[Big Bear]

semi-final games are in New Orleans and Pasadena

since the NCAA is all about making money i am assuming Oregon will get to play in Pasadena and Alabama or whoever wins the SEC will get to play in New Orleans....

So basically this will be a huge home field advantage for a team like Alabama playing in SEC country and Oregon playing on the west coast in Cali.

Then again if UCLA beats Oregon then UCLA pretty much gets a home game in the semi-final.

but i see it setting up something like this

Florida State vs Alabama at the semi final Sugar bowl

Ohio State vs Oregon/ UCLA at the semi final Rose bowl


Thoughts??? who are you guys picking to win the whole thang?

[jjgold]

Bear settle down

Its fukkin July..I would love to whip you with a belt in the woods

Florida St
Ohio St
Iowa
USC

No idea of order

Ohio St wins it

[Big Bear]

Bear settle down

Its fukkin July..I would love to whip you with a belt in the woods

Florida St
Ohio St
Iowa
USC

No idea of order

Ohio St wins it

listen pal please dont make reference to what you would like to do to me "in the woods"

lets keep this thread about football.

[Big Bear]

Bear settle down

Its fukkin July..I would love to whip you with a belt in the woods

Florida St
Ohio St
Iowa
USC

No idea of order

Ohio St wins it

and wtf you have both iowa and ohio state in the final 4???

i dont think any conference is allowed to have 2 teams in the final 4, not even the SEC.

I could see Ohio State winning it if Braxton Miller is 100% healthy, he played horrible vs Clemson but supposedly he was extremely hurt and Guiton should have been in there instead.

how did the Bucks secondary look this spring?

[texhooper]

iowa, nice.

[Fishhead]

[QUOTE=jjgold;22276513]Bear settle down



Florida St
Ohio St
Iowa
USC

QUOTE]


Good choices....all could have one loss or more loss by Oct 14th, still good choices as any.

[Big Bear]

[QUOTE=Fishhead;22276645]

Bear settle down



Florida St
Ohio St
Iowa
USC

QUOTE]


Good choices....all could have one loss or more loss by Oct 14th, still good choices as any.

FSU and OSU will not lose befoe oct.14th

[BigdaddyQH]

Bear settle down

Its fukkin July..I would love to whip you with a belt in the woods

Florida St
Ohio St
Iowa
USC

No idea of order

Ohio St wins it

Two Big 10 teams and USC? Who ever said that you were a pro gambler. You are NOT. Don 't make me prove this to you. Just who do you claim to know in Vegas anyways? It's about time that I make you put your money (points in this case) where your mouth is. I am willing to wager you 2000 betpoints that two (or more) of your teams do NOT make it to the final four. Is it a wager, or are you going to wimp out, like many do in here.

[BigdaddyQH]

[QUOTE=Big Bear;22276669]

FSU and OSU will not lose befoe oct.14th

What does October 14th have to do with anything?

[James Marques]

Can we at least wait for 1 week of fall camp before we try to make this ridiculous prediction?

[Fishhead]

Iowa currently favored in 11 of their 12 regular season games.....but will be fortunate to win 9 of the 12

They appear ear plugged for an 8-4 or 9-3 season.

[itchypickle]

Bear settle down

Its fukkin July..I would love to whip you with a belt in the woods

Florida St
Ohio St
Iowa
USC

No idea of order

Ohio St wins it

I agree Ohio St makes it with that schedule into the top 4 but no way TWO Big Ten teams make it.

Baylor/Oklahoma
Alabama
Ohio State
UCLA

Florida State ends up on the outside looking in at #5

[You mad bro]

Dumb base thread number 703. Almost at 1000 retard keep it up

[BigdaddyQH]

I agree Ohio St makes it with that schedule into the top 4 but no way TWO Big Ten teams make it.

Baylor/Oklahoma
Alabama
Ohio State
UCLA

Florida State ends up on the outside looking in at #5

How can the defending champions be left out if they lose 0 or 1 game? Certainly either Baylor or Oklahoma, who do NOT play a CC game, will be left out before Florida State who does, unless you believe that they will lose their CC game.

[KiDBaZkiT]

FSU.best qb in the country.

[BigdaddyQH]

Oregon has the best QB in the country. I will take Mariota over Winston any day. What I get a kick out of is how the national rags try to play both ends against the middle by picking Winston as the First String All American QB, but picking Mariota as the Heisman winner.

[You mad bro]

Oregon has the best QB in the country. I will take Mariota over Winston any day. What I get a kick out of is how the national rags try to play both ends against the middle by picking Winston as the First String All American QB, but picking Mariota as the Heisman winner.

mariota has a cooler name than winston also

[daneblazer]

Two of LSU/Alabama/UGA/South Carolina/Auburn
Florida State
Winner of the Pac 10

[itchypickle]

How can the defending champions be left out if they lose 0 or 1 game? Certainly either Baylor or Oklahoma, who do NOT play a CC game, will be left out before Florida State who does, unless you believe that they will lose their CC game.

Fisher is building a depth centered program but just not sold yet on the buying into it quite yet. I'm not wagering money they don't make it into the top 4 yet, but just saying it'll take seeing them perform after the 'cinderella season' for Winston and losing a few key weapons on both offense and defense - Jernigan, Joyner, Freeman and Benjamin- for me to think they are ready.

[daneblazer]

Florida State lost a ton of talent to the NFL two years ago and they ended up winning the National Championship anyways. They are a machine now.

[Big Bear]

Does anybody think UCLA's defense is good enough to stop
Mariota?

[frogsrangers]

Homer pick but I see value in TCU at 600 to 1.

The defense is already the best in the Big 12 and returns 9 starters, and they are bringing in 2 new offensive coordinators, a lot of cappers have TCU going 9-3 but if the offense does better than expected they have a favorable enough schedule to win double digit games. Only two tough road games, at Baylor and at Texas, Gary Patterson defenses always do well against Baylor and Texas is a question mark. Favorable home schedule.

600 to 1 are odds reserved for teams that will struggle to even get bowl eligible, not teams that capping services and publications like Athlon/Phil Steele are predicting to go 9-3. That is where the value is.

[frogsrangers]

Iowa currently favored in 11 of their 12 regular season games.....but will be fortunate to win 9 of the 12

They appear ear plugged for an 8-4 or 9-3 season.

Iowa has an easy schedule but Kirk Ferentz has mastered the art of losing a game he shouldn't

Plus even if they go 12-0, which is very possible, they have to play a good team in Big 10 title game. And then go win 2 straight playoff games.

Not seeing it

[jjgold]

Iowa with weakest schedule in the county with a good team

a few breaks they go 12-0

[Urbanwildlife]

Does anybody think UCLA's defense is good enough to stop
Mariota?

Who is Mariota Bear???

[BigdaddyQH]

Homer pick but I see value in TCU at 600 to 1.

The defense is already the best in the Big 12 and returns 9 starters, and they are bringing in 2 new offensive coordinators, a lot of cappers have TCU going 9-3 but if the offense does better than expected they have a favorable enough schedule to win double digit games. Only two tough road games, at Baylor and at Texas, Gary Patterson defenses always do well against Baylor and Texas is a question mark. Favorable home schedule.

600 to 1 are odds reserved for teams that will struggle to even get bowl eligible, not teams that capping services and publications like Athlon/Phil Steele are predicting to go 9-3. That is where the value is.

TCU will be lucky to wn more than 7 games. They have no offense at all. They simply do not have Big 12 caliber of players on offense. Their defense will have to carry othe load for them, and that does not cut it in the Big 12. They play OU, at Baylor, and then Okie State in a three week period that will end any hope of a Big 12 title, much less national dreams. They may finish as high as 3rd, but they have no chance against OU and Baylor. 600-1 or 6000-1. It makes no difference. A losing wager is a losing wager, and this is a losing wager.

[BigdaddyQH]

Iowa with weakest schedule in the county with a good team

a few breaks they go 12-0

They close with Wisconsin and Nebraska at home in 6 days. They still are coached by Ferentz. They will lose one of those games. They have no shot against Ohio State or Michigan State.

[The Giant]

Are the semi-finals and championship all going to be played at the same venue, the following week? How does this work exactly?

[Big Bear]

The semi-finals will be played at the sugar bowl and rose bowl

big 10 vs Pac 10 in
Pasadena

SEC vs Big 12/ACC
New Orleans

[jjgold]

Wisky always blows big games

Ferentz best coach in america

[The Giant]

The semi-finals will be played at the sugar bowl and rose bowl

big 10 vs Pac 10 in
Pasadena

SEC vs Big 12/ACC
New Orleans

Only these conferences are eligible?

What if a Mac team dominates and goes undefeated, they don't get a shot?

I need to read up on this.

[Big Bear]

if a Mac teams goes undefeated and dominates????

Send them a pair of Oakleys and $50 gift certidicate to Outback steakhouse and let them play in the Fiesta Bowl with
Notre Dame.

[BigdaddyQH]

Wisky always blows big games

Ferentz best coach in america

Do they pay you for these stupid posts? Boy am I going to make a fool out of you this season. Get ready to lose a lot of points to me. Do not try to duck me. I will hunt you down, find you, and force you to tell us why you refuse to wager points with me.

[frogsrangers]

TCU will be lucky to wn more than 7 games. They have no offense at all. They simply do not have Big 12 caliber of players on offense. Their defense will have to carry othe load for them, and that does not cut it in the Big 12. They play OU, at Baylor, and then Okie State in a three week period that will end any hope of a Big 12 title, much less national dreams. They may finish as high as 3rd, but they have no chance against OU and Baylor. 600-1 or 6000-1. It makes no difference. A losing wager is a losing wager, and this is a losing wager.

Oklahoma State is going to be hot garbage this year. They lost more starters/letterman than any other team in the nation. And they have to play in Fort Worth.

Phil Steele has TCU going 9-3, Jimmy Boyd has them going 9-3, Athlon has them going 9-3, ESPN.com has them going 8-4, their win total is 8, so to say that they "will be lucky to win 7 games" is silly. The problem with the offense last year was not scoring enough points, but turning the ball over and going 3 in out. They don't need to score more points, they just need to protect the ball and not give the opponent's offense gift field position, that right there is worth 4 extra wins from last year. Even with their crap offense they still lost 7 of their 8 games late in the 4th quarter.

[BigdaddyQH]

The semi-finals will be played at the sugar bowl and rose bowl

big 10 vs Pac 10 in
Pasadena

SEC vs Big 12/ACC
New Orleans

Close, but wrong. The semi-finals will be held in the Sugar and Rose Bowls, but the #1 team will play the #4 team in the venue closest to their campus. #2 and #3 will play in the other venue. If Florida State is #1 and Alabama is #2, then Florida State plays in the Sugar Bowl (it's closest venue) and Alabama plays in the Rose Bowl. It is entirely possable that a #2 Alabama could play a #3 UCLA in the Rose Bowl, even though the Rose Bowl is UCLA's home field.