Today they revealed the new BCS standings. The day after Michigan gave up 42 points in a loss to Ohio State. The day after Michigan was down 11 points with 30 seconds to go in the "great epic" between two of the better teams in the NCAA. To me Ohio State dominated the game, and although they did not do a great job against Mike Hart, they are the superior team by far.
The rankings:
1. Ohio State (no problem here)
2. Michigan (are you kidding me?)
3. USC (another over-rated team)
4. Florida (another SEC team about to get messed over)
5. Notre Dame
6. Arkansas
7. West Virginia
8. Louisville
Now don't get me wrong Michigan is better than several of the other one-loss teams (they beat Notre Dame rather easily), but to put them over USC and Florida and even red-hot Arkansas is a mistake. Of course people that live in the rust belt (also known as the mid-west want a rematch) what else will they do?? Make some more cars!!
Here are the resume's for the other top teams and senarios that I would put them in.
Florida: If they beat FSU and Arkansas they should be number 2. They have the toughest schedule of any of the top 10 teams and are a blocked punt away from being undefeated. Yes, they do not win pretty (how about Michigans thrilling win over Vandy, or their close call two weeks ago). If we are stuck with an awful system, the team that plays the hardest schedule with the best record should be in the championship game.
USC: If Florida falters and they win-out they should go. They have not played a rough schedule (with the exception of Notre Dame, who Michigan handled and Arkansas, lucky they played them early). They should go over a one-loss Arkansas team because they won the head-to-head. They should go over Michigan because their resume will be very similar, except we have not already seen them get handled by Ohio State.
Arkansas: Need to win-out (LSU will give them fits and I don't think they match up well with Florida) and hope for Notre Dame to beat USC. If that happens I say you put them ahead of Michigan and Notre Dame.
Michigan: Obviously I am not very high on a rematch. But...If Florida loses to Arkansas, and Arkansas loses to LSU (very possible) AND Notre Dame beats USC (also possible) Michigan should go over a Notre Dame team they have already beat.
So those are my senarios, what do you think? What about other bowl games? Here are a few of my picks.
Sugar: Florida (who gets left in the cold) vs. West Virginia (if they beat Rutgers)
Rose: Michigan vs. Auburn (There's your rematch)
Orange: ACC winner vs. Notre Dame
Fiesta: Texas vs. Boise State
I see Arkansas getting the Capital Bowl, Tennesse in the next SEC game and LSU in the leftover bowl.
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Agree with last scenario about Arkansas losing to LSU and beating Florida and Notre Dame beat USC then it should be Michigan in a rematch. OSU got manhandled just as much as Michigan did. To have such vaunted defenses they both gave up a ton of points but only losing by 3 kept them in #2 spot. If SC loses to Notre Dame and Arkansas wins out. The SEC Champion should play Ohio State, which could have hard time against the speed of the SEC. I am for a Rose Bowl rematch of USC and Michigan. But wont' complain against a rematch of Saturday's game.
And the problem with Florida is they schedule the Girls School for the blind and infirmed for non conference games. At least the Hogs went after USC.
My real problems with the system are that the computers and sometimes pollsters count TD's that don't really matter. The two I am thinking of are the Michigan one saturday at the end of the game. In no time did Michigan have the ball late in the game with a legit chance to win. They "3" point loss was closer to a 10 point loss.
The other TD that is hurting Florida is the one at the end of the game against Auburn. We really lost the game by 3 points (with the ball trying to make a play). We lateral the ball around and eventually Auburn picks it up and scores it to have us lose by 10.
The point here is that Florida had a legit shot to win in the game and lost by 10, while Michigan did not and lost by only 3. If that is the difference, something in the system needs to be changed.
FSU typically is a good team, wouldn't you say. Look at Arkansas other 3 non-conference games...ULMonroe, etc...
Counting or not counting TD's is like Bob Stoops saying that the pollsters should not count the Oregon loss because of the refs. Hey bobby how about you defense man's up grows a set and keeps a team from going the lenght of the field TWICE IN 1 MINUNTE. But as for TD's take away the 2 long runs and Michingan wins by 11.
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