Mountain West Conference 2009

[Moksha]

11/01/2009 (AP poll)

TCU - #6
Utah - #17
BYU - #25

[sixpacktr]

At least BYU didn't play last week. It seems to be the best way for them to stay in the top 25...

What I loved was that after Florida, Texas and Alabama, you have Cincinnati, Boise State and TCU. I have no love for BS or TCU, and could care less about Cincy, but will root for all three teams to bust the BCS this year. They won't play in the title game because of the way it is set up, but it will wreak havoc with the other BCS bowls. Isn't the national championship game the Rose Bowl this year? If so, then the Orange, Sugar, and Fiesta Bowls must be shaking in their boots right now: Big East, MW, and WAC in their precious bowls!

Gotta love college football. Even if the Cougs break your heart year after year after year...

[jadams_4040]

Originally Posted by Moksha

11/01/2009 (AP poll)

TCU - #6
Utah - #17
BYU - #25

I,m waitin for womens b-ball to begin.

[nbblood]

Originally Posted by sixpacktr

At least BYU didn't play last week. It seems to be the best way for them to stay in the top 25...

What I loved was that after Florida, Texas and Alabama, you have Cincinnati, Boise State and TCU. I have no love for BS or TCU, and could care less about Cincy, but will root for all three teams to bust the BCS this year. They won't play in the title game because of the way it is set up, but it will wreak havoc with the other BCS bowls. Isn't the national championship game the Rose Bowl this year? If so, then the Orange, Sugar, and Fiesta Bowls must be shaking in their boots right now: Big East, MW, and WAC in their precious bowls!

Gotta love college football. Even if the Cougs break your heart year after year after year...

The problem with this theory is that only ONE non-BCS conference team can get an automatic bid to a BCS game. The others have to be invited to a BCS game without an automatic bid. Soooooo......only one of them will get a BCS bowl bid. Cinci is in the Big East which is a BCS conference, so they're not really a buster. If they win their conference they're in. Then the ACC, Big 10, Big 12, SEC and PAC 10 each get an automatic bid.

The National Championship is not the Rose Bowl, it is simply the BCS National Championship game, although it will be held in Pasadena, which makes it easy to confuse for the Rose Bowl. The four BCS bowls are the Sugar, Orange, Rose, and Fiesta Bowls. That's 10 bids, 6 of them automatic, 4 at large. If Notre Dame finishes in the top 8 in the BCS standings, then they're guaranteed one of the at-large bids. One conference champion from Conference USA, MAC, Mountain West, WAC, and Sun-Belt can get an automatic bid IF: 1. they are ranked in the top 12 in final BCS standings ....or....2. they are ranked in the top 16 in final BCS standings but ranked higher than a conference champion in one of the automatic bid conferences. BUT ONLY ONE from these conferences are guaranteed.

After that it is truly at large for either 2 or 3 remaining slots (depending on Notre Dame's fate, 2 slots remain if they're in, 3 remain if they're not). But no conference can have more than 2 teams in BCS bowls. This year, that leaves either Florida, Alabama or LSU, USC, Ohio State, Penn State, Oklahoma State, and Pittsburgh on the outside looking in. Oh yeah, and then there could be a conference champion out of nowhere that could leave yet another team on this list. For example Kansas State (Big 12 North) could beat Texas (Big 12 South) in the conference championship. K State gets an automatic bid and now Texas is competing for an at-large bid. (Ok, not likely, but it COULD happen and it has before.)

So.....as much as you'd like both TCU and Boise State to bust the BCS....it quite simply ain't gonna happen. One of them will get in if they win out, but not both. Cinci can get in by winning their conference....but oh, by the way, they could lose in their conference championship and be out too. Also, Houston (Conf USA), a very good team will not likely make it with their one-loss season to this point.

Notre Dame won't likely reach the top 8. (4 slots after automatic bids) TCU will likely overcome Boise State on strength of schedule, so they're in, Boise State's out. (3 slots remaining) Alabama and Florida will likely get the two SEC slots, one automatic and one at-large, leaving LSU on the outside looking in. (2 slots remaining). If Oregon wins the PAC 10 by winning out, USC will likely get the at-large bid. (1 remaining). That basically leaves it to the Big 10. If Iowa wins out, they're in. That leaves Ohio St. with an at-large bid. If Iowa loses, Ohio St. likely wins and Penn St. gets the at-large. (no more slots for a bunch of good teams remaining)

Of course, all this is as it stands right now and a myriad of different things could happen that change this. But still, notice by my scenario, that's leaving some pretty good Big 12 teams standing on the sidelines......sorry to be the bearer of not-so-optimistic news.....it's just reality. There will NEVER be a year where there will be more than one "BCS Buster". It's just the way it's designed.

[sixpacktr]

Thanks for clarifying that. Another reason for a playoff!

[Moksha]

TCU still has its hardest game ahead of them. If they do win, I would like to see BSU and Florida in the title game and TCU and Cincinnati in the next best bowl.

BYU won big this week and thankfully they do not have to rely solely upon another moral victory.

FYI sport buffs, BYU has never lost a moral victory.

[talisyn]

A playoff would be great. Here's why Boise State will not be in the top 10 for 2011, btw Boise BCS blocked - College Football - Rivals.com

[Moksha]

Originally Posted by talisyn

A playoff would be great. Here's why Boise State will not be in the top 10 for 2011, btw Boise BCS blocked - College Football - Rivals.com

Time for the Big Ten or Twelve to man up. Er...umm...not talking about you SEC.

[Moksha]

Guess TCU is on to the BCS.

[Moksha]

Isn't some Holy War game comin' up soon?