Caltrops - NCAA GameBreaker 2006

Forum Overview :: NCAA GameBreaker 2006

by foolio 01/07/2005, 7:24pm PST

I honestly didn't believe USC was any good. I mean, come on, look at how Cal played against, of all things, TEXAS TECH. Tech has lost 4 games this year, 4! Cal lost the one game because that one dude didn't catch the touchdown at the last play, but he almost caught it.

In other words, Cal blew it against Tech, and OU blew it against USC. I still don't believe that Tech is a better team than Cal, nor do I believe USC is a (far) better team than OU.

Before the game I believed Auburn should replace USC in the national title game--after all, they beat Tennessee (twice), Georgia, LSU, I think Florida, and ... who cares who else? USC beat Cal, barely. And maybe a few other good teams, I don't even care.

OU beat Texas, Texas A&M, Texas Tech, OSU, and maybe Oregon if you think they counts as a decent team. Again, USC beat Cal, barely.

So if you're a computer, how do you rate these three teams? Based off of strength of schedule, you'd probably rank OU #1, Auburn #2, and Cal a distant third. That's how I see it, sorry if you're a Pac-10 fan.

Seeing how well Utah dominated Pitt, I wish they had gotten into a better bowl (like against VT or maybe even Michigan/Texas). Then they may have lost, but what if they won?

My solution for the current 'situation' is for more inter-league play, or at least tougher inter-league play. Don't allow I-AA teams or crappy I-A teams to play OU for filler weeks, force the Big XII to play the Big Ten, and next week make those same teams play another tough team. The Conference USA/WAC/Mountain West/whatever other crappy conferences can play each other more. This fixes the "my conference is (maybe probably) better than your conference (i think)" problem--if you play their conference before the bowls, you'll be able to get a better feel of who sucks and who doesn't.

I was really disappointed in the OU loss.