Louisville vs. Rutgers

Who will win?


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About like the Michigan-Ball State and Ohio State-Illinois games were lopsided right? I'm not saying tOSU wouldn't beat them down but in college sports don't ever count a team from outside a power conference down until after the game. Does George Washington ring a bell?
 
Rutgers opened all the doors for the 1 loss teams to play for the National Championship last night. And the SEC Champion should play for the title.
 
About like the Michigan-Ball State and Ohio State-Illinois games were lopsided right? I'm not saying tOSU wouldn't beat them down but in college sports don't ever count a team from outside a power conference down until after the game. Does George Washington ring a bell?


You can't lump "college sports" together like that. It is one thing for a mid-major to go out and recruit 3 good basketball players and put together a competitive team of five starters that can run with a major conference team.

It is an entirely different story when you need to put together at least 40 top class athletes to build a strong football team. That's why "upsets" a la Richmond happen in college basketball, but La. Monroe cannot EVER beat Texas.
 
Troy beat Nebraska a few seasons ago. I realize the Huskers were rebuilding but Nebraskas's worst athlete was still probably better than Troy's best. It can happen.
 
Troy beat Nebraska a few seasons ago. I realize the Huskers were rebuilding but Nebraskas's worst athlete was still probably better than Troy's best. It can happen.


Bottom line: If Rutgers plays for the national title, two things are likely to occur. Actually three.

First, OSU or Michigan beats their brains out. Probably wins by 30.

Second, there will be HUGE momentum after that to have a national championship playoff system of some sort.

Third, I won't watch such a game. Not out of protest. Out of boredom.
 
Bottom line: If Rutgers plays for the national title, two things are likely to occur. Actually three.

First, OSU or Michigan beats their brains out. Probably wins by 30.

Second, there will be HUGE momentum after that to have a national championship playoff system of some sort.

Third, I won't watch such a game. Not out of protest. Out of boredom.

Yep, yep, and uhhh yep.
 
Well, the MOV in the BCS game between USC and OU was 36!

Because we do not have a playoff system I think a school from an auto-bid conference that beats 2 Top Ten or so teams (Louisville - likely to remain in Top Ten and WVU - will fall into the teens with another loss) and is undefeated definitely deserves the shot.
 
Oh I'm not argueing the fact that Rutgers deserves a NC shot. I'm just saying it's hard to say they "couldn't" beat a Florida, Michigan or State until they actualy line up and play.
 
I agree a undefeated team from a BCS conference by "BCS Rules" deserves a shot. The only problem I have with Rutgers was thier preseason schedule. At least Louisville played a Miami team that was suppose to be really good.
 
Rutgers has proven that they're a team that knows how to win. You get a bunch of guys and a coach that knows how to get the job done together and they can beat anyone. I think an OSU/Rutgers NC could be lopsided but I also think it could be a decent game, and anyones game in a one game shot. How well a team like Rutgers would do against a brutal, injury causing schedule like TN's is another story, but this Rutgers team has heart and a serious drive to win. Oh, yeah, and a 1-loss SEC Champ shoould jump Rutgers in the BCS.
 
I'm not trying to beat on UF here but have they been that impressive this year?

Struggled with Alabama - likely to go 6-6.
Struggled with Vandy - same type record likely
Struggled with Georgia - same type record likely


Impressive win against LSU.

Rutgers does have a good defense and that can keep you in any game.
 
I'm not trying to beat on UF here but have they been that impressive this year?

Struggled with Alabama - likely to go 6-6.
Struggled with Vandy - same type record likely
Struggled with Georgia - same type record likely


Impressive win against LSU.

Rutgers does have a good defense and that can keep you in any game.


If you've seen my posts for the last few weeks, I am right there with you in saying that I don't think UF is all that good right now. Defensively they are, but offensively things are not clicking and really haven't for about a month or so.

I am not at all saying that Florida deserves to be in the NT game. I do think that if the offense puts it goether here in the last few games and soundly beats SC and FSU, and then looks good in winning the SECCG, then they probably are as good a nominee as anyone. But right now, no.

My point as to Rutgers is that, over the course of a season, they'd have been overrun by now by getting beat on by the kind of talent you have in the SEC and Big Ten. But because of their super-soft schedule, they are not thrown off stride by injuries or a loss here or there to a team that is just better.

And to whoever said that Louisville's season is somehow redeemed by having played Miami, let me direct you to the reality section wherein it is by now firmly established that Miami is really, really, awful this year.
 
The Big 3 in the Big East can hang with anyone for ONE GAME. It's just 1 game.

That's kinda where I'm at on this. The BCS is not a playoff. It is supposed to match #1 & #2 but there is no true way to determine the first and second best teams in the country so it's a function of polls and computers.
 
I can be quoted as having said on here before that the BE was a patsy, up to and including WV and Louisville. My jury was out on Rutgers. They have been slowly building, and seem to have a really good coach now who has brought them together and moved forward. I've thought all season that Rutgers would outbest WV and UoL. One down.
 
I agree a undefeated team from a BCS conference by "BCS Rules" deserves a shot. The only problem I have with Rutgers was thier preseason schedule. At least Louisville played a Miami team that was suppose to be really good.

And atleast WV beat a current 4 loss SEC champion from a year ago.
 
And atleast WV beat a current 4 loss SEC champion from a year ago.

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This makes no sense. We're talking 2006, for one thing. Secondly, we're talking about a NC birth for Rutgers. WVU didn't get a NC birth last season, nor were they in the running.

So your reply makes absolutely no sense.
 
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This makes no sense. We're talking 2006, for one thing. Secondly, we're talking about a NC birth for Rutgers. WVU didn't get a NC birth last season, nor were they in the running.

So your reply makes absolutely no sense.


I know what we're talking about. Gee Wiz Wally. The point is regardless of what year it is, WV is overrated. They play the same patsy schedule as UoL and Rutgers. It's the same school in 3 different uni's.
 
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This makes no sense. We're talking 2006, for one thing. Secondly, we're talking about a NC birth for Rutgers. WVU didn't get a NC birth last season, nor were they in the running.

So your reply makes absolutely no sense.


And furthermore, since when is the king of dillusion the making sense police officer of the week?
 
The whole issue about Rutgers will be moot when they lose to WVU. You heard it here first: WVU will beat Rutgers by more than a touchdown. After wvu beats rutgers, the big east will be out of the conversation.

The winner of osu vs. mich will play against either:
-texas
-winner of usc/cal (usc will crush notre dame...removing nd from the equation and making the usc/cal game that much more crucial)
-the 1-loss sec team (if there is one).

Is this a fair assessment?
 
The Big 3 in the Big East can hang with anyone for ONE GAME. It's just 1 game.

Perhaps so, although I do have my doubts.

In terms of asking wether an undefeated Rutgers team "deserves" to go to the NT game over a once beaten Auburn, Florida, Texas, Arkansas, USC, Cal, or Notre Dame, however, the answer to me is clear: no. And the reason is that those teams will have managed to win at least 3 or 4 games against top flight opponents and another 3 or 4 against decent teams and they will have done it over the course of a whole season.

If the question is whether Rutgers can hang with OSU or Michigan for one 60 minute game, my suspicion is no but I'd be a liar if I said I knew for sure and so, as someone saidm line up and play it.

But if the question is who deserves to be there in the first place, my answer is "not Rutgers" because I think if faced with the same schedule of the one loss teams mentioned above, we would not be haviong this discussion and Rutgers might well be wondering if it could get into ANY bowl, much less a BCS game.

And atleast WV beat a current 4 loss SEC champion from a year ago.

And you were 5-6. So teams that beat you this year must suck, right?
 

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