Which team will it be this year?
Posted: Thu Sep 15, 2005 1:22 pm
Since the introduction of the BCS, every year there seems to be a bridesmaid, a team who lost early on but is the team that "is now playing better than anyone out there".
Last year, it was Cal (lost to USC), the year before it was USC (lost to Cal), the year before that Miami/OSU was legit, and the year before that it was Oregon (lost to Stanford) and so on.
When I started this thread, I wasn't thinking this was a Pac 10 thing. You DO remember though the arguments we had in here from these schools' fans that their teams "were playing better than anyone at that time of year".
SO who is it going to be this year? Which team will have an early loss but then run the table and claim they deserve to be i the BCS title game?
I'd say A&M , but no way will we run the table, not with the defense I saw 2 weeks ago. OU is a distinct possibility, but you got to be able to have one more dimension than just a single RB. I can see Iowa definitely running the table with the early loss and their obnoxious fan base surely would be calling for a title game as Big 10 champs. Then there's Miami who can definitely win out as well.
I'm going with Iowa. Who's your pick? I'd say after this weekend, no one else can qualify for this argument.
Last year, it was Cal (lost to USC), the year before it was USC (lost to Cal), the year before that Miami/OSU was legit, and the year before that it was Oregon (lost to Stanford) and so on.
When I started this thread, I wasn't thinking this was a Pac 10 thing. You DO remember though the arguments we had in here from these schools' fans that their teams "were playing better than anyone at that time of year".
SO who is it going to be this year? Which team will have an early loss but then run the table and claim they deserve to be i the BCS title game?
I'd say A&M , but no way will we run the table, not with the defense I saw 2 weeks ago. OU is a distinct possibility, but you got to be able to have one more dimension than just a single RB. I can see Iowa definitely running the table with the early loss and their obnoxious fan base surely would be calling for a title game as Big 10 champs. Then there's Miami who can definitely win out as well.
I'm going with Iowa. Who's your pick? I'd say after this weekend, no one else can qualify for this argument.