Pac-12: Well, they've done it. By blowing a 10-point 4th quarter lead at home to 2-8 Arizona in the Territorial Cup, the Arizona State Sun Devils - who were once #18 in the country and 5-1 - have successfully eliminated themselves from contention in the Pac-12 South. (They've lost three in a row to UCLA, Washington State, and Arizona!) It's now down to two teams. Utah is in if they can win at home against 2-9 Colorado and if UCLA loses at USC. So what I'm saying is that the Bruins are going to the Pac-12 Championship.
Update: I guess I'm wrong. ASU can still win the division with a win against Cal and a UCLA loss to USC and a Utah win against Colorado, creating a 3-way tie that the Sun Devils would win. That's too bad. Of course, that'd be better than all three teams losing, which would send 6-6 UCLA to the conference championship.
The one silver lining on Oregon's 38-35 loss to USC is that it means it all comes down the Civil War. Ducks win, they go to the Pac-12 Championship as the North Division champs and are one win away from the Rose Bowl. Beavers win, and Stanford is in. And the Ducks get the Alamo Bowl.
SEC: Georgia, who, you'll remember, lost to Boise State 35-21, is in as the East Division champs.
#1 LSU still needs to beat Arkansas on Friday to win the West Division. If they lose, they can still get in if Alabama beats Auburn, and the Tide end ahead of Arkansas in the BCS rankings. (Likely, not assured.) If Arkansas beats LSU and Auburn beats Alabama, then Arkansas wins the division. If Arkansas beats LSU and Alabama beats Auburn and LSU falls behind both teams in the BCS rankings, then Alabama wins the division. Basically, if you like Chaos, root for Arkansas. If you like Order, root for LSU.
Big Ten: Michigan State is in, and will play the winner of Wisconsin-Penn State. Wasn't that easy?
ACC: Who cares? Clemson will play the winner of Virginia Tech-Virginia. They beat Virginia Tech 23-3 on October 1st, but haven't played Virginia.
Big 12: If Iowa State beats Oklahoma next weekend, Oklahoma State wins the conference. If Oklahoma wins, then it will be a winner take all between the Sooners and the Cowboys on December 3rd.
Big East: Oh, right. This is still a BCS conference... sigh.....
There are currently five teams with two conference losses in the Big East. Louisville (6-5) currently holds the tie breakers against West Virginia and Rutgers. Pittsburgh (5-5) holds the tiebreaker over Louisville. Cincinnati (7-3) holds tiebreakers over Louisville and Pittsburgh. Rutgers (8-3) holds tie breakers over Cincinnati and Pittsburgh. West Virginia (7-3) holds tie breakers over Rutgers and Cincinnati.
One of these teams will be going to the Orange Bowl.
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Sunday, November 20, 2011
Saturday, November 20, 2010
College Football Saturday!
12: 50 pm: Dearth. Dearthdearthdearthdearthdearth. Sometimes I just like to say it. Like the word, "smock."
So without any of the top BCS teams playing today, let's focus on the conference races. First, the Big Ten.
As I said, there is currently a three-way tie for first place in the Big Ten between Michigan State, Wisconsin, and Ohio State. As of right now, Michigan State has the tie-breaker based on their win over Wisconsin. Wisconsin beat Ohio State, and Ohio State doesn't play Michigan State. But the Spartans are in trouble right now, trailing Purdue 21-13. And what was looking like a blowout in Ann Arbor suddenly got close, with Wisconsin leading 24-14. If the Spartans can't make a comeback, then Wisconsin moves into the lead for the Rose Bowl. But they have to beat Michigan. And in the wings waits Iowa, who has two Big Ten losses, and can get back into the race with some luck and a win today against Ohio State.
Who says that the BCS has made the conference races meaningless? Not I.
1:11 pm: Oh, man. If Purdue holds on to win this game, the sixth grade math teacher where I work is going to give the drama teacher so much grief. It will be epic.
Last week, Wisconsin needed three "Bucky Badgers" to complete all of their push-ups for their 83-20 win over Indiana. Pussies.
Northwestern and Illinois will be kicking off in about an hour for the first football game at Wrigley Field since 1938. And yesterday, the NCAA announced that the east end zone - the one pointing towards the outfield wall and Lake Michigan - is too close to said wall, and therefore unsafe for use. This is after the game has been approved for eight months by Northwestern, the Cubs, the Big Ten, and the city of Chicago. Stewart Mandel asks, "Why did it take until the day before the game to address this? And if it wasn't possible to accommodate said rule, why is the game being played at Wrigley to begin with?" I know why. Because it's Chicago. And there's money involved.
1: 57 pm - The Northern Illinois Huskies just beat Ball State 59-21 to improve to 9-2 on the season. Should the MAC leaders be considered a top 25 team? Probably not. Their two losses are to Iowa State (Big 12, 5-6) and Illinois (Big Ten, 5-5).
So without any of the top BCS teams playing today, let's focus on the conference races. First, the Big Ten.
As I said, there is currently a three-way tie for first place in the Big Ten between Michigan State, Wisconsin, and Ohio State. As of right now, Michigan State has the tie-breaker based on their win over Wisconsin. Wisconsin beat Ohio State, and Ohio State doesn't play Michigan State. But the Spartans are in trouble right now, trailing Purdue 21-13. And what was looking like a blowout in Ann Arbor suddenly got close, with Wisconsin leading 24-14. If the Spartans can't make a comeback, then Wisconsin moves into the lead for the Rose Bowl. But they have to beat Michigan. And in the wings waits Iowa, who has two Big Ten losses, and can get back into the race with some luck and a win today against Ohio State.
Who says that the BCS has made the conference races meaningless? Not I.
1:11 pm: Oh, man. If Purdue holds on to win this game, the sixth grade math teacher where I work is going to give the drama teacher so much grief. It will be epic.
Last week, Wisconsin needed three "Bucky Badgers" to complete all of their push-ups for their 83-20 win over Indiana. Pussies.
Northwestern and Illinois will be kicking off in about an hour for the first football game at Wrigley Field since 1938. And yesterday, the NCAA announced that the east end zone - the one pointing towards the outfield wall and Lake Michigan - is too close to said wall, and therefore unsafe for use. This is after the game has been approved for eight months by Northwestern, the Cubs, the Big Ten, and the city of Chicago. Stewart Mandel asks, "Why did it take until the day before the game to address this? And if it wasn't possible to accommodate said rule, why is the game being played at Wrigley to begin with?" I know why. Because it's Chicago. And there's money involved.
1: 57 pm - The Northern Illinois Huskies just beat Ball State 59-21 to improve to 9-2 on the season. Should the MAC leaders be considered a top 25 team? Probably not. Their two losses are to Iowa State (Big 12, 5-6) and Illinois (Big Ten, 5-5).
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