Your opinion of the BCS Matchups?

[ScarletBlood31]

I would have put Wake and Boise together in the nobody cares game and match up the Sooner and Louisville. I like the other 3 games. Another bowl lose for ND will be great.

Besides the fact that I didn't want to see Notre Dame in a BCS bowl, I like this idea of matching up Oklahoma and Louisville.

But even as the games are, I think they're pretty good matchups.

 

[Adam Locked]

TSUN-Florida wouldn't have happened. If USC had made the title game, it would have been TSUN-LSU in the Rose and Florida-ND in the Sugar. Florida would have been tied to the Sugar as SEC champ if not in the top-2.

Which brings up another hilarious point... I was reading in the paper that thousands of LSU fans had already purchased tickets to the Rose Bowl!

 

[sandgk]

Down year as far as matchups go.

Agreed.

Get past Buckeyes and Florida, USC vs TSUN and you have a very mixed bag.
Those first two games will have a huge amount of hype, a great deal riding on the outcome.

For the BCS Championship the importance is obvious, in addition you have the storylines of SEC vs Big 10, first ever time the two programs have met, and two very good teams meeting on January 8th.

In the Rose it a mix of tradition and redemption, who wants it more, who has more to prove, to themselves, to the college football world? It is also a matchup of two good teams.

Sugar - LSU vs Notre Dame, sorry, but this mix of two two-loss teams looks to be yet another depantsing in waiting for He Who Will Not Win The Heisman. LSU has speed to burn and a QB who himself wishes to make a last statement about his viability as a pro prospect. The Irish fans may have a disadvantage in ticket placement as so many (estimated 42,000) LSU fans pre-bought rights to another bowl game, and now are shuffling quickly I'm sure to convert those packages to their second home stadium in the Big Easy.

Orange Bowl - simply a huge mismatch, no matter which way one slices or dices this. Louisville has more offense on their scout squad than Wake Forest was able to muster against Georgia Tech. Perhaps there should be a BCS rule about Bowl qualification and winning your Conference, one that holds the winning of the same to prove that you really are a good team.

Fiesta - Boy, yet another storyline Bowl with the Out Of BCS Conference Boise State meeting the Sooners. Who wants to be there? Boise State certainly, Oklahoma, not so clear. This may prove to be what the sportwriters term an intriguing matchup, but likely will end up less entertaining than hoped or hyped. Amongst which hype we will hear about 12-0 Boise State, the great coaching job of Stoops facing so much controversy this year.

 

[OH10]

USC-Michigan is obviously the best matchup. It will be difficult for that Michigan defensive line to penetrate that USC offensive line. But if they can, Booty throws a minimum 3 picks.

Oklahoma-Boise State would be more intriguing if Bob Stoops weren't such a damn good coach. Boise could have given Wake, Louisville, or Notre Dame a game, but not the Sooners.

LSU-ND could be ugly. The Irish offense will struggle to put any points on the board if they can't protect Brady. Here's betting that the big dogs up front for the Tigers get to eat.

Wake-L-Ville is the least appealing. But you have to give Wake its due, and it will be interesting to see if the ACC Champs can give their conference a one up on the Big East in an up-year for the latter and a down year for the former.

 

[Yertle]

I gotta admit, I think I'm going to be pulling for TSUN in the Rose. I've grown so freaking sick of the USC and Pete Carroll media machine that I would love to see them get thumped by a Big 10 school. It's all a by-product of the arrogant Three-Pete crap that ended up being nothing more than a single championship. And before anyone brings up 2003, LSU won that NC. If you don't recognize the BCS champion as the NC, then why in the hell does it exist?

Also, I will thoroughly enjoy watching the Domers get their heads handed to them.

Oklahoma and Boise? Yuck. I'll watch it, but who freaking cares?

Wake and Louisville. I gotta pull for Wake. It's awesome that Wake out matched the ACC juggernauts and sent Florida Speed home for the year.

 

[HailToMichigan]

Which brings up another hilarious point... I was reading in the paper that thousands of LSU fans had already purchased tickets to the Rose Bowl!

Well........technically most of them purchased refundable advances from the school itself, which was pre-selling ticket advances to the Rose, Orange, Sugar, and Citrus (oops...C*****l O** Bowl). Probably most of them bought all four.

What I don't like to see is people complaining that the matchups are bad because of the teams that got in. A lot of people (I don't mean just people on this board, I mean all over) think it's not a good matchup if the teams don't come from the list of the usual suspects. If Wake Forest put on garnet and gold, that would be enough to brainwash a lot of people into calling the Orange Bowl a terrific matchup - but since it's the Deacs and not the Criminoles, they get dismissed.

 

[buckeyeboy]

Best one is Michigan-USC. Nice traditional throwback game, and they're almost definitely the two best teams not playing for the championship.

I don't know if I agree. Right now, I'd take LSU over USC. I know it was a rivalry game, but USC's offense looked lost against UCLA's defense yesterday. I'd be surprised if LSU couldn't do the same to them.

 

[buckeyeboy]

It will be difficult for that Michigan defensive line to penetrate that USC offensive line. But if they can, Booty throws a minimum 3 picks.

I disagree with your first statement. UCLA had no trouble at all putting pressure on Booty yesterday, and I'd take scUM's D line over UCLA's every day of the week. Booty has shown he can be rattled, and I expect scUM to do so consistently during their game.

 

[808 Buck]

USC-Michigan should be an interesting matchup. UM has the ability to pressure Booty, but can they cover Jarrett, Smith, and Turner? Wait, I forgot, and even, Fred Davis? Can Hart find open gaps against the vaunted SC linebacking corps? The wildcard is Henne. If he's hot, the Wolverines can make their rightful claim....... to #3.

ND-LSU will be interesting to me, for no other reason than to see Charlie Weis match wits with Bo Pelini. LSU has been impressive, but ....... you give Weis a month to prepare, all bets are off.

Oklahoma-Boise State...... Well, Boise fans keep claiming that they belong with the nation's elite, so they will get their chance. Sorry, OU will be a little faster and stronger than anyone in the WAC. And if AP plays, it will be even uglier.

Wake-Louisville.... Sorry, I'll miss this one as it is a travel day for me ....(returning from a Disneyland trip with the family, just got a horrible thought, I'll be there the same time that thousands of UM fans might be in the area, must pack my Buckeye shirts). Let me know who wins this classic.

 

[Steve19]

I like TSUN and USC. I watched Pete Carroll's facial expressions with great interest during the UCLA loss. He clearly had no idea how to respond to UCLA. With his new and more creative assistant coaches, Voyd may well have a good chance in that one and it will be very close either way, I think.

Notre Dame does not belong in a BCS game and this will become very apparent when LSU blows them off the field. The sad side of that is that we get to hear six months of whining about Ty's recruiting and Weis' forthcoming offensive juggernaut.

 

[BuckeyePride]

Boise St and ND should not be there. Boise has not played a decent schedule. ND lost just about all their tough games.

Rutgers & Auburn needs to go there.

 

[DaddyBigBucks]

Boise St and ND should not be there. Boise has not played a decent schedule. ND lost just about all their tough games.

Rutgers & Auburn needs to go there.

Not sure what rationale puts either of those over Wisconsin. If you're going to suspend the "only 2 from each conference rule", Wisconsin is ranked higher in the BCS than Auburn. Both are well ahead of the Scarlet Knights.

 

[exhawg]

I like ND getting a BCS game against a team that will own them yet again. I would be worried if they would get a game that they could win against Boise or Wake. Maybe they should rename the Sugar Bowl JT's Bowl Bitches Bowl.

 

[bkochmc]

Boise St and ND should not be there. Boise has not played a decent schedule. ND lost just about all their tough games.

Rutgers & Auburn needs to go there.

Rutgers belongs? Even after the loss to West Virginia? I agree ND doesn't belong but who are you going to put in there? Your choices are (with the rules in mind):

West Virginia (2nd, Big East, head-to-head tiebreaker over Rutgers)
Georgia Tech (2nd, ACC)
Nebraska (2nd, Big12)
California (2nd, Pac10)

BCS money points to ND getting smashed by LSU.

 

[daddyphatsacs]

I think that the Michigan-USC game will be a good one.

Honestly, I enjoy watching Wake Forest play football. Groh is a hell of a coach. People can knock that matchup, but Wake earned it.

LSU is going to absolutely destroy Notre Dame. The Irish couldn't block the Michigan defensive line........there is no way in hell that they'll be able to block LSU.