[starang21]

Originally posted by KSig RC
You are SUCH an OU homer, dude

Amy/other USC apologists: USC is notorious for weak scheduling, and they have been since the last time they were good, in the 80s. Carroll has even made reference to 'warming up' on some patsies, and keeping his team's travel down (ie mostly home games) to try to 'keep them fresh' for later in the season.

If USC loses a regular-season game, it will be a total upset.

Here's a secret, guys - unlike the last 2 seasons, the calendar doesn't allow for 12 games this year - everyone gets a bye week! actually two! Unless you're playing in the kickoff classic, or at hawaii! Most teams just take it at the beginning! And you OU/Nebraska/Texas jokers: you did it to yourselves, wanting that big chunk of dollar revenue from the title game you always thought you'd be playing in - Baylor sure as shit didn't care.

Don't cry when you play in a conference title game - you made your bed, now lie in it. It's a silly idea, and it does very little, in my mind, to further the SEC or Big 8 (there will be NO big xii references anymore, i decree) as the supposed 'powerhouses' of the planet.

And TOLEDO?????

Shut up - Remember when Miami(OH), supposedly the best team in the MAC, got steamrolled against Iowa, the 3rd-best team in the Big10? The mid-majors have never consistently performed in bowl games against big-league opponents, why would they perform in some cockamamie version of the 1AA playoffs?

The BCS is imperfect, but it's better than the alternative (for right now).

Starang - they didn't do away w/ strength of schedule entirely, IIRC, but they DID eliminate the "margin of victory" qualifier and increased the factor of polls in the final tally.

naw, i'm not saying they did...the point is that since strength of schedule has a diminished role in the equation....folks are definitely more prone to have cake teams on their schedule since they won't be hurt by a weak schedule. shit.....if i was carrol, i'd put loyola marymount on there for good measure, just to beef up my stats and stuff like that.