2009 NCAA Football Thread

[jkrdevil]

Nebraska leads with 1:44.

[WJMorris3]

Uh oh... looks like we might give Mike Crapo and Jim Risch something to work with...

[jkrdevil]

Nebraska is going to choke this. Kick out of bound and now a horse collar. Texas is already in field goal range.

[jkrdevil]

Wow, Texas just nearly choked that.

They still have 1 second to kick a winning field goal

[jkrdevil]

TCU should jump Texas, even though Texas won tonight. TCU is a better team.

[Yac12]

What a game!!

I can't imagine the feeling of the Nebraska players and coaches thinking you won the game and then finding out there is one second left on the clock, then losing.

Will any of the other undefeated teams jump a head of Texas because they didn't dominate this game?

[jkrdevil]

What a game!!

I can't imagine the feeling of the Nebraska players and coaches thinking you won the game and then finding out there is one second left on the clock, then losing.

Will any of the other undefeated teams jump a head of Texas because they didn't dominate this game?

No because Texas is the big name. If it was the other way around though the voters would punish.

[WJMorris3]

So it looks like the at-larges now are going to include TCU, Florida, and either Iowa or Penn State.

I think it's a legitimate question to say "Does Boise State get in?" Virginia Tech has the name recognition that could translate to a big payday.

[raysox]

So it looks like the at-larges now are going to include TCU, Florida, and either Iowa or Penn State.

I think it's a legitimate question to say "Does Boise State get in?" Virginia Tech has the name recognition that could translate to a big payday.

Why would VA Tech make it in? Just drop that thought. Boise would make it before them. Then after Boise, you have Oregon State, Iowa, AND Penn State.

Penn State wouldn't make it, because of the 2 teams per conference rule.

[Jigga]

I don't think Colt McCoy is going to win the Heisman Memorial Trophy now.

[Breakwood]

It was like the Grey Cup all over again.

[Cujo]

About damn time we have TWO deserving schools in the BCS Championship Game!

[infrared41]

So it looks like the at-larges now are going to include TCU, Florida, and either Iowa or Penn State.

I think it's a legitimate question to say "Does Boise State get in?" Virginia Tech has the name recognition that could translate to a big payday.

Yeah but they don't travel well. Personally, I don't think Iowa or Penn State deserve BCS bids but now that the title game is settled it comes down to business. Penn State puts people in the seats. Boise State doesn't. It's entirely possible that it's going to be just like last year with Ohio State and The Fiesta Bowl, a Big Ten team may get a BCS bid it does not deserve.

Some other observations from a great day in College Football...

1. WTF was Colt McCoy thinking on the play before the field goal?

2. This one goes back to Pitt - Cincinnati, why would Pitt call a play action pass on the last play of the game? Oh that's right, Dave Wannstedt is their coach. Never mind.

3. I'm sure I'm not the first person to ask this but, if you're in the stadium watching Boise State play a home game, can you see them? I would think it would be tough to follow what's going on with the team in all blue uniforms playing on a blue field.

4. Texas is way overrated. If they struggled like that with Nebraska's defense then Alabama is going to kill them.

[infrared41]

So it looks like the at-larges now are going to include TCU, Florida, and either Iowa or Penn State.

I think it's a legitimate question to say "Does Boise State get in?" Virginia Tech has the name recognition that could translate to a big payday.

Why would VA Tech make it in? Just drop that thought. Boise would make it before them. Then after Boise, you have Oregon State, Iowa, AND Penn State.

Penn State wouldn't make it, because of the 2 teams per conference rule.

Are you sure about that?

No more than two teams from any one conference may receive berths in BCS games unless two non-champions from a BCS conference finish as the top two teams in the final BCS standings in which case they will meet in the National Title Game while their conference champion will play in their conference's BCS bowl game.

[WJMorris3]

So it looks like the at-larges now are going to include TCU, Florida, and either Iowa or Penn State.

I think it's a legitimate question to say "Does Boise State get in?" Virginia Tech has the name recognition that could translate to a big payday.

Why would VA Tech make it in? Just drop that thought. Boise would make it before them. Then after Boise, you have Oregon State, Iowa, AND Penn State.

Penn State wouldn't make it, because of the 2 teams per conference rule.

Hold on a second.

I anticipate only two mandatory takes - TCU and Florida. That would leave us (in BCS standings order) Boise State, Iowa, Penn State, Virginia Tech, and Brigham Young.

The bowls are free to take whomever they want, of those, subject to the two teams to a conference rule. We're already pencilling in Iowa or Penn State as one. The question is will business dictate Virginia Tech over Boise?

[jkrdevil]

So it looks like the at-larges now are going to include TCU, Florida, and either Iowa or Penn State.

I think it's a legitimate question to say "Does Boise State get in?" Virginia Tech has the name recognition that could translate to a big payday.

Why would VA Tech make it in? Just drop that thought. Boise would make it before them. Then after Boise, you have Oregon State, Iowa, AND Penn State.

Penn State wouldn't make it, because of the 2 teams per conference rule.

Are you sure about that?

No more than two teams from any one conference may receive berths in BCS games unless two non-champions from a BCS conference finish as the top two teams in the final BCS standings in which case they will meet in the National Title Game while their conference champion will play in their conference's BCS bowl game.

So there won't be two Big Ten teams in the BCS. Ohio St. goes to the Rose Bowl as conference champions and either Iowa or Penn St. goes to probably the Fiesta Bowl. As Penn St. and Iowa didn't finish 1 and 2 in the BCS that renders that rule posted meaningless

[TFoA]

If Chris Fowler is to be believed...Texas vs. Alabama may not be a lock. There's still a chance that TCU may jump Texas.

This could very well be one of the most anticipated BCS Rankings release in history.

[Harmening]

As a fan with no rooting interest in any games today, this was a great day of football.

I don't remember having this much fun watching football for a long time.

[raysox]

So it looks like the at-larges now are going to include TCU, Florida, and either Iowa or Penn State.

I think it's a legitimate question to say "Does Boise State get in?" Virginia Tech has the name recognition that could translate to a big payday.

Why would VA Tech make it in? Just drop that thought. Boise would make it before them. Then after Boise, you have Oregon State, Iowa, AND Penn State.

Penn State wouldn't make it, because of the 2 teams per conference rule.

Are you sure about that?

No more than two teams from any one conference may receive berths in BCS games unless two non-champions from a BCS conference finish as the top two teams in the final BCS standings in which case they will meet in the National Title Game while their conference champion will play in their conference's BCS bowl game.

I meant Iowa would be ahead of them, anyway. Due to the Iowa win over them.

[DEAD!]

If Chris Fowler is to be believed...Texas vs. Alabama may not be a lock. There's still a chance that TCU may jump Texas.

This could very well be one of the most anticipated BCS Rankings release in history.

So, it's Chris Fowler's word against Brent Musburger's