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From Jerry Palm the BCS guru:
The final BCS ratings show LSU ranked 10th and Boise State 11th. But I discovered a mistake that would switch the order of those teams. The Broncos should be BCS No. 10.

Wes Colley's final rankings, as submitted to the BCS, were incorrect. The Appalachian State-Western Illinois FCS playoff game was missing from his data set. I will spare you some of the gory, mathematical details, but the net result of that omission in Colley's rankings is that LSU, which he ranked ninth, and his No. 10, Boise State, should be switched. Alabama and Nebraska, which he had 17th and 18th, would also be swapped.

The impact on Nebraska and Alabama is negligible. Nebraska is still the 17th ranked overall computer team either way. The Huskers' BCS score would go up slightly, but they wouldn't still rank 18th. Colley's ranking is discarded for Alabama because it is the worst ranking for the Tide. But LSU and Boise State are so close in the overall BCS standings (.0063) that this one error switches the order. Boise State should be 10th in the overall BCS standings and LSU should be No. 11.
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bluemax said:
Hmm maybe not. But I bet we'd still get the Holiday Bowl if we were eligible. Maybe I'm just assuming the Holiday Bowl would take us because they'd figure more ticket sales. Then again the weather sucks in Washington this time of year so I can see lots of Husky fans wanting a SoCal vacation.
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You'd be in the Alamo without question.

The real question would have been who the holiday bowl picked, a tailspinning Zona team that played in that bowl last year or UW who will probably travel better than Zona but of course the Nebraska rematch.
 
bigtroyjon said:
You'd be in the Alamo without question.

The real question would have been who the holiday bowl picked, a tailspinning Zona team that played in that bowl last year or UW who will probably travel better than Zona but of course the Nebraska rematch.
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I agree with this assessment. I was just pointing out the fact that if you account for head to head as a tiebreaker, then UW is the third best team in the Pac-10 this year, which is somewhat surprising.
 
Just saw some of the lines, TCU is a 2 1/2 point favorite, im kinda surprised by this, I thought Wisconsin would come in as a favorite by about 3. Ohio State is a 3 point favorite, bama 10 1/2, auburn by 3, and Oklahoma 17.
 
bucknuticus said:
Just saw some of the lines, TCU is a 2 1/2 point favorite, im kinda surprised by this, I thought Wisconsin would come in as a favorite by about 3. Ohio State is a 3 point favorite, bama 10 1/2, auburn by 3, and Oklahoma 17.
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I'll bet my house on U-Conn. BOOMER CHOKERS!
 
Hey guys, test something out for me.

google the phrase: "cow college" and post your first return in this thread.

Thanks in advance!
 
mre said:
Hey guys, test something out for me.

google the phrase: "cow college" and post your first return in this thread.

Thanks in advance!
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History of Auburn University - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Auburn University was chartered by the Alabama Legislature as the East Alabama Male College on May 6, 1856, under the guidance of the Methodist Church. ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Auburn_University - Cached - Similar
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lol
 
bucknuticus said:
Just saw some of the lines, TCU is a 2 1/2 point favorite, im kinda surprised by this, I thought Wisconsin would come in as a favorite by about 3. Ohio State is a 3 point favorite, bama 10 1/2, auburn by 3, and Oklahoma 17.
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How does betting work?

If I put $15 on Conn, and I obviously win, how much money do I take home?
 
bucknuticus said:
So wait which are we doing yahoo or espn one?
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:lol We probably should've only set up one.

Anyway, I can't get my ESPN ID to work, so I'm using the Yahoo one. I will take the winner of that one as the thread title maker.

Edit: Though if there's some reason to switch, people should let me know.
 
current over under for BCS champ game is 74.


jamesinclair said:
How does betting work?

If I put $15 on Conn, and I obviously win, how much money do I take home?
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*Note* all what im about to tell you is based off current vegas odds

So right now since OU is such a big favorite most places wont take a straight up who will win bet, only if OU will cover the spread or not. Some places are taking stright up bets, right now it looks like OU is -900, meaning you have to bet $900 to make a $100 profit for OU to win. Those same places have UCONN +650, meaning if you bet $100 on UCONN to win and they do, you get $650 in profit.

Edit: if you want to bet on the spread it looks like its about -110 either way, so you have to bet $110 to win $100.
 
AlteredBeast said:
We always do Yahoo! Get that ESPN garbage out of here :P
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B.S. We did ESPN on more than one occasion. Yahoo is pretty new for us.

mYm|17| said:
damn confidence points
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We do these every year as well. I hate them for weekly stuff, but for bowl season its kind of fun.
 
bluemax said:
B.S. We did ESPN on more than one occasion. Yahoo is pretty new for us.



We do these every year as well. I hate them for weekly stuff, but for bowl season its kind of fun.
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Yeah it's fun for sure, just makes my mind blow up trying to decide who gets what :lol
 
Talon- said:
Ha, from my roommate:
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Holy shit, he (and his little brother) use to shop at the Game Crazy I worked at throughout college... We had a shrink problem!

he's a Duck fan, btw
 
perfectchaos007 said:
I'll bet my house on U-Conn. BOOMER CHOKERS!
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I have OU over UCONN as my #1 confidence pick, but something tells me that I should change it. This game is a blow-out on paper but we all know the legend of Chokelahoma...
 
StrikerObi said:
I have OU over UCONN as my #1 confidence pick, but something tells me that I should change it. This game is a blow-out on paper but we all know the legend of Chokelahoma...
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This or Nebraska-Washington will be #1 for me. The NU-UW game wasn't even as close as the 56-21 score indicated.

Battlezone said:
So is everyone doing the Yahoo or the ESPN pick 'em? I need to know which one I'll meekly finish in the middle of.
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I'm doing both, but I'm entering the same picks on each to save time.
 
What's going to be funny is that in 10 years when no one here is still posting on GAF, people in this thread will still be using threeballz as the default password.
 
ESPN is apparently suing the Texas University System (Longhorns specifically) on freedom of information act grounds regarding Texas' behavior in conference realignment, TV deals, etc.

Linky.
 
ToxicAdam said:
What's going to be funny is that in 10 years when no one here is still posting on GAF, people in this thread will still be using threeballz as the default password.
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even i'm too young to remember threeballz. I've only heard about the legend of threeballz
 
KingGondo said:
This or Nebraska-Washington will be #1 for me. The NU-UW game wasn't even as close as the 56-21 score indicated.

I'm doing both, but I'm entering the same picks on each to save time.
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Huskers over the Huskies is pretty high on my list too. So is 'Sconnie over TCU. TCU's good but they are going to get fucking rolled over by the Badgers.
 
StrikerObi said:
Huskers over the Huskies is pretty high on my list too. So is 'Sconnie over TCU. TCU's good but they are going to get fucking rolled over by the Badgers.
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Go to vegas, can get a nice chunk of change, you can find wiscy around +110-130. I still cant believe TCU is favored in this game.
 
StrikerObi said:
I have OU over UCONN as my #1 confidence pick, but something tells me that I should change it. This game is a blow-out on paper but we all know the legend of Chokelahoma...
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Same. But I ain't changing. UConn is just not a good team.
 
ToxicAdam said:
What's going to be funny is that in 10 years when no one here is still posting on GAF, people in this thread will still be using threeballz as the default password.
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We have had enough new people over the last 2 years that I would bet we already have a large number of people have no idea why we use threeballz

Also RIP Wannstache :(

Edit: I am willing be bet everyone picks UCONN/OU as #1 on the confidence scale.
 
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