[Husker] Big XII gets shafted by BCS

[Theodore Heise]

On Wed, 7 Dec 2011, Lynette Tillner wrote:

> Boise State pounding Fresno State was not "notable," it was 
> expected. Fresno State won only 3 games this year. Pat Hill, well 
> respected here in the area was rightly fired after 15 years at 
> Fresno State because his program has been on a slow downhill slide 
> since 2006. Actually not as much a slide as not keeping up with 
> the Boise State's of the Conference.
> 
> When the highlight of Fresno State's year (highlights have been 
> replayed every week all year long) wass playing well against 
> Nebraska (and we played very poorly the first part of that game), 
> you know you've got problems...

It is exactly because they played well against Nebraska that I find 
it notable.

Ted




From: Theodore Heise <theo at heise.nu>
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Sent: Tuesday, December 6, 2011 9:14 AM
Subject: Re: [Husker] Big XII gets shafted by BCS


Don't disagree (especially about the field color! :), but think it's 
notable that they *pounded* Fresno State at home.



On Tue, 6 Dec 2011, Killmar, John wrote:

> I don't think they got shafted.  Only one team on their schedule is in the top 25 (#19 Georgia).  I think they are ranked too high and their field is blue.  Here is their schedule:
> Date    Opponent        Result / Time
> 9/3    at 19 Georgia  W 35 - 21
> 9/16    at Toledo      W 40 - 15
> 9/24    vs. Tulsa      W 41 - 21
> 10/1    vs. Nevada      W 30 - 10
> 10/7    at Fresno State W 57 - 7
> 10/15  at Colorado State      W 63 - 13
> 10/22  vs. Air Force  W 37 - 26
> 11/5    at UNLV W 48 - 21
> 11/12  vs. TCU L 35 - 36
> 11/19  at San Diego State      W 52 - 35
> 11/26  vs. Wyoming    W 36 - 14
> 12/3    vs. New Mexico  W 45 - 0
> 12/22  vs. Arizona State      8:00 ET
>
> John Killmar
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: husker-bounces at tssi.com [mailto:husker-bounces at tssi.com] On Behalf Of Andy Knipp
> Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2011 9:03 AM
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>
> Actually I thought Boise State got shafted. They are ranked #7 with only 1 loss and yet they are stuck in a Bowl in Vegas (OK that works) with a 6-6 Arizona State team. What will the line be on that ? > 50 ?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: husker-bounces at tssi.com [mailto:husker-bounces at tssi.com] On Behalf Of Mike Nolan
> Sent: Monday, December 05, 2011 10:15 AM
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> Subject: [Husker] Big XII gets shafted by BCS
>
> Aside from an interesting #3 vs #4 matchup in the Fiesta Bowl, (first team to 100 wins?) the Big XII got shafted big-time by the BCS this year.
>
> The ACC got two teams into BCS bowls for the first time in conference history while the Big XII only got one.
>
> Virginia Tech's pairing against Michigan better sell a lot of begniets to Hokies fans in New Orleans, there's really no other good explanation for having a school that lost badly to Clemson not once but twice, by 23-3 and 38-10 margins, in a BCS bowl.
> --
> Mike Nolan
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