SCMountaineer

Would the layman's term for that be butthead? I dunno, just asking.

Cee, it seems you listen to the pundits about the Big East but ignore them about USF. What gives?

I dunno SCB. Everybody else figured it out and......there are only 8 teams in the poll.

Okay, how about gigolo? That would eliminate the negative "man-whore" connotations.

Well, if true, it will be interesting to watch how the voting changes in the Coaches Poll.

And it isn't just BC smazza.  There's other shenanigans going on in the ACC.  I posted this on another board under the title "ACC - Christmas With The Cranks"  ;D ALL IS NOT:  in the ACC. It seems that the ACC can become quite a bit fractured when they have to compete with each other for bowl slots.   BC is the most screwed.  Before Bowl selections, BC AD (hey, that's kinda biblical) DeFilippo said: To me, that sounds like he already had a sense that he was going to get screwed and he was trying to send Greensboro a message.  Anyway, after Bowl selections.... This from a Bowl analysis by John Markon of the Richmond Times-Dispatch: I included the Virginia notes because of this article from the Roanoke Times: One thing I disagree with....BC wouldn't have been in the Gator Bowl if they were in the Big East because they DON'T TRAVEL!  They never would bump a Louisville or WVU.  Finally, why wouldn't the conference AD's reflect the culture of their conference masters?  This kind of backdoor wheeling and dealing and stabbing each other in the back is elementary "John Swofford 101!"   Apparently, DeFilippo hasn't met the prerequisites for this course yet.  BC will get screwed every year unless they land the BCS bid.  When the backroom conversations between the ACC and BC began, I'm sure Swofford said "sure, we'll have plenty of bowl tie-ins to go around."  Nothing wrong with that right.  It's true.  However, what I'm sure he didn't tell BC that none of the bowls wanted them.   Oh, those wacky ACC Cranks.

Sorry, that's news to me. Actually, in spite of Brad Edwards, I'm still not buying it. All I see on http://www.bcsfootball.org/index2.cfm?page=structure is what your wrote. That they are "automatically qualified for a BCS game". I don't see where they're guaranteed a game. The only change I see is the second qualification involving BCS league champions. Not trying to be argumentative. I just see what I see. I admit the possibility I am wrong and it wouldn't be the first time. ;D

True but it is still an at-large bid, not to be confused with an auto-bid. Also, it only qualifies them for selection but doesn't guarantee a selection. The conference champion of a BCS conference still has that guarantee. The bottom line is that the bowls run the show and it is highly questionable that TCU would've gotten a BCS bowl the way things played out this year. If you leave out Oregon, how do you include a TCU? In any case, if this scenario played out, it wouldn't bode well for the BCS.

Pitt.  Think Ohio..... Coincidence? I think not....

Bingo!

I don't think that is true. I think a non-BCS team still has to be ranked 12th or higher in the BCS standings before they would get an at-large bid. But, no automatic bid. Only after the conferences have been evaluated in 2007 will it be determined whether there will be 5, 6, or 7 autobids. I think there will still be 6 but after the MWC's performance, I'm not sure there will a 7th. All in the MWC but TCU finished with at least 5 losses. As for UCF being a rival. It would be a natural rival but won't happen until UCF gets competitive in the game. I think your biggest rival is going to emerge within the conference.

USF is the surprise team of the year, hands down. I mean, some of the chatter on the boards prior to the season was pretty unfavorable towards the USF program. The Bulls shut that spigot off completely after the Louisville game. I'm here to tell you that that game earned you a lot of respect from Big East fans everywhere. There were expectations about Rutgers from the pundits so I would classify them as a mild surprise. For this poll, I picked WVU. We were picked 3rd and in a couple of instances, 4th.

Real simple guys. You don't pick and choose rivalries. They just emerge. We've played Syracuse for some 33 straight years and, no rivalry. In fact, I don't even think they've had a rival since Penn State went into the Big Televen. So, they may be accepting applications. ;D We've played Pitt 98 times but that is a proximity rivalry born out of a time when there was virtually no rapid transportation infrastructure. Your rivalries will emerge from the field of battle. It's gonna take some time but it will become apparent. Just be patient. You guys are moving so fast. ;D

Sorry, I wanted him to come out of the shadows yesterday but he's a bit shy.  Here ya go:  Thanks, glad to be here.  This is a pretty entertaining board.  Thanks for all the kind words and support from the Bulls community and, you can be certain, the WVU community is behind the bulls versus NCState. If there's one thing I learned from this season, it is that it was not a mistake to bring USF into the BE.  That is, until that day when USF get its first victory over WVU.  Then I might reconsider my thinking.  As for next year?  In Morgantown?  I've been to Tampa/St. Pete/Sarasota.  This would have to be my favorite area because of the way little old ladies, who can only see over the steering wheel because of the medical doughnut inflatables they are sitting on, barrel out of parking lots because they can't really see if any traffic is coming anyway.   I've been to Orlando.  I've been to Miami.  I've been to Key West.  I've been to Jacksonville (have you been trying to give Jax to Georgia?).  I've been to Gainesville.  I've been to Pensacola.  I've been to many points in between.  So, I think I've seen enough to make comparisons. ÂÂ

Where do you get this stuff? WVU went into the USF game with a lot of respect for USF and you all gave a pretty good accounting of yourself. I don't think WVU fans underestimate USF at all. Cincy? Well, that's another story...