Beat the Wolverines at the Rose Bowl!

OSU and Florida. Hmmm. I have a feeling OSU is going to rape Florida.

Okay, so look at this.

http://www.harrisinteractive.com/new...Dec_3_2006.pdf

It's the final rankings for the BCS.

Robert Lawless ranked the Top 5 in this way:

1) OSU
2) Michigan
3) Wisconsin
4) Louisville
5) Florida

Ray Melick

1) OSU
2) Florida
3) Louisville
4) Michigan
5) LSU

Tim Neverett

1) OSU
2) Florida
3) USC
4) Michigan
...
9) BYU

Ed Podolak

9) Rutgers

Jim Walden

1) Florida
2) OSU
...
7) Wake Forest
11) LSU

Frank Weedon

Unranked: Tennessee

Paul Ziese

1) OSU
2) Louisville

How the fuck are these people deciding the fate of college football?!

New rankings:

Week 15 AP Top 25
1. Ohio State (65) 12-0 1,625
2. Florida 12-1 1,529
3. Michigan 11-1 1,526
4. LSU 10-2 1,365
5. Louisville 11-1 1,333
6. Wisconsin 11-1 1,255
7. Oklahoma 11-2 1,232
8. USC 10-2 1,182
9. Boise State 12-0 1,097
10. Auburn 10-2 1,020
11. Notre Dame 10-2 939
12. Arkansas 10-3 867
13. West Virginia 10-2 865
14. Virginia Tech 10-2 798
15. Wake Forest 11-2 766
16. Rutgers 10-2 631
17. Tennessee 9-3 576
18. Texas 9-3 564
19. Brigham Young 10-2 436
20. California 9-3 390
21. Texas A&M 9-3 379
22. Nebraska 9-4 193
23. Boston College 9-3 179
24. Oregon State 9-4 112
25. TCU 10-2 80

Week 15 USA Today Poll
1. Ohio State (62) 12-0 1,550
2. Florida 12-1 1,470
3. Michigan 11-1 1,444
4. LSU 10-2 1,299
5. Wisconsin 11-1 1,263
6. Louisville 11-1 1,223
7. USC 10-2 1,173
8. Oklahoma 11-2 1,115
9. Boise State 12-0 1,053
10. Auburn 10-2 1,000
11. Notre Dame 10-2 923
12. West Virginia 10-2 800
13. Arkansas 10-3 798
14. Virginia Tech 10-2 781
15. Wake Forest 11-2 745
16. Texas 9-3 582
17. Rutgers 10-2 567
18. Tennessee 9-3 500
19. California 9-3 436
20. Brigham Young 10-2 369
21. Texas A&M 9-3 303
22. Nebraska 9-4 242
23. Boston College 9-3 175
24. TCU 10-2 95
25. Oregon State 9-4 72
25. Georgia Tech 9-4 72

BCS Standings
1. Ohio State
2. Florida
3. Michigan
4. LSU
5. USC
6. Louisville
7. Wisconsin
8. Boise State
9. Auburn
10. Oklahoma
11. Notre Dame
12. Arkansas
13. West Virginia
14. Wake Forest
15. Virginia Tech
16. Rutgers
17. Tennessee
18. California
19. Texas
20. Brigham Young
21. Texas A&M
22. Oregon State
23. Nebraska
24. Boston College
25. UCLA

Bowl Games:

San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia
TCU vs. Northern Illinois Dec. 19, 8 p.m.
San Diego ESPN2 HD

Pioneer PureVision Las Vegas
BYU vs. Oregon Dec. 21, 8 p.m.
Las Vegas ESPN HD

R&L Carriers New Orleans Bowl
Rice vs. Troy Dec. 22, 8 p.m.
New Orleans ESPN2 HD Buy Tickets

Papajohns.com Bowl
South Florida vs. East Carolina Dec. 23, 1 p.m.
Birmingham, Ala. ESPN2 HD

New Mexico
New Mexico vs. San Jose State Dec. 23, 4:30 p.m.
Albuquerque, N.M. ESPN HD

Bell Helicopter Armed Forces
Tulsa vs. Utah Dec. 23, 8 p.m.
Fort Worth, Texas ESPN HD

Sheraton Hawaii
Arizona State vs. Hawaii Dec. 24, 8 p.m.
Honolulu ESPN HD

Motor City
Middle Tennessee vs. Central Michigan Dec. 26, 7:30 p.m.
Detroit ESPN HD

Emerald
Florida State vs. UCLA Dec. 27, 8 p.m.
San Francisco ESPN HD

PetroSun Independence
Oklahoma State vs. Alabama Dec. 28, 4:30 p.m.
Shreveport, La. ESPN HD

Pacific Life Holiday
California vs. Texas A&M Dec. 28, 8 p.m.
San Diego ESPN HD Buy Tickes

Texas
Rutgers vs. Kansas State Dec. 28, 8 p.m.
Houston NFL Network

Gaylord Hotels Music City
Clemson vs. Kentucky Dec. 29, 1 p.m.
Nashville, Tenn. ESPN HD


Brut Sun
Oregon State vs. Missouri Dec. 29, 2 p.m.
El Paso, Texas CBS

AutoZone Liberty
Houston vs. South Carolina Dec. 29, 4:30 p.m.
Memphis, Tenn. ESPN HD

Insight
Texas Tech vs. Minnesota Dec. 29, 7:30 p.m.
Tempe, Ariz. NFL Network

Champs Sports
Purdue vs. Maryland Dec. 29, 8 p.m.
Orlando, Fla. ESPN HD

Meineke Car Care
Navy vs. Boston College Dec. 30, 1 p.m.
Charlotte, N.C. ESPN HD

Alamo
Texas vs. Iowa Dec. 30, 4:30 p.m.
San Antonio

Chick-fil-A
Georgia vs. Virginia Tech Dec. 30, 8 p.m.
Atlanta ESPN HD

MPC Computers
Miami, Fla. vs. Nevada Dec. 31, 7:30 p.m.
Boise, Idaho ESPN HD

Outback
Tennessee vs. Penn State Jan. 1, 11 a.m.
Tampa, Fla. ESPN HD

AT&T Cotton
Auburn vs. Nebraska Jan. 1, 11:30 a.m.
Dallas FOX

Toyota Gator
West Virginia vs. Georgia Tech Jan. 1, 1 p.m.
Jacksonville, Fla. CBS

Capital One
Arkansas vs. Wisconsin Jan. 1, 1 p.m.
Orlando, Fla. ABC HD

Rose Bowl presented by Citi
USC vs. Michigan Jan. 1, 5 p.m.
Pasadena, Calif. ABC HD

Tostitos Fiesta
Boise State vs. Oklahoma Jan. 1, 8 p.m.
Glendale, Ariz. FOX

FedEx Orange
Louisville vs. Wake Forest Jan. 2, 8 p.m.
Miami FOX

Allstate Sugar
Notre Dame vs. LSU Jan. 3, 8 p.m.
New Orleans FOX

International
Cincinnati vs. Western Michigan Jan. 6, Noon
Toronto ESPN2 HD

GMAC
Ohio vs. Southern Miss Jan. 7, 8 p.m.
Mobile, Ala. ESPN HD

Tostitos BCS Championship Game
Florida vs. Ohio State Jan. 8, 8 p.m.
Glendale, Ariz. FOX
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YES!!!! Notre Dame got a BCS game. The Sugar Bowl against LSU.

xman25

I know you're an Irish fan and all, but have you watched LSU at all? LSU is going to absolutely destroy Notre Dame. ND would have been much better off if Michigan had gotten in, forcing LSU to play in the Rose Bowl and setting up Notre Dame with a team it has a chance against, like Boise State or Oklahoma.

LSU destroying Notre Dame isn't going to make people happy that Notre Dame got picked over Auburn and Wisconsin. If anything, it could hurt ND the next time talks come up about ND's role in the entire system.

Out of the BCS matchups USC v Michigan seems to the most interesting to me. The rest of them look to be fairly one sided, although I could be wrong.

I'm mad they picked Florida because I think the game will be a snooze fest and as a fan I want to watch the best game possible. Florida will get killed.

At least Urban Meyer is mildly revolutionary in how he runs things. He might be able to pull some fast ones on OSU before getting his butt kicked. I would honestly be very surprised if Florida put up very much of a fight.

Personally, I think half the rankings are a joke - everyone at the top of the pile is based on their last few weeks' performance, while everyone in the rankings but after, say, 9 or 10 is based on overall performance. Pick one and be consistent.

On the plus side, many of the BCS matchups should be interesting. Notre Dame might be outmatched against LSU, but they should at least put up a fight, as they always do. Michigan-USC should be an ace game. I'm definitely hunkering down with chips and popcorn for that one.

You know, Jim Tressel would be the first to tell you to not be so certain about things like that; Ohio State won their last national championship against a Miami team that was supposed to rape the Buckeyes like everyone here is saying the Buckeyes will Florida.

Seriously, it's not like this Florida team backed into the championship like Oklahoma did its last two trips.

Well, like I said - I would be surprised. It's not that it's not possible for Florida to put up a fight - they're a very good team with some incredible coaching, and they've put down a lot of good teams and silenced a lot of critics. It's just that at last appearance, Ohio State was firing so well on all cylinders and generally just dominating in most areas of the game, if they're up to their par performance I think Florida would be hard-pressed to stop them. It would surprise me.

Obviously there're a lot of things at work going into a national championship game (or any bowl game, really) that could affect - adversely or otherwise - either team. A long period of time away from real gameplay, possible sicknesses or injuries, simple psyching out, new strategies and plays, intense scrutiny of recordings of the opposing team, etc. We might see two completely different teams on the field in January.

ND didn't really get picked over Auburn or Wisconsin. There's a clause that only two teams from each conference can go to a BCS game, so Auburn and Wisconsin were eliminated by the fact that they were third choice in each conference.

As an Auburn fan, I hate that we "disappointed" this year at 10-2. However, we did beat #2 and #4 in the final BCS standings, so that stands for something.:kitsune:

Oh yeah, I always forget about that rule. That means the next team down in the rankings would be West Virginia (Arkansas would be ineligible too), and it could be a toss up between them and ND.

BUT, even if that rule didn't exist, I'd bet money that ND would still get in over Auburn and Wisconsin just do to interest and fan support.

Yay for TCU dismantling Northern Illinois and BYU destroying Oregon! The commentary and anything spoken by the referees were fantastically awful. I don't know how many times the referee said that a penalty applied to the wrong team, or announced the wrong down. And the announcers weren't much better, calling the Oregon quarterback Brady Quinn and slipping up all over the place. It kinda fit the game at the time, though, because the first quarter was patchy at best. Cleared up right nice by the beginning of the second quarter, though.

I find it offensive that an undefeated-in-conference, 9-game winning streak, 10-2 BYU team got put up with the number 5 Pac-10, 4-game losing streak, 7-5 Oregon team. It didn't really let BYU shine (or fall on its face), but it did make us look good when we picked Oregon apart most of the game. Feel kinda sorry for Gary Crowton, though. We made a fool out of him.

Sun Bowl

(24 or 25) Oregon State defeats MIZZ 39-38.

OSU had probably one of the most amazing and unbelievable comebacks ever. At the start of the 4th Missouri was ahead 38 to 24 and at 7 mins, OSU strikes with a touchdown. then in the last 2 mins or so, OSU gets another touchdown then a 2 point conversion.

I swear, Missouri was all energetic and bouncing up and down before the touchdown and afterwards...they were like dead.

Start of 4th Quarter Rose Bowl

USC - 19
MICH - 3

USC with two huge touchdowns in the third quarter and a field goal.

Holy Boise State! Big score for the underdogs, huge statement for the introduction of a playoff system to division I football. I'm so glad I stayed up and watched the whole thing, because the last few minutes and the overtime were incredible. They'll be showing those highlights for a while.

Was very disappointed by the USC-Mich game. I expected more out of Michigan, but they never were able to figure USC out. USC kept running the same basic defense, and they just never adjusted.

Hell yeah! Just got back from the Rose Bowl! W00t! The UCLA game was just a fluke. I think this game proves that USC still has it and will probably mean we'll be #1 when the season begins again.

And Boise State! Oh shit man. I wished I could have watched that game. The last play was some crazy trick play conversion.

I have no doubt in my mind that USC will deserve to be atop the preseason rankings, yeah.

We thought for sure the last BSU play in regulation (the pass-lateral-run in) would be the play of the day on ESPN, but the fake play option with the quarterback running weak side and having his teammate (I can't remember who it was who took the snap) passing into the endzone was brilliant, and then the pass fake and handing off the ball behind the back with the left hand for the 2-point conversion...after playing straight-up football for the first 59 minutes, it was fantastic. On each play, you really had to see the replays to catch just how well put-together they were.

The Fiesta Bowl is the best game I have ever seen. I mean, it isn't even close. There were like 15 spectacular moments within about 20 minutes. I just saw the highlights again on SportsCenter and I couldn't help but laugh, it was just great.

I just read the recap; 22 points in the final 86 seconds of regulation? Preposterous.

Needs more playoffs. Boise State deserves a shot at the championship, even if Ohio State wins.

For all the Bowl Games I've seen these are how im ranking them

Fiesta Bowl
Sun Bowl
Rose Bowl

Fiesta Bowl. Yes, one of the most amazing spectacles in sports I have ever witnessed. I didn't get to see if from the start though. A friend IM'd me and told me to watch that shit, so I watched that shit and was amazed.

I haven't got the chance to check video highlights though. Gotta check that when I get home.

The Fiesta Bowl was the sickest set of plays I've ever seen.

Now the sun bowl, OSU did great with two strong drives in the last 7 minutes of the game to gain 15 points and ultimately the win, but with BSU's behind the back left hand pass to get the two point conversion in OT was incredible.

Doesn't pay to watch the Sugar Bowl. :blowout:

Come on,

NOTRE DAME?