Tech vs TAMU in Shreveport this fall

[Dawg06]

I couldnt disagree with you more.Here is the thing a win over Lamar does nothing..It is pretty much a pre season game. I dont think we sniff the BCS going undefeated with the current schedule. I know if your a top 16 team you make it but I dont think we will even have a top 25 team on our schedule. A win over ranked TX am is the only way you even get close to the BCS and I still dont know if we make it in.

That's just ignorant.

[bluecrew]

is it? I know I think im in the B group..Id be willing to bet you $500 today that if we went undefeated today that we wouldnt be in a BCS game.

[ITdrummer]

That's just ignorant.

His opinion is any more ignorant than anyone else?

[Dawg06]

is it? I know I think im in the B group..

Yes, it is.

In the 14-year history of the BCS, every 11-0 or 12-0 non-AQ team has been ranked in the BCS Top 12 regardless of how weak the strength of schedule was.

There is already some buzz in the national media about our team next season.

BCS Rankings
1998: #10 Tulane (11-0) C-USA
1999: #12 Marshall (12-0) MAC
2000: #14 TCU (10-1) WAC
2001: #12 BYU (12-0) MWC
2003: #11 Miami OH (11-1) MAC
2004: #6 Utah (11-0) MWC
2004: #9 Boise State (11-0) WAC
2004: #10 Louisville (10-1) C-USA
2005: #14 TCU (11-1) MWC
2006: #8 Boise State (12-0) WAC
2007: #10 Hawai'i (12-0) WAC
2008: #6 Utah (12-0) MWC
2008: #9 Boise State (12-0) WAC
2008: #11 TCU (10-2) MWC
2008: #12 Ball State (12-0) MAC
2008: #16 BYU (10-2) MWC
2009: #4 TCU (12-0) MWC
2009: #6 Boise State (13-0) WAC
2009: #14 BYU (10-2) MWC
2010: #3 TCU (12-0) MWC
2010: #10 Boise State (11-1) WAC
2010: #15 Nevada (12-1) WAC
2011: #6 Houston (12-0) C-USA
2011: #7 Boise State (11-1) MWC

#10 Hawaii's Wins in 2007
- Northern Colorado (FCS)
- Charleston Southern (FCS)
- UNLV (MWC last place)
- Washington (Pac-10 last place, UH wins by 1 TD)
- Louisiana Tech (Tech 5-7, UH wins by 1 pt in OT)
- Idaho (WAC last place)
- Utah State (USU 2-10)
- San Jose State (SJSU 5-7, UH wins in OT)
- New Mexico State (NMSU 4-9)
- Nevada (UNR 6-7, UH wins by 2 pts)
- Fresno State (UH wins by 1 TD)
- Boise State (BSU 10-3)
SUGAR BOWL

#12 Ball State's Wins in 2008
- Northeastern (FCS)
- Western Kentucky (FCS-FBS transitional)
- Navy (respectable non-AQ)
- Indiana (Big Ten cellar dweller)
- Akron
- Kent State
- Toledo
- Eastern Michigan
- Northern Illinois
- Miami (OH)
- Central Michigan
- Western Michigan
Choked in MAC CG

#6 Houston Wins in 2011
- Georgia State (FCS)
- Tulane (terrible)
- Rice (terrible)
- UAB (terrible)
- North Texas (terrible)
- UTEP (bad)
- East Carolina (bad)
- UCLA (bad)
- Marshall (ok)
- SMU (ok)
- Tulsa (good)
- Louisiana Tech (good)
Choked in C-USA CG

[bluecrew]

I never said we wouldnt be in the top 25. I said I dont think we will play an opponent in the top 25. Of course we would be in the top 25.

[Dawg06]

His opinion is any more ignorant than anyone else?

His is worse because he said on the radio that we had no shot at a BCS game with our schedule.

[Dawg06]

I never said we wouldnt be in the top 25. I said I dont think we will play an opponent in the top 25.

My bad.

None of those other non-AQ teams in the top 12 beat top 25 teams.

That is not a requirement.

[bluecrew]

His is worse because he said on the radio that we had no shot at a BCS game with our schedule.

and I would say it on the radio. That not a knock against Tech. Look what Houston had to do to even have a chance at the game.

[bluecrew]

Where is the signature win currently on our schedule 06? Nobody in the WAC, UNLV is awful, Houston will be down, Rice is down, and I think Virginia and Illinois will be average at best.UTSA and Lamar are 1AA. Personally I think its very ignorant to think we would make a BCS game. But I sure as hell hope we go undefeated and we do make a BCS game and you can say I told you so.

[Dawg06]

and I would say it on the radio. That not a knock against Tech. Look what Houston had to do to even have a chance at the game.

You did say it on the radio a few weeks ago, and I took it as a knock against Tech. Bruce Feldman from CBS Sports and Paul Myerberg of the New York Times say that we have a shot, but our local media doesn't believe we do?

What's your point about Houston?

Houston was ranked #6 at the end of the regular season without beating anybody of note.

We wouldn't get the opportunity to choke in a championship game.

[Dawg06]

Where is the signature win currently on our schedule 06? Nobody in the WAC, UNLV is awful, Houston will be down, Rice is down, and I think Virginia and Illinois will be average at best.UTSA and Lamar are 1AA. Personally I think its very ignorant to think we would make a BCS game. But I sure as hell hope we go undefeated and we do make a BCS game and you can say I told you so.

Why would we need a signature win? What were the signature wins for these other teams with super weak schedules? Two wins over AQ programs is plenty signature enough IMO.

[JuBru]

Where is the signature win currently on our schedule 06? Nobody in the WAC, UNLV is awful, Houston will be down, Rice is down, and I think Virginia and Illinois will be average at best.UTSA and Lamar are 1AA. Personally I think its very ignorant to think we would make a BCS game. But I sure as hell hope we go undefeated and we do make a BCS game and you can say I told you so.

Replacing Lamar with TAMU changes the equation though. Running the table with Houston (even when down), Illinois (loaded with talent, just needed a coach), Virginia (division and conference contender), and TAMU guarantees a BCS bid and little talk of playing a weak schedule. But that only happens with TAMU on the schedule.

[bluecrew]

I read the article it was 5 teams from the non aq conference who may have a chance to be bcs busters. They probably looked at the schedule and says they may have a chance to go undefeated. ..I can see where they are coming from.Houston had to win 13 games to even sniff a BCS game. We dont have 13 games. Because of the conference we are in makes our schedule about as bad as theirs was this past season. And Im not going to tell you something I dont believe just because I went to Tech and am in the local media. Wanting Tech to make it and thinking we will are two different things. Play Texas AM and win and it does more.

[bluecrew]

Replacing Lamar with TAMU changes the equation though. Running the table with Houston (even when down), Illinois (loaded with talent, just needed a coach), Virginia (division and conference contender), and TAMU guarantees a BCS bid and little talk of playing a weak schedule. But that only happens with TAMU on the schedule.

I agree

[DellDawg]

His is worse because he didn't agree with me.

Fixed it for ya!!