MafiaMan

A 46-27 final, yes, but that was a 32-27 game after 3 quarters and MSU played well. Oregon got a TD early in the 4th and another with less than 1:30 left after the Spartans turned the ball over at the 8:04 mark (INT) when they were at Oregon's 31. The Ducks almost ran the clock out with their last drive.

Woulda coulda shoulda...you're adding your own opinion on top of AP and coach poll subjectivity... Here are my two favorite Nebraska bowl memories... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MoNs0mdKAO8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFyWCNAjxic

I don't care what Vegas would have given me or anyone else. The polls were highly subjective and Nebraska was the king of having starters hang around late in the 4th quarter of blow-out games so they could run up the score on opponents to "impress" coaches and AP pollsters.

I agree. People forget what a joke the coaches and AP polls were back in the day. #1 ranked Penn State gave Ohio State an epic beatdown in 1994. The Coaches Poll came out two days later and Ohio State coach Earl Bruce voted NEBRASKA #1. Nebraska would overtake Penn State in both polls and go on to win the national championship. Go figure... 1997: Michigan was #1 in both polls going into New Year's Bowl Day. The Wolverines win the Rose Bowl but the coaches poll flips and gives Nebraska's Tom Osborne a retirement gift by awarding the Huskers 1/2 of the national championship. It remains the ONLY time in poll history that the #1 team was dropped after WINNING its bowl game. And don't even get me started on the supposed "fix-it-all" BCS system...

Alabama already lost to Ole Miss. End of discussion as to who's "in" should Miss State beat Ole Miss in a close game.

Ummm...Georgia Southern has actually been one of Appalachian State's long-time rivals...

Not with just four teams. If Ole Miss loses to Miss State exactly how I described it (I know it's a stretch) and finishes the season with only 1 loss and Alabama finishes with 1 loss as well, it'll be a travesty if the Tide rolls into the playoffs and the Rebels stay home.

Or the next UMass.

I'll agree with that. We're possibly looking at the same situation we always had under previous systems - losses late in the season killing one team's chances while early season losses by another team are brushed under the rug. Two weeks ago, Alabama was all-but-dead. Now they're amazingly back in contention just because they lost first? If Ole Miss loses to Miss State by 1 in an seventeen OT game, are they suddenly not worthy of a playoff berth but the Crimson Tide are?

I think NDSU, its administration, and its fans would be wise to listen to Kirk Herbstreit and his words from GameDay a few weeks ago. Going FBS for the once-every-six-year chance to play in the Meineke Car Care Bowl and being just another small-time FBS should would be a huge mistake.

Totally different beast. I know you love to throw around that one Boise State game against Oklahoma all the time, but have you seen what almost all Power 5 vs little boys games have looked like lately? Ole Miss or Florida State would hang 75 on Marshall.

"It was pretty clear what happened on the play...Florida State blew the coverage and, uh, they got rewarded for it. So, it's unfortunate." - Brian Kelly on Sunday Sounds like crying to me!

Maryland and Rutgers were selected for membership to give the B10 a share of the east coast market. Notre Dame's been invited several times and declined the offer every time.

Yea, because Marshall (which certainly looks like it finish the season undefeated) has a good enough body of work to be among the final four...

Percy Harvin: does not play well with others

You're outta your flippin' mind!

L-I-O-N-S Lions!

Thanks...had to clean Mountain Dew off of my iPhone after laughing out loud at that comment.

That would have been fun to see Gwoz stick it to DU.

Playing Navy IS in fact a tradition, as it was the Naval Academy that helped keep Notre Dame afloat when our grandparents were hunkering down in WWII in the 1940's. Notre Dame has an open-ended invitation to play Navy every year and considers the game to be a sort of debt repayment. I'm no fan of Notre Dame, but certainly appreciate their honor in this instance. If this was ANY other college, they'd wipe this game off the map as soon as possible to make bigger bucks playing someone else. Kudos to Notre Dame for keeping this seemingly one-sided rivalry alive. Anchors aweigh!

Given the school's antics and defense of pretty much any and every player they can, what exactly did Randy Moss do to get kicked out of school there?

That's just your beer goggles talking!

"High-Character" "Heart" "Dignity" "Class" Jimbo Fisher describing Florida State football immediately after last night's game.

Like a boss!

Oh, in addition to your many other fine skills, you are also fluent in gfhockey?