Archive for 'Big East'
Sports Crossfire Polls – Gators go to Number 2
The Sports Crossfire College Football Polls have the Gators vaulting past USC and Michigan into the 2nd slot and suggesting they will head to Arizona for a shot at Ohio State. 67% of Sports Crossfire fans vote against a playoff. Give someone else a shot. Don’t make Ohio State beat Michigan twice. Both are valid [...]
Will they get it?
The Florida Gators earned the right to a shot at the NCAA Football Championship yesterday by winning their 12th game of the year yesterday against Arkansas. Going 7 and 1 in the difficult SEC with earlier wins against top 20 teams LSU and Tennessee are enough to put Florida into the Championship Game. Will it [...]
Who should meet on Jan. 7th?
Who really knows? Pat Forde at ESPN says it’s all conjecture, stating, “I’d personally cast a vote in favor of Florida. I agree that a team should win its conference title to play for the national title. I don’t like the idea of putting the best team in America in double jeopardy against an opponent [...]
Three teams vie for BCS Title Game Slot
Teams playing better later in the year continue to be rewarded in the post season placement according to this USAToday article. “Southern California is expected to play for the national title vs. Ohio State if the Trojans beat UCLA on Saturday, according to those who analyze the Bowl Championship Series formula. But that could change [...]
Oh, what may have been?
If ever a season gave a taste of a playoff, 2006 was it. With number 1 meeting number 2 twice in the same season for the first time, we have already seen some big games. Last week’s Big Ten championship and a trip to the national championship game came down to the annual matchup between [...]
How about a rematch?
Don’t want one. Yes, the game would be another classic with enough hype to match the USC – Texas match-up of a year ago. Why not a playoff? And if you agree in a college playoff, you have to use the conference championships as one level of elimination. If you only had one or two [...]
Game of the Week, maybe Year
The much anticipated clash between Big Ten upbeatens in Columbus in now upon us. This should be an epic game and many think will decide the natiional championship. It will select one team to play for the title and disqualify the other. At Sports Crossfire, our Top 25 and Computer Polls are split with the [...]
Longhorns, Bears and Tigers Out of Title Consideration
Turning to head down the home stretch, every team in the BCS hunt needed to take care of business. Auburn loses a second home game, this one at the hands of the Georgia Bulldogs. Falling behind early, it looked a lot like their earlier loss to Arkansas. Texas got beaten in a high scoring contest [...]
Rutgers Comeback a Classic
Shutting out the Cardinals 2nd ranked offense in the second half, the Scarlet Knights come back from a 25-7 deficit to win 28-25. A mulligan on a last minute field goal pushes Rutgers past Louisville in the battle for the last unbeaten in the Big East. Can Rutgers gain the respect the Big East would [...]
Big East – Still Looking for BCS Respect
The Big East conference continues to be viewed as the little sister of the BCS conferences. With Louisville and Rutgers on tap this week to decide the last undefeated team in the conference, the pundits are looking past both teams toward Florida, Auburn, USC and Texax to meet the winner of Ohio State and Michigan. [...]
Game of the Week
The Game of the Week stays in the Big East and on Thursday night as the Louisville Cardinals face the Rutgers Scarlet Knights in Piscataway , NJ. The Big East Title would all but be wrapped up with a win by the Cardinals and put them in position to claim a right to play for [...]
Louisville Tops West Virginia in a Shootout
Louisville unravels one-third of the Big East tangle, surprising West Virginia in a second half score-fest, 44-34. The powerful Mountaineers offense was not enough to overcome 354 passing yards by the Cardinals. Now the Big East attention turns to next Thursday nights matchup between Rutgers and Louisville in New Jersey. Polls will have to decide [...]