Will anyone even challenge Alabama this year (YES, Texas AM)....or next ? (Yes, Auburn & Oklahoma)

[JBMasterAngler]

Looks like bama is back in.

[paceman]

wow what a crazy day yesterday. Now Notre Dame will be number 1, bama 2, georgia 3. ND has to go beat USC (they should) but alabama vs georgia in the SEC championship will determine who goes to the BCS championship. Crazy stuff.

[Big Dave2]

Oregon and Kansas State losing puts the Tide right back in the thick of things. I'm predicting a Notre Dame - Alabama championship game.

[Big Dave2]

Nick Saban is a witch.

[LMITOUT]

Oregon loses by 3 to #14 Stanford, yet Alabama schedules something called Western Carolina late in the season and now they're supposed to be awarded the #2 spot?

This is why the BCS stinks.

[JBMasterAngler]

Oregon played tennessee tech earlier in the year. I hate teams scheduling games against I-AA opponents. I wish they would get rid of it all together, or make it so the games don't count towards bowl eligibility. But, every team does it now (except notre dame and USC). Every SEC team in the top 10 (except LSU) played a I-AA opponent yesterday.

[LMITOUT]

Exactly. Alabama shouldn't be rewarded for playing a cupcake at the end of the year.

[muskiemanAD]

There will most likely be one undefeated team and about 6 or so with one loss but Alabama will get in again. This is why college football is such a joke when it comes to a National Championship!

[ted4887]

Say Notre Dame loses next weekend to USC(not likely with Barkley out), who will play for the National Championship?

Crazy day of football yesterday though!

[JBMasterAngler]

If notre dame loses, and florida beats florida state, it will probably be alabama vs. florida for the national title. If georgia beats alabama, and notre dame loses, and florida loses, it'll be complete chaos. Probably georgia vs. florida state or oregon.

[Big Dave2]

Exactly. Alabama shouldn't be rewarded for playing a cupcake at the end of the year.

Alabama always schedules a cupcake for the next to last game of the season instead of 4 cupcakes in a row to start the season like the Gophers and almost every other major college football program in the country. While the rest of the programs were playing a cupcake on week 1, Alabama was playing the then top 15 or so ranked Michigan.

[goblueM]

The SEC all played cupcakes last weekend, a quirk of scheduling. And they're not going to get rewarded for it, either. They still gotta play the SEC Championship game, after all. And like Big Dave said, they have played quality non-conference opponents the last few years

[Rick]

In a best of three they couldn't run the table as A&M already beat them once with only two left.

Originally Posted By: Big Dave2

I meant that Bama would run the table on them the next 2 games. You can take that to the bank.

I think I would pass on taking that to the bank. The Aggies are good enough to split with them...easily.

These national titles are just little more than a popularity contest and a joke.

Give us some true play-offs and then we can count them daddio.

[Big Dave2]

These national titles are just little more than a popularity contest and a joke.

Give us some true play-offs and then we can count them daddio.

A true play-off system would be the ruination of the College Football atmosphere. You may as well watch the NFL if that is what you want.

[Big Dave2]

The Aggies are good enough to split with them...easily.

good luck with all that.

[goblueM]

Big Dave, every level of football except for D1 college ball has a playoff. It wouldn't ruin the college atmosphere to have a playoff, in fact I'd argue it would enhance it

[LMITOUT]

A true play-off system would be the ruination of the College Football atmosphere.

Yeah, because the NCAA BB tournament sucks, said no one ever.

[toughguy]

An 8, or even better 16 team playoff would be AWESOME!! It would draw more viewers then just about anything other than maybe the NFL. I think it would have a shot at passing the NFL ratings once it has a few years to establish itself. Imagine the betting pools it would create. Move it to 16 teams!!!

[Big Dave2]

The playoffs might be exciting but you would ruin the atmosphere of the regular season games. Look at the NFL, the Vikings even still have a chance of making the playoffs, what does THAT tell you?

[toughguy]

It tells me they are worth watching - they are still alive. If 1-2 loss(es) = no chance at a title, why would you watch your team the rest of the season after a loss? I would watch a 2nd round playoff college game between Oregon and Kansas State long before I'd watch them in a bowl game with no title implications.

[Rick]

The playoffs might be exciting but you would ruin the atmosphere of the regular season games.

And I read that as....

I can't believe the Aggies beat my Tide and actually proved on the field the Texas A&M Aggies are the better team so I will spout off nonsense about how the tide is better even though they squashed my tide last time. Good thing for these popularity contests that inflate the Tides rankings. We need to stay away from the play-offs or we might have to face the Aggies again and actually prove the braggadocio that is coming out of me.

[goblueM]

The playoffs might be exciting but you would ruin the atmosphere of the regular season games. Look at the NFL, the Vikings even still have a chance of making the playoffs, what does THAT tell you?

So if I am understanding your argument correctly, you are saying that because the Vikings still have a chance at making the playoffs, that makes the regular season less exciting?

Because to me, seems like that'd make the games MORE exciting

Football regular season games are always exciting, simply because there are so few of them. Unlike baseball, for example

[Big Dave2]

It tells me they are worth watching - they are still alive. If 1-2 loss(es) = no chance at a title, why would you watch your team the rest of the season after a loss? I would watch a 2nd round playoff college game between Oregon and Kansas State long before I'd watch them in a bowl game with no title implications.

To me it appears that you don't understand much about the history of College football.

[Stcloudangler]

To me it appears that you don't understand much about the history of College football.

Toughguy has hit it so squarely on the head there isnt even room for a rebuttal.... To me it appears that you have been owned.

[toughguy]

I understand plenty about the history of college football and what's wrong with it. The fact that there are teams that start the season with no hope of winning the title is wrong. You can win every game you play and lose the nat'l title to a team that has a loss. That's a broken system that favors the established schools and big conferences.