College Football BCS Predictions

[dlgood]

So you think I only pick fights and join wars on fandom boards? Bah!!! I figured I'd take a brief break from picking the fight elsewhere and bring it to my LJ.

Presenting Dave's Bowl Championship Series (BCS) Predictions:

BCS Standings
Rk	Team	W-L	Harris			Coaches			CPU %	BCS
			Rk	Points	%	Rk	Points	%		Prev	Avg
1	Ohio State	11-0	1	2800	1.000	1	1574	.999	.930	1	.977
2	Michigan	11-0	2	2688	.960	2	1513	.961	1.000	2	.974
3	USC	8-1	3	2458	.878	4	1373	.872	.860	7	.870
4	Florida	9-1	4	2441	.872	3	1381	.877	.800	4	.850
5	Notre Dame	9-1	5	2267	.810	5	1273	.808	.840	9	.819
6	Rutgers	9-0	7	2024	.723	8	1082	.687	.950	13	.787
7	Arkansas	9-1	6	2234	.798	6	1248	.792	.680	11	.757
8	West Virginia	8-1	8	1864	.666	7	1113	.707	.600	10	.658
9	Wisconsin	10-1	11	1678	.599	10	928	.589	.740	15	.643
10	Louisville	8-1	10	1711	.611	12	884	.561	.750	3	.641
11	LSU	8-2	9	1846	.659	9	1054	.669	.480	12	.603
12	Boise State	10-0	13	1471	.525	13	830	.527	.610	14	.554

The top two make the title game.

This week, #1 Ohio State and #2 Michigan close out their seasons playing against each other. Clearly, the winner of this game gets a spot in the title game. Given the absence of a playoff system, there will be the customary, heated debate over who gets the second spot in the title game.

Key games remaining:

• Rutgers @ West Virginia
  
• Notre Dame @ Southern California
  
• Southern Cal vs. California
  
• Arkansas vs. LSU
  
• Arkansas vs. Florida
  

Dave Handicaps:

1. an 11-1 Southern California (wins over Arkansas, Oregon, California, and Notre Dame)
   
2. a 12-0 Rutgers (Louisville and West Virginia)
   
3. a 12-1 Florida (Tennessee, LSU, Arkansas
   
4. an 11-1 Michigan (Wisconsin, Notre Dame)
   
5. a 12-1 Arkansas (Auburn, Tennesse, LSU, Florida)
   
6. an 11-1 Ohio State (Texas)
   
7. an 11-1 Notre Dame (Southern Cal, Georgia Tech)
   

Questions to fuel the controversy:

• If Southern Cal wins out, can Rutgers beat West Virginia badly enough to overtake them?
  
• Arkansas got killed by Southern Cal in the opener. Do big wins over a strong slate of SEC opponents vault them over a Notre Dame team that beats Southern Cal?
  
• Do we really want to see an Ohio State-Michigan title game, when it's a rematch of the last regular season game. If it's a game for the ages (e.g. Triple OT) does that call out for another game, or does the re-match spoil the greatness of the earlier game?
  
• Speaking of rematches, how do we possibly justify a Notre Dame - Michigan rematch given that Michigan beat ND by Four Touchdowns at Notre Dame?
  
• Or if Michigan loses to OSU, how do we vault Notre Dame over that Michigan team that beat them so soundly earlier.
  
• How much will "impressive" wins help people. What if Notre Dame shuts out Southern Cal? What if Arkansas kills Florida? What if OSU-Michigan isn't close?
  
• Can all of these teams look bad enough against each other (picture a series of 2-0 games) to allow Wisconsin, West Virginia or Boise State a sniff?

Questions? Comments? Arguments?

Comments

[alleynyc.livejournal.com]

I think we're doing NFL now that you mention it. I seem to remember Detroit and Dallas mentioned. I'm not getting there until about 4 so I'll be cueing in then. And thanks for the advice, particularly about *when* to ask questions. I totally would have just launched in and likely been distracting. AWESOME. Thanks so much!

[dlgood.livejournal.com]

Sidenote: Detroit and Dallas always host games on Thanksgiving.

That's my general advice anyway. You can watch how all the guys interact, and after awhile you can get a sense of how they're working and when it's good to jump in and such.

Oh, and for you to know... feel free to periodically interject with lewd comments about the players if any of them make you hot. Or if you just think it'd be funny. But try not to slash the players in front of them, no matter what homoerotic subtext you might see. That's too tricky for novices.

[alleynyc.livejournal.com]

But try not to slash the players in front of them, no matter what homoerotic subtext you might see.

LMAO.