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BCS Chances (El Gigante Merge)

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jwinslow said:
here's to hoping he wasn't surprised to hear that buckeye fans wouldn't show up for a lesser bowl (I seriously doubt he was swayed too much tho). I'm not sure why Herbie said that. We packed out the lowly alamo bowl. AJ Hawk and his defense, Ted Ginn and Troy Smith are enough to generate a ton of interest.
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JWins, is it possible that the last time we didn't fill the Fiesta Bowl? Isn't that why the Oregon fans were making comments about filling it when we didn't?

Back when I was in the Army, a Sargeant Major taught me to always give the inspectors something minor to find in inspection. Having found something minor, they usually stop looking so hard for something to nail you for. Maybe Herbs was giving him a case just to show the veracity of his remarks. Actually, it was rather shrewd and he sounded a lot more credible and not like a homer.
 
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exhawg said:
I don't disagree with that. OSU v Colorado isn't a big enough game to send us back to the Fiesta Bowl for the 3rd time in 4 years. ND or USC would be huge games for us. Unless the Orange bowl would rather have OSU than PSU it is the Fiesta vs ND or USC or we fall to the Capital One Bowl IMHO.
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Ah that makes sense. Orange would get first pick and take ND, Fiesta would then have to choose between us, Oregon, or WVU. Oregon is an easy choice there.

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BB73 said:
There is no 'O - 36' in BINGO. All of the numbers for 'O' are between 61 and 75.

I go to church socials to meet old women in my gigolo gig, so I have to know these things. :biggrin:
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You made my day, Bill.... You don't need to offer explaination, I already considered you a BINGO authority. I suspect you know a thing or two about prunes as well.

I meant Oh 63 anyway. :p
 
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What if USC and/or Texas Loses?

In case anyone is interested, I found this information today. It looks like we can safely root for USC to lose :)


To simplify things, I am making one assumption -- that Virginia Tech beats Florida State (which is only slightly more certain than whether the 'Noles will score) ...


If Texas loses: Unless they remain in the BCS top four (not likely), the Longhorns would likely be left out altogether, because the Fiesta is not going to stage a Colorado-Texas rematch, and the Orange would almost certainly use its selection on Notre Dame. My guess:


Rose: USC vs. Penn State
Fiesta: Colorado vs. Oregon
Sugar: LSU/Georgia vs. West Virginia
Orange: Virginia Tech vs. Notre Dame



If USC loses: Believe it or not, the Trojans would still get the Pac-10's automatic berth, winning a three-way tie with UCLA and Oregon because, of all things, the Bruins lost to Arizona. Don't ask. ...


Rose: Texas vs. Penn State
Fiesta: USC vs. Ohio State
Sugar: LSU/Georgia vs. West Virginia
Orange: Virginia Tech vs. Notre Dame



If USC and Texas lose and LSU beats Georgia: If Virginia Tech wasn't playing a four-loss team, it might have had a chance to move ahead of LSU for No. 2. ...


Rose: Penn State vs. LSU
Fiesta: USC vs. Colorado
Sugar: West Virginia vs. Notre Dame
Orange: Virginia Tech vs. Texas



If USC and Texas lose and Georgia beats LSU: The Orange Bowl would get the top two picks. ...


Rose: Penn State vs. Virginia Tech
Fiesta: USC vs. Colorado
Sugar: Georgia vs. West Virginia
Orange: Notre Dame vs. Texas
 
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High Lonesome said:
thats really interesting. is the reason that it wouldn't be likely for texas to stay in the top 4 due to the backlash they would recieve?
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I think LSU (assuming they win) would definitely be ahead of Texas if they lost to Colorado...and I think they would drop far enough in the polls because of losing to a team that got waxed 30-3 by Nebraska and backed into the championship game that someone else probably would too. Then it would be down to who picked the at-large teams, and what matchup would be created, and I do think Texas would lose out (as would everyone with Colorado instead of Texas in the BCS).
 
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illinoisbuckeye said:
Wouldnt that game be a winner. i cant stand to even think about how much i wouldnt like to see that. it sounds about as exciting as last years Fiesta Bowl: Pitt vs. Utah. the conference tie in's are stupid if you ask me
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That would really bite for the Fiesta people 2 years in a row, but whatever...if they get pissed about it, maybe they'll try to change it.

All that said, I'll take Texas by 42, so it's moot anyway.
 
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I know that the rose bowl "owes" the fiesta bowl a favor for last year. Since Texas should have gone to the fiesta but was "loaned" to the rose. I don't know when all of this is supposed to happen or exactly what the deal was, I just remember it being a pretty big deal
 
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