Road to the BCS
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If ifs and buts were candy and nuts, we'd all have a Merry Christmas.
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If Louisville hadn't lost to Rutgers, they would have been in the national championship game. That's pretty much consensus. There's a world of difference between Boise State and Louisville. Namely schedule.
Louisville was where Boise State is now about 5 years ago. By having an AD put a plan together to orchestrate a move to the Big East, such a proactive move insured that they were no longer among the Boise States and Utahs of the world.
There really should be no debate of whether or not the Cardinals deserve a BCS berth. So they get their chance. This has been in the making for a long, long time. If Boise State can start scheduling games like we did two years ago against a good Miami team on their turf and come within a dropped pass of winning such a statement game, then they will be on their way. Beating a #3 team like West Virginia on the road will put them even farther along. And before you naysayers chime in, this is the same West Virginia team that beat the SEC champs in last year's BCS bowl game. Hell, start with beating a team like Alabama in bowl game such the Fiesta -- like we did in '91. Steps to be made. Slow and steady win the race. Any team can schedule 12 opponents and win all twelve games. There are always 12 Prairie View A&M's to be had.
There's more to building a stellar program than wins and losses. It's about visibility. And more importantly, it's about respect. Sacramento St doesn't shake the foundations if you catch my drift.I never had it like this where I grew up. But I send my kids here because the fact is you go to one of the best schools in the country: Rushmore. Now, for some of you it doesn't matter. You were born rich and you're going to stay rich. But here's my advice to the rest of you: Take dead aim on the rich boys. Get them in the crosshairs and take them down. Just remember, they can buy anything but they can't buy backbone. Don't let them forget it. Thank you.Herman Blume - Rushmore -
BTW -- One of the more civil debates I have been involved in on a message board....
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Agreed...
I'll drop the whold Cardinal slant. I promise. Just like to add that scheduling a rash of Thursday night games to be featured on ESPN2 over the course of about 5 years was a stroke of genius.I never had it like this where I grew up. But I send my kids here because the fact is you go to one of the best schools in the country: Rushmore. Now, for some of you it doesn't matter. You were born rich and you're going to stay rich. But here's my advice to the rest of you: Take dead aim on the rich boys. Get them in the crosshairs and take them down. Just remember, they can buy anything but they can't buy backbone. Don't let them forget it. Thank you.Herman Blume - Rushmore -
While I don't argue the strength of schedule issue ... You can still only guess how good ( or not so good ) some team that's undefeated is ... Until they lose to someone or make it through a playoff series it's still just a guess ...zombie boy 2000 wrote:If Louisville hadn't lost to Rutgers, they would have been in the national championship game. That's pretty much consensus. There's a world of difference between Boise State and Louisville. Namely schedule. -
PolkWannabie wrote:While I don't argue the strength of schedule issue ... You can still only guess how good ( or not so good ) some team that's undefeated is ... Until they lose to someone or make it through a playoff series it's still just a guess ...
I'm with you to a point. I've watched Boise State play several times this year. They're not that good. I also watched Rutgers play several times before the Louisville game. They were extremely underrated. You get a feel for a team's worth, but you have to watch the games. Unfortunately, quite a few talking heads in the media and more disturbingly, poll voters, don't do this.I never had it like this where I grew up. But I send my kids here because the fact is you go to one of the best schools in the country: Rushmore. Now, for some of you it doesn't matter. You were born rich and you're going to stay rich. But here's my advice to the rest of you: Take dead aim on the rich boys. Get them in the crosshairs and take them down. Just remember, they can buy anything but they can't buy backbone. Don't let them forget it. Thank you.Herman Blume - Rushmore -
Ok ... So what is required is an EWAG instead of a WAG ...
... but in the end it's still a guess ...
Re: Rutgers ...
I remember a couple of weeks ago thinking ... Holy **** ... If USC beats ND ... and then loses to UCLA ... and Rutger's manages to beat WV ( Like other matchups, whoever would have thought Rutgers would have lost the other game ) ... then then then ... -
Wake Forrest?
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Yeah... that sucks royally. We fight and claw and build for our big chance. And we get an overachieving Wake. More power to 'em, but everybody here would have loved to have squared off against a traditional heavyweight. We're that confident. And we should be.I never had it like this where I grew up. But I send my kids here because the fact is you go to one of the best schools in the country: Rushmore. Now, for some of you it doesn't matter. You were born rich and you're going to stay rich. But here's my advice to the rest of you: Take dead aim on the rich boys. Get them in the crosshairs and take them down. Just remember, they can buy anything but they can't buy backbone. Don't let them forget it. Thank you.Herman Blume - Rushmore
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Help me out PWanna....
WAG or EWAG???
I'm stooooooooopid:DI never had it like this where I grew up. But I send my kids here because the fact is you go to one of the best schools in the country: Rushmore. Now, for some of you it doesn't matter. You were born rich and you're going to stay rich. But here's my advice to the rest of you: Take dead aim on the rich boys. Get them in the crosshairs and take them down. Just remember, they can buy anything but they can't buy backbone. Don't let them forget it. Thank you.Herman Blume - Rushmore -
Standard business term ... Educated Wild **** Guess ...
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zombie boy 2000 wrote:Yeah... that sucks royally. We fight and claw and build for our big chance. And we get an overachieving Wake. More power to 'em, but everybody here would have loved to have squared off against a traditional heavyweight. We're that confident. And we should be.
Hey, I didn't know we had a Louisville Cardinal team member on our forum! Awesome!
Just bustin' your balls, Jason.
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You didn't know Demi...
I should update my user profile to practice squad punter:D
I got to red-shirt this year because of my chronic chapped ****.I never had it like this where I grew up. But I send my kids here because the fact is you go to one of the best schools in the country: Rushmore. Now, for some of you it doesn't matter. You were born rich and you're going to stay rich. But here's my advice to the rest of you: Take dead aim on the rich boys. Get them in the crosshairs and take them down. Just remember, they can buy anything but they can't buy backbone. Don't let them forget it. Thank you.Herman Blume - Rushmore -
So the coach of my favorite college football team leaves to coach my favorite NFL team...
It was a scene straight out of a SNL skit when the news broke last night. I was cussing him and cussing him to my wife when the news reporter mentioned the Falcons. Kinda tilted my head ala the RCA dog and quickly did a 180 on the matter.
That back-stabbing offensive genius of a dirtbag who's going to bring us a Super Bowl?!?:)
I never had it like this where I grew up. But I send my kids here because the fact is you go to one of the best schools in the country: Rushmore. Now, for some of you it doesn't matter. You were born rich and you're going to stay rich. But here's my advice to the rest of you: Take dead aim on the rich boys. Get them in the crosshairs and take them down. Just remember, they can buy anything but they can't buy backbone. Don't let them forget it. Thank you.Herman Blume - Rushmore -
oh well, some things just never change.
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... and the more they change.
Define irony:
NFL team fires coach for expressing desire to coach college team. NFL team hires college coach who previously expressed no desire to coach another team (NFL or college) after signing 10-year contract.
If you can't trust 'em, I suppose you should at least insure that their first backstabbing occurs on the other side of the tracks. Lets it get out of their system.
But as the old saying goes... if you're going to lay down with pigs, you're going to get dirty. I hope Blank knows what he's getting into. We've been marching in the"will he or won't he" parade for four years now. Kind of a relief if you ask me...I never had it like this where I grew up. But I send my kids here because the fact is you go to one of the best schools in the country: Rushmore. Now, for some of you it doesn't matter. You were born rich and you're going to stay rich. But here's my advice to the rest of you: Take dead aim on the rich boys. Get them in the crosshairs and take them down. Just remember, they can buy anything but they can't buy backbone. Don't let them forget it. Thank you.Herman Blume - Rushmore -
Just thought some of you may find this interesting, especially after this years whacky results...
Throw out the understandably biased votes for Tebow in Florida, Missouri's Mizzou votes, and the Big 12 states and it's quite clear most sports fans across the globe want an NCAA playoff system. -
A playoff system will NEVER happen. The NCAA will not let it happen. Not in a million years. NEVER, EVER. As much as I would love to see it, there is much too much money to be made in these bowl games. Additionally, the fans may want it, but the big conference schools do not, contrary to popular opinion. The ACC, for example, will have six bowl eligible teams. The money that each team makes for going to the bowl game (which is much less than people think) is split among ALL of the conference schools. That gives schools like Duke a chance to field a team year after year despite not making it to a bowl game for the last two decades. It seems like such an easy fix, but trust me when I tell you, it will never happen.Shawn
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We covered this already....
What's being pointed out is that this is what we, as sports fans, want to see with college football.
It would happen if people stopped watching the bowl games. Unfortunately, people don't have enough self control. That's why it won't happen. Trust me, if the advertisers weren't seeing the viewers they wouldn't shell out the dough for them and the NCAA would be forced to lay out a format people wanted.
