Yeah.. If some of you are still confused as to who the Big 12 South champs should be, allow me to help you out.
I noticed in some of the human polls out there that Texas jumped Oklahoma & Florida.. Simply amazing!
Texas routes a non-ranked, not even close to ranked, losing team & Oklahoma defeats a Top 15 school & BAM! Texas jumps them! I think the voters who caused that to happen have lost their minds! If you ranked Oklahoma ahead of Texas last week, you should also rank Oklahoma ahead of Texas this week, which leads me to what you all are waiting for………. My Top 25, ofcourse:
1. Alabama
2. Oklahoma
3. Texas
4. Florida
5. Boise State
6. Utah
7. USC
8. Penn State
9. Ball State
10. Texas Tech
11. Ohio State
12. Cincinnati
13. Oklahoma State
14. TCU
15. Boston College
16. Oregon
17. Georgia
18. Georgia Tech
19. BYU
20. Missouri
21. Mississippi
22. Michigan State
23. Virginia Tech
24. Nebraska
25. Oregon State
Didn’t consider anyone else.
Now, I’m going to address just a few other things here:
The first of which is about the spot in the BCS Bowl games that is now left open with Oregon State getting thumped by Oregon @ home, thus making USC an automatic bid into the Rose Bowl as PAC-10 Champs. The spot should go to the Boise State Broncos. It won’t happen, but, it should. In the Official BCS Standings, Boise State is ranked AHEAD of Ohio State, not to mention that Boise State is undefeated & Ohio State has 2 losses.
I understand that Boise State is only ONE spot ahead of Ohio State, but, isn’t #2 just one spot ahead of #3? This is the system that decides who plays for the National Title. There should NEVER be a time when they throw their own system aside & basically call it crap themselves. That’s what they’ll be doing if they do not choose Boise State to play in a BCS Bowl.
I know WHY they really won’t choose Boise State, too. It’s all about the money! You know what, though? I have a solution to their problem & I’ll explain it right here:
Let them play if their ranked high enough a good many times. If I’m not mistaking, Boise State gained a good many fans by beating Oklahoma in the Fiesta Bowl. What if it happens again? They’ll pick up more fans & then if they got into another future BCS Bowl game, guess what? More people will watch on TV, more people will be excited to go to the game. It’s called developing a team.
Now, suppose it goes the other way & they let them play & Boise gets crushed consistently. I have a solution to that, as well. If that were to happen, their BCS Standings are INFACT crap & they need to adjust them so Boise State won’t be sitting at #9 for what they do. Either Boise State is the 9th best team in the nation this year or they’re not & they should be ranked much lower OR they’re better than #9 as I have them!
All I’m asking is that the BCS believe in their own rankings that they use to decide who goes to the National Championship game. How can anyone be comfortable with a system that the BCS themselves just throw out the window when they choose to? If they want to end talks of having a playoff, prove to us that YOU, YOURSELVES, THE BCS, believe your own standings that you produce. Otherwise, PLEASE revise them so that we don’t have a #9 team at the end of the season that has NO SHOT at even making a BCS Bowl & EVERYONE knows it.
Finally, when I say below my rankings that I did not consider anyone else, it doesn’t mean that I don’t think there are some teams to look at below those Top 25.. One team that I am really looking hard at is Western Michigan. I watched them play Ball State & this team is up & coming, guys. I really like what I see from them. What is it with me & these non-BCS teams??!?! Oddly enough, they’re Broncos too! Boy, I’d love to see them play Boise State! I’d also like to see Boise State vs. Ball State, they’re trying to actually make that one happen! What a game that would be! It really would be some kind of exciting! So yeah, don’t be surprised if you see Western Michigan climb into my Top 25 if they win their bowl game, I see some good things in this team.
What, no Florida State? j/k.
I do think you may want to reconsider the Georgia and Georgia Tech rankings. I’d flip them. I’d say Tech has proven themselves to be the superior team this year. Georgia’s still just clinging to pre-season hype.
Comment by Appoggiatura — December 2, 2008 @ 12:35 pm
No doubt, Georgia’s season has been extremely disappointing. But, before crowning Georgia Tech to reign over the Bulldogs, I think we need to look a bit deeper than the head to head contest or even the body of work that both teams have produced.
First of all, I say take a look at WHY Georgia has been disappointing. Look at all of those injuries that had all but crushed their National Title hopes from the beginning.. There’s many guys on their offensive line who has never played the position they are now playing before. They have plenty of injuries on the defensive side of the ball too.
If anyone would’ve told me that Georgia would have this many injuries & yet only suffer 3 losses this year, I’d be ecstatic. This isn’t to say that you aren’t correct. In substance, Georgia Tech probably has had the better season, however, I still can’t get past that 10-7 win over Gardner-Webb.. If Georgia played their 3rd string at every position, I think they’d win by more than that.
I rank Georgia slightly ahead of Georgia Tech still for a couple of reasons. The first reason being that Georgia has played with alot of heart all season long. I just cannot forget that Alabama game & how even when being dismantled they never gave up & they started making a big comeback, Alabama was just too good in the end, though. The second reason is Georgia Tech hasn’t had the kind of injuries that Georgia has had this year, if they had, they may not have beaten Gardner-Webb & I know that’s extreme, but, c’mon.. 10-7, you schedule those teams to beat up on them. The fact is, Georgia Tech couldn’t. They didn’t have the fire power to do it. Georgia Tech plays in the ACC, as well, if Georgia Tech had played Georgia’s schedule, they wouldn’t look so hot.
To wrap this up though, I just have to say that I think Georgia has been amazing this year, all things considered. It’s not just preseason hype keeping them where they are in my rankings. Maybe in the AP Poll & such, but, not here. Again, though, I’m not saying that you’re wrong, I’m only giving the reasoning behind what I see.
Comment by sourceforsports — December 3, 2008 @ 3:42 am
You’re a true fan, dude.
Comment by Appoggiatura — December 8, 2008 @ 12:47 pm