broganreynik Posted October 12, 2009 Share Posted October 12, 2009 Check out ol' Stewart Mandel's BCS projections. Looks like he's starting to drink the kool-aid. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writ...Overtime/1.html Quote Link to comment
kansas husker Posted October 12, 2009 Share Posted October 12, 2009 That's what I'm talking about Quote Link to comment
knapplc Posted October 12, 2009 Share Posted October 12, 2009 Also from this article: Toward the end of the Nebraska-Missouri game I regrettably tweeted that Kansas remained my pick to win the Big 12 North. In the words of Gob Bluth: "I've made a huge mistake." The Huskers have a far more favorable remaining schedule -- and a much, much better defense. Even if they lost in the Big 12 title game, their famous traveling horde would be widely welcomed by any bowl committee. I saw Stewart's tweet after the game, and I thought he'd lost his mind. Stewart knows football, and occasionally makes mistakes, but that was ridiculous. I'm glad to see he's thought better of his mistake after some reflection. Quote Link to comment
huskerstuckinmichigan Posted October 12, 2009 Share Posted October 12, 2009 I just have one issue with his predictions, the National Championship game. Texas won't be there after we beat them in the Big 12 title game. Your welcome Virginia Tech. VT could get a rematch with Alabama. Quote Link to comment
t_husker Posted October 12, 2009 Share Posted October 12, 2009 vtech against alabama would be ugly. they'd struggle to get 75 yards of offense. Quote Link to comment
huskerstuckinmichigan Posted October 12, 2009 Share Posted October 12, 2009 vtech against alabama would be ugly. they'd struggle to get 75 yards of offense. I agree, but none the less, it could very likely happen if VT wins out and the chips fall their way in the polls. Quote Link to comment
irafreak Posted October 12, 2009 Share Posted October 12, 2009 Wow and I thought we had lofty expectations. I think we're a little more realistic. Had we closed the deal in Blacksburg I might agree with this assessment but LSU's defense was good but couldn't score points against another good D and look what happened. I think we are hands down the favorite to go to the Big 12 championship game but that's as far as it goes right now. And I still don't understand how Texas and Nebraska could earn a BCS birth considering we would have 2 losses in his scenario. (Texas couldn't possibly play for the title if we beat them). Quote Link to comment
Vince from ShamWOW Posted October 12, 2009 Share Posted October 12, 2009 Fiesta: Nebraska vs. Boise State Oh that would be a great and fun game to watch. Quote Link to comment
hskrfan4life Posted October 12, 2009 Share Posted October 12, 2009 that would be a very fun game to watch. The Men in Blue vs. The Sea Of Red! WHO WILL WIN! Quote Link to comment
holvy83 Posted October 12, 2009 Share Posted October 12, 2009 Fiesta: Nebraska vs. Boise State Oh that would be a great and fun game to watch. Quote Link to comment
Incandenza Posted October 12, 2009 Share Posted October 12, 2009 And I still don't understand how Texas and Nebraska could earn a BCS birth considering we would have 2 losses in his scenario. (Texas couldn't possibly play for the title if we beat them). The Fiesta Bowl would be the lower-tier BCS bowl this year. Pretty much every team in the bottom part of the top 10 (which is where we'd be ranked in this scenario) on down should have two losses. TCU could be an exception, but there won't be two non-BCS teams in BCS bowls. Quote Link to comment
Ohio Pete Posted October 12, 2009 Share Posted October 12, 2009 Whichever bowl gets stuck with the Big East winner or non-BCS at large would likely jump at an eligible (at least 9 wins and top 14) Nebraska team. If the at large does not come from the Big 12, where will it come from? He already gave one to the loser of the Iowa-Ohio State game. Remember this is about butts in the seat, not the most deserving team. Quote Link to comment
Ohio Pete Posted October 12, 2009 Share Posted October 12, 2009 And I still don't understand how Texas and Nebraska could earn a BCS birth considering we would have 2 losses in his scenario. (Texas couldn't possibly play for the title if we beat them). The Fiesta Bowl would be the lower-tier BCS bowl this year. Pretty much every team in the bottom part of the top 10 (which is where we'd be ranked in this scenario) on down should have two losses. TCU could be an exception, but there won't be two non-BCS teams in BCS bowls. beat me to it. OTOH I'm not ready to say Nebraska wins out or anything like that, but this is the likely scenario at this point. Of course, Notre Dame making the BCS was also a likely scenario in many people's opinion coming in to the season so let's not start making travel plans. Quote Link to comment
irafreak Posted October 12, 2009 Share Posted October 12, 2009 Yeah ok. For some reason I was thinking you had to win the conference to go to a BCS(non championship) game. Quote Link to comment
Landlord Posted October 12, 2009 Share Posted October 12, 2009 I think Nebraska has a better shot of making the Fiesta game or making an at-large bid even if we do lose in the conference championship game, which hasn't been the case the last two seasons (KU and Texas both leapfrogged Missouri into BCS bowls). You would have to believe that our fan following would be the reason though. Quote Link to comment
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