(11-29-2013 12:15 PM)ilovegymnast Wrote:  So are all MAC fans rooting for the Hawkeyes to win today to help NIU and the MAC with the BCS computers?

Nope.

(11-29-2013 12:15 PM)ilovegymnast Wrote:  So are all MAC fans rooting for the Hawkeyes to win today to help NIU and the MAC with the BCS computers?

All NIU fans ought to be ... "all" MAC fans cheering the same direction in a game in another conference is highly unlikely.

If another MAC school doesn't want NIU in a BCS bowl they can decline their $833K check, I don't think anyone else in the conference would mind.

Like it matters whom anyone roots for...

I'm rooting for Iowa (and NIU as a result), you guys are pretty much paying for Treadwell's buyout.

SJSU looking good early, up 14-6 on Fresno.

think of all the fun things fleck could buy with another 800k! Go SJSU

Fresno scores a questionable TD (not sure he had possession of that in bounds). 14-13.

(11-29-2013 02:36 PM)NIUSox10 Wrote:  If another MAC school doesn't want NIU in a BCS bowl they can decline their $833K check, I don't think anyone else in the conference would mind.

That has what, exactly, to do with what team anybody cheers for in a conference game in another conference?

Midway thru 2nd quarter and a total of 56 points scored. Almost MACtion like.

Iowa wins, and BG is likely higher ranked foe for MACC. Both good for NIU.

83 points, 12 TD passes, all before halftime.

But obviously it's just because their offenses are that good, not that their defenses suck. Oh and by the way, NIU's 48 points against Ball State and 35 against Toledo were against crappy MAC teams, the Huskies don't know that you impress voters by beating winless Hawaii by five and giving up over 40 points in one half against a SJSU team that might not even be bowling.

SJSU just pulled a WMU and began the second half recovering an onsides kick.

I don't care if Fresno comes back or not. They've given up 59 to a 5-6 team. They're not worthy of holding NIU's jocks.

The "defense" played in that FSU - SJSU game is atrocious. Why bother? Let them score so we can get the ball back.

I'm just glad they lost.

They thought they were so much better than us and the MAC.

(11-25-2013 03:07 PM)perimeterpost Wrote:  I would do 10 teams, ranked 1-10 based on conference OOC results (point system where teams are rewarded for playing road games against strong competition. Buying 4 home games against weak teams hurts rating).

Bottom 4 conference champs play a play-in game, 7v10 and 8v9. Winners join champs 1-6 for 8 team quarter final playoff. 4 winners play in semifinals, 2 winners play for Natl Champ.

Every team starts fall camp with a clear path to a national championship- first step- win your division. Think its not fair that you're in a tough division (ie SEC West v SBC West)? Two options- move to a weaker conference or shut up and figure out how to beat your peers.

Champ decided on the field, not in a TV studio.

To follow up on this post, this is what we'd see out of a 10-team playoff for this postseason (assuming there are no upsets during CC week):

(1) Florida State vs. (8) Fresno State / (9) Marshall
(4) Oklahoma State vs. (5) Stanford

(2) Ohio State vs. (7) UCF / (10) UL-Lafayette
(3) Auburn vs. (6) NIU

Wouldn't that be something to see an NIU-OSU matchup with an NC bid at stake...