College Football ToughCalls Week 13 Thanksgiving Marathon

[fanforever]

Did Bama's qb get hurt?

concussion

[fanforever]

Saban is going to be on the hot seat for this game

[obucard]

4 years ago, Gus Malzahn resigned as OC of Arkansas due to conflict with head coach Houston Nutt. Arkansas AD Frank Broyles defended Nutt, saying that Malzahn's style of offense wouldn't work in the grind of the SEC.

Good one, Frank.

[Leroy]

What a bs unnecessary roughness call in the Oregon game.

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What an unnecessary unnecessary roughness call in the Oregon game.

ftfy

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It's cold in Reno.

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Boise St is going to shoot their kicker in Reno, just to watch him die.

[Maclowery]

All 28 hot college girls in Nevada are having a blast!

Anyway, in my awfully biased opinion, about 15 major university teams would give BSU or TCU a very competitive game, if not beating them handily. The random Iowa City hipster bar I was at tonight was overwhelmingly cheering for Nevada. I think that most football fans agree that Boise State are an awesome team, but not necessarily the 3rd best team in America. (same for TCU, I wish they had a Nevada to upset them too)

[Popeye_Card]

I find the antagonism toward Boise State/TCU kinda funny. "We don't want a small school! Give us another giant state school with a 9 figure athletic budget, and conference comissioners who want to keep every penny to themselves! College athletics aren't about fair play, they are about big boys beating the crap out of the little guys! These small schools and conferences need to learn their place--as cupcake non-conference opponents who can boost our BCS ranking when we hang a half-a-hundred on them."

I guess I can understand if you're a fan of a large school that has a chance at going to the championship game and may be blocked. But not fans of an also-ran.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

I find the antagonism toward Boise State/TCU kinda funny. "We don't want a small school! Give us another giant state school with a 9 figure athletic budget, and conference comissioners who want to keep every penny to themselves! College athletics aren't about fair play, they are about big boys beating the crap out of the little guys! These small schools and conferences need to learn their place--as cupcake non-conference opponents who can boost our BCS ranking when we hang a half-a-hundred on them."

I guess I can understand if you're a fan of a large school that has a chance at going to the championship game and may be blocked. But not fans of an also-ran.

As someone who may have to argue my team v. Boise for a BCS at large, here's how I look at it.

My team has 2 losses and the 15th best SOS, and according to Sagarin, played 9 games against teams in the Top 60. The other 3 were all ranked 100+, the worst being 137th.

Boise has 1 loss and currently the 73rd ranked SOS, and played 4 games against teams in the Top 60. They played 4 teams ranked 100+ with 2 being 150+.