It's Showtime for the Big 10

Bobby42 · Post by **Bobby42** » Mon Jan 01, 2007 9:07 pm

Penn State is there. Let's see if Wisconsin can hang on.

King Crimson · Post by **King Crimson** » Mon Jan 01, 2007 10:04 pm

last time that happened to my knowledge was the 1971 Big 8.

1. Nebraska
2. Oklahoma
3. Colorado

Ken · Post by **Ken** » Mon Jan 01, 2007 11:27 pm

I remember that one year when Notre Dame finished #1, 2, and 3. Well deserved rankings too.

As far as the ND-LSU game goes, could be the #1 and #2 picks in the NFL draft going head to head.

FLW Buckeye · Post by **FLW Buckeye** » Mon Jan 01, 2007 11:32 pm

Was watching Sportscenter yesterday, and their resident football genius, Mark May, came on. I began to wonder how long it would take before he would go into "Dumbass" mode.

He began straight away with conference comparisions in bowl games, then awarded the Big Ten (0-3 at the time) with his biggest disappointment prize.

First thing that came to mind after this was "Who did he pick out of Minny, Iowa, and Perdue games to win?" With the shit he was talking, he must of pegged them all for a W.
Shit, two had no business ibeing in a bowl, although Iowa hung in, and Minny had a huge lead before showing their true colors.

Good to see PSU and the Badgers take care of business. Now if scUM and the Buckeyes can do the same.

King Crimson · Post by **King Crimson** » Mon Jan 01, 2007 11:52 pm

PSU looked good from what i saw (props Dave)--especially since they beat that rolling ball of butcher-knives Tennessee who somehow beat the all-time best team ever Cal in a 3 TD fluke (did you see how big Neyland Stadium was, wow!).

didn't see much of the Wiscy-Hog game, but i admit that i was a bit of a skeptic about Wisconsin.

Ken · Post by **Ken** » Tue Jan 02, 2007 12:32 am

King Crimson wrote:PSU looked good from what i saw

PSU played their best game of the year. Their offense easily played it's best game.

MgoBlue-LightSpecial · Tue Jan 02, 2007 12:32 am

Rack Penn St. I definitely didn't see that one coming.

I had UT -4 and Clemson -9 as two of the biggest "locks" in this year's Bowl Pick'Em. Yyyyyeah...didn't work out so well for me.

Adelpiero · Post by **Adelpiero** » Tue Jan 02, 2007 2:39 am

King Crimson wrote: didn't see much of the Wiscy-Hog game, but i admit that i was a bit of a skeptic about Wisconsin.

you should be

lets call it a,"escaped with a victory" win.

MgoBlue-LightSpecial · Tue Jan 02, 2007 2:42 am

Adelpiero wrote:lets call it a,"escaped with a victory" win.

Funny how bowl games featuring pretty evenly matched teams who haven't faced each other tend to work out like that.

Goober McTuber · Post by **Goober McTuber** » Tue Jan 02, 2007 1:15 pm

Adelpiero wrote:
King Crimson wrote: didn't see much of the Wiscy-Hog game, but i admit that i was a bit of a skeptic about Wisconsin.
you should be

lets call it a,"escaped with a victory" win.

Sure beats escaping with a loss. How'd your team do, Adelpinhead?

Terry in Crapchester · Tue Jan 02, 2007 4:10 pm

MgoBlue-LightSpecial wrote:Rack Penn St. I definitely didn't see that one coming.

I had UT -4 and Clemson -9 as two of the biggest "locks" in this year's Bowl Pick'Em. Yyyyyeah...didn't work out so well for me.

Fwiw, I had Fredo -7 vs. Navy as my lock of the bowl season.

Of course, the somewhat unexpected departure of O'Brien and the ensuing debacle of a coach search might have had something to do with that outcome.

On the bright side, I had thought that Penn State was a live dog and I think I took them in the Pick 'Em. Then again, with my luck I probably didn't.

Terry in Crapchester · Tue Jan 02, 2007 4:28 pm

Jsc810 wrote:Forget LSU being #2 after they beat ND.

The final polls should be:
#1 winner of OSU/Fla
#2 BSU

And if Fla wins, I hope the AP or some group awards BSU the NC.

I see your point, but I still think LSU is #2 if they beat ND. And USC is probably #3. Realistically, the best Boise State can hope to finish is probably #4, and I think there's still a chance they'll finish #5.

Bring on a playoff system asap!

Rack. And fwiw, Boise State is an example of why even Plus One is too restrictive.

FLW Buckeye · Post by **FLW Buckeye** » Tue Jan 02, 2007 5:49 pm

Jsc810 wrote:Forget LSU being #2 after they beat ND.

The final polls should be:
#1 winner of OSU/Fla
#2 BSU

And if Fla wins, I hope the AP or some group awards BSU the NC.

Bring on a playoff system asap!

Rack!

If teams can hopscotch each other in the final weeks of the regular season, an undefeated BSU can easily jump a couple of two loss teams. All depends on the agenda of the voters.