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College Football 2013

What do you think?

  • The suspension is fair.

    Votes: 1 3.3%

  • The suspension isn't nearly enough.

    Votes: 6 20.0%

  • A&M should be put onto probation and Manziel lose his eligibility.

    Votes: 5 16.7%

  • The NCAA needs to revise its rules.

    Votes: 7 23.3%

  • Who cares, all the teams in the SEC cheat.

    Votes: 11 36.7%
  • Total voters
    30
pachyderm said:
AUB vs FSU - Auburn full of tricks. I like their coach, no idea of his name. He is better than their former coach Chiclets(sp?) :p
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The funny thing is, they're really not full of tricks. They beat Alabama running only 3 types of plays. They seemed to run those same plays last night as well - They're just that good
 
ucfgrad93 said:
Auburn beat Alabama, there is no way that Alabama should be in the title game over Auburn. It doesn't matter that Auburn won on a fluke play, the end result is that they won.
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dukebound85 said:
Auburn beat Alabama...
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And while that is usually my way of thinking, I just can't discredit Bama. Auburn was blown out by 14 points by LSU. I can guarantee, that if the Iron Bowl was earlier in the season, this discussion would be completely different.
 
lunaoso said:
And while that is usually my way of thinking, I just can't discredit Bama. Auburn was blown out by 14 points by LSU. I can guarantee, that if the Iron Bowl was earlier in the season, this discussion would be completely different.
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Alabama has a good team, no doubt. But they couldn't win their conference, so in my opinion, they shouldn't even be considered to play in the national title game. From what I've been reading, it looks like Alabama will be playing in the Sugar Bowl.
 
lunaoso said:
And while that is usually my way of thinking, I just can't discredit Bama. Auburn was blown out by 14 points by LSU. I can guarantee, that if the Iron Bowl was earlier in the season, this discussion would be completely different.
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It doesn't matter. Forget all the details, you just need to look at the rankings. Auburn beat Alabama and are ahead of them in the BCS rankings, there is absolutely no way Alabama could jump Auburn. Now, if Auburn had lost to Missouri, you might have a better argument but even then, Missouri would've likely jumped Alabama.
 
The Sugar has the first pick, so they'll take Bama, but then the Orange gets the next two. They'll likely take an ACC team (Clemson) hen the next best available (in terms of fanbase support, exposure, etc), which would be Ohio State, presumably. After that the Sugar gets to pick. They have a future tie-in with the Big 12, so everyone is guessing they'll take OU instead of Oregon. Bama will beat OU by 40.

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lunaoso said:
Why isn't anyone talking about a FSU-Bama BCSCS game? Alabama was the defacto #1 team in the country for 11 games and 59:59. They would easily be in if it wasn't for one once in a life time play. I usually side on, well this team beat them, so they should be in. But in this case both Auburn and Alabama have 1 loss. If Auburn was undefeated, different story. But to say that Auburn is the better team, I don't know about that...

Not a fan of either team btw, more of an Oregon bandwagoner ;).
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Auburn beat Alabama and won the SEC. They both have one loss. There's no scenario that gets Alabama into the BCSCG over Auburn at this point.
 
Well even though Auburn beat Alabama and that still stings but damn it feels good watching Ohio State and Urban Cryer lose. Even a few of Urban's players from Florida are happy to see this. KARMA.....

This is the only time of year when I go for Auburn, so lets hope they beat FSU and keep the bcs title in the state of Alabama for 5 years in a row!
 

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iLog.Genius said:
It doesn't matter. Forget all the details, you just need to look at the rankings. Auburn beat Alabama and are ahead of them in the BCS rankings, there is absolutely no way Alabama could jump Auburn. Now, if Auburn had lost to Missouri, you might have a better argument but even then, Missouri would've likely jumped Alabama.
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ucfgrad93 said:
Alabama has a good team, no doubt. But they couldn't win their conference, so in my opinion, they shouldn't even be considered to play in the national title game. From what I've been reading, it looks like Alabama will be playing in the Sugar Bowl.
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Fair enough, I respect your opinions. I think we can all agree that we need the playoff system. ;)
 
iLog.Genius said:
Doesn't the Orange Bowl get the first pick of at-large teams and the Sugar Bowl gets second?
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Yeah I had it a little wrong. Since both bowls lose their hosts, they each get to pick before the at-large selections start. The Orange gets to pick before the Sugar (since their host, FSU, is #1), but they may be contractually obligated (if not bound) to pick an ACC team, if one qualifies. The presumption is that they'd take Clemson, though I suppose they could give the finger to the ACC and the Sugar and take Bama.
 
IgnatiusTheKing said:
Yeah I had it a little wrong. Since both bowls lose their hosts, they each get to pick before the at-large selections start. The Orange gets to pick before the Sugar (since their host, FSU, is #1), but they may be contractually obligated (if not bound) to pick an ACC team, if one qualifies. The presumption is that they'd take Clemson, though I suppose they could give the finger to the ACC and the Sugar and take Bama.
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That's what I was thinking. Traditionally speaking, Clemson would look like the first choice but what team would draw a more favourable crowd/ratings? That alone would make me think the Orange Bowl would take Alabama over Clemson.
 
So final AP rankings are out. Ranks 1-3 is what I thought but did not know Michigan State would jump that high. I would imagine the BCS is going to have a similar order. Even if this was a playoff, OSU would still be locked out and their fans would be complaining it isn't fair this/that. Can't wait until next year where we can hear about how the new playoff system is still flawed. :D
 
In case people are lazy, new T25s:

AP

1. Florida State
2. Auburn
3. Alabama
4. Michigan State
5. Stanford
6. Baylor
7. Ohio State
8. South Carolina
9. Missouri
10. Oregon
11. Oklahoma
12. Clemson
13. Oklahoma State
14. LSU
15. UCF
16. Arizona State
17. UCLA
18. Louisville
19. Wisconsin
20. Texas A&M
21. Fresno State
22. Duke
23. Georgia
24. Northern Illinois
25. Notre Dame

Coaches

1. Florida State
2. Auburn
3. Alabama
4. Michigan State
5. Baylor
6. Ohio State
7. Stanford
8. South Carolina
9. Missouri
10. Oklahoma
11. Clemson
12. Oregon
13. Oklahoma State
14. LSU
15. UCF
16. Louisville
17. Arizona State
18. UCLA
19. Wisconsin
20. Fresno State
21. Duke
21. Texas A&M
23. Northern Illinois
24. Georgia
25. Miami (Fla.)
 
iLog.Genius said:
That's what I was thinking. Traditionally speaking, Clemson would look like the first choice but what team would draw a more favourable crowd/ratings? That alone would make me think the Orange Bowl would take Alabama over Clemson.
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I think the Orange has too much invested in the ACC for that to happen, plus these bowls all make back room deals.

malman89 said:
1. Florida State
2. Auburn
3. Alabama
4. Michigan State
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That's exactly the teams/seeds I'd have if the playoff started this year.
 
The top four rankings are right to me - Auburn deserves to play FSU for the national championship, and Alabama lost only to Auburn. I just hope that Bama gets to play a team ranked higher than Oklahoma in whatever bowl game they end up in. Michigan State will be playing Stanford, so a team between #6 and #10 would seem to be a more worthy opponent for Alabama. I doubt if they'd face another SEC team, so that leaves Ohio State and Oregon if you go by the AP rankings.
 
lunaoso said:
And while that is usually my way of thinking, I just can't discredit Bama. Auburn was blown out by 14 points by LSU. I can guarantee, that if the Iron Bowl was earlier in the season, this discussion would be completely different.
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Of course. But losses early on have always been less influential than late in the season
 
Roller said:
The top four rankings are right to me - Auburn deserves to play FSU for the national championship, and Alabama lost only to Auburn. I just hope that Bama gets to play a team ranked higher than Oklahoma in whatever bowl game they end up in. Michigan State will be playing Stanford, so a team between #6 and #10 would seem to be a more worthy opponent for Alabama. I doubt if they'd face another SEC team, so that leaves Ohio State and Oregon if you go by the AP rankings.
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I'd rather see Oregon, but rumor has it the Sugar will honor the tie-in with the Big 12 a year early and pick OU.
 
malman89 said:
In case people are lazy, new T25s:

AP

1. Florida State
2. Auburn
3. Alabama
4. Michigan State
5. Stanford
6. Baylor
7. Ohio State
8. South Carolina
9. Missouri
10. Oregon
11. Oklahoma
12. Clemson
13. Oklahoma State
14. LSU
15. UCF
16. Arizona State
17. UCLA
18. Louisville
19. Wisconsin
20. Texas A&M
21. Fresno State
22. Duke
23. Georgia
24. Northern Illinois
25. Notre Dame

Coaches

1. Florida State
2. Auburn
3. Alabama
4. Michigan State
5. Baylor
6. Ohio State
7. Stanford
8. South Carolina
9. Missouri
10. Oklahoma
11. Clemson
12. Oregon
13. Oklahoma State
14. LSU
15. UCF
16. Louisville
17. Arizona State
18. UCLA
19. Wisconsin
20. Fresno State
21. Duke
21. Texas A&M
23. Northern Illinois
24. Georgia
25. Miami (Fla.)
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It boggles me that Northern Illinois is still ranked. Lost badly to sub-standard competition.
 
Georgia

too many players hurt this year..they would have been in the running for NC

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BAMA will destroy Oklahoma in this game
 
obeygiant said:
Anyone going to the Rose Bowl? Tickets are between about $800 and $1400
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Nope, I will be doing my regular all day veg out and eat buffet while nursing any NYE hangovers with a few buddies. We'll watch the bowl games and the Winter Classic. Much cheaper watching in HD.
 
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