re: 9 months later...how ridiculous was the BCS NC selection?

They won't be handing out titles that night, but they will be handing out W's and L's. The W spells redemption to me.

Oh yea, a consolation win instead of a national championship. Yes, winning in 2 weeks will definitely make up for that.

You should post less.

Really, strong arguments can be made on both sides. Most would agree Bama was the best team and had a "better" loss. For many folks these reasons trumpet all others.

I happen to side with the argument that the rematch cheapened the regular season and devalued the first game, that Okie had a better schedule, and winning the conference should also mean something. I also think had it been Texas or OK, Bama would've been left out.

But neither side is ridiculous.

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That is comparing apples to oranges. Bama and LSU didn't play in the last week of the regular season. Alabama had a month worth of games to prove they deserved it. Michigan lost their last game of the regular season.

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Uh, no, now you're just making stuff up. Alabama played 3 games after losing to LSU.

24-7 over Mississippi State, 42-14 over an awful Auburn team, and 45-21 over GEORGIA SOUTHERN who ran for 300 yards on them.

Alabama didn't do anything after their loss to prove they deserved a shot in the BCSCG, but OSU did DEMOLISH a top 10 Oklahoma by five touchdowns after their loss.

Bama got the shot because the media didn't want to accept what happened on the field and the scoreboard on 11/5 and admit they were wrong about who was going to win the GAME OF THE CENTURY, ESPNs words, not mine.

And the SEC had only had 1 champion in the past 7 years before UF got in in 2006. Big 10 was not a joke in 2006. Hell, Wisconsin was 12-1 in addition to OSU and Michigan being 1 & 2 and BEAT Arkansas in their bowl game.

You're rewriting history given the SEC's dominance AFTER UF was picked. Most people absolutely thought OSU and UM were the 2 best teams, but didn't think a rematch was fair and thought UF deserved a chance bc UM already had theirs. And they were right.


And don't even start with LSU in 2007. Who else do you put in?? We lost two games in 3OT and crushed the #3 team in the BCS by 40. We also beat the Heisman Trophy winner that year, can't remember who he played for???

I'm not seriously talking about putting an asterisk by UF's title. The BCS got it right that year, for sure. But it did NOT in 2011, and Bama winning the game doesn't make the matchup any more correct than it was on 1/8.

The Problem I have with it is... If things were reverse would the Tigers play in BCSCG?

I wouldn't think so

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After 1/9, everyone outside of Louisiana knows the BCS got it right....

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Good point.

Bama should have gotten a second chance at UF in 2008. Everyone outside of Florida knows this is right. Bama would have won, for sure. All you have to do is look at 2009 to know this...

See how fricking stupid you sound?

The reason we are so butt hurt over last years BCS game is because if we would have played Ok.ST, or whoever, we would have probably beaten them and become known as one of the best football teams ever.
But, it didn't happen, and we got beat by the best coach ever in college football that had a month to figure our our inept offense.
If we would have taken care of business in NO, we would be talking about how our team is one of the best college football teams in the history of the college football.
Face it, and get over it. Alabama was the second best team in college football at the time and ended up being the best. Move on, nothing to see or read here.

Im a firm believer of conference winners only. I felt LSU should have played USC in 03. Bama got lucky that the chips fell for them, they may have been the best team, but i just think they were the best that day. not throughout the season.

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Jrv2damac
9 months later...how ridiculous was the BCS NC selection?

I wish Alabama would become a giant sinkhole.

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It almost did in April of 2011.


Oh noooooooooo !! Too harsh Gumps ?? No harsher than the Katrina jokes we had to put up with in your toilet seat stadium in '05 and '07 from Jethro Gump and Ellie May Taaahd...

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OSU lost to Iowa St, their last game of the regular season.

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BIG 12 DID NOT HAVE A CHAMPIONSHIP GAME!!!!!

OKLAHOMA WAS OSUs LAST REGULAR SEASON GAME, WHICH JUST HAPPENED TO DECIDE WHO WON THE BIG 12.

What is so hard to understand about that???


Even so, this:

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If they would of beaten Iowa St, the conference championship game wouldnt of mattered, win or lose.

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IS THE MOST RETARDED THING I"VE EVER HEARD

What are you talking about???

Are you honestly saying if OSU beats Iowa State, then loses to Oklahoma, that they would have gone to the NCG????

SEriously, wtf???

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every team OSU beat had at least 3 losses once the season was over. Everyone wants to say that OSU played a tougher schedule and beat better teams, when in fact, all the teams they beat ended the season with 3+ loses.

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Alabama beat ONE team with less than 3 losses before 1/9, Arkansas. Bama beat UF, Auburn, UT, MSU, OM, and Vandy who all had FIVE OR MORE losses.

OSU beat OU, Baylor, K State, and Missouri, which would all be better than Bama's second best win. Hell, I might even put A&M in there as they were ranked #8 when OSU beat them.

OSU had better wins. Period. This is not hard to understand.

The only way Bama gets in over OSU is the ever flawless "eyeball test", and "best loss" test.