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Posted on 1/3/18 at 12:13 pm to Porcine Human
It's always easy to spot people that have never played the sport competitively.
Posted on 1/3/18 at 12:13 pm to kywildcatfanone
Champions from mid majors have been winning these bowl games for some time now (BCS + New Years 6):
Boise (3x)
Utah (2x)
UCF (2x incl this year)
TCU (while in MWC)
Houston
Last year, Wisconsin barely beat Western Michigan.
The extra bowl game was added to the BCS following the 2005 season. That means that a mid major has won 10 big bowl games in 12 years. Thats almost one per year. It's commonplace and they deserve a shot at the playoff if they're undefeated.
Furthermore, looks to me like the big boys lose a lot of these games. The sample is getting too large to keep passing these P5 losses as a lack of motivation.
Boise (3x)
Utah (2x)
UCF (2x incl this year)
TCU (while in MWC)
Houston
Last year, Wisconsin barely beat Western Michigan.
The extra bowl game was added to the BCS following the 2005 season. That means that a mid major has won 10 big bowl games in 12 years. Thats almost one per year. It's commonplace and they deserve a shot at the playoff if they're undefeated.
Furthermore, looks to me like the big boys lose a lot of these games. The sample is getting too large to keep passing these P5 losses as a lack of motivation.
This post was edited on 1/3/18 at 12:15 pm
Posted on 1/3/18 at 12:18 pm to bluestem75
Yeah, but Hawaii didn't do good that one time...
Posted on 1/3/18 at 12:18 pm to bluestem75
quote:I think this points to motivation being a huge advantage in these games.
Champions from mid majors have been winning these bowl games for some time now (BCS + New Years 6):
Posted on 1/3/18 at 12:19 pm to bluestem75
Posted on 1/3/18 at 12:19 pm to DisplacedBuckeye
So he gives 10 examples and you give 1
Posted on 1/3/18 at 12:24 pm to TH03
Yep. Hawaii proves that P5 teams are never motivated in these games.
Posted on 1/3/18 at 12:26 pm to Glorious
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UCF’s opponents on average 5.7 losses this year. This is from an AAC schedule with an FCS team on it
Alabama's opponents this year avg 5.75 during the regular season....quit playin'
This post was edited on 1/3/18 at 12:28 pm
Posted on 1/3/18 at 12:31 pm to DisplacedBuckeye
Ok
Posted on 1/3/18 at 12:34 pm to Junky
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during the regular season
Interesting
Posted on 1/3/18 at 12:36 pm to Chicken
quote:
In 1970, Texas lost in the Cotton Bowl. They still claim a national title that year.
Why wouldn't they? It was AP or Coaches.
Posted on 1/3/18 at 12:39 pm to Glorious
I'd stick with that...
Posted on 1/3/18 at 12:41 pm to High C
I was referring to the blatant troll attempt on UCF’s behalf
Posted on 1/3/18 at 12:50 pm to sicboy
Good for them, why not? Still wish Auburn would have done this after 2004.
Posted on 1/3/18 at 12:57 pm to jimithing11
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I was referring to the blatant troll attempt on UCF’s behalf
If we were fairly ranked in the 5-8 range going into the peach bowl I'd think this was a weak move. But I'm cool with our AD going guns blazing after the #12 ranking.
Posted on 1/3/18 at 12:58 pm to TH03
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There’s never been and never will be an objective system in college football.
The BCS was the only objective system college football has ever had.
Posted on 1/3/18 at 12:58 pm to sicboy
I don't have a problem with it...Bama claims numerous fake championships, so I think it's only fair.
Posted on 1/3/18 at 1:01 pm to Marciano1
The AP still awards a trophy. So do the Coaches.
Posted on 1/3/18 at 1:07 pm to floridatigah
Except it wasn’t subjective as it took in rankings and SOS and preseason stuff
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