5 College Football Games We're All Excited For...Plus-1 Surprise
Is there any chance any of my loyal "readers" get the inference in the title.My desire for at least a "plus-one" game; since we know a playoff is TKO'd before the match has started.
Nevertheless...
#12. Ohio State vs. Northwestern
Don't look now, but the Wildcats are 7-2 (bowl eligible) and might be creeping their way into the talk of the Big Ten's "second-tier". While only the Spartans have a realistic Rose Bowl chance - outside of Penn State - the Wildcats just might be playing on New Year's Day if they can pull off their biggest upset in seemingly countless years.
#22. Georgia Tech vs. #19. North Carolina
The ACC is completely up for grabs (especially since Maryland lost to Tech, as expected) and now seemingly half the conference "controls" its BCS destiny. Scary though, right? Cavalier, Hokie, Hurricane, and Seminole fans will have a keen interest in this outcome out of Chapel Hill.
Kansas State vs. #13. Missouri
With the Big 12 South LOADED (Texas Tech, Texas, Oklahoma, & Oklahoma State), too many people have forgotten the Big XII title game is likely to pair up the winner of Kansas v. Missouri. Nevertheless, the Tigers need to start building momentum for that not-as-major-as-last-year showdown with the Jayhawks.
#21. California vs. #7. USC
So Pete Carroll now wants a playoff...shocker. The loss in Corvalis continues to sting while the Golden Bears can take driver's spot en route to the Rose Bowl with a road victory. Something tells me picking against the Trojans at home is a mistake.
#8. Oklahaoma State vs. #2. Texas Tech
Everyone is picking against Mike Leach, Graham Harrell, and Michael Crabtree. Except me. They're at home and there won't be a letdown. They may win in the closing seconds (although not like last week I bet); however, I think Texas Tech is one-week away from its first loss. Maybe.
...under the radar a bit...
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With a little fine tuning, I think we could crown a legitimate, National Champion each year and still provide all the post season bowls with some very good matchups. First, expand Div 1A to 128 teams. Each team would play five conference games and one rivalry game. The conference games would be against those teams in the same conference division, the rivalry game could be any team. After the sixth game, conference divisional standings would be used to determine matchups for the beginning of the ???playoffs???. Independents would be rated based on performance over the same period. No games the seventh week (TV would just have to suffer). During the off week 64 games would be computer generated based on divisional standings. Top seeds from one conference vs bottom seeds from other conferences (1 vs 6, 2 vs 5, 3 vs 4, etc.). Independents would be scheduled in based on their first 6 games. With 128 teams there would be 64 games resulting in 64 winners and 64 losers. You lose, you???re out and move to the loser???s bracket. Winners advance. Games for the following week for both the winners bracket and the losers bracket are scheduled and distributed on Sundays. With 64 winners there would be 32 games resulting in 32 winners and 32 losers. Each week half the undefeated teams would be eliminated ??? 16, 8, 4, 2. The last 2 teams play for the championship. Everyone else is in the losers bracket so some very interesting bowl matchups could be created based on W/L records. Two teams from the same conference could end up in the championship game, but they would have to advance through a schedule that could include teams from every other conference. Teams would have 6 weeks to get ready at the beginning of the year, and, for the second half of the season would have a week between games to prepare for their next opponent. Not a perfect system, but something to think about.
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