After week eight, who should be the #1 team in the country?
- Auburn
- Boise State
- Michigan State
- Missouri
- Oregon
- TCU
- Utah
- Other
After week eight, who should be the #1 team in the country?
- Auburn
- Boise State
- Michigan State
- Missouri
- Oregon
- TCU
- Utah
- Other
Last edited by cdj; 10-24-2010 at 03:20 PM.
Auburn has proven more to me than anybody else. I don't think they can go undefeated -- I just think their D has too many concerns -- but they're very talented and are the #1 team right now.
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For me, it's pretty much a tie between Oregon and Auburn. Oregon has raped and abused every team they've played, and Auburn, while having some close endings and needing a comeback or two, have played tough as hell and has some of the most impressive wins on any one team's resume so far. And I don't see any reason why they shouldn't still be undefeated going into Bama on Nov. 26.
For this week, since I can't vote for two (due to a tie in my mind), I voted Oregon just because they were my vote for #1 the last week or two and have continued the bitch slap fest of a season they have been having, but Auburn is right there barely behind them.
Last edited by SmoothPancakes; 10-24-2010 at 05:11 PM. Reason: typo
I'm with Smooth here, I've had Oregon in my mind as the #1 for the last few weeks and since nothing has changed to what they are doing I have to keep them #1 but the gap is so tight with Auburn right now any slip and Auburn is the new #1. Newton is a stud, but that is a lot of shots he is taking.
My thoughts exactly. If Oregon has one game where they just collapse, play horribly for a game and only beat USC or Washington or Cal or whoever by only a couple points instead of these 20+ point beatdowns they've been handing out every game, then, to me Auburn is leaping right past them. But for now, Oregon has convincingly done what they needed to do to manage to barely hang onto the #1 spot over Auburn.Originally Posted by psusnoop
To me, Oregon and Boise State are the two best teams in the country right now. That being said, I voted for Oregon.
So play a shitty schedule against a horribly overrated conference, beat one ranked team by a crap ton because that ranked team is horribly overrated, and really play no one else at all and you are ranked above someone that has played an equal schedule (and in some people's opinions tougher) and has also been blowing out the teams that they should be? (rolls eyes)
I agree. I like Auburn and RIGHT NOW I think they are the best. However, Auburn has a history of blowing it. Therefore I suspect Auburn will NOT make it to the show when all is said and done. Plus I still have my fingers crossed for Michigan St.
To quote Chris Fowler on BCS Countdown right now: "We. don't. know. who the best team is"
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But at least in regards to the newest BCS standings, they are the best at this point and week of the season as I have seen them in a long time. Auburn is very much worthy of that top spot.
Edited to apply to Boise.
I would normally vote Oregon #1 but I can't help but think that Boise St. beat them each of the last two years. They get my vote. I'd put Oregon #2 with Auburn #3 and MSU #4.
I do think MSU will lose @Iowa this week and I expect Auburn to lose at least one game this year. I do think this is the best year for Boise St. to make it to the Championship game and I think they will get there because I don't expect any more than one major BCS team to be undefeated.
I agree that MSU will not run the table and I seriously doubt that Auburn will either. I think my view of Auburn, right or wrong, is a bit like most of us previously viewed LSU - the fact that they keep winning is impressive but I can't help thinking they will stumble somewhere (actually, this applies to MSU, too). I really hope we end up with a Boise/Oregon MNCG. That would be an incredible match up.
I voted for Oregon, but I wouldn't debate anyone who voted for Boise or Auburn at this point. My biggest qualm with Oregon is that they've fallen way behind a couple of times (Tennessee, ASU, Stanford).
As long as Boise wins out, they should be in position to get their shot. It would be complete BS if a 1-loss team gets a shot over them, but unfortunately I still think it's a possibility because of SOS and the computer poll. We all saw ESPN's mock BCS standings a few weeks ago that, despite OSU being #1 in both human polls, had the Buckeyes #5 because the computer saw them as #10 by virtue of SOS. I would hate for that to happen to Boise, particularly if the MNCG would then involve a 1-loss team.
No, see, with LSU most of us thought the fact that they kept winning was mind boggling, or via some kind of deal with the Devil. There was nothing impressive in their victory over Tennessee, and they practically gave it away against Florida (though I'll admit that the last play of that drive, the fade pass, was impressive).
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Agreed. LSU should be a 3 loss team right now.
I know. And, right or wrong, that sums up my thoughts on Auburn (at this point). They've had a number of close shaves. I see where what I typed and what I meant are easily confused.
What I meant was that Auburn, like LSU, is viewed by me as a team whose close shaves (albeit not of the flat-out-lucky variety like LSU's) will catch up to them at some point. Also, to me, being unbeaten at this stage is impressive regardless of how you got there (paricularly in the top-heavy SEC).
Using that hyphen, instead of a period, unintentionally co-mingled the views of most with the views of myself. That's where I went wrong.
Sadly, I think it's going to happen, and it's going to end up being fuckin' Alabama that does it to them. The SEC is so bullshit overrated at the bottom, beating a shitty team like Tennessee or Ole Miss is considered better than Boise State beating Nevada or Fresno State.
The SEC championship game is going to end up propelling Alabama that last little bit (probably against some shitty team like Georgia or Florida) that they need to jump over an undefeated Boise State or TCU if they don't do it outright by beating the piss out of Auburn.
You are so freaking overdramatic it's borderline laughable.
Only one of the four teams you just mentioned is ranked in the BCS. And -- shocker -- they're not in the SEC.
Your overall point is right ... it's entirely likely that Alabama, Oklahoma, or Ohio State will jump Boise / TCU. Enough with the hyperbole though.
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I think this is the year a Boise or TCU gets in. There are no dominant teams this year. Oregon, Michigan State, and Auburn all have games that they can lose.
Yeah because the bottom of the WAC so so much better than the bottom of the SEC
Bottom line is Boise needs to bite the bullet and take tougher games regardless if it is 2-for-1, they're still Boise State in the WAC.
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