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  • #46
    Originally posted by SuzySunshine View Post
    Oooh right - the SEC is the hardest, that is why the BIG 12 has the most teams ranked.
    Ooooooooh, don't EVEN get me started! LOL.

    Seriously, I've had this conversation so many times just the thought of it makes my blood boil. I've come to the conclusion you can't have a debate about college football. You can have an impassioned, angry, and sometimes physical argument, but you can't have a debate .

    Plus since I'm just a lowly newbie I'm not going to push anyone's buttons... yet
    Wife of a surgical fellow; Mom to a busy toddler girl and 5 furballs (2 cats, 3 dogs)

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    • #47
      Actually all you can do about college football right now is debate - there will be no RIGHT answer until there is a playoff!
      Wife to NSG out of training, mom to 2, 10 & 8, and a beagle with wings.

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      • #48
        Originally posted by SuzySunshine View Post
        Actually all you can do about college football right now is debate - there will be no RIGHT answer until there is a playoff!
        Now THERE is a point we can both agree on!!

        Stupid BCS....
        Wife of a surgical fellow; Mom to a busy toddler girl and 5 furballs (2 cats, 3 dogs)

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        • #49
          Right, so if you're trying to determine the best conference, you usually turn to the rankings. And the rankings are based on strength of schedule. So it's kind of a self fulfilling prophecy, no?

          Until there's a playoff, more big teams need to play each other during the season. Which none of them want to do because it's so much easier and more lucrative to play cupcake teams and win big.

          All of which is a long-winded way to say that I'm excited for our game against Ohio State this weekend. And that I wish we played more SEC schools.
          Julia - legislative process lover and general government nerd, married to a PICU & Medical Ethics attending, raising a toddler son and expecting a baby daughter Oct '16.

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          • #50
            Originally posted by niener View Post
            Oh wait, I just read up the thread and saw that you are indeed a Tiger but not the one I thought you were! Well then ignore my last comment about supporting the state (I was thinking Auburn Tiger)...

            So what I should have said was unless you're playing us OR Auburn (again, gotta support the state first ), then I'll root for ya!
            Haha, I hear ya! I will pull for Auburn when we're not playing each other, and I'll TRY to do the same for Bama. But I think this quote from something on ESPN.com will hint as to why it might be difficult

            "Now, lots of people dislike coaches. Michigan fans loathe Jim Tressel. Buckeyes can't stand Joe Paterno. Nittany Lions detest Bobby Bowden. Those are normal, acceptable levels of hate.
            But LSU fans hate Saban more than store-bought...            hot jambalaya, more than FEMA, more than Yankees who confuse Creole with Cajun. The man loved 'em and left 'em. This is personal. This is cultural. This hatred is…intergalactic.
            'You could draw the analogy to Star Wars,' says Indiana professor Ed Hirt, an expert in fan behavior and why sports turn ordinary grown-ups into psychopaths. 'It is going to the dark side.'"

            But enough of that! Here's to the start of another college football weekend! Enjoy!

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            • #51
              Just gotta say, Kansas has the best non pc shirts. In basketball we have Hawkaholic and I love to play with my SELF.

              and then there is football:

              Our coach can eat your coach
              http://www.flickr.com/photos/rock_ch...ku/2054996921/
              -L.Jane

              Wife to a wonderful General Surgeon
              Mom to a sweet but stubborn boy born April 2014
              Rock Chalk Jayhawk GO KU!!!

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              • #52
                Originally posted by oceanchild View Post
                Right, so if you're trying to determine the best conference, you usually turn to the rankings. And the rankings are based on strength of schedule. So it's kind of a self fulfilling prophecy, no?

                Until there's a playoff, more big teams need to play each other during the season. Which none of them want to do because it's so much easier and more lucrative to play cupcake teams and win big.
                Rankings based on strength of schedule? WHAT? Its a bunch of journalist and coaches voting - strength of schedule is a BS number that the BCS computers crunch out. No one has played anyone yet except the handful of top 25 teams that played other top 25 teams last week. It's all subjective. The year KU went 12-1 they didn't even get a chance to play for the national title because of that one loss yet both of the national championship teams also had a loss - its crap and until there is a true playoff it will continue to be crap. At least there is no such crap in basketball!
                Wife to NSG out of training, mom to 2, 10 & 8, and a beagle with wings.

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                • #53
                  Originally posted by suzysunshine View Post
                  - its crap and until there is a true playoff it will continue to be crap. At least there is no such crap in basketball!
                  very very true!!!!!!!
                  Tara
                  Married 20 years to MD/PhD in year 3 of MFM fellowship. SAHM to five wonderful children (#6 due in August), a sweet GSD named Bella, a black lab named Toby, and 1 guinea pig.

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                  • #54
                    Originally posted by SuzySunshine View Post
                    Rankings based on strength of schedule? WHAT? Its a bunch of journalist and coaches voting - strength of schedule is a BS number that the BCS computers crunch out. No one has played anyone yet except the handful of top 25 teams that played other top 25 teams last week. It's all subjective. The year KU went 12-1 they didn't even get a chance to play for the national title because of that one loss yet both of the national championship teams also had a loss - its crap and until there is a true playoff it will continue to be crap. At least there is no such crap in basketball!
                    Well of course it's crap! That's what I was trying to say. The coaches and journalists base their voting on perceptions, and one of the ways they come upon those perceptions is the opposition, and how the opposition is perceived is based on the voting. Hence the self-fulfilling prophecy.
                    Last edited by oceanchild; 09-11-2009, 04:24 PM. Reason: decided to stick with points people might actually care about.
                    Julia - legislative process lover and general government nerd, married to a PICU & Medical Ethics attending, raising a toddler son and expecting a baby daughter Oct '16.

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                    • #55
                      Originally posted by mmart36 View Post
                      "Now, lots of people dislike coaches. Michigan fans loathe Jim Tressel. Buckeyes can't stand Joe Paterno. Nittany Lions detest Bobby Bowden. Those are normal, acceptable levels of hate.
                      But LSU fans hate Saban more than store-bought...                      hot jambalaya, more than FEMA, more than Yankees who confuse Creole with Cajun. The man loved 'em and left 'em. This is personal. This is cultural. This hatred is…intergalactic.
                      'You could draw the analogy to Star Wars,' says Indiana professor Ed Hirt, an expert in fan behavior and why sports turn ordinary grown-ups into psychopaths. 'It is going to the dark side.'"


                      That's hilarious!!

                      It's quite alright, I understand... I won't fault you if you can't find it in you to cheer for us
                      Wife of a surgical fellow; Mom to a busy toddler girl and 5 furballs (2 cats, 3 dogs)

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                      • #56
                        Originally posted by SuzySunshine View Post
                        At least there is no such crap in basketball!
                        YES!!! College basketball is just around the corner!

                        It's the moooost wonderful tiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiime of the yeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaar!!!!
                        Wife of a surgical fellow; Mom to a busy toddler girl and 5 furballs (2 cats, 3 dogs)

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                        • #57
                          Originally posted by niener View Post
                          YES!!! College basketball is just around the corner!

                          It's the moooost wonderful tiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiime of the yeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaar!!!!

                          I can't agree enough. Its just boring when college basketball is not in season.
                          -L.Jane

                          Wife to a wonderful General Surgeon
                          Mom to a sweet but stubborn boy born April 2014
                          Rock Chalk Jayhawk GO KU!!!

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                          • #58
                            O-H-I-O

                            Buckeye by marriage here. Where I'm from, the NFL rules supreme but all I needed was 1 time in The Shoe to convince me that college football is AWESOME. Given that I'm a huge football fan at any level, it wasn't a hard sell.

                            DF and I both went to colleges without big time football teams though he played in college on a team that always won their division, it just wasn't a division that made ESPN very often so we're happy to cheer the Buckeyes on.
                            Married to a Urology Attending! (that is an understated exclamation point)
                            Mama to C (Jan 2012), D (Nov 2013), and R (April 2016). Consulting and homeschooling are my day jobs.

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                            • #59
                              Apparently the OU v. Idaho State score is 48-0. I don't like not being able to watch the game, though!
                              Married to a newly minted Pediatric Rad, momma to a sweet girl and a bunch of (mostly) cute boy monsters.



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                              • #60
                                Originally posted by SoonerTexan View Post
                                Apparently the OU v. Idaho State score is 48-0. I don't like not being able to watch the game, though!

                                BOOMER SOONER GO OU!!
                                Brandi
                                Wife to PGY3 Rads also proud mother of three spoiled dogs!! Some days it is hectic, but I wouldn't trade this for anything.




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