking for a second opinion then I think the Pac-10 and Big 12 aren't so hot this year. Outside of USC or Texas (who are obviously excellent and played good non-conf schedules) who do they really have? Texas Tech, Oregon, and UCLA's records look good, but their overall schedules are about as strong as a Big East team. And most of the other teams in those conferences are average at best.

 

[Ready]

Originally posted by: Alkaline5
The Big East is the weakest by far, but if you're looking for a second opinion then I think the Pac-10 and Big 12 aren't so hot this year. Outside of USC or Texas (who are obviously excellent and played good non-conf schedules) who do they really have? Texas Tech, Oregon, and UCLA's records look good, but their overall schedules are about as strong as a Big East team. And most of the other teams in those conferences are average at best.

I wouldn't say that, Arizona State just beat Rutger, but that ain't saying much. They did beat one of Big Ten's better teams Northwestern. They also came close to knocking out LSU who needed a miracle comeback to beat them.

One of Pac-10's weakest team Stanford, almost knocked off a very good ND defense. To me this just shows that Pac-10 teams do have some pretty legit offense.

UCLA destroyed Oklahoma in the beginning of the year, but Oklahoma has since improved. UCLA's game against one of the better Big Ten teams this year Northwestern will tell alot of where the Pac-10 is with respect to the other conference.

One of Pac-10's weakest team this year Oregon State did beat Boise State, but then they get hammered by Louisville.

though Washington State got hammered by everybody else in the Pac-10 this year, they did beat up the teams they played outside of the conference, Idaho, Nevada, Grambling State.

I will agree that the Big Ten is overall the top conference, but look at their schedule, but show me how many quality wins ANY Big Ten teams have outside of their conference. how many times this year has a Big Ten team beat a ranked team outside of their conference?

 

[sciencewhiz]

Originally posted by: Ready
I will agree that the Big Ten is overall the top conference, but look at their schedule, but show me how many quality wins ANY Big Ten teams have outside of their conference. how many times this year has a Big Ten team beat a ranked team outside of their conference?

That applies to just about every conference. There are only 4 teams to beat a top 20 team out of conference: Texas, USC, Michigan State, and Virginia Tech.

 

[Ready]

Here's an interesting stat so far. The Big Ten is 0-3 in bowl games so far.
Big 12 (8) 3-1
ACC (8) 3-1
Pac-10 (5) 3-1
Big Ten (7) 0-3

 

[alexjohnson16]

Originally posted by: Ready
Here's an interesting stat so far. The Big Ten is 0-3 in bowl games so far.
Big 12 (8) 3-1
ACC (8) 3-1
Pac-10 (5) 3-1
Big Ten (7) 0-3

It is an interesting stat, but also misleading.

All three games were what I'd say close (if NW had a kicker they would've had a legit shot) and Minn. and Mich both lose by slim margins (and Mich kinda got screwed on some calls.)

The Big 12 is performing well, but I'd still say top to bottom the Big Ten is better. We'll have to see how it turns out, the Big Ten could easily go 0-7, but I don't think it will happen.

 

[Suspicious-Teach8788]

LoL. Stupid Oregon .... grrr... If it weren't for the QB troubles, they would've won.

 

[Ready]

Originally posted by: DLeRium
LoL. Stupid Oregon .... grrr... If it weren't for the QB troubles, they would've won.

haha I called Oklahoma to win that one at work nobody believed me. They were really going strong ending the season. If they faced Texas again I think it could go either way.

 

[Otaking]

Big 12 4-1 baby! :beer:

Stupid Colorado... but they'll bounce back next year!

 

[sciencewhiz]

Here are the bowl standings as of 1-2

Conf Rec
Pac 10 3-1
ACC 5-2
Big 12 4-3
SEC 3-3
C-USA 3-3
Mtn West 2-2
Indep 1-1
MAC 1-1
Big 10 2-4
WAC 1-2
Big East 1-3
Sun Belt 0-1

The Big 10, ACC, Big 12, and Pac 10 all have 1 game remaining.

 

[CPA]

Big East Champ just beat the SEC Champ in the SEC Champ's turf. hmmmm..........

 

[Queasy]

SEC - both Auburn and Georgia walked casually into their bowl games expecting to stroll away with wins and ended up getting smoked. S. Carolina blew a huge lead against a bad Mizzou team.

Meanwhile, LSU smoked Miami, Florida beat up on Iowa, and Bama held the vaunted Texas Tech scoring machine to 3 points all the way until the 4th quarter and ended up winning 13-10 with quite possibly the ugliest game winning field goal in college football history.