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Personally, I'm sick and tired of being told by Boise, their PR firm, and their fans that they deserve a NC shot after playing a WAC schedule that includes teams like.. Hawaii, Louisiana Tech, Idaho, Utah State, New Mexico State, and San Jose State.
Yeah, maybe Nevada is "a really good team", but I've got some news for you, schools that compete in the top conferences play really good teams almost every week.
Yea, let's look at Oregon's killer schedule and some of thosethose powerhouses they beat:
New Mexico
Wazzu
Portland State
ASU
U-Dub
Tennessee
UCLA
and barely beat Cal who was waxed by Nevada earlier this year.
Even mighty Auburn has been threatened by these powerhouses:
Arkansas St.
Chattanooga
Ole Miss
Kentucky
Louisiana-Monroe
whew! - good thing Vandy wasn't on the schedule!
Enough of this "every week is a championship game" routine - the facts show that the other schools' schedule are not exactly murderers row, either.
Yea, let's look at Oregon's killer schedule and some of thosethose powerhouses they beat:
New Mexico
Wazzu
Portland State
ASU
U-Dub
Tennessee
UCLA and barely beat Cal who was waxed by Nevada earlier this year.
Even mighty Auburn has been threatened by these powerhouses:
Arkansas St.
Chattanooga
Ole Miss
Kentucky
Louisiana-Monroe
whew! - good thing Vandy wasn't on the schedule!
Enough of this "every week is a championship game" routine - the facts show that the other schools' schedule are not exactly murderers row, either.
...and Stanford dismantled Cal, too. Hell, that means Stanford would murder Oregon by at least 40 and should be in the championship game...wait, well...I guess not. Can we please stop trying to prove a point by comparing how teams performed against a mutual opponet?
Also, not all "bad" teams are created equal. Comparing ASU, UW, Tenn, and UCLA to teams like San Jose State, UNLV, Idaho, and New Mexico State is ridiculous at best. If you want to compare schedules, line them up from top to bottom and quit cherry-picking.
Here's the Sagarin rankings after this week:
SOS:
19 Oregon
24 Auburn
62 Boise State
76 TCU
Record vs. top 10 teams:
Auburn 2-0
Oregon 1-0
Boise 0-0
TCU 0-0
Record vs. top 30 teams:
Auburn 5-0
Oregon 4-0
TCU 2-0
Boise 2-1
Keep in mind that this year is likely the toughest schedule BSU has ever played, so the disparity would be much larger in prior years.
...and Stanford dismantled Cal, too. Hell, that means Stanford would murder Oregon by at least 40 and should be in the championship game...wait, well...I guess not. Can we please stop trying to prove a point by comparing how teams performed against a mutual opponet?
Also, not all "bad" teams are created equal. Comparing ASU, UW, Tenn, and UCLA to teams like San Jose State, UNLV, Idaho, and New Mexico State is ridiculous at best. If you want to compare schedules, line them up from top to bottom and quit cherry-picking.
Here's the Sagarin rankings after this week:
SOS:
19 Oregon
24 Auburn
62 Boise State
76 TCU
Record vs. top 10 teams:
Auburn 2-0
Oregon 1-0
Boise 0-0
TCU 0-0
Record vs. top 30 teams:
Auburn 5-0
Oregon 4-0
TCU 2-0
Boise 2-1
Keep in mind that this year is likely the toughest schedule BSU has ever played, so the disparity would be much larger in prior years.
Hey, ease up on the poor Wazzu fan. He just feels the need to bring others down to the dregs with his shamble of a so called D-1 program.
And would also argue Oregon has the best win as I think Stanford is a legit top team (#4 currently).
I myself am partial to Carolina, but it won't be easy. They have to keep a close game and SLOW DOWN (they can't stop) Cam Newton.
I think Auburn will win a close game. Looks like it could be similar to what the Iron bowl was. However if SC's d cant contain Cam then it might get wild early and often.
On the flip side Auburns pass d needs to step up. I this SC pass game maybe 2 only to Auburn in the SEC this year.
Wild card - Garcia of course. I remember watching him and thinking wow, his decision making was almost as bad a Crompton out of Tenn. But Spurier has but him together from the feet up. Alot hangs on him.
I myself am partial to Carolina, but it won't be easy. They have to keep a close game and SLOW DOWN (they can't stop) Cam Newton.
South Carolina really impressed me when they beat #1 ranked Alabama back in October but I agree with you, this Saturday's game will depend on how well they can slow down Newton.
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. Can we please stop trying to prove a point by comparing how teams performed against a mutual opponet? 
