Final Week Regular AP Polls...unbelievable

[[OT] Loki]

Hawaii should be #1

[Rahllin]

Originally Posted by [OT] Loki

Hawaii should be #1

Hawaii only played one ranked opponent, #19 Boise State. Hawaii's opponents combined, with their awesome total record of 53-92, only beat one ranked opponent, which also happened to be Boise State... so basically Hawaii plus all their opponents combined could only win 2 games against ranked teams... and it just so happens that the team they beat isn't all that great.

[macjoe53]

Originally Posted by OB1 Stogie

Another example of why there needs to be a playoff. In this season of upsets, how could anyone not think an undefeated Hawaii doesn't belong in the title game. Pretty sad having a 2 loss team playing for a championship...why does Kansas, with 1 loss, not get any consideration???? I dont get it...looks like the media is driving the ship. After all, OSU and LSU makes a better matchup for TV.....isn't that what it's all about.

Hawaii doesn't play a strong schedule and does not belong to one of the BCS conferences, they can only get into a BCS game as an at large team. Kansas doesn't play a strong schedule and that's why they don't get a higher position in the polls.

Does there need to be a playoff in college football. Yes.

[preludese111]

Yep, Boise's not too good this year. Hawaii shouldn't be 1, or even near it, or in a BCS game, until they play a real team or two and beat them. OSU in another Champ Game? We'll see if they're any better than last year, or if it's just the Big 10 benefiting from a crappy BCS system, like last year and they'll get destroyed by LSU.

[OB1 Stogie]

Originally Posted by macjoe53

Hawaii doesn't play a strong schedule and does not belong to one of the BCS conferences, they can only get into a BCS game as an at large team. Kansas doesn't play a strong schedule and that's why they don't get a higher position in the polls.

Does there need to be a playoff in college football. Yes.

Kansas was good enough to be # 2 a few weeks ago, weren't they??? They play in a BCS confrence, dont they??? What kind of schedule does OSU play??? Kent St, Youngstown St, Akron, Northwester and the rest of the over-rated Big Ten??? The schedule argument can go both ways. All I am saying is if a team, that can potentially play in a BCS bowl, goes undefeated, like Hawaii, they deserve a shot. The NCAA created this mess, now they have to deal with it. As I said before, if APP St can beat MICH, Stanford can beat USC and PITT can beat WVU, why shouldn't Hawaii get a shot????

[burninator]

Originally Posted by BigDawgFan

The way the polls have pretty much always worked whoever loses they drop and you move up. The "pollsters" knew before this weekend that UGA wouldn't be playing in any kind of championship and they still ranked them #4. So now they have Oklahoma and LSU leapfrog us in the polls? Political, stupid polls. I love college football and I pray someday that we actually have something OTHER than a popularity contest for the NC.

I'm wondering why they even bothered ranking UGA at #4 last week.

[BigDawgFan]

Originally Posted by burninator

I'm wondering why they even bothered ranking UGA at #4 last week.

Whatever were their reasons didn't carry over to this week. Oh well, maybe one day Div 1 ncaa will settle it on the field.

[burninator]

Originally Posted by BigDawgFan

Whatever were their reasons didn't carry over to this week. Oh well, maybe one day Div 1 ncaa will settle it on the field.

Obviously, it's the dawgs own fault for being in a conference with a championship game.

Which reminds me, congrats to OSU.

[macjoe53]

Originally Posted by OB1 Stogie

Kansas was good enough to be # 2 a few weeks ago, weren't they??? They play in a BCS confrence, dont they??? What kind of schedule does OSU play??? Kent St, Youngstown St, Akron, Northwester and the rest of the over-rated Big Ten??? The schedule argument can go both ways. All I am saying is if a team, that can potentially play in a BCS bowl, goes undefeated, like Hawaii, they deserve a shot. The NCAA created this mess, now they have to deal with it. As I said before, if APP St can beat MICH, Stanford can beat USC and PITT can beat WVU, why shouldn't Hawaii get a shot????

I think it was the Big 10 that created this mess. That conference always seems to benefit the most.

[[OT] Loki]

Originally Posted by Rahllin

Hawaii only played one ranked opponent, #19 Boise State. Hawaii's opponents combined, with their awesome total record of 53-92, only beat one ranked opponent, which also happened to be Boise State... so basically Hawaii plus all their opponents combined could only win 2 games against ranked teams... and it just so happens that the team they beat isn't all that great.

I was being sarcastic....sorta

[Rahllin]

Time to start the painstaking search for an overpriced BCS championship game ticket... If anyone has some connections I'm willing to pay... or trade cigars... or both...

[Alpedhuez55]

Originally Posted by BigDawgFan

And the DAWGS get SCREWED!!!!!! Oh well, it's nothing but a glorified beauty contest.

Try getting to the SEC championship game before you say your team was screwed. LSU deserves the higher ranking.

[macjoe53]

Originally Posted by Alpedhuez55

Try getting to the SEC championship game before you say your team was screwed. LSU deserves the higher ranking.

I never knew bulldogs could whine so much! Poor us. We didn't even make it to the conference title game and now they won't let us play for the national title. Boo Hoo Hoo.

[Mystophales]

Originally Posted by macjoe53

I never knew bulldogs could whine so much! Poor us. We didn't even make it to the conference title game and now they won't let us play for the national title. Boo Hoo Hoo.

I don't think this is a case of whining. By the logic of having to be in a conference championship game in order to move into a NC game then Ohio State shouldn't be anywhere near it. The fact remains Georgia was ranked #4 before any of the games were played...this means the people doing the voting said that Georgia is the 4th best team in the country so if 1 and 2 both lose it would seem to me that they should at the very least be #2.

This whole BCS crap is a complete and utter joke and the fact remains it should be settled on the field.

[boonedoggle]

only a matter of time now before some type of playoff system is in place...especially with the events of this year.