[NU Sports] MSU Game

[Beamsley, Jeff]

OK, then I agree with others.

The only game that really matters is the BT championship.  

Win and you are in.  

Lose and you are out (at least of the BCS).

If I were Dantonio, I would treat our game as an NFL pre-season game.  

First string plays the first series or two and then sits.  

In fact, I would devote the practice time this week to preparing for
Wisky (since they are the likely opponent).

If they win the BT championship game, everyone will remark on how smart
he was.  If he loses, nobody is going to criticize him for his "all in"
attempt to win.  On the other hand, if he does the ethical thing and
plays the NU game straight up and Cousins or Gholston, for example, gets
injured and they then lose the BT championship game, there is going to
be a lot of second guessing going on.

Jeff



-----Original Message-----
From: Mike Nolan [mailto:nolan at tssi.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, November 22, 2011 2:56 PM
To: Beamsley, Jeff
Cc: Mike Nolan; jleonard518 at yahoo.com; nwu-sports at tssi.com
Subject: Re: [NU Sports] MSU Game

> Isn't there something in the BCS formula that eliminates three loss
> teams as long as there are still sufficient two loss teams to fill out
> their bowl games?

Not according to this site:

http://www.collegefootballpoll.com/bcs_selection_procedures.html

BCS Automatic Qualification, At-Large Eligibility
and Selection Procedures, 2011-2014 Games
from BCS Releases
Updated 4/9/10

Automatic Qualification
1. The top two teams in the final BCS Standings shall play in the 
   National Championship Game.

2. The champions of the Atlantic Coast, Big East, Big Ten, Big 12, 
   Pac-10, and Southeastern conferences will have automatic berths in 
   one of the participating bowls through the 2013 regular season.
--
Mike Nolan