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Old 01-03-2007, 02:45 PM
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Take ND +8 against LSU and for more Irish take the hoops -9 against Louisville
Easy with the CBB picks, that is my area.

I hate ND but they should cover tonight, doubt they win though
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Old 01-03-2007, 02:56 PM
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Tom - i'll stick to the NBA then

but - ND vs Louisville - big time game tonight - watch the irish tonight
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Old 01-03-2007, 04:03 PM
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joking guy....I didn't even know about that game, start of the big east....

I have future money on three teams, Kansas, Georgetown, and Louisville. I don't think Louisville is going to make the tourney but the other two I have at great odds, bet it in October at Ballys
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Old 01-03-2007, 04:43 PM
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L S U in New Orleans... and ONLY giving 8 points ? Sounds like the bookies want all the ND $ ?
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Old 01-04-2007, 08:14 AM
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L S U in New Orleans... and ONLY giving 8 points ? Sounds like the bookies want all the ND $ ?
I wonder How MUCH $$$ the bookies won ?
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Old 01-04-2007, 09:37 AM
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Yes, that was an butt kicking last night. It pretty much was a disgrace. Wisconsin should have been in that game and not ND. In order for Notre Dame to automatically be in a BCS game, ND must finish in the top 8 of the final BCS standings. This provision is how ND got into the sugar bowl--source is from the BCS web site.

7. If any slots remain unfilled after the placement of all teams qualifying for an automatic berth, then the bowls shall choose their participants from the "pool of eligible teams" (see below.)


If berths are available after the automatic qualifiers have been identified, then the bowls shall select at-large participants from the "pool of eligible teams," which shall include any Division I-A team that is bowl-eligible and meets the following requirements:
A. Has won at least nine regular-season games, not including exempted games, and
B. Is among the top 14 teams in the final BCS Standings

Basically, the Sugar Bowl said hmmm......Notre Dame sells tickets and buys crap so we will choose them over Wisconsin. It is a bunch of crap.
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Old 01-04-2007, 09:54 AM
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Yes, that was an butt kicking last night. It pretty much was a disgrace. Wisconsin should have been in that game and not ND. In order for Notre Dame to automatically be in a BCS game, ND must finish in the top 8 of the final BCS standings. This provision is how ND got into the sugar bowl--source is from the BCS web site.

7. If any slots remain unfilled after the placement of all teams qualifying for an automatic berth, then the bowls shall choose their participants from the "pool of eligible teams" (see below.)


If berths are available after the automatic qualifiers have been identified, then the bowls shall select at-large participants from the "pool of eligible teams," which shall include any Division I-A team that is bowl-eligible and meets the following requirements:
A. Has won at least nine regular-season games, not including exempted games, and
B. Is among the top 14 teams in the final BCS Standings

Basically, the Sugar Bowl said hmmm......Notre Dame sells tickets and buys crap so we will choose them over Wisconsin. It is a bunch of crap.
Eurobounce the rule is only 2 teams from any conference can get a BCS game, so Wisconsin was excluded on that rule, as was Auburn. Wisconsin was a nasty team and totally deserved that spot.

That left WVU and Rutgers as two possibilities, and of course, the hype machine took Notre Dame. What a bunch of BS. Notre Dame would have finished 4th in the Big East this year.

I read on the Foxsports website someone wrote "well if ND's opponents had the same academic standards as we do they would have just as tough a time"... no offense to ND, as I think it is fine academic institution, but why don't we compare Notre Dame to it's opponents on difficulty of admissions:

Georgia Tech: equal.
Penn State: equal.
Michigan: Michigan.
Michigan State: Notre Dame.
Purdue: close, but I'll say Notre Dame.
Stanford: Stanford.
UCLA: UCLA.
Navy: Navy.
UNC: probably UNC, but I'll say equal.
Air Force: don't know.
Army: Army.
USC: equal

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Old 01-04-2007, 09:57 AM
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Yes, that was an butt kicking last night. It pretty much was a disgrace. Wisconsin should have been in that game and not ND. In order for Notre Dame to automatically be in a BCS game, ND must finish in the top 8 of the final BCS standings. This provision is how ND got into the sugar bowl--source is from the BCS web site.

7. If any slots remain unfilled after the placement of all teams qualifying for an automatic berth, then the bowls shall choose their participants from the "pool of eligible teams" (see below.)


If berths are available after the automatic qualifiers have been identified, then the bowls shall select at-large participants from the "pool of eligible teams," which shall include any Division I-A team that is bowl-eligible and meets the following requirements:
A. Has won at least nine regular-season games, not including exempted games, and
B. Is among the top 14 teams in the final BCS Standings

Basically, the Sugar Bowl said hmmm......Notre Dame sells tickets and buys crap so we will choose them over Wisconsin. It is a bunch of crap.
Agreed, Euro. Notre Dame has got to be the most ridiculously overrated college team ever. The only thing at ND that is better than LSU is their band. Their band did an excellent job (especially half time.)
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Old 01-04-2007, 08:18 PM
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Yes, that was an butt kicking last night. It pretty much was a disgrace. Wisconsin should have been in that game and not ND. In order for Notre Dame to automatically be in a BCS game, ND must finish in the top 8 of the final BCS standings. This provision is how ND got into the sugar bowl--source is from the BCS web site.

7. If any slots remain unfilled after the placement of all teams qualifying for an automatic berth, then the bowls shall choose their participants from the "pool of eligible teams" (see below.)


If berths are available after the automatic qualifiers have been identified, then the bowls shall select at-large participants from the "pool of eligible teams," which shall include any Division I-A team that is bowl-eligible and meets the following requirements:
A. Has won at least nine regular-season games, not including exempted games, and
B. Is among the top 14 teams in the final BCS Standings

Basically, the Sugar Bowl said hmmm......Notre Dame sells tickets and buys crap so we will choose them over Wisconsin. It is a bunch of crap.
Wisconsin was the worst 12-1 team in recent memory. They were completely outplayed by Arkansas and still won mostly due to Arkansas bad habit of imploding whenever they got close to the goalline.
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Old 01-04-2007, 08:20 PM
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I wonder How MUCH $$$ the bookies won ?
Bookies got killed on this game
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Old 01-04-2007, 08:44 PM
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Bookies got killed on this game
this is correct. The opening line was 7 and it moved as high as 9.5 before value shoppers and the foolish public bought the irish down to 8 to 8.5.

Make no mistake about it. When there is a two point line shift toward the favorite and the favorite covers, the house gets murdered.

Smart money was all over this one and the books did indeed got killed.
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