If Alabama Beats Florida and Missouri Beats Oklahoma, Why Not …
1-liner, College Football December 4th. 2008, 6:00pmHey, What About Utah?: “What if Alabama hands Florida a second loss in Saturday’s SEC title game and three-loss Missouri shocks Oklahoma in the Big 12 title game? This would leave undefeated Alabama headed toward the Jan. 8 national title game but needing a BCS playing partner.” Texas nor Texas Tech won its conference. Why should either of those be rewarded over the Utes? (LA Times)
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December 4th, 2008 at 6:16 pm
This is why.
August 30 at Michigan W 25-23 1-0 (0-0)
September 6 UNLV W 42-21 2-0 (1-0)
September 13 at Utah State W 58-10 3-0 (1-0)
September 20 at Air Force W 30-23 4-0 (2-0)
September 27 Weber State W 37-21 5-0 (2-0)
October 2 Oregon State W 31-28 6-0 (2-0)
October 11 at Wyoming W 40-7 7-0 (3-0)
October 18 Colorado State W 49-16 8-0 (4-0)
November 1 at New Mexico W 13-10 9-0 (5-0)
November 6 No. 12 TCU W 13-10 10-0 (6-0)
November 15 at San Diego State W 63-14 11-0 (7-0)
November 22 No. 14 Brigham Young W 48-24 12-0 (8-0)
December 4th, 2008 at 6:16 pm
Why should either of those be rewarded over the Utes?
Because they would not be ranked 1 or 2 in the BCS standings. That be the rule. If that statement was meant to be more of a macro-diss of the BCS, fine. Too many “What if” columns on the BCS. It sucks (sorry, Ty!), but that is the system that has been in place for years.
Granted, it isn’t Utah’s fault that Michigan is horrible.
December 4th, 2008 at 6:22 pm
If Michigan wasn’t horrible Utah wouldn’t have won. They barely beat Oregon State on a ridiculous PI call. TCU is over rated, and BYU is the most over rated team in the history of college football.
December 4th, 2008 at 6:23 pm
If you want to cry for a small school cry for Boise state. I’m not sure why Utah gets all this love.
December 4th, 2008 at 6:27 pm
tcu’s defense is pretty good. they had to play utah on the road in a short week. they (tcu) also actually slowed down ou’s off. all that to say utah is not that good.
December 4th, 2008 at 6:45 pm
@shawn
I was probably a little harsh on TCU, but that oaklahoma game was never competitive. They slowed their O down after the game was over (21 points and about 250 yards of O in the first quarter.) I’d take TCU over Utah on a neutral field.
December 4th, 2008 at 6:49 pm
we need a new power conference!
Utah, Fresno, TCU, BYU, Hawa’ii, Boise State, Air Force, ND, Army, Navy.
Too bad it would never happen if only because those army-hawaii games mean like 16 hours on a plane.
December 4th, 2008 at 6:52 pm
bbryan -
I was just giving shit to the Michigan crowd. I don’t really care one way or another about them or Utah. Boise is my team.
December 4th, 2008 at 9:52 pm
usc would be higher and would have won their conference if they beat ucla, so this post is retarded
December 5th, 2008 at 1:19 am
TBL’s love of college FB “mid-majors” is ridiculous.
Exactly.
December 5th, 2008 at 9:13 am
why can’t us