Comments on: The Big East in the BCS Debate – What Have You Done For Me Lately? A Lot, Actually… http://thesportsdebates.com/2009/07/14/the-big-east-in-the-bcs-debate-%e2%80%93-what-have-you-done-for-me-lately-a-lot-actually/ Intelligent Sports Debates For The Sophisticated Fan Wed, 15 Jun 2011 02:51:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Sports Geek http://thesportsdebates.com/2009/07/14/the-big-east-in-the-bcs-debate-%e2%80%93-what-have-you-done-for-me-lately-a-lot-actually/comment-page-1/#comment-524 Wed, 15 Jul 2009 15:48:52 +0000 http://thesportsdebates.com/?p=1086#comment-524 Good point, but not necessarily. Last year, for example, three Big 12 teams (Oklahoma, Texas Tech, Texas) would have earned a trip to the BCS, two of them at large. That would leave only Utah as the third and final at-large team (according to this system). I think it is reasonable to conclude that it is very possible that the Big East will not even be included in the BCS some years.

]]> By: seezy http://thesportsdebates.com/2009/07/14/the-big-east-in-the-bcs-debate-%e2%80%93-what-have-you-done-for-me-lately-a-lot-actually/comment-page-1/#comment-523 Wed, 15 Jul 2009 15:40:48 +0000 http://thesportsdebates.com/?p=1086#comment-523 I don’t think it’s what they have done. But who else would you give it too?

Would you go 3 at-large bids? Odds are the conference winner gets one anyway.

]]> By: Sports Geek http://thesportsdebates.com/2009/07/14/the-big-east-in-the-bcs-debate-%e2%80%93-what-have-you-done-for-me-lately-a-lot-actually/comment-page-1/#comment-519 Wed, 15 Jul 2009 15:10:28 +0000 http://thesportsdebates.com/?p=1086#comment-519 Great comment — don’t forget to check out the verdict.

Given your last comment, what has the Big East done to earn the respect of an automatic BCS bid?

]]> By: seezy http://thesportsdebates.com/2009/07/14/the-big-east-in-the-bcs-debate-%e2%80%93-what-have-you-done-for-me-lately-a-lot-actually/comment-page-1/#comment-518 Wed, 15 Jul 2009 14:52:57 +0000 http://thesportsdebates.com/?p=1086#comment-518 The fact that WVA lost steve slaton was supposed to be a moot point since they had Noel Devine. Plus, Steve Slaton peaked early in his WVA career. However, Bill Stewart is a huge dropoff from Rich Rodriguez. WVA allowed a bowl win to blind them from making a good hire.

South Florida is the #2 program in the state of Florida. Miami, Florida State, and Notre Dame are the poster children of big programs gone bad following the increased parody of college football. If you’re not the only game on tv each week, no one cares about you anymore.

Louisville has a reputation of scooping up talented skill players from the south, whose academic problems led to them not being highly recruited by SEC schools. Steve Kragthorpe is on that hot seat.

Dave Wannstedt is also continuously on that hot seat. Heck, he played Tyler Palko over Joe Flacco. Pitt can thank Larry Fitzgerald and Mark May’s exposure for allowing them to be relevant. Plus they have good looking jerseys.

I don’t mind seeing the Big East in the BCS, but it’s hard to argue an undefeated Big East team is better than a 1 loss team in other conferences.

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