BCS qualification

[Brad]

For those not in the know already

From Boston.com:

This season is the last in a four-year cycle of data that is used in determining whether conferences qualify for an automatic BCS bid. A new four-year cycle will begin next season. The criteria used are:

1. average ranking of the highest ranked team

2. average conference ranking

3. top 25 performance ranking (for all teams in the conference)

Starting with the 2008 season (the first of the current cycle), the Big East would seem to be in trouble. In 2008, only Cincinnati, at No. 12, was in the final top 25 BCS rankings. In 2009, Cincinnati (3), West Virginia (16), and Pittsburgh (17) were ranked. In 2010, only West Virginia (22) was on the list.

The first BCS rankings of this season are due to be released Sunday, but if the coaches’ poll is used as a reference, only West Virginia (16) is ranked.

Conversely, Boise State has a solid record of top 10 finishes over the past three seasons, finishing ninth, sixth, and 10th. The Broncos are ranked seventh this week.

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[smazza]

for political reasons and legal reason big east will never lose automatic bid

if they do

you guys will be begging a lawyer  to take the case

[Bull Martin]

for political reasons and legal reason big east will never lose automatic bid

if they do

you guys will be begging a lawyer  to take the case

This is USF's saving grace.  The only way the other power conferences can strip the Big East of AQ status would be to completely eliminate the Big East by absorbing all of it's members.

[Economics_Nerd82]

for political reasons and legal reason big east will never lose automatic bid

if they do

you guys will be begging a lawyer  to take the case

This is USF's saving grace.  The only way the other power conferences can strip the Big East of AQ status would be to completely eliminate the Big East by absorbing all of it's members.

At some point we're going to have an ESPN's 30 for 30 movie about us

[Bull Martin]

for political reasons and legal reason big east will never lose automatic bid

if they do

you guys will be begging a lawyer  to take the case

This is USF's saving grace.  The only way the other power conferences can strip the Big East of AQ status would be to completely eliminate the Big East by absorbing all of it's members.

At some point we're going to have an ESPN's 30 for 30 movie about us

I hope it ends well; not like Pony Excess.

[DELdaBull]

For #1 we have an average of 12.3 which I'm sure is better than the ACC.

[TheBullies]

I'll take the case, smazza. 

[smazza]

I'll take the case, smazza. 

you got it and you got a winner  friend