our as in lsu. sorry, didn't know i couldn't use 'our'. and i can find it on a map; i'm pretty good at geography. and when i'm a fan, i'm a fan. hell, i still pull for the skins after all these years even tho i can't stand the owner and the team has sucked for some time.
closest any of us got to being an alum was my youngest; he was offered a scholarship but went navy instead.

How many NFL starters is the OSU QB older than? I am thinking just a few guys playing right now are over 28.

I dont think anyone is making Alabama out to be the villain. It is how we got to Alabama is what people are wondering about. I agree that the 2 best teams surely could be the 2 teams playing in the championship which in theory is how it is supposed to be but in every other sport we get there on the the field not in mysterious polls. The biggest joke concerning the BCS this year isn't even the final game, it is having Va Tech in the Sugar bowl

Ncaa total points scored average: Boise 43, LSU 38, Bama 36

Ncaa total points allowed average: Bama 9, LSU 10, Boise 18

Isn't it painfully obvious what matters the most here, and obviously the offensive averages for LSU and Bama include the 9-6 game against each other.

What difference does this make?

If we had a QB that was good enough to turn loose with the offensive weapons we had over the last 3 years, we could have throttled the competition.

Agreed. My only real problem is over and over we hear that the great thing about the BCS is that it makes every game matter. They say it is almost like March Madness all year in football. In this case, we get a rematch where the team that lost AT HOME had their shot.

Why shouldn't someone else get one now? I'm not even arguing that they aren't the second best team, or even the best. Everyone can trot out statistics and opinions, but none of it matters. You only get real results on the field.

They also include the 52-3(LSU) and 52-7 (Alabama) games against the girls team from Ole Miss lol

They also include games against those powerhouses Ole Miss and Tennessee. As I've said elsewhere, in a system where nobody really knows who is best, why should one team get two chances? It is ridiculous.

strength of schedule, LSU 18, Bama 23, Boise.....69.

28 just seems unfair for a collegiate athlete, no?

Why? If he was a terrible 28 year old would it still be unfair?

Nobody, and I mean nobody, is saying Boise should be in the title game. They didn't even win their conference.

He isn't the first, and won't be the last. The rules have been in place for a long time. Weinke won the Heisman under similar circumstances.

I really dont understand the theory that the BCS makes every game count. Like before the BCS the big schools still felt free to schedule non conference teams like Alabama did this year (Ga Southern, North Texas, Kent State) and you still needed to be undefeated or have an early season loss to have a chance to be number 1(unless you are an SEC team). The problem I have is that not only arent the games between the top team decided on the field but the "scientific" methods that the BCS uses are a joke. If you had a 4 or 8 or 16 team playoff it is as though you wouldn't have 4-8 teams getting in. It isnt like a loss wont hurt you either in getting in or in seeding. In theory the BCS makes only regular season games between the top 4 or 5 teams important anyway.

It is all propoganda so that the commissioners of the SEC, Big 10, ACC and Pac 12 can control the power and money in college football.

Didnt we go through this already?

That pretty much sums it up.

http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/footbal...ate_bcs_112911

I put this up before and he really nails it.

"Understand this, though: No matter what it says, the BCS is not a system designed to choose a championship matchup. It is merely a tool to stave off the inevitable playoff bowl directors fear will cut into their millions in tax-free profits, a casino-style distraction to placate the masses."

"That said, if the BCS somehow survives in its current incarnation, the formula to determine 1-2 must be scrapped.

It currently consists of two-thirds human opinion polls that are ripe for political foolishness, full of oft-uneducated voters and subject to groupthink."

"The other third features an average of six computer formulas, which quantitative analysts have declared mathematically unsound and their own proprietors admit are not as accurate as they could be. Five of the computer formulas are secret, even kept from the BCS, which means no one, absolutely no one, knows if they are accurate or honest."

"It is a total disaster of a system. No one who cares about the game would ever invent such a thing. Just because ESPN does a fine job dressing it up each week like it’s a legitimate process doesn’t mean it is."

"BCS executive director Bill Hancock likes to refer to the formula as “one part science, two parts art.” It’s actually just a wholly formed insult to intelligence.

The computer formulas are mathematically laughable. There is plenty of debate about how accurate any ranking formula is when trying to use limited data (12 or 13 games) to sort through a diverse mass of teams. Some of the formulas include not just the 120 FBS teams but extend all the way to junior colleges.

In late October, Kenneth Massey’s rankings had Arizona Western, a community college, 30th overall.

Seriously."

Les Miles developing offensive strategy for 'Nana...he runs into trouble, but his wife gets him there:



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7ttRaXlnfs

The world's foremost authority on the BCS explains it beautifully:





http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHlLmYVCzKY