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Meh, the Big East stinks, but I think by the end of the season that WVU will be able to at least hang with quite a few top teams. Pitt is an embarrasment and will likely get rolled by a weak Irish team.

Yeah, and that is my point sort of ...

So, in the end, Pitt has loses to Utah, Miami, ND and WVU (for example). And WVU will then point to their game against Pitt as a "great win against a tough Pitt team" and proof that WVU should be ranked ... and I just don't buy it ....

The truth will be revealed in the BCS game. Its hard to think of an opponent that the BE BCS partcipant could face that it could beat.

Wannstaedt will be gone in 2 months, so he is probably right.

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Originally posted 03:19 PM ET  10.07 by JRM74

I read somewhere (it was on the internet, so it must be true), that the BCS has no provision for revoking a conference's AQ status. Can anyone confirm or refute? Does the Big East continue to get an AQ bid even if none of their teams have a single OOC win? If everyone outside of Kansas, K-State and I-State leave the Big XII, do the remaining three schools retain an AQ bid?

ESPN had an article a while back-basically for an AQ conference they keep the status as long as they maintain minimum conference memberships reqs (I think its 7 or 8 teams). The BE is going to be a huge headache for the BCS to explain away in front of congress this year, esp if TCU or BSU beat the living dogdroppings out of the BE champ in a BCS game.

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Originally posted 03:28 PM ET  10.07 by Joe Kidd #1

Wannstaedt will be gone in 2 months, so he is probably right.

Tough comment, the stache adds a certain hard-nosed look to CFB.... His teams have always under-performed though.

The Big East is currently 2-10 against AQ OOC and clearly, this season, the worst of the AQ conferences. However, when the last four seasons (2006-2009) are considered (as the BCS sliding 4-year scale does) they are in jeopardy of losing their AQ status... ...but the ACC is!!

Currently, by BCS criteria, the MWC falls short and the WAC is a distant 8th place.

The BCS is due to be formally assess its compliance after the 2011 season. The 2006 season was great for the Big East and on this sliding four-year evaluation scale; these results will be replaced by the results of the 2010 season. As a result, the hierarchy cited above will most likely change.

Teh above should read:

However, when the last four seasons (2006-2009) are considered (as the BCS sliding 4-year scale does) they are NOT in jeopardy of losing their AQ status

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Originally posted 05:57 PM ET  10.07 by Keeping It Real

Teh above should read:However, when the last four seasons (2006-2009) are considered (as the BCS sliding 4-year scale does) they are NOT in jeopardy of losing their AQ status

Yah, but this season is going to be grim on the stat books...

On a related note, does anyone know if you can watch the ND/Pitt game online....

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Originally posted 04:16 PM ET  10.07 by Armpit

Tough comment, the stache adds a certain hard-nosed look to CFB.... His teams have always under-performed though.

I don't know that for a fact. Just disillusioned with him as a coach, not that Pitt is even my team. He seems to lose 2-3 games a year he should win, every year.

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Originally posted 11:05 AM ET  10.08 by Joe Kidd #1

I don't know that for a fact. Just disillusioned with him as a coach, not that Pitt is even my team. He seems to lose 2-3 games a year he should win, every year.

It's just my opinion, but I had him assessed as a terrible head coach when he was with the Dolphins. I can't remember all the specifics at this point, but I watched enough games and you just get a feel about certain coaches. He has only reinforced my opinion since he has been at Pitt. The first game of the year, I picked Utah because of the coaching factor.