American college football games

Yet USC did lose right?

Do you have a less than obvious question to ask?

FIGHT ON!

I am just trying to get all the facts no offense. Now so USC did lose and Ohio State has yet to lose. OKay now I have the up to date scenario here. Anyways cheers.

On another point I do believe if you are in Munich during this heightened USC/Notre Dame game I feel you should not be able to watch it. Do not miss understand me. From what I understand you would be here for a job interview correct? So if you are not able to see the game then you will understand what we go through every year. Then you will have a real feel of lfe in Munich. That way when you go back to the states ,after the interveiw, you will have a more accurate comparison. When you get the job offer and I think you will I do hope you accept it. I like you justula your funny and we need more peeps like you.

PS
watch out for the one that goes by JML. Things aren't right with that one

Right on!

Man Perdido, Im telling Santa to put nothing but black label cans and parsley in your stocking this year.

Thats cool me and santa drink together all the time. Dont worry I always tell him your "cool".

That conference must really suck.

It does.

Now now you two play nice. I expect more out of you two well at least out of Dolfan.

You know the fix is in when Michigan goes down only one place and USC moves up two forcing Florida to go down a spot in the USA Today poll.

1. Ohio State (63)
2. USC
3. Michigan
4. Florida
5. Arkansas
6. Notre Dame

Sorry about the formatting ...

Coaches Poll Updated: (11/19/2006) at 13:01 EDT
No. School Record Points Prev

1 Ohio State 12-0 1575 1
2 Southern California 9-1 1444 4
3 Michigan 11-1 1428 2
4 Florida 10-1 1407 3
5 Arkansas 10-1 1302 6
6 Notre Dame 10-1 1285 5
7 West Virginia 9-1 1151 7
8 LSU 9-2 1081 9
9 Wisconsin 11-1 1053 10
10 Texas 9-2 994 11
11 Louisville 9-1 944 12
12 Boise State 11-0 862 13
13 Auburn 10-2 825 15
14 Oklahoma 9-2 795 16
15 Georgia Tech 9-2 655 18
16 Rutgers 9-1 641 8
17 Virginia Tech 9-2 561 19
18 Boston College 9-2 540 20
19 Nebraska 8-3 353 22
20 Wake Forest 9-2 343 14
21 Tennessee 8-3 326 23
22 California 8-3 265 17
23 Brigham Young 9-2 256 24
24 Clemson 8-3 174 25
25 Hawaii 9-2 97 NR
Others Receiving Votes: Maryland 52; Texas A&M 27; TCU 16; Houston 13; Oregon State 3; Georgia 2; Penn State 2; Arizona 1; Purdue 1; Texas Tech 1.

BCS poll later today ...

FIGHT ON!

This makes no sense whatsoever!

AP Top 25
1. Ohio State (65)
2. Michigan
3. USC
4. Florida
5. Arkansas
6. Notre Dame
7. West Virginia
8. Louisville
9. LSU
10. Wisconsin

Bowl Champ. Series
1. Ohio State
2. Michigan
3. USC
4. Florida
5. Notre Dame
6. Arkansas
7. West Virginia
8. Wisconsin
9. Louisville
10. LSU

Thats caused by the computerised rankings isnt it?

BCS yes, but the other is the sportswriters who have a thing for certain teams not in the south and always have. That is one of the reasons why the BCS was implemented. A team that loses usually drops three to five places in the polls at a minimum.

The coaches poll is really a scam too because they don't really get to see the games and often times they vote without really knowing anything more than the scores. Some coaches refuse to vote just for that reason, but others think they know better even without seeing the games.

Inasmuch as Michigan is done for the year (no games remaining) and USC has two games left - one against highly ranked but overrated Notre Dame, the other being a rival without too much hope game against UCLA, the Trojans can easily overcome the .75 thousandths difference between their BCS "average" and Michigan's. In fact, beating Notre Dame should do it without help from the Bruin's game.

FIGHT ON!

So we have a bunch of teams with one loss and the top-ranked team of that lot just lost to the #1 team in the country. Sounds right to me. I've never subscribed to the theory that a late-season loss against a good opponent should could for more than an early-season loss against a lesser opponent. Good to see they finally got it right. Now if USC can win their next two games, I think you will see them move into the #2 spot.

Oh, so when Tennessee lost to Arkansas, they shouldn't have dropped from #13 to #22, but stayed at #13 because Tn lost to a higher ranked team.

Your logic would be sound if things actually worked that way. Sportswriters have forever dissed the south and gave overrated importance to their sweetheart teams. That is why there has been controversy in who is #1 in the past.

Fair point. They had the disadvantage of not having the entire nation focused on their game.


Oh, come on, we all diss the south.

Is anybody going to be watching the ND-USC game? Will it be available at The Arc?

Tis true.

The others following this thread will be laughing out loud - I've been trying for over a week to arouse interest in this game! So welcome! You and I would appear to be the only ones in all of Munich interested at watching an American college football classic at The Arc, where coverage has been offered, conditioned on our having enough fellow patrons to cover The Arc's costs - a most generous offer, I must say!

Now, are there others? Please report in!!!

justusla

FIGHT ON!

Don't forget to include the fact that Arkansas also lost to a higher ranked team - USC - and dropped a ton until they were able to climb back into the top 10.

FIGHT ON!

I kinda forgot how late the game is going to be on here. But I still really want to see it.

How many patrons do they need? I can probably drag at least one other person along... I'm also willing to drink for two if need be. Or pay a cover charge. I just really want to see this game. Dang.

2 AM Sunday morning (Nov. 26th). Turns out there is a cricket match that can last for up to five days, depending on how the match goes. Of course, some side could win early on, and stop the proceedings entirely.

We need 10-15 fans for either ND or USC, or even those who are not fans but curious enough to lose sleep, to attend and swill away on the suds in order to cover expenses.

So I guess we can leave it like this: if you don't see any message here that the showing of the game will not take place, then come on in.

Cheers! FIGHT ON! (for you USC peopleo out there)

Well, my plan is to show up Saturday night and just hope they stay open... I've had one friend agree to come along. At least I'll be able to say I tried.

Maybe I'll bring extra cash so I can attempt to bribe the Arc staff.

I will try to bribe my German friend into coming along, although he has absolutely no interest in the actual game.

See you there!

justusla
(flying to Munich today)

USC 44, Notre Dam 24



So there it is, as the six ND supporters and five USC fans can attest.

MANY THANKS to the Arc's owners for keeping the place open so we could "be there" to enjoy the win (well, five of the eleven at least).

Personal note, not that anyone should care, but I am not taking the job offer I came to interview for, but will return to beautifully warm LA and my current boring job.

But maybe in future ... who knows?

Best to all of you for a happy holiday season, and not too much snow here in München.

justusla

Fuck that, I want snow and lots of it.

Looks like another year will go by in which a true national champion will not be determined unless Ohio State remains undefeated. The sad thing is that the bowls have so much money tied into them that the NCAA will not give in to play-off format. Sad really.

The top four will have a playoff. The problem is that people won't spend the money to go to both a major bowl and the final final championship game. More likely is that the top four will have a play-in to the major championship bowl game. Right now, the top four could play next weekend to determine the bowl lineup for 1 against 2 and 3 against 4.

Well Justula left at the right time. I was going to ask how the UCLA vs USC game went. Well the sad thing is Florida and Michigan both deserve to face Ohio State but I would give the nod to Michigan to play although Florida will probably get it.

Michigan already lost to Ohio State so why would you give the nod to a crap team from a crap conference a second time?

UCLA 13 - USC 9 over-rated

Can it, SEC-boy. Why Michigan? Because their only loss was to the #1 team in the country. Can any other team make that claim?

OK, honestly, I think Florida should get the nod based on strength of schedule. However, they are from the SEC so I can't actually advocate that they get a chance. I'm going to lobby for the undefeated Boise State Broncos!!

Michigan lost by 3 to 12-0 team while Florida lost by 10 to a 10-2 team.

Edit: S.I. is calling for Florida. From their website:

We should add one final "FIGHT ON!!" for justusla

Well, if Florida doesn't play OSU for the title there will be a huge uproar over the crappy fixed Big-Ten-centric polls and BCS calculations. In addition, USC had better be dropping at least 8-10 positions like Michigan should have.

"FIGHT GONE!"

Gotta call BS on that one. Michigan deserves to be in the conversation. (For the record, I'm a Big Ten(11) guy but a Michigan-hater) A 3 point loss to the #1 team is not the same as a 4 point loss to a 6-5 team, which is what just happened to USC.

BOISE STATE!

Well the commentator stated on CBS made a good remark and I have to agree. " By strength of schedule Florida should get it, but I hope for Michigan to get it just to create enough uproar so the BCS accepts changes needed to be implemented."

Right On!

Don't talk about Boise State like that. They are undefeated you know.

Florida got it.

For anyone interested, we'll be showing a lot of the College football bowls at The Arc in the next couple of weeks.

College football bowl schedule here.

National/BCS championship is Jan 8th. Is the arc ready?

Yep!!

I entered it into our schedule, but it only shows events 2 weeks in advance - so it should show on the schedule next week.

OK, so ND is on the schedule at the Arc (in the Sugar Bowl). Do we still need a minimum crowd? If the game is on, I'll be there. And I'll inform the few other ND fans in the area that I know. But that being a Wednesday night makes it tough to talk people into going.

Any LSU fans planning to be there? Want to coordinate efforts to pack the house?

Oh hurrah!! Nebraska are in the Cotton Bowl AND it's being shown at a normal hour!!

From memory, there seemed to be quite a lot of people for these bowl games in the last years. The start of the game will be on for sure. Showing the end depends on how many people stick around and stay awake!!

I will be there for the UT-PSU game fer sure fer sure.

Tenn is playing Portland State ? I put my money on Portland State, but then again Tenn is lead by an oregonian so maybe they could win.

Good thing we are not playing Portland State or we might lose. Instead, we are playing the 3 (Nittany) Lions.

Just a reminder that the College football bowls start tonight!!

Well, Fla. St creamed UCLA last night. And to think, UCLA beat USC.