[NU Sports] Chaos Theory (was: Big Ten bowl scene)

[Eric West]

At 12:24 AM 11/21/2004, SjT (Stephen J. Truog) wrote:

>BCS chaos could rule and Boise State or Louisville could jump into the top
>six along with Utah! TWO "mid-major" BCS busters? Don't laugh!:)
>
>And who would lose with that? Cal. With the two automatic bids gone, all of
>a sudden, Pasadena is left without their Golden Bears.
>
>Throw in upsets from the ACC, Big Least and title games and a ND or UCLA
>upset of $C and you could get the BCS Chaos Theory ...
>
>ORANGE: Utah vs. Boise State
>ROSE: Michigan vs. USC
>SUGAR: Tennessee vs. Virginia
>FIESTA: Iowa State vs. Pitt

You're right about Boise State and Louisville inching toward the BCS Top 6; 
I'm surprised nobody mentioned this possibility on ESPN's college football 
wrap-up shows. (Then again, as far as I could tell they didn't even mention 
the NU-Illinois result, so there you go.) However, in your Chaos scenario: 
if the Top 3 all lose and Cal doesn't, there's a good chance they would be 
one of the BCS Top 2 teams, so they would be in the Orange. Maybe you were 
including a Cal loss to Southern Miss, though. That would be funny.

Eric West
e-west at northwestern.edu