Panthernation Bowl Pick' em

[ubuntuCAT]

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WTF are you guys talking about? Sensing a case of the "little brother" syndrome coming from panthernation. A lot of panther fans still bitter after losing last tuesday night?

So why isn't anyone sticking up for TCU? I know they get to go to a BCS bowl game, but shouldn't they be in the national title game? I mean everyone always backs boise cause they beat OU on a couple of trick plays 4 or 5 years ago and everyone thinks they should deserve all this attention and get everything they want. Well like i said in my earlier post, JOIN A BETTER CONFERENCE! Play a tougher schedule and you might be rewarded with your work. But when you play teams like Hawaii, Lousiana Tech, Idaho, and several other small schools. You do not deserve anything unless you are 12-0 with that schedule.

Iowa got the better bowl because the BIG 10 has those Tie-ins with the bowls. Its pretty simple, join a better conference and you get those types of Tie-ins. Even if TCU doesn't win the Big East, they will still go to a lesser bowl, but will make more $$.

why is that so hard for people to figure out?

you're a moron.

That's all it takes? Hell why doesn't everyone join a BCS conference. Evidence was shown in this thread that Boise played a similar strength of schedule as most of the Big10.

By the way Boise lead OU nearly the entire game. There were pick-6's by both teams. OU got a fumble when a punt touched BS player etc. Crazy game and Boise state won it. They played right with OU and then their execution of trick plays put them over the top. Boise State was the only team to go undefeated that year.

Nobody is pusing for TCU in the title game because 2 other schools went undefeated and are ranked higher in the BCS standings. Had Oregon or Auburn lost, then I think TCU would have been in the title game.

[PantherHawk]

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you're a moron.

good comeback, must of taken all day to think of that one.

That's all it takes? Hell why doesn't everyone join a BCS conference. Evidence was shown in this thread that Boise played a similar strength of schedule as most of the Big10.

They had their shot, why didn't they? if you knew half of what goes on in college football you would understand that the BIG schools get the best bowls. The BIG schools play the tougher schedules and also have the bigger fan bases. IF Boise wants to be BIG time, join a BIG TIME conference. Their schedule was made up of (Va Tech, Oregon State, Nevada.) 3 games was it. Big Ten had several teams rated through out the season, how many WAC teams were ranked? Their schedule is a joke and always has been.

By the way Boise lead OU nearly the entire game. There were pick-6's by both teams. OU got a fumble when a punt touched BS player etc. Crazy game and Boise state won it. They played right with OU and then their execution of trick plays put them over the top. Boise State was the only team to go undefeated that year.

Who did they play that year outside of OU? I think they maybe beat Oregon St at home that year possibly? But regardless you can't reward people who play nobody a chance at the title game. Otherwise all schools will try to play non-conf games against UNI, Northern ILL, and what not. They will schedule the cupcake games and not challenge anyone.

Nobody is pusing for TCU in the title game because 2 other schools went undefeated and are ranked higher in the BCS standings. Had Oregon or Auburn lost, then I think TCU would have been in the title game.

But what seperates TCU from Aurburn & Oregon? What makes those two schools better than TCU? Is it level of competition? SOS ? what it is that seperates them? apparently you know the answer to this? Personally its because TCU didn't play a very tough schedule outside of UTAH. The mountain west is probably the next best conference outside the BCS. But they played Oregon St (who has fallen off the map this year) and that was it. So they are getting screwed as well. But they are also going to get a couple of Mil for their bowl game

[95UNIGRAD]

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No one who has "Panther" in their user name should be using this "feeling like the little brother?" argument. That comment just rubs me the wrong way and raises the hairs on the back of my neck, like so many others I've heard from arrogant Hawkeye fans who think they're something special because they're in a league that can't count (Big Ten = TWELVE teams). Kind of shows where your true loyalties lie and what you really think of teams in situations like UNI. News flash: Iowa has done NOTHING on a national stage that merits that kind of arrogance. Schools like Ohio State laugh at you and say, "oh, isn't that cute" when you strut like peacocks after a few wins, knowing that they'll beat you down and put you back in your place when it counts. This look-down-your-nose attitude from fans of schools in BCS conferences just gets old, particularly when it's done by fans of schools that are riding the coattails of teams that play for the national title and make them money, but contribute little themselves. If the "big boys" were willing to schedule Boise and TCU once in a while in their non-conference games, we wouldn't even be having this discussion right now, but they keep ducking them.

[SteinPizza]

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I've been on the opposite side of the "let Boise State into the NC game no matter what" arguement in the past. This year, it's a little different, IMO. Sure, Boise lost to Nevada. But, this Boise State team is better than all the others before them where non BCS fans were screaming "let them in". I don't give a s#*t that they lost one game...it happens. This Boise State team has a legit NFL prospect at QB, and their TB has the best combo of power and speed I've seen all year. The RB would put a serious thump on any Big Ten LB that chose to meet him in the hole. He's very similar to Clay and his backup from Wisconsin, only faster and shiftier. Bottom line, this BSU team deserved to get into the NC with a perfect record, but they dropped the ball by loosing. It happens.

[Cannic88]

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with 9 games to play, its looking like its going to come down to a tiebreaker