The Great American National Debate on the Division I College Football Playoff is simmering to a boil again and the hypocrisy of the University Presidents combined with the greed of the Bowl Barons is now at an all time high, and the lower divisions just keep on trucking along with all of the other Division I sports with their Championship playoffs.
So, taking into account all the debate arguments, way too many and too trite to list, here is a clear, workable and solid solution implementation:
NCAA Division I College Football Playoff Proposal - TOP 16 TEAMS:
Using a new comprehensive NCAA model type that should use some of modeling paradigms from the present the Bowl Championship Series contributors, but should be augmented and upgraded with heavy emphasis on Strength of Schedule, Conference Strength, Quality Wins, and the other key critical modeling factors that some of the present BCS models do not now use or emphasize.
The Conference Champions of the Big 10, Pac 10 and Big East are (3) automatic qualifiers for the (4) Inter-Conference Championship Games using their own conference rules.
The next 5 at large teams from the other non-BCS conferences and other teams from the 3 BCS conferences/independents are determined by the NCAA Computer rankings for these 4 Inter-Conference Championship games.
The current 3 BCS conferences/independents that have no Championship Game have received a huge advantage by not playing a possible knock-out Conference Championship Game. This is now eliminated.
All the other teams in the other non-BCS conferences that have a conference title game, will have a choice to move up their conference title game one week, since it would be very difficult for that present non-BCS team, unless it was undefeated and had some huge out of conference wins, to make the 4 Inter-Conference Championships games or eventually becoming one of the final NCAA computer 9 at-large ranked teams, after the 7 Conference/Inter Championship winners get automatic bids, due to their non-BCS conferences strength of schedule.
These 4 new Inter-Conference games will be played on the same day as the 3 other Conference championships with the NCAA’s computer rankings of the (4) highest seeds of the 8 teams in these games getting the home field or geographical advantage.
If in a winter weather region, site must be a dome, or a suitable weather friendly neutral site.
Examples:
Notre Dame vs. Cal. -- Stanford Stadium, California
Michigan vs West Virginia – Ford Field, Detroit
USC vs Ohio State – LA Coliseum, California
Oregon vs. Wisconsin -- St. Louis, Missouri
YOU NOW HAVE 7 AUTOMATIC QUALIFIERS with the 7 winners.
(Bolded in the Top 16 Final Rankings below).
The new NCAA model for the final 16 playoff seeding process-- including the other 9 at-large teams -- will then re-seed all 16, no matter who is an automatic qualifier.
Example if a team in the SEC loses to 4 TOP 10 or higher teams and then goes 8-4 versus a powerful Top 35 combined SEC schedule with solid out of conference games, that team should be very high in the new playoff computer rankings as possibly one of the new 9 at-large slots, since it probably will not win the automatic bid Conference Championship.
Below is the final example of the TOP 16 re-seeded from the final NCAA Computer, and making adjustments taking into account teams that have previously played in the 7 Championship Games or during the season if possible.
You can bet the future Out of Conference games will not include all the crème-filled cupcakes now being lined up by all the major powers with all the extra home games for them in the new contracts.
You also have the option of re-seeding after Round 1 for upsets and the same adjustment criteria used in Round 1 for the Round 2 pairings, or just seed at the playoff start and make no further changes:
NCAA Division I College Football TOP 16 Finalists in Playoffs:
1-LSU --Winner SEC
2-Miami -- Winner ACC
3-Texas ---Winner Big 12
4-USC ---Winner – Inter-Conference Playoff
5-Florida --- Runner up SEC –At Large
6-Michigan ---Winner Inter-Conference Playoff
7-California --Winner Inter-Conference Playoff
8-Oregon --- Winner Inter-Conference Playoff
9-Nebraska --- Runner Up Big 12 – At Large
10-Ohio State --- Runner up Conference Playoff –At Large
11-West Virginia --Runner up Conference Playoff – At Large
12-Virginia Tech -- ACC – At Large
13-Oklahoma -- Big 12 -- At Large
14-Georgia -- SEC – At Large
15-Missouri -- Big 12 -- at Large
16-Boston College --Runner up Conference Playoff –At Large
02-15 – Capital 1, Orlando----2-7 (Cotton) – (Quarterfinal)
These teams below 17-32, did not qualify in the new NCAA model due to strength of schedule/quality wins, or at-large teams having higher ratings. For this example 2 teams which both lost conference playoffs did not make the TOP 16.
Quite an impressive list to choose from for the other bowl games.
17-Wisconsin -- Runner Up Inter-Conference Playoff
18-Florida State ACC
19-Clemson ACC
20-Kansas --Big 12
21-Tennessee SEC
22-Notre Dame --- Runner Up Inter-Conf. Playoff
23-Louisville Big East
24-Oregon State -- PAC 10
25-BYU -- MWC
26-TCU -- MWC
27-Alabama --SEC
28-Penn State --Big 11
29-UCF -- USA
30-Georgia Tech --ACC
31-Texas A&M – Big 12
32-Hawaii --WAC
Using the December 2012 Calendar for the inaugural year of implementation for a timing example: The 3 Conference Championships games and 4 new automatic qualifier Inter-conference games are on December 8th. The 15th week from the September 1st Saturday kickoff, or a regular season of 14 weeks—2 bye weeks.
The first round of 8 NCAA Playoff games are on Saturday December 15th at the second tier bowl sites from this list below, or add a few more bowls sites.
Capital 1 in Orlando -- Gator in Jacksonville -- Chick-Fil-a in Atlanta – Outback Bowl in Tampa – Insight Bowl in Tempe – Valero Alamo Bowl in San Antonio -- Holiday Bowl in San Diego -- Champs Bowl in Orlando -- These are 16 great teams and 8 great sites. You could easily geographically place them for easy flying or driving.
Rounds 2 & 3, or the next 7 games get a round robin of the 5 great historical bowl destination stops, and of course, the National Semifinals on New Year's Day. The Rose Bowl will always get a New Year's bowl due to the economic impact of the Parade and its national iconic status -- (that final sticky issue now resolved).
Round 2 lag between the first round and second round will be 6-8 days later or Friday December 21st/Saturday December 22nd, and of course depending on the NFL Playoffs.
The Final Four on New Year's Day, Tuesday January 1st, and of course depending on the NFL Playoffs.
The 5 Premier Historical Sites, plus maybe add some in the future:
Same as the BCS uses now, plus the new Cotton Bowl Palace – The Fiesta, New Arlington (Cotton), Sugar, Orange, Rose, and maybe even a non-premier domed site could be added to the 4 quarter-final games, (Say the new Indianapolis and St. Louis), but the 2 National Semi-finals and 1 National Championship final game have to be in a legacy traditional BCS and Bowl history stomping grounds from one of the above 5 Premier sites. This is not to say some new domed or warm weather stadium could not be included in the future into the sites for the Final 7 games.
Respectfully Submitted,
Stephen J. Salerno, Boston College Eagle 1974, Fort Worth, Texas
2007 Boston College Season Preview -- "THE BIG EASY!" Jul 28, 2007 | 10:28AM - This I my 2nd BC Season preview on this BLOG.
I accept full responsibility for this 10 year TOBlunders0-10 -- Tom O'Brien --blight on BC, but reading the magazines and watching ESPN lather praise on the "disciplinarian", I guess I and many others, well, we never drank that polluted media kool-aid and just concentrated on the performance track record, in game coaching, play calling and the pitiful 8-21, or 28% pathetic record versus Top 25 Teams. Our Marine Supply Officer was mainly a patsie killer.
In 2004, my preview title was “No Excuses”, and of course our former resident clown TOblunders0-10 gave us 3 more WTF’s, as he also did in 2003, with Wake Forest -3, Pittsburgh -10, and of course Syracuse -12, and cost us a BCS Bunny getting torched by 27, at home on Senior Day.
In 2005, my preview was ““Just get Nasty”, and the clown gave us the full metal jacket of Quintina “Pick6” Porter starting over loud fan objections and even the louder players objections, and North Carolina -5, cost us a ACC Title shot and a possible BCS Bowl.
Versus UNC, our cowardly Ginger punted at mid-field with 8:35 left in the 4th, with a short 4th and 4, a red hot Ryan, and down 2 scores. The worst yellow wimp moment in BC football history. After that, it was too late for Ryan to save the patient that Nemo Bible and Blunders butchered.
In 2006, BC had a beautifully spaced schedule and the teams played BC had games before and after us that was to BC's favor.
My preview was ““Just Let it Rip”, and of course as soon as we get a small lead [---in of course the new high powered CFA passing game---], our juvenile Nemo Bible and the incompetent Blunders try and run out the clock early in the 3rd quarter, or halftime, which of course led to North Carolina State -6, [Wake Forest -4; exception], and Miami -4.5 and cost us a ACC Title shot and BCS Bowl.
Then on December 6th, the Football Gods Redeemer came to Chestnut Hill.
“The Lord delivered my people from the bitter bondage of the wicked Puscadores!” A scoop first posted nationwide by me on another site!
Say Halleluiah Eagle Nation!
In 2007, BC has a badly spaced schedule and a very rough slate.
I predicted 14-0 last year and aforementioned, BC lost 3 as a favorite and lost those 3 to freshman quarterbacks in 2006, so mea culpa for having a flicker of faith in this now gone miserable jerk loser and his staff.
2006 was yet another year BC coulda ran the table, yet no one in the media sees the horrible WTF Track Record history on the other tacked thread as TOBlunders0-10 lives life large like many incompetents and losers who daywalk this earth.
The poor die-hard football fools at NC State will learn shortly that Fowler was sold out by his "consulting and advisory" team. Poor Wolfpack Nation, unless the Blunders and Nemo change their incompetent ways? Could happen? I doubt it.
BC had 2 seasons where the dreams ended with poor, scared and pathetic head Coaching and Coordinator timidness and all our losses were as favorites. In 2004, BC has 2 as a double digit favorite.
There is no team that BC can’t beat, so berate me for seeing another 14-0 season, and why not? Please, do not act surprised or shocked when this happens!
We have one of the best QB's in America , the kid is healthy and stronger now and has grit and will finally be unleashed and maybe our defense seals up some cracks. We have a lotta smart, gritty, hungry, motivated players coming back!
This shall happen, and Boston College is going to New Orleans 01-07-08 .
I need to get to Vegas or have someone get a 200-1 bet down for me on the Eagles.
NOW 150-1 or less. I can move the lines in Vegas.
The Big Easy. I hope to be there so we can eat at all the great places.
************THE ANALYSIS*************
>>>>>>>>THE WEAKNESSES
Frank Spaziani ---not my returning choice after the NCSU Hail Mary and 4-3-4 defense he had in after a timeout---needed a summer tour to a Defensive Coaches clinic like Chizik at Iowa State and maybe one other trip, or spend some quality time with Belicheck?
I find the decision to keep Spaziani a high risk deal and even higher if BC doesn't blitz, have lots of new blitz packages, and jam receivers and have much better aggressive defensive schemes.
Frank shoulda blitzed, disrupted and shaken those 3 freshman QB's and given them some pounding hits, even if a penalty or two, to rattle their games. But nope, we just try and burn the clock and let them get settled in and get confident and come back and beat us!
Maybe Spaz will upgrade and change, one can only hope Jags and Logan will have some major input or changes.
The new learning curve capacity software is simply not a program that runs on Spaz's hard drive. You get the blue screen of death, or worse WTF losses. Being burned with 3 Hail Mary’s --previously 2 Wake Forest Games-- is still a major black mark that needs erasing.
We are gonna find out by next January. Count me amongst the absolute faithless unless I see Atkins and Dunbar or others side-by-side in Game 1 blitz and kill some QB’s, blitz like Georgia Tech does and others, 2 off the same side and all types of blitz packages and angles and our defensive backs line up within the same time zone as the opposition receivers.
Other weaknesses that I gleamed from watching and reading is:
1-- We need another nasty cornerback to step up and play tight.
2-- Our Strong Safety needs to step up and start making some pass coverage plays.
3-- Our linebackers need to be more aggressive and use our speed LB’s on our deep roster.
4-- LV and Andre are slow. Unless they lost some weight, I hope we see more of Brooks, Smith and anyone else. I say replace the 2 Seniors early and often. We need a speed threat and breakaway runner if Ryan gets the passing game going early.
5—Now that Nemo Bible sleeps with the fishes, its step up time for our TE’s and WR’s, and no drops. BC's TE's need to be the weapons they were in the past.
>>>>>>>>>>THE STRENGTHS:
1-- Matthew Ryan staying healthy and assuming leadership with Logan . This to me will be the “Bobby Orr Difference Maker” in the BC season. Full mobility and a mentor that doesn’t sit on the ball like Nemo hatching an egg, Do not forget Chris Crane is a big strong guy so BC has the trigger position covered. Major edge in case of any injury!
I see BC and Ryan starting hot and scoring first and fast and giving our defense a chance to freelance and take chances and this strategy is my key to running the table, since Spaz may be willing to blitz more with a nice ead instead of blitzing to force mistakes and get an early lead when tied or behind?
Jump on them quick and kill them early!
2-- Our defensive line. Depth, power, size, we have 4 huge guys, and some real talent. If BC ever gets pushed around and we don’t take tons of blitz chances at LB, then shame on us and see you at 8-4 or worse with this schedule.
3—Our offensive line. I read the baloney on the zone blocking and then looked at the returning starters and others. Please. Like Zone blocking or any variation is a major mystery? You see a different color and knock it on its butt. What's the big problem?
This is not Medical school.
**********THE SCHEDULE******************
BC: 7 Offensive and 9 Defensive returning starters.
The number is my personal ranking of degree of difficulty considering each teams returning starters, QB’s and returning letterman depth.
Teams 2 through 8 are so close, any team can be interchanged, so no offense intended!
Sept. 1 Wake Forest 8
Sept. 8 NC State 9
Sept. 15 at Georgia Tech 5
Sept. 22 Army 12
Sept. 29 Massachusetts 11
Oct. 6 Bowling Green 10
Oct. 13 at Notre Dame 6
Oct. 20 Open
Oct. 25 at Virginia Tech (Thursday) 1
Nov. 3 Florida State 2
Nov. 10 at Maryland 7
Nov. 17 at Clemson 4
Nov. 24 Miami 3
Those are my rankings of toughest games from 1-12. Here is my schedule by game reasoning:
Sept. 1 Wake Forest -- Next Game: Nebraska
Wake Forest : 9 Offensive and 5 Defensive returning starters. Last year WF 21- BC 14.
These guys have been over achieving for years with a great Coach. BC is bigger, stronger and when Ryan got unleashed he killed WF through the air, but BC was playing from behind. I see a BC victory 31-15. When I rank WF 8, and they owned us, you can see how I ranked the rest of the teams and how difficult this schedule will be. Sam Swank is a huge weapon if the game is close, --YIKES--, but we recruited some kid named Bennett who will be his equal one day and may surprise with a boomer!
Season: 1-0 ACC: 1-0 Division 1-0.
Sept. 8 NC State -- Previous Game: UCF -- Next Game: WTFWofford.
NCSU: 8 Offensive and 6 Defensive returning starters. Last year NCSU 17- BC 15.
Ain’t no Hail Mary gonna save this sad, ungrateful, overpaid bad mouthing TOblunders0-10. BC players send a message that the leaving comments by this clown were heard and BC has a much higher ceiling, with a real Head Coach.
Mike Archer, a defensive wizard, may keep it close, but this NCSU offense gets Nemo and stuffed. I see BC pulling away late for a 34-13 win and two WTF’s from last year are reversed.
Season: 2-0 ACC: 2-0 Division: 2-0
Sept. 15 AT Georgia Tech -- Previous Game: Samford -- Next Game: At Virginia .
GT: 7 Offensive and 8 Defensive returning starters. Last year DNP.
I thought Reggie Ball was more bad than good. This is a solid team and a solid Head Coach and one of the best defensive coordinators in America in Tenuta.
This game will be a real test for Matt Ryan versus a sophisticated, magnificent, aggressive defense and blitzing system. Maybe BC sees that after being 2-0 and GT maybe upsetting Notre Dame at ND in the opener, maybe BC can eke out a win knowing it’s the first of 5 rough road warrior events.
BC 16 GT 14
Season: 3-0 ACC: 3-0 Division 2-0.
Sept. 22 Army -- Previous Game: AT Wake Forest -- Next Game: Temple
Army: 6 Offensive and 6 Defensive returning starters. Last year DNP.
Matthew Ryan gets to the middle of the Heisman Trophy race with a 56-6 blowout win.
Season 4-0 ACC: 3-0 Division 2-0
Sept. 29 UMASS -- Previous Game: AT Maine Next Game: Villanova DNP Last Year.
Matthew Ryan goes higher in the Heisman Trophy race with a 38-17 win. I hate playing hard nosed scrappy Division 1-AA teams who have a chip on their shoulder and UMASS is a great AA program with great coaching and kids.
I wanted Texas in Austin. I saw cranes there last week adding like 20,000 seats and a practice grass field that looked like Augusta for 300+ yards and the indoor practice center. Alas, our AD turned down a great long term home and home and broke lots of BC GUY hearts!
When Texas calls, you even take a 4 road and 3 home deal!
BC's neighbor's treat us like criminals over the past 144 years and we have pumped billions into their hoods.
Time to build a retractable 75,000 seat dome on the new St. John's land and more in my future VISION post, like Jerry "Boss Hogg" Jones did for the Cowboys and say...Enjoy!
Season 5-0 ACC: 3-0 Division 2-0
Oct. 6 Bowling Green -- Previous Game: West. Kent . -- Next Game: Miami Ohio .
BG: 7 Offensive and 8 Defensive returning starters. Last year DNP.
This is the quintessential trap game versus a solid MAC team. Last year BC was one tipped pass away from a major National TV MAC Chippewa embarrassment at the hands of run out the clock at halftime loser TOBlunders0-10.
If BC looks ahead to Notre Dame, BC will be in big trouble with a team that has WR’s and can throw, but alas, the two major #### Puscaodore’s are now NCSU’s problem.
BC wins a shootout 34-24.
Season 6-0 ACC: 3-0 Division: 2-0
Oct. 13 AT Notre Dame -- Previous Game: AT UCLA -- Next Game: USC.
ND: 4 Offensive and 5 Defensive returning starters. Last year DNP.
The reason I have this as BC’s 6th toughest game is the above. ND had huge graduation losses and no Brady Quinn. ND recruited well, but its schedule is more imbalanced than BC with 8 tough games and 4 lesser “creampuffs”.
You heard it here first. If this ND doesn’t jell early, it could be 1-5 or 2-4, and that would be bad in one way, since UCLA should beat them the week before.
Me, I am hoping ND beats UCLA! GO IRISH versus the Bruins!
No way ND beats USC, so with 4 easier games after USC, and ND may actually need this BC win for a bowl game. ND will be one monster battle, since ND recruited very well in the past years and this year!
SCARY GAME -- as always!
This game is the season tipping point for greatness or whatever comes next.
The ND fans, The Irish Blind Eyes, have circled this game for years with the BC upsets and 4 straight wins. Going 5-0 will make the Irish faithful explode with anger and shame. Please wear the green uni's again.
In the old days, ND would always win games in the BC position in the many road snake pits due to talent and players.
BC is more experienced and talented and has Matthew Ryan and I like our chances to go 6-0, and Dome shuts down in anguish and humiliation after BC wins for the 5th straight time.
Jesus loves the Eagles. I will have a price on my melon, until I get a letter of dispensation from the PopeB16.
That ain’t gonna happen kids with a sharp and ready Ryan.
BC wins 33-21. Matthew Ryan is at or near the top of the Heisman race and BC is now a contender for the title, but alas, the season is just begun.
Season 7-0 ACC 3-0 Division 2-0
Oct. 25 at Virginia Tech (Thursday) Previous Game: Duke -- Next Game: At GT.
VT: 8 Offensive and 8 Defensive returning starters. Last year BC 22-3.
VT was embarrassed and humiliated by its play and sideline shenanigans last year. This will be a classic monumental rival battle and BC toughest and most important game in years in terms of what is on the line.
I say a mature BC team with Jags beats the Hokies in a close defensive battle and BC’s defense will have to stop VT. Edge Ryan over Glennon.
This may be the first of 2 since VT has Miami at home. See you in Jacksonville December 1st??? Beating one of the two coastal favorites twice in one season will be a Herculean effort.
BC is ranked higher than at any time in its history with a win.
BC 16 VT 13
Season 8-0 ACC: 4-0 DIVISION: 2-0
Nov. 3 Florida State Previous Game: Duke -- Next Game: At Virginia Tech.
FSU: 6 Offensive and 8 Defensive returning starters. Last year BC 24-19.
Two toughest games back-to-back.
If BC wants to go to Jacksonville , the road goes through beating a revamped and retooled offense in FSU. Would rather have played them in an opener before they get their act together. Matthew Ryan shows why the “ICEMAN FOR THE HEISMAN” posters all over town and in my bedroom posted over my wedding portrait!
BC is now a contender for the Florida Gator Crown.
BC 38 FSU 27
Season 9-0 ACC: 5-0 DIVISION: 3-0
Nov. 10 Maryland Previous Game: North Carolina -- Next Game: At FSU.
Terps: 8 Offensive and 6 Defensive returning starters. Last year BC 38-16.
If you wanna win National Titles you have to win lots of tough ballgames or lose one early, like Florida did last year, and hope to sneak in with politicking and lobbying. BC ain’t Florida and has to win them all. Maybe the Terps have QB issues is my hope and BC continues to run the final 6 pack gauntlet.
Beating Friedgen 3 in a row is very difficult. This is The Terps last home game for Seniors and Maryland beat some big teams last year. Maryland if their QB gets going quickly, could be in the thick of the ACC Title hunt.
Ryan the Magician pulls out another win and the Heisman is his to lose. BC is one win away from Jacksonville .
BC 30 Maryland 17
Season 10-0 ACC: 6-0 DIVISION: 4-0
Nov. 17 at Clemson Previous Game: Wake Forest -- Next Game: At South Carolina .
Tigers: 5 Offensive and 7 Defensive returning starters. Last year BC 34-33.
Same with the Tigers, I hope they have QB issues late. BC sees the dream is real and very achievable and the ceiling is what the players make it, not what some ungrateful, disloyal, disgruntled, non-conference title Head Coach says it is!
Beating Bowden and Clemson in Clemson 2X, and 3 straight years like Maryland on the road will be a huge accomplishment. This is a 5 pill blood pressure event washed down with pork BBQ!
Clemson does not want to lose to a northern team 3 straight years, 2 at home. UGH! This also is the last home game for Clemson seniors, also a contender for the ACC Title.
Badly spaced schedule unlike last year, but hey, that is what makes Champions. You would like to catch either team before the new QB settles in, but you knew the job was dangerous when you signed up!
BC 24 Clemson 16
The Heisman is now Matthew Ryan’s.
THE ICEMAN COMETH. THE ICEMAN LEAVETH WITH THE STATUE.
BC has a date in Jacksonville with the Coastal Champion, with one game to go, since all division games and tiebreakers are ours.
Season 11-0 ACC: 7-0 DIVISION: 5-0
Nov. 24 MIAMI Previous Game: At Virginia Tech
Canes: 9 Offensive and 7 Defensive returning starters. Last year Miami 17-14.
BC goes up 20-6 at halftime and Jags tells the ABC sideline babe, “Well were up aren’t we, so I am headed to Mary Ann’s ---a local BC Bar ---for a beer and watch the rest of the game doing tequila shooters with the BC babes!”
[An Inside Shot at assclown TOB for last year's arrogant comment at Miami Halftime on National TV and then BC lost!]
Your's truly has a massive coronary event, and the 5th paddle whack at 400 amps starts the loon’s ticker and then Jags says, “Just wanted to make sure my kids knew what was on the line and were paying attention!”. I then take 5 nitro’s and wash it down with a Bud.
BC holds off a furious Miami comeback and wins 37-35. Matthew Ryan wins the Heisman Trophy.
BC with its strength of schedule is ranked Number 1 just ahead of USC and LSU.
Season 12-0 ACC: 8-0 DIVISION: 5-0
Dec. 1 ACC Championship Game in Jacksonville versus Virginia Tech.
Beating VT once is a major chore. Twice with the events of the past year is like I said, a Herculean task, but Lady Luck is with the Eagles and I promised to take us to New Orleans and this season theme, which I know you are all waiting for is.........
“THE BIG EASY!”
BC defense which was maligned and suspect by this writer comes through again and stuffs the classy Hokies and BC wins 30-16.
BC ends the season undefeated and ranked Number 1 in the BCS with the 10 tough games since Bowling Green has a great year, and goes to….New Orleans .
“THE BIG EASY!” is just that.
Season 13-0 ACC: 9-0 CHAMPIONS. DIVISION: 5-0
Jan. 7 BCS Championship Game in New Orleans Sugar Bowl versus USC.
Pete Carroll’s bunch was not tested like our Eagles and if Mack Daddy Brown can out coach him, so can Jags.
In a game to BC’s tempo and passing attack, BC wins an epic Vince Young type of aerial circus against the deep and talented high school All Americans at every position and speed to burn Trojans, and BC continually blitzes Booty and he throws 2 Pick6’s and BC wins, 38-37.
The PopeB16 hands Jags the Glass football!
Yours truly, heads off to collect huge $$$$ in Vegas with his new squeeze Jessica Alba but is tragically hit by a speeding Paris Hilton and wanders off into the desert and Jessica cashes his tickets and says “BCEagle 74 who?”
GDF replaces James Gandolfini in the new HBO series, “The Boston Tenor’s!”
TOBlunders0-10 says, “Well, I recruited those guys and I knew they could do it all along!” and suddenly a deranged naked man covered with sand fires a sharpened poisoned cactus needle through a blowgun and TOblunders0-10 is killed instantly as the mysterious Sandman escapes laughing into the humid* night air.
*A Classic TOBlunders0-10 juvenile deliquent excuse why we lose in Miami!
"BC is ranked higher than at any time in its history with a win at Virginia Tech!"
Make no mistake, BC has every advantage over VT with talent, experience, a high powered offense, a solid defense that can hopefully smother this VT running game and force them to pass, and then bury them in a blowout!
BC now has "No Excuses!"
The Road to the French Quarter has been paved.
Penn State is due for a Joe Paterno special. I thought Michigan State was a lock with 18 1/2 and almost won.
This Penn State offense is clicking and hot. Penn State plays tough defense.
Ohio State shall lose on Saturday.
Then, Boston College, the Greatest University on earth will be number 1 in so many Polls next Sunday, that BC 74 will be forced to take applications for my new Presidential Campaign from all "qualifed" cheerleaders and Victoria Secret models.
ABC/ESPN, Herbstriet, James, Fowler, Mickey, Goofy, Minnie, Lilo, Stitch, Donald, Daisy, Doc, Dopey, Pluto, Sneezy, Sleepy, Happy, Bashful, Grumpy, Ariel, Chip n'Dale, Cinderella, Belle, Cogsworth, The Hunchback of Notre Dame --Really, not relevant anymore with ND's record-----Winnie and the Pooh, The Lady and The Tramp, Mowgli, Pocohantas, Kaa, King Louie, Baboo, Sleeping Beauty, Snow White, Alladin, Alice in Wonderland --drug addict--, Buzz Lightyear, Brother Bear, you name them, the whole crew of losers, cartoon and furry whack jobs and alcoholics, they have all been warned with the biggest BC 74 FATWABOY ever issued.
My Nuclear Barksdale BC 74 FATWABOY!
Herbstreit is now worse than Craig James. James is laughing embarrassment, but Herbie has 10X the air time and exposure. Herbie was playing BC fans.
Herbie:
"LSU has a clear path to the National Title Game" is pure Ohio State Buckeye two step #### just in case his alma mater Buckeyes gets beat once he may want OSU in the 2 hole with no BIG 10 Conference Champioship Game, and say,
"Hey, I had LSU up there all year with one loss", then he disses BC by putting three 1 loss teams ahead of BC to cover his bases and have a few outs!
This is pure laughable homerism by Herbstreit and just like Jake La Motta mangled the face of Pretty Boy Marcel Cerdan, I will now have to re-arrange the features of this phony OSU punk.
BC at 13-0 should be way ahead of OSU at 12-0 in BCS points, or maybe even 12-1, with VT maybe twice in the ACC Title game, FSU.....
----At Clemson and at Maryland -- BOTH TEAMS BC would have to beat on their Senior Day and their last home games, on the road, each for the 3rd year in a row! ---
and Miami, which is coming back to life!
May all these Mouscadores glow in the dark.
***************************** What also pisses me off is BC gets no 1 loss credibility, say if we lose in the ACC Title game, or versus Clemson, we are automatically done.
It's 13-0 or no Big Easy.
If that is the deal, then BC needs to start making some noise so if we do get to 13-0, there is no debate.
Better jump on the 74 11th Commandment, or end up burning in the everlasting fires of hell, or worse, get to live in Oklahoma.
The 11th Commandment:
NO 1 LOSS TEAM GETS AHEAD OF BC OR ANY OTHER UNDEFEATED TEAM WHICH HAS A CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.
BIG TEN (1): Ohio State (1) -- at Penn State, Wisconsin, Illinois, at Michigan 8-0 -- 4 Games left.
ACC (1): Boston College (3) -- At Virginia Tech, Florida State, at Maryland, at Clemson, Miami, ACC CG 7-0 -- 6 Games left.
PACIFIC 10 (1): Arizona State (8) -- California, at Oregon, at UCLA, USC, Arizona 7-0 -- 5 Games left.
BIG 12 (1): Kansas (13) -- at Texas A&M, Nebraska, at Oklahoma State, Iowa State, at Missouri, B12CG 7-0 6 Games left. WAC (1): NON-BCS Hawaii (18) -- New Mexico State, at Fresno State, at Nevada, Boise State, Washington 7-0 -- 5 Games left. **************** BC now has "NO EXCUSES!"
BC now runs the table and goes 13-0, we are in the Big Easy with who cares! BC's Magic Number is now 0! Do you have the fare for the 74 Trolley to the French Quarter?
I just rang the bell. All Aboard!
Do you think I started and kept updating this post not knowing BC would not be on the 74 Trolley to the French Quarter and be totally embarrassed on this huge Fox National site?
I am so glad Flutie nailed hime with the cash he received at SMU for cheating and getting his alma mater the death penalty. Craig James is as I have posted....A PUNK!
Week 8 WORST Voter -- Craig James
Craig James is a well known commentator for ESPN/ABC and previously CBS. He is generally very knowledgeable about pro and college football, having played his college ball at SMU and in the NFL for the Patriots. However, his week 8 AP Poll Ballot makes him this week's dubious winner for the second week running. Some highlights from his ballot:
1) Pollspeak and its voters aren't always going to agree on who is the week's worst, but in this case we do. James received over 700 votes mostly, it seems, from people baffled that he would rank Kentucky #24 after they defeated consensus #1 LSU. Most voters have Kentucky in the top 10. James ranked Kentucky by far the lowest of any voter. There is usually a cattle prod that separates the Worst Voter from the pack, and Jame's Kentucky ranking is this week's shocker. Similar to how James surprised us last week by leaving Virginia Tech completely off the ballot.
2) Boston College ranked #10 and Arizona State ranked #13. This is the lowest ranking for BC by any voter. True, BC hasn't played a tough schedule, but neither has Ohio State (James' #1). When looking at these two team without bias, they should be ranked closer together...either high or low, but they are in similar circumstances. James also has the widest margin between Ohio State and BC. The same argument could be made for Arizona State (James' #13), which has had arguably the toughest schedule of the three. James is not alone with his ranking of the Sun Devils, but Pollspeak doesn't see enough difference between these three teams to rank them so widely apart.
Craig James CBS Week Rank Vote 8 1 Ohio St. 2 South Florida 3 Oklahoma 4 Oregon 5 LSU 6 California 7 Florida 8 South Carolina 9 Southern Cal
10 Boston College 11 West Virginia 12 Virginia Tech 13 Arizona St. 14 Kansas 15 Texas 16 Auburn 17 Missouri 18 Kansas St. 19 Michigan 20 Texas Tech 21 Tennessee 22 Cincinnati 23 Rutgers 24 Kentucky 25 Illinois
8 One loss teams ahead of BC. Kentucky 24th? Disgustiad!
Chris Fowler ESPN Week Rank Vote 8 1 Ohio St. 2LSU3Oklahoma4Oregon 5 South Florida 6California 7 Boston College 8 Southern Cal 9 Arizona St. 10 Florida 11 South Carolina 12 Kentucky 13 West Virginia 14 Virginia Tech 15 Missouri 16 Auburn 17 Texas Tech 18 Michigan 19 Kansas 20 Tennessee 21 Georgia 22 Penn St. 23 Kansas St. 24 Cincinnati 25 Texas
ESPN must have something against BC, a former BC Head Coach's daughter works there, and the better TV deals with the Teams they rank ahead of BC?
Who knows but no 1 loss team should ever be ahead of a undefeated BCS team with a conference championship like BC.
BC needs to make that the 11th Commandment and pull an Urban Meyer.
Thank God the Harris Poll and Coaches makes up the BCS.
PACIFIC 10 (1): Arizona State (14) -- California, at Oregon, at UCLA, USC, Arizona 7-0 -- 6 Games left. BIG TEN (1): Ohio State (3) -- Michigan State, at Penn State, Wisconsin, Illinois, at Michigan 7-0 -- 5 Games left. ACC (1): Boston College (4) -- At Virginia Tech, Florida State, at Maryland, at Clemson, Miami ACC CG 7-0 -- 6 Games left. BIG EAST (1): USF (6) -- at Rutgers, at UCONN, Cincinnati, at Syracuse, Louisville, at Piitsburgh 6-0 6 Games left. BIG 12 (1): Kansas (20) -- at Colorado, at Texas A&M, Nebraska, at Oklahoma State, Iowa State, at Missouri B12CG 6-0 7 Games left. WAC (1): NON-BCS Hawaii (16) -- New Mexico State, at Fresno State, at Nevada, Boise State, Washington 7-0 -- 5 Games left. ************* Knock out list now updated. 6 undefeated Teams. 5 in BCS Conferences. BC has "NO EXCUSES!"
I still think if BC runs the table and goes 13-0, we are in the Big Easy with who cares! BC's Magic Number is 0!
Do you have the fare for the 74 Trolley to the French Quarter?
Gipp family has Notre Dame legend's body exhumed! Ready for BC!
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. -- The body of George Gipp, the Notre Dame football player who inspired the rallying cry "Win one for the Gipper," was exhumed recently for DNA testing in his Upper Peninsula hometown and for the crucial Saturday Vatican Jihad Game with Roman Catholic rival, ---the now hated Eagles for their straying Jesuit Opus Dei priests---, of Boston College.
Gipp said he felt a little stiff and would need some good Irish Whisky like the old days and he would be fine and run up over a 100 yards on BC so his two flapper girlfriiends Edith and Helen would win enough to cover the new baby expenses for both and a weekend of partying on the lake.
Gipp, the big Irish rounder in his prime, was lectured again by the still dead Knute saying, "Hey, BC has owned us 4 in a row and all you do is party, drink and whoxre with Chicago flappers and Frank Nitty's girls and bet with Capone's bookies."
Gipp replied, "Hey, you get your cut you yapping Norwegian Puscadore so go tell Father O'Brien who was the one who saved his axss at the Nitty hoexhouse last week?"
An ESPN crew filmed the exhumation for an upcoming story, under the guidance of ESPN exhumation expert, Notre Dame's Digger Phelps, but a spokesman said the network played no role in arranging it although in a very sad sidebar, former Coach Lou Holtz was arrested after the body came to life for "public indecency" in a dark corner of ND stadium screaming, "I am making a comeback'!'
ESPN said that it had no part in the exhumation, but will replace Holtz this weekend with Gipp and Gipp will lead the pep talk for this week's game at BC.
BC was a 13 1/2 point favorite but after Gipp's Girls got down with Capone, the line has dropped to 11.
