Comments on: A BCS Problem Means Irish Must Burn Troy

By: SoCalTrojans

SoCalTrojans — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 07:00:42 +0000

In reply to tjak. ND.Will.Lose.This.Game.Badly.While.Brian.Kelly.Makes.Kiffin.Look.Like.A.Competent.Coach

By: SoCalTrojans

SoCalTrojans — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 06:58:19 +0000

I think you forgot to get the winning part. That is the most important thing. Usually holding on to the ball at the 1 yard line helps with that winning thing. Cya’ next year in LA so we can re-start the home winning streak.

By: Canadian_Irish

Canadian_Irish — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 23:06:09 +0000

Illinois too……burn Troy and be in the top 20

By: Canadian_Irish

Canadian_Irish — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 23:04:58 +0000

GT loses, WVU loses, Auburn loses…..keep the dominoes falling

By: Joe

Joe — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 11:20:25 +0000

How about we just beat USC this weekend,and take care of things in our control. We can only play one team each Saturday, so its ridiculous to figure out the BCS. Keep your focus on the 1 game each week we are playing, we’ll have a much better chance of winning that game, and the chips will fall where they may as the season progresses. We made our bed in the beginning of the season. Don’t dwell on the BCS right now. Its a waste of time and energy and diverts our football team. When they get diverted, there is a much better chance they will loose one of these “sure wins” your adding up, which are also called football games against good oponents. Stay focused on the task at hand people.

By: tjak

tjak — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 05:07:55 +0000

In reply to Pat. Pat.....WORD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By: Pat

Pat — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 19:43:14 +0000

Come on, Matt — if the Irish finish 10-2 after ripping off 10 in a row, they are GOING to a BCS game, whether by rule or by invite. Not only would they be deserving as hell at that point, but no one leaves that kind of money on the table.

By: Matt Q. (DMQ)

Matt Q. (DMQ) — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 16:32:57 +0000

In reply to Terry. Holy crap I forgot the MSU game. Was there for that one. Painful. Perhaps it's fractured my memory.

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 15:43:57 +0000

In reply to trey. Agreed. There are lots of other teams to fall off this week and upcoming. At this point in the season, even if we don't have any big games again until Stanford, there should be a good amount of attrition above us as other teams get into conference play. If we did not have a high ranked team at the, end we would have a big problem with "haven't played anyone recently" but having a big game at the end at least gives us a shot.

By: Terry

Terry — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 15:16:12 +0000

A few points are in order here. First, we weren’t undefeated at the time the first BCS rankings came out in 2005 — we lost to Michigan State in our third game.

As for 2002, that was a separate animal altogether. Keep in mind that the rules in 2002 provided for only two at-large bids. Today, there are four. And of the teams that didn’t get AQ bids in 2002, they represented only three conferences — the Pac-10 (USC), B1G (Iowa, Michigan, Penn State) and Big XII (Kansas State, Texas, Colorado). Because of the rule prohibiting any conference from getting more than one at-large bid, we would’ve had to go in 2002 if the current rules applied then.

All of that said, it may be too high a mountain to climb to get into the BCS this year. The only possibility is if we win out, including a win over Stanford. Without a win over Stanford, the rest of the schedule is too weak to allow us to move up sufficiently to grab a BCS at-large bid.