Andy Staples on Iowa, BSU, etc

[GatorGrad]

Makes a good case for Iowa and also an ironic point regarding the plus one idea...

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/200...html?eref=sihp

Unless something wacky happens in the next few weeks, some unlucky BCS-conference team is going to get stiffed come Dec. 6.

We're conditioned to accept that an undefeated TCU or Boise State will be left out of the national title mix because they weren't members when the BCS cartel was created in 1998. We'll be a little more surprised if an undefeated Big East team (Cincinnati) gets left out, and quite a bit more surprised if an undefeated Big Ten team (Iowa) does.

In fact, the programs expecting to get stiffed have already mounted propaganda campaigns in an effort to avoid that fate. In Iowa's case, the campaign is quite convincing. The headline on the football page of the Iowa athletic department's Web site reads "Get the correct facts about Iowa football," and the page contains the following persuasive nuggets: Iowa leads the nation in vanquished opponents with winning records (six). The teams Iowa has beaten on the road boast a combined 23-12 record. Iowa has beaten three opponents (Arizona, Penn State, Wisconsin) ranked in the current BCS Top 25. Texas has beaten two (Oklahoma and Oklahoma State), Florida has beaten one (LSU) and Alabama has beaten one (Virginia Tech).

The problem is Iowa still doesn't pass the eyeball test, which is why computers -- which don't have eyeballs -- love the Hawkeyes more than the human voters. Of course, if college football used even a plus-one system, the Hawkeyes wouldn't have to worry about impressing eyeballs. Either Alabama or Florida will lose once, so an undefeated Iowa probably would finish third in the BCS standings. In a plus-one, the Hawkeyes would face the SEC or Big 12 champ for a berth in the BCS title game.

But let's not forget who threw up the tallest roadblock to the plus-one when SEC commissioner Mike Slive and ACC commissioner John Swofford proposed it in 2008. That's right. The Big Ten.

If Iowa gets shut out of the title game, the Hawkeyes need not complain in the media. They should just call their conference office.

[ZOOMBAG]

Originally Posted by GatorGrad

Makes a good case for Iowa and also an ironic point regarding the plus one idea...

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/200...html?eref=sihp

Unless something wacky happens in the next few weeks, some unlucky BCS-conference team is going to get stiffed come Dec. 6.

We're conditioned to accept that an undefeated TCU or Boise State will be left out of the national title mix because they weren't members when the BCS cartel was created in 1998. We'll be a little more surprised if an undefeated Big East team (Cincinnati) gets left out, and quite a bit more surprised if an undefeated Big Ten team (Iowa) does.

In fact, the programs expecting to get stiffed have already mounted propaganda campaigns in an effort to avoid that fate. In Iowa's case, the campaign is quite convincing. The headline on the football page of the Iowa athletic department's Web site reads "Get the correct facts about Iowa football," and the page contains the following persuasive nuggets: Iowa leads the nation in vanquished opponents with winning records (six). The teams Iowa has beaten on the road boast a combined 23-12 record. Iowa has beaten three opponents (Arizona, Penn State, Wisconsin) ranked in the current BCS Top 25. Texas has beaten two (Oklahoma and Oklahoma State), Florida has beaten one (LSU) and Alabama has beaten one (Virginia Tech).

The problem is Iowa still doesn't pass the eyeball test, which is why computers -- which don't have eyeballs -- love the Hawkeyes more than the human voters. Of course, if college football used even a plus-one system, the Hawkeyes wouldn't have to worry about impressing eyeballs. Either Alabama or Florida will lose once, so an undefeated Iowa probably would finish third in the BCS standings. In a plus-one, the Hawkeyes would face the SEC or Big 12 champ for a berth in the BCS title game.

But let's not forget who threw up the tallest roadblock to the plus-one when SEC commissioner Mike Slive and ACC commissioner John Swofford proposed it in 2008. That's right. The Big Ten.

If Iowa gets shut out of the title game, the Hawkeyes need not complain in the media. They should just call their conference office.

Yea, irony. Worth rooting Iowa on to an undefeated record for no other purpose than to throw it all back in to the faces of the biggest hidebound louts of them all, the Big 10 Presidents and their stooge of a commissioner. IT was the Big 10, along with the Pac 10 that boycotted the original BCS, the Bowl Alliance and Bowl Coalition. Only by having their own repeatedly locked out did they cave like the gutless worms they are. They'll do it again, when the time comes. They will never change

[EvilVodka]

Great Post!!!