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Big Ten Championship Game

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If anyone was watching the 2007 WVU vs Pitt game and doesn't think at the very least the BE had its refs doing everything they could to get WVU to the BCS NC game then I have a bridge to sell.

Then of course there was the epic douchebaggery of the B10 officials screwing OSU vs Illinois in 2007 and, what seemed at the time, costing the conference a NCG appearance.

Also, the ass fucking the Pac 10 crew put on Arizona against Oregon last year would make the tossed salad man blush.
 
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jwinslow;1961924; said:
I'm just trying to clarify what Gator thought was crazy:

That the reffing was protecting the top ranked squads a bit too often

or

The audacity to call out one conference for homer reffing (in favor of top ranked squad), since everyone is doing it
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That the SEC refs are instructed to protect the top ranked squad.

That only SEC games could be affected in that manner, since perceived or actual favoritism does not happen in any other conference.

And - really? Youtube vids of bad calls to support your claim? Pick any game - any time, any conference, and bad calls will abound both ways. Which is why you can go to the forums of two teams after a game and see both sides fans bitching about the bad calls. They usually do this because there usually are calls on both sides that suck.

Don't make me post the links to the 2003 pass interference call discussions :lol:
 
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Gatorubet;1961981; said:
That the SEC refs are instructed to protect the top ranked squad.

That only SEC games could be affected in that manner, since perceived or actual favoritism does not happen in any other conference.

And - really? Youtube vids of bad calls to support your claim? Pick any game - any time, any conference, and bad calls will abound both ways. Which is why you can go to the forums of two teams after a game and see both sides fans bitching about the bad calls. They usually do this because there usually are calls on both sides that suck.

Don't make me post the links to the 2003 pass interference call discussions :lol:
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Terrible argument. We're clearly right, and anything that says otherwise is therefore wrong.
 
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At the risk

Of getting an even lower rating I have to agree with the guy from down south. LOL

A bad call in a game that decides league titles makes the headlines and is remembered forever. The bad call in the Indiana/Purdue game doesn't even get mentioned by the home schools post game report.

Ref's don't make enough money to fix games for the league and keep there mouths shut, now if you want to argue they fix games to win bets for themselves or friends.... I'd sadly have to agree, aka the NBA ref a few years back.
 
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Roundabout;1962073; said:
Of getting an even lower rating I have to agree with the guy from down south. LOL

A bad call in a game that decides league titles makes the headlines and is remembered forever. The bad call in the Indiana/Purdue game doesn't even get mentioned by the home schools post game report.

Ref's don't make enough money to fix games for the league and keep there mouths shut, now if you want to argue they fix games to win bets for themselves or friends.... I'd sadly have to agree, aka the NBA ref a few years back.
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Tackling a player can't really be considered a "bad call".
 
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Gatorubet;1962118; said:
OK. That one stood out.
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I bet on this stuff waaayy too much to ever actually think its fixed.....but that fucking game was fixed.

The best part being even with the better team and the refs in his pocket RR couldn't beat a Wanstache coached and undermanned Pitt team. :lol:
 
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From BB73's BCS Pick 'Em Thread:

BB73;1972010; said:
I'll go with:

Rose - Oregon over Ohio State
Fiesta - Texas over Notre Dame
Sugar - Georgia over West Va
Orange - Florida St over Boise State
BCS Title - Alabama over Oklahoma
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Interesting that you would wager that for the first time in a long time the B1G will not have an at-large BCS team. I figured that the addition of Nebraska would cancel out the addition of a Championship Game.

Are you figuring that the CG will cost the conference an at-large berth in it's first year of existence?

That would be a pretty hot topic around here, if it happened.
 
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DaddyBigBucks;1972381; said:
From BB73's BCS Pick 'Em Thread:



Interesting that you would wager that for the first time in a long time the B1G will not have an at-large BCS team. I figured that the addition of Nebraska would cancel out the addition of a Championship Game.

Are you figuring that the CG will cost the conference an at-large berth in it's first year of existence?

That would be a pretty hot topic around here, if it happened.
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I'm not directly saying that. The prediction is based on 4 bids going to non-BCS champions. ND would get one if they're eligible, Boise State gets an automatic if they're in the top-12 (I see a loss to UGA and a win over TCU), and the other 2 spots are based on bowls with league tie-ins selecting replacements for the title game teams from the same conference as their tie-in.

The predictions are also based on the best odds of winning the contest, which is a different criterion than my simply forecasting the most likely outcome.

But if the CCG gives the losing team a 3rd loss, it's quite possible that the CCG will cost the B1G a second BCS bid. But monetarily, that's not a gigantic hit. The second BCS bid is only worth about $5 million to the conference, and the earnings are then split 11 (now 12) ways after the team's expenses are deducted. That's why tOSU's Sugar Bowl 'earnings' now marked for charity were only $338,811, despite Dennis Dodd's constant claims that JT played ineligible players in order to get tOSU into a $20 million bowl game.

It would be a loss of prestige not having a second BCS bid. But it would give the B1G more favorable matchups if it happened, especially with Nebraska added to the list of bowl participants. Having teams from the group of Nebraska/Wisconsin/Iowa/Sparty/PSU would send stronger than usual B1G teams to the Capital One, Outback, etc. - which could improve the league's bowl record.
 
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OK, the names and the way they split the teams may have been questionable, but I don't have any problems with what the B1G Trophy looks like:

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