| Um, NO DOUBT #1 now, right?
Posted: 1/9/2007 1:54:11 PM | They're crying in their beer along with the Michigan and Ohio St. fans...who as a group were all sure the Big 10 was the best conference and that OSU was going to crush Fla. and M ich. was going to crush USC and ND was going to crush LSU.
Big 10? ND? Wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy overrated! | |
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| Um, NO DOUBT #1 now, right?
Posted: 1/9/2007 3:03:09 PM | Back to topic: Great great game. I had a very short lived feeling of doom after the opening kick-off, but with Florida's persistance and Leak's total confidence in his offensive teamates and trust in the defense was awsome. He played with poise and calm he had not displayed as well earlier this year. I stayed with them all the way!
Urban Meyer took his tactical plan and played it out to near perfection. Driving constantly with the short passes and runs with Tebow in as full-back. What a bright future UF has in the next few years with the 13 true freshman. GREAT GAME. I'm still high from it!
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| Um, NO DOUBT #1 now, right?
Posted: 1/10/2007 7:42:30 PM | | Interesting fact of the 25 players on Florida. The old coach, Zook (sp?) recruited 23 of them. | |
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| Um, NO DOUBT #1 now, right?
Posted: 1/11/2007 1:51:52 AM | Msg 28 ^^^ Right. And they stayed. Says something about the overall quality of the program along with confidence in new coaching staff.
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| Um, NO DOUBT #1 now, right?
Posted: 1/11/2007 5:48:43 AM | I am surprised the The OSU is rated #2 after that beating.
I think it should be 1. Florida 2. USC or LSU 3. USC or LSU 4. Boise State 5. Ohio State
Oh and BTw with the big 10. I read an intersting article about them and the commissioner" of that conference. 1st..with the teams they have in teh conference they are exposed to something like 40-50% of the country every week..by FAR the highest % of any conference.
The Rose Bowl and the Big ten have a deal that they dont have to pay to be in the rotation for the BCS title game. For example all other BCS bowls have to pay something to the effect of several million dollars every year to participate in the BCS.
Rose bowl excluded. Who negotiated that? the commish of the big Ten.
Any surprise the big 10 is over rated 9 outta 10?
They have a strong influense on the BCS (I would use the word control but thats harsh) and they manipulate the system.
ANyway I am SOoooooooooo friggin glad they were exposed as frauds. Mich and OSU didnt belong on the field with either team they played. Notre Dame(which may as well be big 10 too) also got demolished.
Anyone else here think that LSU couldve put the beatdown on OSU as well?
Did you see them simply punk the irish ?
BTW that QB had a helluva arm!
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| Um, NO DOUBT #1 now, right?
Posted: 1/11/2007 8:20:14 AM | lakelandsm: could you please let us know what publication that article is in...and if it's against forum regulations please email it to me. Thanks
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| Um, NO DOUBT #1 now, right?
Posted: 1/11/2007 1:03:24 PM | The team with the best record, that plays the best opposition, is the best team.
There is a very simple way of determining that and that's how the National Championship should be awarded. | |
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| Um, NO DOUBT #1 now, right?
Posted: 1/11/2007 1:08:26 PM | lucid I think it was an article on Y A H O O sports. It was defiantely online.
I will see if I can find it.
http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaaf/news?slug=jo-delany010507&prov=yhoo&type=lgns
Try that link | |
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| Um, NO DOUBT #1 now, right?
Posted: 1/11/2007 1:12:44 PM | Below is a quote from the article.
They needed Delany, who played a lead role in bringing the Big Ten, Pac-10 and Rose Bowl into the system designed to match the nation's two top-rated teams in a national championship game. He also was the man most responsible for securing a sweetheart deal for the Rose Bowl, which annually pitted the Big Ten and Pac-10 champions and, under most circumstances, still gets the winners from those two conferences.
"He's pretty darn good," Mitch Dorger, CEO of the Rose Bowl, said of Delany's negotiating skills.
The current BCS deal stipulates the following:
The Rose Bowl automatically gains one of the four spots in the BCS rotation. The other bowls – Fiesta, Orange and Sugar – must pay $6 million a year for that same right.
The Rose Bowl retains its traditional broadcast slot on New Year's Day afternoon, which allows Rose Bowl officials to package the game with the annual Tournament of Roses parade. The other bowls must rotate broadcast time slots, disrupting New Year's Day festivities traditionally held in conjunction with their games.
The Rose Bowl TV contract is negotiated separately from the rest of the BCS contract, which gives the Big Ten, Pac-10 and Rose Bowl valuable leverage if they oppose a move by the other BCS partners such as the adoption of a playoff.
It's a matter of independence and control is what it is," Delany said when asked about the advantage of the separate TV contracts. But the Sun Belt's Waters said he sees potential conflicts of interest.
In the last round of TV negotiations, for example, Delany helped secure the Rose Bowl an eight-year deal with ABC reportedly worth about $300 million.
According to a source involved in the negotiations, the deal is worth $3 million less a year anytime the Rose Bowl hosts a non-BCS team such as Boise State. But that's a non-issue after Delany ensured as part of the new four-year contract between the BCS partners the Rose Bowl won't have to host such a team.
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