8-4 UConn to the BCS

[Riddickulous]

Here's another little piece of evidence as to how the BCS sucks.

Because Connecticut won the Big East, they automatically qualify for the BCS. The problem is: They're 8-4 in the weakest AQ conference.

This same Connecticut team got blown out by Temple. Yes, Temple.

Discuss.

 

[Irish Insanity]

They should just change the name to the BS and throw out the C

 

[KPENN]

Espn's projections had them playing Oklahoma. That'll be ugly

On a side note Todd Mcshay called Randy Edsall "one of the greatest coaches in college football"

 

[ACamp1900]

Auto bids should be thrown out... no question.

 

[NDMontana]

And I see an article on Bleacher Report today that a one loss Boise doesn't deserve the BCS or even one of the "semi-prestigious" bowls (Holiday, Cotton, Gator, etc.). But Washington does deserve the Holiday Bowl? UConn deserves a BCS game? Va. Tech who lost to Boise and an FCS school deserves a BCS Bowl?'

I take it with a grain of salt because it is Bleacher Report, but this just goes back to what I was saying yesterday: blow the bowl system up. If the NCAA insists--and they do--on keeping the Bowl System, it's fine but there should be no affiliations. No more Big Ten Champ to the Rose Bowl or ACC/Big Least Champ to the Orange Bowl. The Holiday Bowl taking the No. 5 Pac 10 Team vs. Navy (or if Navy is ineligible WAC) should be blown up...no more affiliations.

The NC Game can come down to the #1 and #2 BCS Teams. The remaining BCS games have to take #3-10 and then let the other bowl games negotiate for the most favorable match-ups.

How many lousy Orange Bowls, Ohio State losses blow-out losses in BCS games, etc. do we have to be subjected to before the NCAA, while still holding onto its precious bowl games, purges affiliations and AQ status. Is the SEC really that concerned that a one/two loss team isn't going to be in the Top 10? Is the Big XII concerned that their conference champ won't be the Fiesta Bowl or another BCS game?

The BCS comes down to helping out the ACC, Big Ten (in some, not all, years) and the Big Least in a very unfair and more importantly unhealthy way. IS anybody waiting with baited breath for Va. Tech vs. UConn?

 

[Irish4Life09]

They won their conference championship, didn't they?....Yes,they did.
Would you guys be complaining if we got into a BCS game for just winning 10 games(which we automatically are rewarded)?
No,you wouldn't be complaining.We'd all be rejoicing.
Uconn won their conference championship just like Oklahoma or any other conference champion.It's how the system works.Good for them...Edsall has done a hell of a lot for that school.

 

[startthegolics!]

I usually just read the boards but this stuff sparks me to post. I support the BCS. Not because I think its a great system but because it makes college football the greatest season by far.

Its one of those be careful what you wish for things.

Every once in a while we get a crapper that sneaks in like UCONN. Ok fair enough. In the playoffs that NEVER happens right? Theres never a 82-80 St Louis Cardinals or maybe a sub .500 NFC West team?

I hope they never change college football. The journey is half the fun, or in college ball almost all the fun.

The only thing I dislike is the 5 week layoff between games. That is ridiculous. If that could be tweaked to even 3 weeks its more palatable.

 

[IrishLax]

The funny thing is that they are a BAD 8-4 team. They looked seriously pathetic last night... with everything on the line and only a middling USF to beat. I think every school in the big east was rooting for USF so that WVU would get the bid and maybe not embarrass the conference too badly.

 

[startthegolics!]

But in a playoff you might have a 12-4 wildcard travel on the road to a 7-9 Seattle Seahawks.

Sometimes thats how it goes. Both ways have aspects that are screwy

 

[GreatGolson]

i just threw up in my mouth.

 

[GowerND11]

In terms of the system they do deserve the BCS bid. I do agree though about taking away conference tie ins. The BCS should be about the best 10 teams in the country. I like the idea of keeping the bowls with that kind of system.

 

[IrishLax]

The whole problem is the Big East even having an automatic bid. The WAC has three ranked teams, the MWC has two and some other solid squads... the Big East only has one and it is at the bottom of the top 25. If you're going to keep the Big East with an automatic bid, then there needs to be a stipulation that if the conference champion is not ranked in the top 20 of the BCS standings they lose that automatic bid. Problem solved.

 

[t3hjc]

Let the hate flow through.

 

[GreatGolson]

Auto bids should be thrown out... no question.

absolutely, just go back to the old old fashioned way of straight invite based on record, except for the NC which should be decided by the Coaches poll.

 

[Stoic]

Espn's projections had them playing Oklahoma. That'll be ugly

On a side note Todd Mcshay called Randy Edsall "one of the greatest coaches in college football"

So was Rich Rod when he was kicking the crap out of teams in the Big East. Don't worry they should rename it to the TCU conference when the Horn Frogs join because we all know they are going to dominate it.

 

[Rocket89]

I usually just read the boards but this stuff sparks me to post. I support the BCS. Not because I think its a great system but because it makes college football the greatest season by far.

Its one of those be careful what you wish for things.

Every once in a while we get a crapper that sneaks in like UCONN. Ok fair enough. In the playoffs that NEVER happens right? Theres never a 82-80 St Louis Cardinals or maybe a sub .500 NFC West team?

I hope they never change college football. The journey is half the fun, or in college ball almost all the fun.

The only thing I dislike is the 5 week layoff between games. That is ridiculous. If that could be tweaked to even 3 weeks its more palatable.

The BCS sucks and it's making the regular season worse every year.

I think the "let's not ruin the regular season" argument made sense 20 or 30 years ago when teams like Ohio State, Texas and others were playing good teams nearly every week.

Now, the BCS is rewarding teams for watering down their schedules, and the teams are doing it specifically because they're all so scared to lose one game and be eliminated. It's rewarding team for winning 6 games so they can be bowl eligible.

With a playoff and the current BCS, there's going to be weak teams in there every once in a while (if you give conference champs automatic bids), but the regular season really isn't that great anymore, definitely not enough to offset the awesomeness that a playoff would bring to the game.

 

[ryno 24]

I dont think the BCS is the end all be all but it serves its purpose does not hurt ND actually helps ND more than any other team and it keeps the regular season interesting other than the nfl college football has the highest watched regular season look at college basketballs ratings and the nbas ratings during the regualr season not even close... college football is unique

 

[Stoic]

BCS only cares about getting uno and dos right.

 

[IrishAlum1997]

Here's another little piece of evidence as to how the BCS sucks.

Because Connecticut won the Big East, they automatically qualify for the BCS. The problem is: They're 8-4 in the weakest AQ conference.

This same Connecticut team got blown out by Temple. Yes, Temple.

Discuss.

6-4-1 Notre Dame selected for the Fiesta Bowl. Didn't complain about the free trip to Tempe.

College football is about tradition and pageantry unless its for all the marbles.

 

[NDMontana]

They won their conference championship, didn't they?....Yes,they did.
Would you guys be complaining if we got into a BCS game for just winning 10 games(which we automatically are rewarded)?
No,you wouldn't be complaining.We'd all be rejoicing.
Uconn won their conference championship just like Oklahoma or any other conference champion.It's how the system works.Good for them...Edsall has done a hell of a lot for that school.

Well that's very a very interesting take....the WAC has three top 25 teams (in the AP and Coaches poll). The Big Least has two in one poll (UConn sneaking in at 25) and one in the other. The MWC has two in both polls. But you're right, it's perfectly correct that an 8-4 team from a lousy conference should automatically qualify because their conference used to be great. Nothing wrong with that picture.

 

[NDMontana]

Keep the Bowls, blow up the AQ status, realign the conferences into four regional conferences with 20 teams. Revamp the system to be IA, IAA and IAAA. Once the 80 big boys have been decided the rest can go into IAA with the current FCS teams forming IAAA. All games must be played against teams in your division (sorry Ohio State...no more Youngstown State to help you get to 10 wins).

There are way too many teams that just have no business in the FBS subdivision.

 

[irishtrain]

Some of these games are just silly-Mich in the Gator Bowl and Temple beat UConn this year. Makes you wonder who was drinking when they cooked up this scheme. Yeh I know Big East gets an auto into the BCS-stupid with no bail out because of performance or overall record. Temple stays home-joke. Boise doesnt get a big boy game-even dumber. How in the world does Mich get a better bowl than Boise. I'm waiting for a 11-1/10/2 Notre Dame team ending up in the HUMANITARIAN BOWL- that'll be the ultimate farce.

 

[IrishMoore1]

What's really unfortunate in this instance is the fact that a 8-4 Temple, a team that beat UConn, is not going to a bowl AT ALL. They got passed over for another bowl eligible team in the MAC. Meanwhile, UConn is going to a BCS bowl game and they're not even ranked!

One cannot possibly look at this and deny how messed up that is. There at least needs to be a BCS rule that if you're not ranked in top 20 as an automatic qualifier, you don't get the bid. Who the hell wants to watch an undeserving UConn team get absolutely smacked by a superior opponent? No one.

 

[Lou Holtz]

Teams that should be their instead:
LSU
Alabama
MSU
Boise
South Carolina
Texas A&M - stretch
Mississippi State

 

[ndcoltsfan2010]

This is the number one reason why I don't like this BCS garbage one bit. Here you have a mediocre team going to a BCS game when you have the likes of a Boise State and others that are better teams that should be going. this whole BCS system needs to go for good.

 

[Sherm Sticky]

Teams that should be their instead:
LSU
Alabama
MSU
Boise
South Carolina
Texas A&M - stretch
Mississippi State

You can add Oklahoma State to that list also

 

[NoJusticeNoPeace]

We would crush UConn this year. BCS is garbage.

 

[Mattmags]

Here's another little piece of evidence as to how the BCS sucks.

Because Connecticut won the Big East, they automatically qualify for the BCS. The problem is: They're 8-4 in the weakest AQ conference.

This same Connecticut team got blown out by Temple. Yes, Temple.

Discuss.

Virginia Tech got beat by James Madison. Does that mean they should not go to a BCS game either? Just sayin.

 

[jason_h537]

BCS only cares about getting uno and dos right.

Bingo, BCS has nothing to do with Temple being shafted or why the Big East still is an AQ, that is the fault of the university presidents