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by Jonathan » Mon Dec 04, 2006 5:45 pm

JASON96R wrote: BTW, the best team in the SEC is LSU.

And probably the only team in the NCAA that can stand toe to toe with OSU and overpower them in both offense and defense. Too bad for the blatant pass interference that wasn't called at the end of the Auburn game, that would have been the game winning TD and would have propelled them to the national championship instead of Florida. Funny how one referee can destroy your national championship hopes, just ask Oklahoma fans.

So, I suppose Florida is the alternative. Still a great team, LSU is just a flatout powerhouse and IMO would have made a better matchup with OSU. But thanks to one referee, they get to go beat the snot out of Notre Dame.

by kevinberry1 » Mon Dec 04, 2006 6:13 am

Jonathan wrote:That wouldn't prove anything, honestly. They would have to give another team a shot.

Proof? 2004. Oklahoma gets stomped by USC. Auburn had gone undefeated in the SEC that year, but the BCS cheated them out of a championship due to a lack of "style points" in a much tougher conference than either of those teams faced. Auburn had the ability to kick the shit out of either team and never got a chance.

What we need is a proper playoff system between the conference champions, just like every other respectable sport embraces.
I agree Jonathan, Div. I needs a playoff system at the end of the year to determine the championship. Auburn going undefeated and getting left out in 2004 was an injustice. Had that been a Big 10(11) team or Notre Dame the outcry would have been incessant.

by phthisis » Sun Dec 03, 2006 10:29 pm

I agree. Where are the playoffs? If they had playoffs like every other sport there would be less controversy.

by Jonathan » Sun Dec 03, 2006 9:55 pm

kevinberry1 wrote:\BTW, part of me is hoping for an OSU/UM matchup to expose BCS for the inferior system that it is.

That wouldn't prove anything, honestly. They would have to give another team a shot.

Proof? 2004. Oklahoma gets stomped by USC. Auburn had gone undefeated in the SEC that year, but the BCS cheated them out of a championship due to a lack of "style points" in a much tougher conference than either of those teams faced. Auburn had the ability to kick the shit out of either team and never got a chance.

What we need is a proper playoff system between the conference champions, just like every other respectable sport embraces.

by joeyc » Sun Dec 03, 2006 9:48 pm

very well said!!

by Jonathan » Sun Dec 03, 2006 9:44 pm

Justin from Detroit wrote:Better than Michigan? Michigan lost one game, TO THE NUMBER ONE RANKED TEAM. I cna understand the arguement is Michigan lost to some crappy team, but their only loss was to the NUMBER ONE team, by FOUR POINTS, in OHIO. Michigan had the THIRD HARDEST SCHEDULE this year. Sorry, but no way in fuck does Florida look like a better choice.

I think it is utter bullshit how the #4 ranked team suddenly is being considered for a championship game. Michigan doesn't play for two weeks and they drop two places? That is bullshit.

Third hardest my ass. The ONLY really tough team Michigan played was OSU, where the ONLY tough teams OSU played were Michigan and Texas. Both of their schedules were extremely weak. Notre Dame was highly overrated, Wisconsin was perhaps the only other "good" team in the Big 10. The rest of them were pushovers for either team, and both mustered up some mediocre efforts against said crappy teams.

Florida? Try LSU, Auburn, Arkansas, Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, Kentucky, archrival Florida State, as well as others. Half of those teams spent the majority of their seasons in the top 10, until all of them beat the shit out of one another enough to claim the top spots. Their only loss? To a strong (pre QB and runningback injuries) Auburn team on a controversial play. Michigan lost fair and square to the better team. The difference between the SEC and the Big 10? Speed and Defense. Florida has the advantage on both accounts.

As far as difficulty of schedule, Florida has both of them beat. Florida's defense is substantially faster than Michigans and their offense is much a more balanced attack. Will they beat OSU? They have the athletic ability no doubt. It's going to boil down to solid coaching and making minimal mistakes. This isn't going to be the huge offensive effort that Michigan-OSU was, it's going to come down to solid defense. And I wager a MUCH better game than a rematch of the Michigan-OSU showdown.

by Justin from Detroit1 » Sun Dec 03, 2006 8:32 pm

Well whatever. Just more proof that the BCS is total bullshit, and they need to come up with a better method. OSu is goingto kick Floridas ass. It is going to be a boring championship game.

by jonnyb » Sun Dec 03, 2006 6:06 pm

it really doesn't matter who you argue about going to play OSU because Ohio will win anyways...

they didn't pick mich because they already had their chance.
let someone else lose.

by joeyc » Sun Dec 03, 2006 3:08 pm

Florida definitely had the toughest schedule, and the reason that they had a hard time against arkansas is because arkansas is a damn good team. Ohio state may get there ass kicked if they play Florida! But If I had to choose which I liked best, definitely Michigan............but can they beat Ohio state? maybe... If it wasn't for the Oregon debacle OU had, they would be vying(?) for a national championship as well.

by JASON96R » Sun Dec 03, 2006 9:29 am

Lets have Michigan and Florida play a game to decide. After Michigan destroys Florida then they can go to play OSU. Tim Tebow to the left will not work against Michigan or OSU. If Florida plays OSU they will get killed in the National Championship. BTW, the best team in the SEC is LSU.

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