Ohio State gets Shut Out of BCS Bowl !!!

[eyekwah]

If Michigan States beats Penn State and Wisconsin beats Northwestern then the Bucks will not go to a BCS bowl. MSU gets the Rose Bowl and Wisconsin by having a better BCS ranking and having beat OSU get the at large. I can hear the howls from Columbus now.

 

[ajones1996]

MSU will lose and a team we beat will be in the Rose Bowl

 

[UIHawkGrad]

If Michigan States beats Penn State and Wisconsin beats Northwestern then the Bucks will not go to a BCS bowl. MSU gets the Rose Bowl and Wisconsin by having a better BCS ranking and having beat OSU get the at large. I can hear the howls from Columbus now.

You are assuming that having a better BCS ranking and beating OSU head-to-head automatically gets Wisconsin the at-large BCS bid. OSU will have the same overall and conference record as Wisconsin and will qualify for at-large BCS selection.

At that point, it is about who the BCS bowl thinks is their best choice to get butts in the seats and also creates as much national attention as possible against the other team in their bowl. OSU has a pretty good case to make on both accounts.

 

[ShadasRevenge]

MSU will lose and a team we beat will be in the Rose Bowl

I don't think Penn State beats Sparty this year. I haven't thought that way most of the year, but if Wisconsin can win in Ann Arbor for the first time since 1994, the Spartans can beat Penn State in Happy Valley.

Sparty pulled one out yesterday when they would have lost it last year.

 

[TecmoSuperHawk]

If Michigan States beats Penn State and Wisconsin beats Northwestern then the Bucks will not go to a BCS bowl. MSU gets the Rose Bowl and Wisconsin by having a better BCS ranking and having beat OSU get the at large. I can hear the howls from Columbus now.

Not true. If what you says happens, BCS standings are the only applicable tie-breaker. Wisconsin would go to the Rose with the highest ranking and another BCS bowl could take OSU or MSU as an at-large and would take OSU.

Ohio State is a near lock for the Sugar Bowl at this point.

 

[ShadasRevenge]

You are assuming that having a better BCS ranking and beating OSU head-to-head automatically gets Wisconsin the at-large BCS bid. OSU will have the same overall and conference record as Wisconsin and will qualify for at-large BCS selection.

At that point, it is about who the BCS bowl thinks is their best choice to get butts in the seats and also creates as much national attention as possible against the other team in their bowl. OSU has a pretty good case to make on both accounts.

It would basically be the same scenario as Iowa/Penn State last year. If Wisconsin is available for the Sugar, I think they get the nod. They have just as good a fan base as Ohio State or Iowa, and will sell just as many tickets.

You can't just throw out that Wisconsin kicked the **** out of Ohio State when the Buckeyes were ranked #1. That plays a part.

 

[hawkeyescott]

If Michigan States beats Penn State and Wisconsin beats Northwestern then the Bucks will not go to a BCS bowl. MSU gets the Rose Bowl and Wisconsin by having a better BCS ranking and having beat OSU get the at large. I can hear the howls from Columbus now.

You won't hear any howls because you are wrong, the first tiebreaker is head to head, well they all didn't play each other, next will be overall record, well they will all be 11-1, so next is the BCS standings, well Wisconsin is the highest and that won't change after next week if they all win so Wisconsin goes to the Rose leaving a BCS to select between OSU and MSU and who do you think they would take? Not MSU.

 

[kuhntz]

MSU's only hope of going to a BCS game is by OSU losing. Otherwise it is Wisky to the Rose and OSU at large.