Edit - Just for the record. Outside of the 16 team tournament for the National Championship I don't care what happens. If there is another tournament or 40 bowl games it doesn't matter. I just want the AP Poll 1-16 Tourney.
So in the other post we have the top 16 ranked teams based on the AP poll. We cn also have an NIT that features teams 17-32. I'm sure you will have to twist an arm or two, but us boys will watch.
Since the AP only goes to 25 I used the next top vote getters to fill in my 16 team bracket.
#17 - Georgia vs #32 - Rice
#18 - Boston College vs #31 - West Virginia
#19 - Missouri vs #30 - California
#20 - Brigham Young vs #29 - Florida State
#21 - Michigan State vs #28 - Tulsa
#22 - Mississippi vs #27 - Virginia Tech
#23 - Pittsburgh vs #26 - Iowa
#24 - Northwestern vs #25 - Oregon State
Still a pretty solid tourney, I'd watch. There are some good football matchups in there, plus down the road a few weeks you would have some pretty good games.
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
Monday, December 1, 2008
NCAA 2008 Playoff, College Football Playoffs
This is what we college football fans should be enjoying during the month of December. We're not, of course, because the computer system run by the BCS is so wise it doesn't need to be bothered by 4 weeks of good football, it just picks the best 2 teams and they play. That is a National Championship.
My playoff bracket will be based on a few simple assumptions.
1 - It will not include any of the Conference Championship games.
2 - It will be based on the November 30th AP Poll top 16 teams.
3 - It's a 4 week tournament, reseed at the end of each round.
4 - Semi-Nuetral (Regional) fields. This way some of the smaller bowls could still get their revenue. Similar to NCAA Basketball. (Could even do some double headers, who wouldn't want that?)
Here's Week 1 Matchups - Saturday December 6th, 2008
#1 - Alabama Crimson Tide vs #16 - Oregon Ducks
#2 - Florida Gators vs #15 - Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
#3 - Texas Longhorns vs #14 - Oklahoma State Cowboys
#4 - Oklahoma Sooners vs #13 - Cincinatti Bearcats
#5 - USC Trojans vs #12 - Ball State Cardinals (poor Ball State!)
#6 - Penn State Nittany Lions vs #11 - TCU Horned Frogs
#7 - Utah Utes vs #10 - Ohio State Buckeyes
#8 - Texas Tech Red Raiders vs #9 - Boise State Broncos
How many of you guys would sit around all day and watch this thing unfold?
How much money would these schools, the sponsers and the stations make just in this round alone?
Don't forget we'd still have a #17 - #32 NIT style tournament, that would have some great games as well. I'll post that one later.
What if the NFL had a BCS? Here are the last 8 Super Bowl winners and whether they would have represented their conference in the Superbowl under the BCS.
2008 - New York Giants - BCS would have had the Cowboys.
2007 - Indianapolis Colts - BCS would have had the Chargers.
2006 - Pittsburgh Steelers - BCS would have had the Colts.
2005 - New England Patriots - BCS would have had the Steelers.
2004 - New England Patriots - Patriots would still be there.
2003 - Tampa Bay Buccaneers - BCS would have had the Packers.
2002 - New England Patriots - BCS would have had the Steelers.
2001 - Baltimore Ravens - BCS would have had the Titans.
2000 - St. Louis Rams - Rams would have still had it.
So only 2 of the last 8 years would the BCS computers have picked the correct Super Bowl winner. 25% of the time. That's terrible.
We need a playoff in College Football, period.
My playoff bracket will be based on a few simple assumptions.
1 - It will not include any of the Conference Championship games.
2 - It will be based on the November 30th AP Poll top 16 teams.
3 - It's a 4 week tournament, reseed at the end of each round.
4 - Semi-Nuetral (Regional) fields. This way some of the smaller bowls could still get their revenue. Similar to NCAA Basketball. (Could even do some double headers, who wouldn't want that?)
Here's Week 1 Matchups - Saturday December 6th, 2008
#1 - Alabama Crimson Tide vs #16 - Oregon Ducks
#2 - Florida Gators vs #15 - Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
#3 - Texas Longhorns vs #14 - Oklahoma State Cowboys
#4 - Oklahoma Sooners vs #13 - Cincinatti Bearcats
#5 - USC Trojans vs #12 - Ball State Cardinals (poor Ball State!)
#6 - Penn State Nittany Lions vs #11 - TCU Horned Frogs
#7 - Utah Utes vs #10 - Ohio State Buckeyes
#8 - Texas Tech Red Raiders vs #9 - Boise State Broncos
How many of you guys would sit around all day and watch this thing unfold?
How much money would these schools, the sponsers and the stations make just in this round alone?
Don't forget we'd still have a #17 - #32 NIT style tournament, that would have some great games as well. I'll post that one later.
What if the NFL had a BCS? Here are the last 8 Super Bowl winners and whether they would have represented their conference in the Superbowl under the BCS.
2008 - New York Giants - BCS would have had the Cowboys.
2007 - Indianapolis Colts - BCS would have had the Chargers.
2006 - Pittsburgh Steelers - BCS would have had the Colts.
2005 - New England Patriots - BCS would have had the Steelers.
2004 - New England Patriots - Patriots would still be there.
2003 - Tampa Bay Buccaneers - BCS would have had the Packers.
2002 - New England Patriots - BCS would have had the Steelers.
2001 - Baltimore Ravens - BCS would have had the Titans.
2000 - St. Louis Rams - Rams would have still had it.
So only 2 of the last 8 years would the BCS computers have picked the correct Super Bowl winner. 25% of the time. That's terrible.
We need a playoff in College Football, period.
Rounding out the top 16.
In the previous post I discussed 10 teams that had a pretty legitimate argument to be able to play for a National Championship.
Please keep in mind when I mention teams like Ball State, Boise State, Utah and the 6 that I will bring into this hypothetical tournament are not in there because I feel like they have a chance. Some of these teams would more than likely get destroyed 80-3. My point and argument is that they deserve a chance.
Ask anyone on that Ball State team if they want to play a meaningless bowl game against some random 6-5 or 7-4 team or if they'd like a shot at AL or TX or OK or FL. I'll bet they's say 'bring it'. They had a great season. Sure they have a weak conference, but undefeated is still impressive. The BCS basically tells any school outside the Big 10, Big 12, Pac 10, ACC and SEC that the will NEVER play in a title game no matter how good they do.
So under my plan you take the top 16 teams in the AP Poll and let them duke it out in a 4 week tournament. You could still play all the meaningless bowl games, or you could have a #17 - #32 tournament and call it the NIT like they do in basketball.
So this year the last 6 teams in the tournament are......
#11 - 10th ranked Ohio State. At 10-2 they would pretty clearly be on the 'best of the rest' list. I think the Big 10 has been weak the past couple years (see the last couple National Title games) but Ohio State is a good team and they are better now than when USC trounced them early in the season. Watch out for Pryor, he's a good ball player.
#12 - 11th Ranked TCU. TCU will be another team that squeaks in there and it probably not as good as their ranking would indicate. If I ranked everyone I would probably give the nod to someone like GA, BC or MO. Overall better teams but we're playing within the rules here. Top 16 out of the AP poll. Besides, I don't think the argument for a GA, BC or MO would be so overwhelming that it would be a big deal.
#13 - 13th Ranked Cincinatti. Cincinatti will be going to a BCS Bowl game this year. It looks like they will get Boston College. A #13 vs a #18 for 1 of the top 5 bowls. THANKS BCS! That sounds like a terrific game. Again, heck of a season, put them in a playoff they will probaly loose in round 1. But don't play off the top ACC and top Big East teams as a top 5 bowl game.
#14 - 14th Ranked Oklahoma State. This is a pretty good ball team with early round upset potential. Take a look at their 3 losses. #1 ranked Texas, #2 ranked Texas Tech and #3 ranked Oklahoma last weekend. (all rankings durng the week they played them.) Too bad in this tounament they would be matched up with Texas.
#15 - 15th Ranked Georgia Tech. Another 'best of the rest' team. Had a good solid win over GA this past weekend. I like them in a tournament because I don't see them getting blown out, they may loose but I think they would put up a fight.
#16 - 16th Ranked OREGON!!!! Wahoo, my boys squeaked in and earned themselves a shot at Alabama in the 1st round. I think they will win. (something tells me that in my tournament Oregon wins the whole damn thing!!) With thier offense clicking they can and will put points on the board. I'm looking forward to a showdown in the holiday bowl with OK State.
I'm going to map out a playoff in the next couple days. I'm going to make it so that Oregon wins, (see the title of the blog!). While you may not agree with my outcomes, we can argue about those all day and night, wouldn't we all love to see all these match ups???
As Keyshawn would say. "Come on man."
Please keep in mind when I mention teams like Ball State, Boise State, Utah and the 6 that I will bring into this hypothetical tournament are not in there because I feel like they have a chance. Some of these teams would more than likely get destroyed 80-3. My point and argument is that they deserve a chance.
Ask anyone on that Ball State team if they want to play a meaningless bowl game against some random 6-5 or 7-4 team or if they'd like a shot at AL or TX or OK or FL. I'll bet they's say 'bring it'. They had a great season. Sure they have a weak conference, but undefeated is still impressive. The BCS basically tells any school outside the Big 10, Big 12, Pac 10, ACC and SEC that the will NEVER play in a title game no matter how good they do.
So under my plan you take the top 16 teams in the AP Poll and let them duke it out in a 4 week tournament. You could still play all the meaningless bowl games, or you could have a #17 - #32 tournament and call it the NIT like they do in basketball.
So this year the last 6 teams in the tournament are......
#11 - 10th ranked Ohio State. At 10-2 they would pretty clearly be on the 'best of the rest' list. I think the Big 10 has been weak the past couple years (see the last couple National Title games) but Ohio State is a good team and they are better now than when USC trounced them early in the season. Watch out for Pryor, he's a good ball player.
#12 - 11th Ranked TCU. TCU will be another team that squeaks in there and it probably not as good as their ranking would indicate. If I ranked everyone I would probably give the nod to someone like GA, BC or MO. Overall better teams but we're playing within the rules here. Top 16 out of the AP poll. Besides, I don't think the argument for a GA, BC or MO would be so overwhelming that it would be a big deal.
#13 - 13th Ranked Cincinatti. Cincinatti will be going to a BCS Bowl game this year. It looks like they will get Boston College. A #13 vs a #18 for 1 of the top 5 bowls. THANKS BCS! That sounds like a terrific game. Again, heck of a season, put them in a playoff they will probaly loose in round 1. But don't play off the top ACC and top Big East teams as a top 5 bowl game.
#14 - 14th Ranked Oklahoma State. This is a pretty good ball team with early round upset potential. Take a look at their 3 losses. #1 ranked Texas, #2 ranked Texas Tech and #3 ranked Oklahoma last weekend. (all rankings durng the week they played them.) Too bad in this tounament they would be matched up with Texas.
#15 - 15th Ranked Georgia Tech. Another 'best of the rest' team. Had a good solid win over GA this past weekend. I like them in a tournament because I don't see them getting blown out, they may loose but I think they would put up a fight.
#16 - 16th Ranked OREGON!!!! Wahoo, my boys squeaked in and earned themselves a shot at Alabama in the 1st round. I think they will win. (something tells me that in my tournament Oregon wins the whole damn thing!!) With thier offense clicking they can and will put points on the board. I'm looking forward to a showdown in the holiday bowl with OK State.
I'm going to map out a playoff in the next couple days. I'm going to make it so that Oregon wins, (see the title of the blog!). While you may not agree with my outcomes, we can argue about those all day and night, wouldn't we all love to see all these match ups???
As Keyshawn would say. "Come on man."
Saturday, November 29, 2008
Teams wth a clear gripe about a National Championship
In my opinion we have many teams who should be giving the CHANCE at a National Championship. A tournament of 16 teams would do just that. (not really in order of any kind of importance)
#1 - Alabama - Hey, they are undefeated at 12-0. They deserve a shot to play. I believe they will loose to Florida AND loose their shot to play for a title. If the SEC didn't have a Championship game Alabama would be in. The hypocracy of the BCS will shine through. If Florida (with 1 loss to Ole Miss who was unranked at the time) and Alabama (with 1 loss to #4 ranked Florida if that happens) both have 1 loss Florida will be a sure thing. Why? Because Florida lost early which is accpetable.
#2 - Utah - They are also undefeated. I personally don't believe they would beat anyone else in the top 10, including Boise State. But, they played the games and they won them all. They should have a CHANCE to play in a playoff.
#3 - Boise State - Same reason as Utah.
#4 - Ball State - Yes, even they should get a chance. A 16 team tourney would allow for that.
#5 - Texas - At 11-1 with 3 wins over top 15 teams they are pretty impressive. It looks like they will get passed by Oklahoma despite beating them earlier in the season. I personally think OK is better, but they did beat them on a semi nuetral site so what are you going to do? This argument can rage on for centuries, a playoff is the ONLY way for an OU and a TX fan to settle it. Let them both play.
#6 - Oklahoma - OU is also at 11-1 has plaed 5 Top 25 teams. (even though 1 of them was Kansas.) I think they will get the nod tomorrow in the BCS. Either way one of these great teams will not be playing for a national title. Although I cannot stand OK I think that they are 1 of the top 2-3 teams in the nation.
#7 - Texas Tech - Funny how no one is saying much about Texas Tech. Just like OU and TX they have 1 loss, they beat Texas. There is no 39-33 website to prove that Texas Tech should be the choosen team from the Big 12. Texas lost to a #7 school, Texas Tech only lost to a #5. Fantastic Offense with a lacking defense, but they are fun to watch.
#8 - USC - The team everyone loves to hate. 11-1 if they beat UCLA next weekend. You know that if there were a playoff environment USC would 'show up' to play. Great Defense, solid Offense.
#9 - Florida - I actually think Florida is playing better than anyone right now. AL is undefeated but FL, OK and USC are playing some GREAT football right now. If I had to pick a top 3 based on what I see that's the 3 I'd pick. Being a Pac-10 fan I try to watch as many Pac-10 games as possible. Living in TN pretty much forces me to watch every SEC game, they are always on.
#10 - Penn State - Coming from the Big 10 makes every skeptical over the past couple years. But my argument is that they deserve a CHANCE to play. Again, a 16 team playoff would do that. It looks like they are going to earn themselves a chance to be demolished by USC this year.
6 more spots open, tomorrow I will take a look at the AP poll and see who isranked 10-16. Ohio State, TCU, Cincy, Georgia Tech, Oregon and Boston College are likely. BYU and Michigan State could slide in there.
#1 - Alabama - Hey, they are undefeated at 12-0. They deserve a shot to play. I believe they will loose to Florida AND loose their shot to play for a title. If the SEC didn't have a Championship game Alabama would be in. The hypocracy of the BCS will shine through. If Florida (with 1 loss to Ole Miss who was unranked at the time) and Alabama (with 1 loss to #4 ranked Florida if that happens) both have 1 loss Florida will be a sure thing. Why? Because Florida lost early which is accpetable.
#2 - Utah - They are also undefeated. I personally don't believe they would beat anyone else in the top 10, including Boise State. But, they played the games and they won them all. They should have a CHANCE to play in a playoff.
#3 - Boise State - Same reason as Utah.
#4 - Ball State - Yes, even they should get a chance. A 16 team tourney would allow for that.
#5 - Texas - At 11-1 with 3 wins over top 15 teams they are pretty impressive. It looks like they will get passed by Oklahoma despite beating them earlier in the season. I personally think OK is better, but they did beat them on a semi nuetral site so what are you going to do? This argument can rage on for centuries, a playoff is the ONLY way for an OU and a TX fan to settle it. Let them both play.
#6 - Oklahoma - OU is also at 11-1 has plaed 5 Top 25 teams. (even though 1 of them was Kansas.) I think they will get the nod tomorrow in the BCS. Either way one of these great teams will not be playing for a national title. Although I cannot stand OK I think that they are 1 of the top 2-3 teams in the nation.
#7 - Texas Tech - Funny how no one is saying much about Texas Tech. Just like OU and TX they have 1 loss, they beat Texas. There is no 39-33 website to prove that Texas Tech should be the choosen team from the Big 12. Texas lost to a #7 school, Texas Tech only lost to a #5. Fantastic Offense with a lacking defense, but they are fun to watch.
#8 - USC - The team everyone loves to hate. 11-1 if they beat UCLA next weekend. You know that if there were a playoff environment USC would 'show up' to play. Great Defense, solid Offense.
#9 - Florida - I actually think Florida is playing better than anyone right now. AL is undefeated but FL, OK and USC are playing some GREAT football right now. If I had to pick a top 3 based on what I see that's the 3 I'd pick. Being a Pac-10 fan I try to watch as many Pac-10 games as possible. Living in TN pretty much forces me to watch every SEC game, they are always on.
#10 - Penn State - Coming from the Big 10 makes every skeptical over the past couple years. But my argument is that they deserve a CHANCE to play. Again, a 16 team playoff would do that. It looks like they are going to earn themselves a chance to be demolished by USC this year.
6 more spots open, tomorrow I will take a look at the AP poll and see who isranked 10-16. Ohio State, TCU, Cincy, Georgia Tech, Oregon and Boston College are likely. BYU and Michigan State could slide in there.
So who's getting screwed???? It's US!!
I actually heard on one channel tonight a commentator said he polled some people coming in and about 80% of people wanted a playoff. Well that tells me there are 20% of the people at that game with no brain in thier head. On another channel a commentator said the BCS was 'great' for college football and a playoff would ruin it. That man should be shot. No, a bullet is to much money to waste on that one!
If the BCS is so great, let's just have a computer program for all sports.
What if the NFL had the BCS???
The Giants would not have been in the Super Bowl last year. They were not on of the top 2 teams. It would have been the Cowboys or the Packers from the NFC. The same could be said for the Colts in 2007, the Steelers in 2006, the Patriots in 2005, the Buccaneers in 2003, the Patriots in 2002 or the Ravens in 2001.
That's right, in the 2000's only 1 team with the best record in the NFL has won the Super Bowl. Would college football be so different?
Trade March Madness for the BCS????
In NCAA Basketball the people who seed the tournament get 4 choices for a #1 team. Only 1 time, last year, have all of the #1 seeds made it to the final 4. If they can't pick 4 number 1 teams what makes us think they can pick the top 2 in football?
BCS in other divisions???
All other divisions of college football has a playoff. Arena football has a playoff.
If the BCS is so great, let's just have a computer program for all sports.
What if the NFL had the BCS???
The Giants would not have been in the Super Bowl last year. They were not on of the top 2 teams. It would have been the Cowboys or the Packers from the NFC. The same could be said for the Colts in 2007, the Steelers in 2006, the Patriots in 2005, the Buccaneers in 2003, the Patriots in 2002 or the Ravens in 2001.
That's right, in the 2000's only 1 team with the best record in the NFL has won the Super Bowl. Would college football be so different?
Trade March Madness for the BCS????
In NCAA Basketball the people who seed the tournament get 4 choices for a #1 team. Only 1 time, last year, have all of the #1 seeds made it to the final 4. If they can't pick 4 number 1 teams what makes us think they can pick the top 2 in football?
BCS in other divisions???
All other divisions of college football has a playoff. Arena football has a playoff.
Ducks have record breaking performance in Civil War
Tonight the Ducks whooped the Beavers 65-38. Everyone pitched in.
Quick stats -
Record - 65 pts against OSU, most they have ever given up.
Record - 693 total yards on offense.
Masoli - 11/17, 274 yards and 3 tds.
Johnson - 15 carries 216 yards and 1 td
Blount - 17 carries 112 yards and 1 td
Defense scored 14 points on 2 interception returns and held the Beavs to 84 yards rushing.
This may put the Ducks into the Holiday Bowl and a showdown with 11-1 Texas Tech. That game, if it happens, will have a whole lot of offense!
Quick stats -
Record - 65 pts against OSU, most they have ever given up.
Record - 693 total yards on offense.
Masoli - 11/17, 274 yards and 3 tds.
Johnson - 15 carries 216 yards and 1 td
Blount - 17 carries 112 yards and 1 td
Defense scored 14 points on 2 interception returns and held the Beavs to 84 yards rushing.
This may put the Ducks into the Holiday Bowl and a showdown with 11-1 Texas Tech. That game, if it happens, will have a whole lot of offense!
Monday, November 24, 2008
The not so Civil War
It all comes down to the Ducks vs the Beavers. As it always does in the Pac 10, rival week is the best. AZ vs AZ ST, USC vs UCLA, OR vs OR ST and this year CAL vs Stanford and WA vs WA ST came 1 week early. It doesn't get any better than this.
This year the Civil War has many implications. If the Beavers win they can go to the Rose Bowl for the 1st time in over 50 years. The Ducks would need to win and have USC loose, probably have to be a full moon and some kind of voodoo charm to make it to the Rose Bowl. But they can take 2nd and get a proably show dwn with Texas Tech. (I don't know if they want any of Texas Tech but if they win they will get some!) A Rose Bowl bid would give the Beavers a 2nd shot at Penn State who dominated them early in the year.
Overall The Ducks have a 55-46-10 lead over The Beavers. In the past 30 years the Ducks have been more imprssive with a 21-8-1. The Beavers have won the last 2.
The Beavs have home field advantage for this one and they have played well at home this year. Most notibly knocking off USC when noone expected them to. This will be a tough game all around.
The biggest question on my mind, as is every week this year, which Ducks team will show up? Will Masoli complete 30% o his passes or 70%? Will Jeremiah Johnson and Legarette Blount combine for 30 yards or 230 yards? The defense has big play ability, will they make a big play?
This year the Civil War has many implications. If the Beavers win they can go to the Rose Bowl for the 1st time in over 50 years. The Ducks would need to win and have USC loose, probably have to be a full moon and some kind of voodoo charm to make it to the Rose Bowl. But they can take 2nd and get a proably show dwn with Texas Tech. (I don't know if they want any of Texas Tech but if they win they will get some!) A Rose Bowl bid would give the Beavers a 2nd shot at Penn State who dominated them early in the year.
Overall The Ducks have a 55-46-10 lead over The Beavers. In the past 30 years the Ducks have been more imprssive with a 21-8-1. The Beavers have won the last 2.
The Beavs have home field advantage for this one and they have played well at home this year. Most notibly knocking off USC when noone expected them to. This will be a tough game all around.
The biggest question on my mind, as is every week this year, which Ducks team will show up? Will Masoli complete 30% o his passes or 70%? Will Jeremiah Johnson and Legarette Blount combine for 30 yards or 230 yards? The defense has big play ability, will they make a big play?
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