Hawaii is #1 now

My school has no football program, so I have no vested interest, but Hawaii got the shaft.

I hope they win their bowl. If they do, and they STILL don't get #1, it will be PROOF that the BCS is bilgewater.

Go Rainbows!!!!

You mean stupid tie breaker rules like head to head competition? Tennessee BEAT Georgia earlier in the season. That's why Georgia got left home, Tennessee was better then them.

The IAA playoffs include 16 teams. You could easily use the bowls as part of the playoff.

Alan

I agree with the playoff example, and I agree that Georgia shouldn't have gotten the nod over Tennessee after losing to them. But, teams at the end of the year are generally vastly different than they were at the beginning, and I want to see the best teams at the end of the year going head to head. Contrary to popular belief, the entire season is not so much the playoffs as it is a chance to prepare, to rebound from injuries, and to be ready to play your best football at the end of the season. Look at how many times a fallen QB has cost a team a legitimate shot at the national championship, yet another fate that didn't befall Ohio State. Oregon, USC, WVU, Oklahoma, and on and on. Heck, if USC's Booty didn't break his hand against Stanford (throwing 5 picks) and Oklahoma's Bradford didn't go out of the Texas Tech game with a concussion sitting on an early lead, those would be your two teams playing in the title game, and probably appropriately so. LSU and OSU would be mere also-rans. But, Georgia, who didn't deserve to play in the conference championship, definitely deserves to have a shot at the title the way they are playing now.

If Oklahoma, USC, and Georgia end up winning their bowls as they should, I would pit them in a four-man playoff against the winner of LSU-OSU. I know I'm not giving Virginia Tech or Hawaii much respect (and they still have to win their bowls), but I just don't consider their conferences to be at the "next level." KU, well that's an entirely different story. Probably never should have gotten a BCS nod to begin with over Missouri, but the same can be said about Illinois.

Illinois finished 2nd in the Big Ten and 13th in the BCS. They go to the Rose Bowl because OSU is going to the national title game. Stupid Rose Bowl rules.

How did Illinois finish ahead of Michigan in the B10? Both have the same records but Michigan beat Illinois? B10 must have some stupid tie-breaking rule...going to overall record?

Alan

12-0 undefeated and #1 Hawaii has the best team in the nation and Colt Brennan is recognized unanimously as the top college football player in America. Who can be more happy that Hawaii fans.

12-0 undefeated and #1 Hawaii has the best team in the nation and Colt Brennan is recognized unanimously as the top college football player in America. Who can be more happy that Hawaii fans.

12-0 UNDEFEATED HAWAII IS #1

Nice goin bla lahs. You win NC. Boise State sucks !

Honolulu wrote:

Hawaii is #1, Boise State #2.

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Not saying much now, are we?

Hawaii had a weak as hell schedule. They have a damn good QB but not not much else and now they are being embarrassed on national TV.

Bulldog Bark wrote:

Hawaii had a weak as hell schedule.

I said that in another thread. That's why those records he set are a bit specious considering the conference.

Honolulu wrote:

Hawaii is #1, Boise State #2. The PAC-10 is not as good this yeah as we thought. Hah hah hah.

Who is laughing now?

LOL Hawaii played with a REAL BCS team - look what happened - aloha. U of H is a football JOKE!!!!

That was a sad sad game. I thought at least Hawaii would put points on the board but that was just really sad. I think the BCS is going to lose its love for the small conference teams. Meanwhile teams like Mizzou get shut out of the BCS picture. Hawaii is the #1 team alright....on it's own little island.

Alan

Mizzou, beats kansas, beats Ill, plays for the conference championship and doesn't go to a bcs bowl, that sucks