SEC
Overall: 7-3 Vs BCS teams: 2-3
Wins: Cal, WSU
Losses: USC, Michigan, Louisville

Pac 10
Overall: 6-2 Vs BCS teams: 1-2
Wins: Arkansas
Losses: Tenn, Auburn

Big 10 or so
Overall: 11-0 Vs BCS teams: 1-0
Wins: Vandy

ACC
Overall: 6-4 Vs BCS teams: 1-3
Wins: Syracuse
Losses: Rutgers, Pitt, ND

Big East
Overall: 7-1 Vs BCS teams: 3-1
Wins: Kentucky, UNC, UVA
Losses: Wake

Big 12
Overall: 10-2 Vs BCS teams: 0-0


Notes:

The ACC also managed to lose to a 1-AA opponent with Duke being shutout by Richmond. Syracuse bailed them out as Rutgers and Pitt won the weekend slate for the Big East.

The Big 12 played zero BCS opponents. Try scheduling OOC games with them... it's not that easy. They actually lost two games versus non-BCS competition with Colorado losing to 1-AA Mt State and Baylor losing to TCU.

The Big 10 or so showed its mastery over the powerful MAC conference and several 1-AA schools and managed one BCS win over Vanderbilt.

"SEC & Big East make Big Statements in Week One"

http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaaf/news?slug=ri...ivals&type=lgns

[ September 04, 2006, 09:17 AM: Message edited by: GymMountainEER ]

Richie's Week 1 recap is up.

That recap is as interesting as his preseason top 25 poll.


[ September 04, 2006, 12:41 PM: Message edited by: GymMountainEER ]

ESPN's 4 candidates for player of the week.
2 are from the Big East.

http://www.espnallamerica.com/#

i'm not a notre dame fan (far from it) but this guy richie's anti-irish bias discredits anything else he has to say.

at least he had arkansas and colorado in his preseason top 25 instead of the irish and mountaineers...

His bias is the driving force for most of writings/polls.

This was evident last year. Its the same story as last.

Everyone knows I'm a WVU fan Tennessee fan, but if I were writing for a publication or website, bias needs to be put in check. Leaving out Notre Dame and WVU out his polls is non-sense. It can be attributed to his dislike ( being a Hokie fan) of the two programs and their Big East ties.


Also,To touch base on his "upset" of the year in college fotball being UNC beating Virginia Tech. I hardly see how a winning team in the ACC last year ( UNC) who beats what should be a just above average Virginia Tech team this year qualifies as the upset of the year in college football. It would be a mild upset, but hardly one that makes anyone scream as the upset of the year. Its a good thing Virginia Tech plays the weakest OOC schedule of any BCS program (powerhouse Cincy is the only BCS team on the Hokie's OOC) this year. Of course, Richie would never discuss this issue. He jabs at WVU's opender with a good mid major DIVISION ONE team in Marshall being a Yawner. . However, he fails to state the obvious of Virginia Tech and their ambitious opener with a with a lower teir 1-AA team in Northeastern from Boston. A school that only 5 percent of all of college football fans would know even plays football.

Interesting to say the least....... wink

[ September 04, 2006, 01:39 PM: Message edited by: GymMountainEER ]

Hmmmm...We'll see what we can do. I can't remember, but it seems like there may be at least one this week! Actually, if you take a look at more than the first week, there are several OOC games scheduled with BCS teams...

Let's see . . . Baylor just played TCU and has WSU on the schedule, Colorado has CSU, ASU and Georgia, Iowa State has Iowa, Kansas has South Florida, Kansas State has Louisville, Mizzou has Ole Miss, Nebraska has USC, Oklahoma has Washington and Oregon, Texas plays tOSU next week, Texas Tech has TCU, SMU and UTEP. Additionally, I know Nebraska has recently scheduled series with Tennessee, VaTech, Washington and UCLA.

Yes, the Big XII does have its share of games against Div-1AA teams, but I don't think it's that much worse than the other major conferences. Plus, the conference has a championship game, which for two of its teams is another game against a (likely) ranked opponent.

Just so you guys know, I copy and pasted the above summary from another sports board. My intent was to just breakdown the won and losses of each conference. I should have omitted the comments section from the post.


The Big 12 more than makes up for their opening day schedule being less than exciting. I think that was the point of the comment was The Big 12's week one schedule was dull. Which it was. Beyond week one anyone that states the Big 12 doesn't play exciting OOC games is a fool.


Aside from OSU @ Texas this weekend.

Future Big 12 games games against top competition include:

Iowa State @ Iowa ( very underatted rivalry on national scene)
Nebraska @ USC
Oklahoma @ Oregon
Kansas State hosts Louisville

and a couple others.

[ September 05, 2006, 09:13 AM: Message edited by: GymMountainEER ]

Don't know that I would be so eager to point to those OCC games as evidence. There's a better than 75% chance the Big-12 will lose every single one of them. OSU's offense looks awful on the field; always did, but that team is hell to beat in a big game. So, even though I think OSU and Texas are evenly matched, it would surprise no one if OSU beats Texas. Iowa will take care Iowa State easily. USC will embarress Nebraska, just like they did Oklahoma. Oregon should handle Okalhoma too. And Michael Bush or not, Louisville will definitly beat Kansas State. But having said that, it's better to get thumped by the USCs, OSUs, and Louisvilles, NCAA's elite, than lose to Montana State; a fine 1-AA team incidentally. Also, I wouldn't dispararge TCU or their win over Baylor; TCU is a very good football team, even if the conference is not. The Big-12 has been down now for a few years, but it would be great if Oklahoma and Nebraska could somehow get back that winning swagger they owned for so many years. College football would definitely be better off if those two teams could reclaim that magic. It's hard to find a college offense nowadays that successfully runs the ball 90% of the time, and still wins, something Oklahoma and Nebraska used to do with ease.

[ September 05, 2006, 06:04 PM: Message edited by: Thomas ]

As evidence of what, Thomas? The implication was made that the Big XII schools wouldn't *schedule* non-conference games against BCS schools. I merely pointed out that the Big XII schools had not only *scheduled* a number of non-conference games against BCS schools, but they'd scheduled non-conference games against some of the highest ranked teams in the country.

As to the outcome of the games, Texas will probably be a slight favorite against tOSU and OU/Oregon might be about even, while Iowa and USC will likely be double digit favorites against Iowa State and Nebraska. But if the favorites always won, then Texas would not be the defending national champs, Iowa State would not have bragging rights in Iowa and Nebraska would not have won the Alamo Bowl!