BCS Title Game Thread

#223436

By Schfourteenteen - January 9th, 2009, 10:14 am

- January 9th, 2009, 10:14 am #223436

1) Bradford had a better game
2) Oklahoma lost this game, Florida didnt win it
3) I am still convinced the UF INT in the 2nd half hit the ground

#223437

By Sly Fox - January 9th, 2009, 10:15 am

- January 9th, 2009, 10:15 am #223437

Cider Jim wrote:Attaway said on FB that he has pulling for the Sooners. Sly, are Texans allowed to do that?

We are officially putting the deed on his house on notice right now.

#223445

By ATrain - January 9th, 2009, 10:38 am

- January 9th, 2009, 10:38 am #223445

Utah should be #1 IMO, followed by UF, then USC, Texas, OU.

And uh, oh yeah:
SEC > Big 12
AND
Everyone but Sunbelt, MAC, and C-USA > BigTen

4:28:2009-RIP Jeff Taylor

PAmedic wrote:you're absolutely right

#223465

By 4everfsu - January 9th, 2009, 11:24 am

- January 9th, 2009, 11:24 am #223465

Florida #1 in AP, Utah #2

The announcers are in with their man love of Tebow last night, but it has been that way all year. I see him coming back for his senior yr, regardless which year he will get drafted, it will not be as QB

“If you're not a liberal at twenty you have no heart,
if you're not a conservative at forty you have no brain.”
Sir Winston Churchill

Speak little, do much!
Ben Franklin

Lynchburg Baptist College class of 1975

#223471

By RagingTireFire - January 9th, 2009, 11:37 am

- January 9th, 2009, 11:37 am #223471

That was an... interesting game. I think the best argument for a playoff system might have been watching the two "best" teams in America try to play a meaningful game after being off for 33 straight days. That was like watching a gang fight between two rival factions at Seymour's School for the Blind.

I didn't hate the announcers for this game any more than I usually hate the announcers for any game but Chris Myers -- or whoever was in Chris Myers' ear -- was a complete moron. Other than that, it seemed like the 4th-quarter was one long infomercial for the benefits of homeschooling as brought to you by St. Tim of Tebow.

#223472

By Sly Fox - January 9th, 2009, 11:38 am

- January 9th, 2009, 11:38 am #223472

This has as much to do with when the vote was taken as anything. It seems like forever since Utah destroyed the Tide while the Gators backed into the title last night by doing something UT did 3 months ago. What a mess.

#223480

By JDUB - January 9th, 2009, 12:01 pm

- January 9th, 2009, 12:01 pm #223480

highlight of the game, the hit by the florida defense on the first drive. i thought that guys head was rolling down the sideline.

i think a flag could've come for helment to helment, but whatever. sweet hit

#223481

By Hold My Own - January 9th, 2009, 12:02 pm

- January 9th, 2009, 12:02 pm #223481

last night coach asked kirk who the best team in college football he's seen this year was...kirk wouldnt answer b/c it was USC

Sly Fox wrote:In my experience with the Falwell family over the past 30+ years, they have never been shy about stating what they believe and standing by it. If anything it should be on their family crest.

#223531

By TDDance234 - January 9th, 2009, 1:03 pm

- January 9th, 2009, 1:03 pm #223531

and he'd be right. If you put any team up against USC right now, including UF and OU, they would lose by two TD's--not even mentioning Utah. USC would clear their bench by halftime.

#223540

By LUconn - January 9th, 2009, 1:38 pm

- January 9th, 2009, 1:38 pm #223540

I bet that's what Alabama thought.

Utah beat Oregon State. Utah beat Oregon State. Utah beat Oregon State. Utah beat Oregon State.

Edit: to be fair PSU did too.

*please disregard this post if dated before 2017 and accept my apologies*

#223544

By thepostman - January 9th, 2009, 1:59 pm

- January 9th, 2009, 1:59 pm #223544

usc?? really?? they beat Penn State...wow...awesome...Penn State isn't that great...does USC have a good case?? sure...but no better then any of the other top 4 or 5 teams do

#223545

By Sly Fox - January 9th, 2009, 2:06 pm

- January 9th, 2009, 2:06 pm #223545

IMHO Utah has by far the best case. They got hosed. I guess that makes up for their rivals in Provo getting a title they didn't deserve a quarter century ago.

#223557

By Hold My Own - January 9th, 2009, 2:18 pm

- January 9th, 2009, 2:18 pm #223557

USC may not have the best case, but they have the best team...they just dont play anyone...thats why the need to go independent

Sly Fox wrote:In my experience with the Falwell family over the past 30+ years, they have never been shy about stating what they believe and standing by it. If anything it should be on their family crest.

#223759

By scuzdriver - January 9th, 2009, 6:20 pm

- January 9th, 2009, 6:20 pm #223759

Sly Fox wrote:This has as much to do with when the vote was taken as anything. It seems like forever since Utah destroyed the Tide while the Gators backed into the title last night by doing something UT did 3 months ago. What a mess.

For sure! Way too much time off. Playoffs will take them right up to New Years for the championship. Can you imagine the excitement of a cinderella team getting hot late??? (like Utah!) It sure works for bball.

#223800

By Sly Fox - January 9th, 2009, 8:15 pm

- January 9th, 2009, 8:15 pm #223800

I chatted on Facebook with one of my friends who has a vote in the AP Poll. Here's his top 5:

1. Utah
2. Texas
3. Florida
4. USC
5. Oklahoma

I told him I was surprised that more of his writer colleagues hadn't used Utah or USC as a protest vote. He replied to me that they were just a bunch of whining cowards.

#223805

By flamesbball84 - January 9th, 2009, 8:33 pm

- January 9th, 2009, 8:33 pm #223805

Sly Fox wrote:I chatted on Facebook with one of my friends who has a vote in the AP Poll. Here's his top 5:

1. Utah
2. Texas
3. Florida
4. USC
5. Oklahoma
I told him I was surprised that more of his writer colleagues hadn't used Utah or USC as a protest vote. He replied to me that they were just a bunch of whining cowards.

the AP poll for the most part is idiocy. i read an article, probably on either yahoo or espn, a couple days after Utah won their bowl game. they interviewed some of the voters who has voted utah in the low top 10, all of the ones the interviewed said that had been the first time they had even see utah play before the bowl game.

#223868

By scuzdriver - January 10th, 2009, 10:51 am

- January 10th, 2009, 10:51 am #223868

maybe our new messiah will pressure the powers that be to create a playoff.

#223881

By TylerBakersGonnaBGreat - January 10th, 2009, 11:34 am

- January 10th, 2009, 11:34 am #223881

How....Bout....Them....Gators!!!! haha sorry havent been on in a while... Im Pumped!

"The enemy will try to tell you that Liberty isn't right for you. Stand against him. Liberty is the only place I want to be." - Ritchie McKay. December 1, 2008.

One schools trash is an ACC school's assistant coach.

"Typical Liberty"

#223886

By Sly Fox - January 10th, 2009, 11:40 am

- January 10th, 2009, 11:40 am #223886

Yeah it is not like that title is at all tainted or anything. I mean winning in your own crib is so overrated.

#223907

By TDDance234 - January 10th, 2009, 12:26 pm

- January 10th, 2009, 12:26 pm #223907

Sly Fox wrote:Yeah it is not like that title is at all tainted or anything. I mean winning in your own crib is so overrated.

Fill that puppy with some tissue.

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#223916

By TylerBakersGonnaBGreat - January 10th, 2009, 12:36 pm

- January 10th, 2009, 12:36 pm #223916

Sly Fox wrote:Yeah it is not like that title is at all tainted or anything. I mean winning in your own crib is so overrated.

Ok. 2 Years ago we won in AZ

You cant even make it to the Big 12 Championship, Let alone a national championship

"The enemy will try to tell you that Liberty isn't right for you. Stand against him. Liberty is the only place I want to be." - Ritchie McKay. December 1, 2008.

One schools trash is an ACC school's assistant coach.

"Typical Liberty"

#224154

By Sly Fox - January 11th, 2009, 4:36 pm

- January 11th, 2009, 4:36 pm #224154

Yeah, I realize this is a little tardy. But even though Rick Reilly rarely is on target these days, he is dead on the money in this piece ...

ESPN the Magazine wrote:Oklahoma and Florida can battle for the BCS. But we've already crowned the true national champ.

by Rick Reilly

Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images
The Utes trampled Alabama to complete a perfect season. How are they not national champions?

Some gifts people give are pointless: Styling mousse to Dick Vitale. An all-you-can-eat card to Kate Moss. The BCS Championship given to Oklahoma or Florida.

It means nothing because the BCS has no credibility. Florida? Oklahoma? Who cares? Utah is the national champion.

The End. Roll credits.

Argue with this, please. I beg you. Find me anybody else that went undefeated. Thirteen-and-zero. Beat four ranked teams. Went to the Deep South and seal-clubbed Alabama in the Sugar Bowl. The same Alabama that was ranked No. 1 for five weeks. The same Alabama that went undefeated in the regular season. The same Alabama that Florida beat in order to get INTO the BCS Championship game in the first place.

Yeah, that's how it is now in the shameful, money-grubbing world of college football. If you're Florida and you beat Alabama, you get a seat in the title game. If you're Utah, you get a seat on your sofa.

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#225027

By nickrichards - January 13th, 2009, 9:37 pm

- January 13th, 2009, 9:37 pm #225027

WE ARE THE CHOMPIONS!

WHO YA GONNA CALL?

#225192

By SumItUp - January 14th, 2009, 4:51 pm

- January 14th, 2009, 4:51 pm #225192

Hypothetical scenario: If the rules that were written by the Big 12 were different than the current set and allowed the University of Texas to represent the Big 12 South in their championship game and they proceeded to win the Big 12 and win the BCS national championship game against the University of Florida, would Sly

A/ Declare the University of Texas as the outright champions of college football

B/ Declare Utah the champion of college football and Texas the winner of a flawed BCS system