tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8401911.post4456877731518602108..comments2024-03-27T23:40:28.974-05:00Comments on Back Seat Drivers: MMBSD: It StinksMighty Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14882592090231689509noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8401911.post-81691688942184084222010-10-27T19:06:21.090-05:002010-10-27T19:06:21.090-05:001) i think the nfl is more appealing with the fact...1) i think the nfl is more appealing with the fact that you have "hyper-parity." i have no idea if that puts me in the minority, but i enjoy having no idea what's going to happen.<br />2) it's hard to handicap whether boise/tcu/utah can make the championship game. obviously, you need a lot of carnage for it to happen. but the key thing, as mighty pointed out, is later losses (thus limiting the votes the team receivs in the human polls).<br />3) Denver finished last seasons 2-6... and this season they are 2-5. That's a cleveland-esque 4-11.<br />4) cam newton is certainly the top heisman candidate!Gutsy Goldberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02430709156220475993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8401911.post-18825693812595178392010-10-25T14:14:21.863-05:002010-10-25T14:14:21.863-05:00@Hitman - 1) Nobody fully understands the computer...@Hitman - 1) Nobody fully understands the computers as they (the algorithms) are hidden from public scrutiny. I mean in one computer TCU is #1 and in another they are #7. While TCU might be anywhere from the 1st to 7th best team in the country that's a pretty wide range. I think it does look like that TCU will pass Boise in the BCS rankings if trends continue. <br /><br /> Utah has the 113th ranked schedule at the moment both practically and legitimately they simply should be disqualified. <br /><br />As to everything else...it's an unknown (I think we're in unknown territories as Boise/TCU are still ranked higher by the humans than Mizzou/MSU). That said I think a lot of will come down to timing and name recognition. If Oregon falls this week rather than the last week the one loss will be though of very differently. Likewise if that 1 loss team is Michigan State rather than Alabama the human's will think of it differently. Which short hand means I think TCU/Boise have real shots and honestly outside of Alabama (and maybe Oklahoma/Oregon/Auburn) I'd be skeptical a one loss BCS school will edge out an undefeated Boise/TCU. But that's just guest work...Mighty Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14882592090231689509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8401911.post-64992628905665407392010-10-25T12:18:11.088-05:002010-10-25T12:18:11.088-05:00I, too, like BJ's of the general variety. I h...I, too, like BJ's of the general variety. I hate hockey BJ's because I don't like men, Canadians or Canadian men.MJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12775103534946881090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8401911.post-12225107513969641282010-10-25T11:46:43.145-05:002010-10-25T11:46:43.145-05:00"Since I'm trying to avoid the joys of th..."<i>Since I'm trying to avoid the joys of the NBA and other Florida Gator alumni events...</i>"<br /><br />Hahaha! Beautiful. Well played, sir.<br /><br />NFL - you know, it stinks, too. Hyperparity has made the league totally unpredictable...too unpredictable. Are there any truly good teams in the league? How does Buffalo hang with Baltimore? How does Cleveland - CLEVELAND! - beat New Orleans, and in the Superdome, no less? It's still fun to watch the games, but the total uncertainty about the teams' relative quality detracts from the overall product.<br /><br />CFB - Seven undefeated teams left. Four from BCS conferences. Three from non-BCS conferences. Whatever one thinks about the Davids at BSU, TCU, and Utah...one cannot deny that they're looming as possible entrants in the title game. I still don't think it'll happen, but even the computers see TCU as the #4 team and BSU as #6 (Utah, at #10, seems too far out - <i>unless</i> they beat TCU, I suppose). I don't expect these computer ratings to improve, but then again, I don't fully understand the computer ratings.<br /><br />If three of the big four (Auburn, Oregon, MSU, Mizzou) fall...it'll be very interesting to see what happens between an undefeated BSU/TCU and the top 1-loss teams.Hitmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02489121523710093410noreply@blogger.com