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2003-12-08 -Short Attention Span Theater-

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Posted by Lucky 2003-12-08 1:47:04 AM|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 And Iâm an SoCal fan.

Really? I wouldn't have guessed. :-)

Posted by Steve White 2003-12-8 1:58:00 AM|| 2003-12-8 1:58:00 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Hey Steve...O_o... I'm near crazy!

Posted by Lucky 2003-12-8 2:11:46 AM|| 2003-12-8 2:11:46 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 Um, I don't think the "Rant" in Rantburg means this sort of thing.

Posted by someone 2003-12-8 2:24:35 AM|| 2003-12-8 2:24:35 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 Thats because your not pissed off like me, someone! Um!

Posted by Lucky 2003-12-8 2:36:14 AM|| 2003-12-8 2:36:14 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 Now if Michigan beats USC, does that mean whoever beat Michigan before is better than USC? This is all so confusing! Why can't we just have bowls set-up based on W-L records?

Posted by Charles 2003-12-8 3:36:10 AM|| 2003-12-8 3:36:10 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 I agree that USC got screwed by the polls, who should have dropped OU to 4th...either that or there should have been a provision that to include conference championships into the formula. That said, LSU clearly belongs in that game, and I honestly believe that SC would get run out of the stadium by LSU defense. Oh and one more thing the city of New Orleans loses lots of money when LSU plays because most of their fans drive down the day of the game. If the bowl officials had their way LSU was not their choice.

Posted by ab 2003-12-8 5:29:21 AM|| 2003-12-8 5:29:21 AM|| Front Page Top

#7 On one level, this is the best of all possible situations...certainly for the game played in Pasadena. The Rose Bowl actually and really means something this year.

It isnât bad for USC either...especially with the Rose Bowl falling on January 1, and if USC wins....four days later they have that Ho-Hum bowl...Oh Yeah, thatâs right, the Sugar.

And the controversy of having a split championship is probably good for the BCS itself also....Letâs face it, itâs been a hell of an exciting year in College Football...viewership of the games have got to be way up...and there are two Bowls this year that are must see.

So pretty good fo the BCS, also.

The only thing that really sucks is that the Coaches Poll is contractually bound to vote the National Championship to whoever wins the Sugar Bowl.

What would be really interesting would be if they ran the BCS numbers after the Bowl games....LSU #2 beats OU #1 (in the BCS), USC #1 (in the AP and the Coaches Poll) beats #4 Michigan...

Then let the AP, the Coaches, and the 7 Computers have at it.

That would be....interesting, and should determine the Actual National Championship.

Hey, Hey....that isnât too bad...Iâve got to stop now and dash off a suggestion letter to Mike Tranghese.....lol

Of course, Iâll be lolling on some beach in the NorthEast of Brazil on Jan 1 and way out of the loop....sob!

Posted by Traveller 2003-12-8 5:59:02 AM|| 2003-12-8 5:59:02 AM|| Front Page Top

#8 Oklahoma would beat the shit out of USC if they did play so it's a moot point. West Coast football is a joke, just like the West Coast. Commies can't play football!

Posted by Swiggles 2003-12-8 8:21:02 AM|| 2003-12-8 8:21:02 AM|| Front Page Top

#9 BCS is a joke. Hope this is the death of it. Have a true playoff by the Conference Champs until someone wins out like the pros. Cut out the patsie games the first three weeks of the season. Have them start right into the conf schedule. Playoffs done by X-Mas, Natl Champ Bowl on New Years day. Simple enough. Would stop these types of situations & bring back sanity to the game. All bowls except for the big 4 are a waste, and there's only one bowl that usually matters every year. I know, probably a loss of revenues for some teams, too bad, college sports have become a scam.

Posted by Jarhead 2003-12-8 9:47:16 AM|| 2003-12-8 9:47:16 AM|| Front Page Top

#10 What I find to be the most ridiculas thing is that in both the AP and Coaches polls there are people still voting OU #1, right after they got their asses kicked.

The BCS is a piece of crap for sure, but leaving OU #1 on your (the voters, that is) poll vote is the sort of old fashioned bullsh*t that the BCS was supposed to help get rid of, and here it clearly didn't.

Posted by Laurence of the Rats 2003-12-8 9:50:19 AM|| 2003-12-8 9:50:19 AM|| Front Page Top

#11 All things considered, I'm happy to be interested in the Rose Bowl again this year... wish they'd move it back to a Pac-10/Big-10 battle again. (MSU '77)

Posted by snellenr 2003-12-8 10:34:55 AM|| 2003-12-8 10:34:55 AM|| Front Page Top

#12 hey I recommend this site. Stick to news.

Posted by flash91 2003-12-8 11:22:55 AM|| 2003-12-8 11:22:55 AM|| Front Page Top

#13 Flash my man! This is News! Tragic and Horrible.

Posted by Shipman 2003-12-8 11:40:25 AM|| 2003-12-8 11:40:25 AM|| Front Page Top

#14 By the time our troops get through in Iraq (10,15 years from now), the University of Baghdad will probably be able to beat USC AND Florida State, and eake out a tie with LSU. You KNOW you have a good team when your tight end catches a 40-yard touchdown pass and weaves through a MINEFIELD to score! 8^)

Posted by Old Patriot 2003-12-8 11:56:57 AM|| [http://users.codenet.net/mweather/default.htm] 2003-12-8 11:56:57 AM|| Front Page Top

#15 BWWAAAAAHAAAAHHAAAAAAAA, F^%$K YOU BCS. I remember the 1998 Big 12 Championship game of KSU vs Tex A&M. Its the Wildcat's turn to break one off in the BCS committee. BWWAAAAHAAA HHHHAAA.

Posted by whitecollar redneck 2003-12-8 12:24:02 PM|| 2003-12-8 12:24:02 PM|| Front Page Top

#16 No one in their right mind (except the OK people) thinks anyone but USC and LSU should play for the national title. While I am a LSU fan, my heart goes out to USC and I am let down that the two are not paired up in the Sugar bowl. I think USC would say the same!

Posted by Mustang 2003-12-8 12:28:44 PM|| 2003-12-8 12:28:44 PM|| Front Page Top

#17 Ah, that's what we want to see; topics to inspire civil, well-reasoned discourse on a polite, high-level intellectual plane. Bravo!

Posted by Glenn (not Reynolds) 2003-12-8 12:48:24 PM|| 2003-12-8 12:48:24 PM|| Front Page Top

#18 Sorry, Used-Trojan Fans, but NO ONE who loses to Cal can EVER be considered for a national championship, now or ever again........

Posted by Mercutio 2003-12-8 3:26:46 PM|| 2003-12-8 3:26:46 PM|| Front Page Top

#19 Lucky, you are way off base. The BCS bites but it was created to end the B.S. shared national Championship and ensure that #1 played #2. The human polling element is lame. Sportswriters voting, creating controversy, selling newspapers? Never.
That being said, if anyone has a beef it should Michigan. OU screwed the pooch but they will still beat LSU. Michigan, however is going to smoke USC's bag on national television.
USC's problem is that they have a BS schedule and they lost to no talent Cal. If USC wants to be somebody then they need to play somebody. I.E. a top ten team. Their athletic director should start adjusting the 2004 schedule now.
Like I said, it's a moot point given that they will be playing Michigan.

Posted by MURTAH 2003-12-8 5:00:03 PM|| 2003-12-8 5:00:03 PM|| Front Page Top

#20 Murat? What say you?

Posted by Shipman 2003-12-8 5:07:18 PM|| 2003-12-8 5:07:18 PM|| Front Page Top

#21 Traveler, Okay. We're on the same page!

Murtah, Talks cheap. Can't wait for SC to stomp on MU. Wait till you see the true freshman Rb Bush.
Gone!

Mercutio. Cal would be National championship material if they played in any other conference other than the Pac.

Shipman. Yep.

Posted by Lucky 2003-12-9 12:51:12 AM|| 2003-12-9 12:51:12 AM|| Front Page Top

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