B-Y-Who?
Er, so, about that whole BYU to the national championship game thing?
Um, yeah. Nevermind.
P.S. This is also a blow to Utah's title hopes. The Utes, though they have better computer ratings than the Cougars -- indeed, they're #4 in the country -- lag in the polls, and thus they needed a big, season-ending win over an undefeated, highly-ranked BYU team to give their ranking a late boost. Now they won't get that.
But hey, what do you expect? The Mountain West is a war. ;)
P.P.S. The BYU-Air Force game that I have tickets to, on November 15, just became a considerably less hot ticket. Harumph.
P.P.P.S. The AP article begins with the sentence "BYU can stop worrying about reaching the BCS." Not so fast, my friends. Don't be surprised if BYU sneaks back into consideration for a BCS bowl -- though not, of course, the title game -- by season's end. They just need to win out (including a win over Utah in the finale) and finish in the Top 16, ahead of a major-conference champion (I'm looking at you, Big East or ACC), and ahead of Boise State and all other mid-major conference champs. I'm not necessarily saying it's likely, but it's definitely not impossible. (Remember, Boise State had a shot as a one-loss team last year, if they'd beaten Hawaii.)
Um, yeah. Nevermind.
P.S. This is also a blow to Utah's title hopes. The Utes, though they have better computer ratings than the Cougars -- indeed, they're #4 in the country -- lag in the polls, and thus they needed a big, season-ending win over an undefeated, highly-ranked BYU team to give their ranking a late boost. Now they won't get that.
But hey, what do you expect? The Mountain West is a war. ;)
P.P.S. The BYU-Air Force game that I have tickets to, on November 15, just became a considerably less hot ticket. Harumph.
P.P.P.S. The AP article begins with the sentence "BYU can stop worrying about reaching the BCS." Not so fast, my friends. Don't be surprised if BYU sneaks back into consideration for a BCS bowl -- though not, of course, the title game -- by season's end. They just need to win out (including a win over Utah in the finale) and finish in the Top 16, ahead of a major-conference champion (I'm looking at you, Big East or ACC), and ahead of Boise State and all other mid-major conference champs. I'm not necessarily saying it's likely, but it's definitely not impossible. (Remember, Boise State had a shot as a one-loss team last year, if they'd beaten Hawaii.)
posted by Brendan Loy at
10/16/2008 11:13:00 PM
