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Wetzelbill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-03-06 08:27 PM Original message |
Does anybody think Michigan got screwed in the BCS? |
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pokerfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-03-06 09:16 PM Response to Original message |
1. I would have loved to have seen a rematch |
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SeattleGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-03-06 09:20 PM Response to Original message |
2. Yes, Michigan got screwed in the BCS. |
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LSdemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-03-06 09:27 PM Response to Original message |
3. Yes, but they primarily got screwed by the human polls which make up the BCS |
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petronius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-03-06 11:00 PM Response to Reply #3 |
12. Yeah, it seems like the voters were more interested in avoiding a rematch |
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SCantiGOP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-04-06 02:03 PM Response to Reply #12 |
64. remember the computer poll |
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MrCoffee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-04-06 02:23 PM Response to Reply #64 |
65. i don't buy the "tougher schedule" argument... |
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Nicholas D Wolfwood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-04-06 03:50 PM Response to Reply #65 |
68. There's no argument to buy. |
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SCantiGOP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-04-06 04:48 PM Response to Reply #65 |
72. oh pul-eese |
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CatholicEdHead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-03-06 10:42 PM Response to Original message |
4. Not any more than Wisconsin |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-03-06 10:52 PM Response to Reply #4 |
10. Sounds about right |
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moondust (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-04-06 03:41 AM Response to Reply #4 |
48. Badgers got screwed. |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-04-06 01:22 PM Response to Reply #48 |
59. Only two teams per conference are allowed to go |
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Tony Soprano (187 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-03-06 10:44 PM Response to Original message |
5. Nope, they had their shot... |
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Tony Soprano (187 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-03-06 10:45 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Read:; "Needs to be instituted"...sorry |
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Catchawave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-03-06 10:45 PM Response to Original message |
6. I will never understand the BCS... |
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bif (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-03-06 10:47 PM Response to Original message |
8. Yes but... |
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fishwax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-03-06 10:50 PM Response to Original message |
9. I don't think so. They had their chance and lost. |
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SeattleGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-03-06 10:56 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Apples and Oranges, fishwax |
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fishwax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-03-06 11:15 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. what's apples and oranges about it? |
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SeattleGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-03-06 11:19 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Sorry, I still think it's apples and oranges. |
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fishwax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-03-06 11:34 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. I can certainly understand not liking the BCS system |
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SeattleGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-04-06 12:05 AM Response to Reply #16 |
19. Well, we will have to agree to disagree on some things. |
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L A Woman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-04-06 12:31 AM Response to Reply #14 |
26. Yeah I agree and I rather like the BCS system, flawed as it may be... |
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PVnRT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-04-06 10:59 AM Response to Reply #14 |
54. This "they had their chance" stuff is garbage |
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fishwax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-04-06 01:49 PM Response to Reply #54 |
63. well, that's rather absurd |
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Nicholas D Wolfwood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-04-06 04:00 PM Response to Reply #54 |
70. I absolutely think Florida is MILES better. |
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Brotherjohn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 08:56 AM Response to Reply #54 |
77. No. 1 was playing no. 2 near the end of the season. If MI didn't "get" that, then... |
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Mayberry Machiavelli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-03-06 11:03 PM Response to Original message |
13. Yes, Michigan got screwed, and the BCS "system" sucks. |
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Blue-Jay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-04-06 02:40 AM Response to Reply #13 |
36. Screwed how? By losing to the best team in the nation? |
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Giant Robot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-04-06 02:55 AM Response to Reply #36 |
38. No one is saying the rematch is owed to them |
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Blue-Jay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-04-06 03:08 AM Response to Reply #38 |
43. Actually, I think that's precisely what you're saying. |
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Giant Robot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-04-06 03:15 AM Response to Reply #43 |
44. Actually no its not |
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MrCoffee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-03-06 11:59 PM Response to Original message |
17. I'd rather see Florida lose to OSU for the first time than Mich lose again |
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Broken_Hero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-04-06 12:01 AM Response to Reply #17 |
18. That about sums it up for me...right there |
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SeattleGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-04-06 12:11 AM Response to Reply #17 |
21. You are assuming Michigan would automatically lose again. |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-04-06 12:51 AM Response to Reply #21 |
30. Looking at the Big Game between OSU and Mich, you can see that |
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MrCoffee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-04-06 01:34 PM Response to Reply #21 |
62. I'm assuming that it doesn't matter at all who the other team is in AZ...OSU is gonna win |
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Brotherjohn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 10:10 AM Response to Reply #21 |
78. No, but you can't just keep having the same two teams meet. Plus, what if they win? |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-04-06 01:27 PM Response to Reply #17 |
61. Best answer in thread! |
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Kerrytravelers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-04-06 12:08 AM Response to Original message |
20. What bowl will Michigan go to? The Rose Bowl? |
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Threedifferentones (820 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-04-06 02:07 AM Response to Reply #20 |
33. The teams really are "too close to call" |
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Kerrytravelers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-04-06 09:42 AM Response to Reply #33 |
52. "and I thought everyone else did as well" |
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Wapsie B (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-04-06 12:17 AM Response to Original message |
22. Nope. Michigan had their chance. |
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cboy4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-04-06 12:19 AM Response to Original message |
23. I can't imagine why anyone would think their team got scewed by |
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gr8dane_daddy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-04-06 12:28 AM Response to Original message |
24. That's why we need a 16 team playoff system... |
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L A Woman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-04-06 12:43 AM Response to Reply #24 |
29. see post 28 |
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gr8dane_daddy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-04-06 01:28 AM Response to Reply #29 |
31. There's playoffs in every level of collegiate sports... |
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gr8dane_daddy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-04-06 01:28 AM Response to Reply #29 |
32. There's playoffs in every level of collegiate sports... |
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trackfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-04-06 12:30 AM Response to Original message |
25. No. They got SCREWN1!!111!! |
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SeattleGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-04-06 12:31 AM Response to Reply #25 |
27. Methinks that is the primary purpose of the BCS |
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L A Woman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-04-06 12:37 AM Response to Reply #27 |
28. But without a playoff system what would you suggest? |
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Blue-Jay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-04-06 02:12 AM Response to Original message |
34. How many times does OSU have to beat Michigan this year? |
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huskerlaw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-04-06 02:38 AM Response to Original message |
35. Nope. |
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Giant Robot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-04-06 02:49 AM Response to Original message |
37. Michigan was screwn |
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SeattleGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-04-06 02:56 AM Response to Reply #37 |
39. Amen, Giant Robot. Amen. |
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Giant Robot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-04-06 03:02 AM Response to Reply #39 |
41. Thanks SeattleGirl n/t |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-04-06 09:44 AM Response to Reply #37 |
53. Harder schedule, Conference Champs (with a Champ. Game), UM had their shot |
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PVnRT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-04-06 11:01 AM Response to Reply #53 |
55. Uh...Michigan had the #3 hardest schedule |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-04-06 11:17 AM Response to Reply #55 |
57. And Florida had the ....wait for it..... #1 toughest schedule |
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PVnRT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-04-06 01:23 PM Response to Reply #57 |
60. Ohio State = #1, Auburn = #9 |
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southlandshari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 12:57 AM Response to Reply #60 |
74. Before you dis Auburn.... |
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Awsi Dooger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-04-06 02:58 AM Response to Original message |
40. The BCS was always unnecessary |
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southlandshari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-04-06 03:35 AM Response to Reply #40 |
45. Well said, my friend |
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SeattleGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-04-06 03:40 AM Response to Reply #45 |
47. OMG! shari baby! |
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southlandshari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-04-06 03:59 AM Response to Reply #47 |
49. Nice |
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SeattleGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-04-06 04:06 AM Response to Reply #49 |
50. Aw, thanks. |
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Yukari Yakumo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-04-06 03:04 AM Response to Original message |
42. F' the BCS |
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Crabby Appleton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-04-06 03:40 AM Response to Original message |
46. nope |
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1gobluedem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-04-06 08:20 AM Response to Original message |
51. Yes |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-04-06 11:03 AM Response to Original message |
56. Does it hurt getting screwed in the BCS? |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-04-06 01:19 PM Response to Original message |
58. Lots of people, but not me. I think Oklahoma got screwed. |
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Nicholas D Wolfwood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-04-06 04:06 PM Response to Reply #58 |
71. A playoff system would help immensely. |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 12:24 AM Response to Reply #71 |
73. Only to maintain a fiction. |
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gr8dane_daddy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 01:01 AM Response to Reply #73 |
75. Keep in mind that Texas freshman QB was knocked out of the game |
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fishwax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 03:55 AM Response to Reply #58 |
76. as a sooner fan I appreciate that comment |
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michreject (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-04-06 03:31 PM Response to Original message |
66. Mich got screwed. |
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Nicholas D Wolfwood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-04-06 03:48 PM Response to Original message |
67. Hell no! |
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IdaBriggs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-04-06 03:53 PM Response to Original message |
69. Yes, Michigan got screwed, but its okay. |
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jrandom421 (367 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 12:22 PM Response to Original message |
79. No |
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