2009 bcs championship Stories - Black Shoe Diaries
BCS Bowl Selection Open Thread: Please Hand TCU a Cup of Sugar
The BCS bowl announcements will be announced tonight at 8pm eastern on Fox while ESPN is counter programming at the same time for the entire release of the bowl matchups. Fox will get to announce but ESPN will be maybe a minute behind since Fox owns the rights to the BCS. He have finally came to...
How the BCS Selection Process Works with Predictions
The Bowl Selection Day Open Thread posts at 5 p.m. ET on Sunday. Catch the specials on Fox and ESPN at 8 p.m. ET. It's a slight bit confusing, but here's how this year's BCS process works. AUTOMATIC BIDS The champions of the six automatic qualifying conferences get into the deal. They are Georgia...
The Familiar Fallout: Poll Drops, BCS Position, Next Week's Lines
Yeah, it wasn't pretty. But it's time to take stock and look forward. Polls. Penn State will end the season with just two ranked teams on the schedule - Wisconsin is on a two year break - and for the second time Paterno & Co. played too safe for their own good. The Iowa game could be...
Pay No Attention: Penn State 13th In First BCS Standings
Stumbles by some of the top teams bumped Penn State up to 11th in both the Coaches' and Harris poll, but the team was roughed up by the computers and end up with a final BCS rank of 13. The SOS is absolutely brutal from the machines, and it shows in the rankings they spit out: ...
BCS In Front of Congress Again?
Good Lord... I am so tired of Congress getting involved with sports. Did anything come out of the first meeting with Congress when the BCS was brought up? Let me answer that for you... NOPE. Is anything going to come out of it this time.... NOPE. As a matter of fact... did anything really come...
The art of being a fan in a no-win situation
You might think that given the title of this story that I'll be talking about the Idaho Vandals or the New Mexico State Aggies or Hal Mumme choosing between jobs as special assistant to Chase Holbrook's dad and a Geek Squad member at Best Buy. But I'm actually talking about the Broncos. And it...
The Obligatory Predictions Competition - Bowl Edition
College Football's Smartest Picks Contest. The wait is over. It's time to play for the crystal. From now through January 8th we're disembarking on a tropical theater of bragging rights and technical know how. Trade your runny nose, stinging ears, and salt slush streets for warm breezes,...
Hey Texas - Look In The Mirror!
I tried! I really tried hard to feel sorry for the Texas Longhorns because of the process in which they were left out of the Big 12 Championship. While I won’t ever apologize for Oklahoma being there I will acknowledge that the issue being settled on a 5th tiebreaker is a tough way to lose....
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