🏈 If the game ends up 3 points or less

[doemasters]

Do you think there should be a rematch if the game is close and neither team loses a game after that?

 

[planomateo]

I'm of the opinion it depends on who loses, LSU yes, Bama no. Bama has nobody else on the schedule that would help us...while LSU has Arkansas (which I'm not convinced they are going to get passed this year).

 

[BamaDelta]

I'm going to give the nice homer answer. If Alabama wins, NO. If we don't, then YES. You know someone had to say it. :wink:

 

[Bo]

No, for 2 reasons.

First and foremost, chances are pretty good that whomever loses this game, won't win the SEC. I'm of the opinion that if you don't win your own conference, you should not have the opportunity to wina NC.

Second, I also don't believe in rematches in the NC game. The way I see it, the loser of the game had their chance, and didn't make it happen.

 

[UAgrad93]

I think that if this game occurred early in the season, then a rematch would be feasible. I think alot of the luster would be worn off if a rematch occurred after a late season meeting. I would say NO to a rematch.

 

[parrotdr]

I think that if this game occurred early in the season, then a rematch would be feasible. I think alot of the luster would be worn off if a rematch occurred after a late season meeting. I would say NO to a rematch.

I get your point, but I think this game is early ENOUGH that the loser, whomever it might be, could creep back. If all other undefeateds go down--Stanford still plays Oregon, Okie State still plays Choklahoma--that will leave only Boise (even an undefeated Houston won't be a factor). LSU or Bama will rate above these other one losses, and probably Boise due to computers.

Nebraska got it some years back as a Non-Big 12 Championship game qualifier with the same resume--lost in their division. The loser of this game is a more qualified and highly respected team than that Husker team was (the ORIGINAL Corndogs, by the way!).

I would love to see it happen, but do I think it will? No.

Damn, Saturday can't come fast enough!

 

[Argo]

No, for 2 reasons.

First and foremost, chances are pretty good that whomever loses this game, won't win the SEC. I'm of the opinion that if you don't win your own conference, you should not have the opportunity to wina NC.

Second, I also don't believe in rematches in the NC game. The way I see it, the loser of the game had their chance, and didn't make it happen.

This. Unfortunately, this game is the National Championship game for the loser. If you don't win, you missed your chance. And you got a fair shake, because you lost it on the field instead of in the polls.

Winner of the game? Finish the schedule the way you started and it's Nola all the way.

 

[UAgrad93]

I get your point, but I think this game is early ENOUGH that the loser, whomever it might be, could creep back.If all other undefeateds go down--Stanford still plays Oregon, Okie State still plays Choklahoma--that will leave only Boise (even an undefeated Houston won't be a factor). LSU or Bama will rate above these other one losses, and probably Boise due to computers.

Nebraska got it some years back as a Non-Big 12 Championship game qualifier with the same resume--lost in their division. The loser of this game is a more qualified and highly respected team than that Husker team was (the ORIGINAL Corndogs, by the way!).

I would love to see it happen, but do I think it will? No.

Damn, Saturday can't come fast enough!

That one little word is so big for a reason. The polls and computer are already loving them some 1 loss Choklahoma too. I think who ever falls Sat. won't be able to recover.

 

[bamatommy]

No, for 2 reasons.

First and foremost, chances are pretty good that whomever loses this game, won't win the SEC. I'm of the opinion that if you don't win your own conference, you should not have the opportunity to wina NC.

Second, I also don't believe in rematches in the NC game. The way I see it, the loser of the game had their chance, and didn't make it happen.

Totally. If Bama loses I'll be very disappointed, but I wouldn't want LSU to have to play Bama again if they already beat them. This isn't the NFL. You should never play the same team twice in the same season in college football unless it is a genuine playoff like the smaller colleges have.

 

[LBS]

No, unless there is a feeling that the game was not decided by the teams on the field.

If there is a blown/controversial call where folks still feel that they don't know who the better team was on that day, then Yes.

 

[kc]

Totally. If Bama loses I'll be very disappointed, but I wouldn't want LSU to have to play Bama again if they already beat them. This isn't the NFL. You should never play the same team twice in the same season in college football unless it is a genuine playoff like the smaller colleges have.

This.

 

[bamagirl917]

my opinion on this is entirely based on the assumption that we win on saturday if LSU wins, i'd be a lot less gung ho about what i'm going to say. haha

no, don't think a rematch can happen. and, i think this is boise's year. they don't belong, but eventually it was gonna have to happen. i surely hope it's us, but even if it's LSU, i'm ready to get this over with and let them be publicly discredited and embarrassed and not have to hear about it anymore. and like others have said, i'm sure a one-loss big 12 team would get the nod before AL/LSU would. it sucks any way you look at it, because if the job of the BCS is to match the 2 best teams in the country, then a rematch should occur and it's ridiculous for boise to jump #1 LSU playing on the road, if the game is close. in all reality we should be playing each other in atlanta because the east is such a joke but that's irrelevant, i know. in principle, YES, a rematch should occur.. but there are still humans involved, not just computers, and they already just about can't stand 2 SEC teams going 1 and 2 as it is. and you run the risk of the saturday loser going forward and pulling out a win in the NC (we all know it could easily happen) and then you have 2 teams who have beat each other. i think it'd be worse to get there and have that happen than to have been the loser on saturday and gone to the sugar bowl

if somebody loses handily on saturday than this discussion becomes irrelevant

 

[themtigersagain]

Depends. I don't necessarily think Bamaland should get a round 2 since round 1 is at home. That said, if it goes into triple overtime and Bama fumbles on the 2-pt conversion to lose the game or something. Yes, absolutely, Bama round 2 should happen.

That said, if it's super close and in regulation and LSU loses (won't happen) there will certainly be a strong point to be made that it should be played on a "neutral field" to determine the champ. (But the Super Dome isn't necessarily neutral.)

 

[BamaFan615]

I don't think it would happen...Michigan/Ohio State a few years back as prime example. The old argument: A team who doesn't win their conference championship should not be eligible to play for a National Title.

 

[ColoradoTide]

No, I'd rather see LSU blow out Boise in the Sugar Bowl

 

[bamaupsman]

I keep thinking of how OU limped in a few years back after not winning the big 12. After getting sand pounded up their ass in the NC game I don't think a non-conference champ is gonna make it again.

 

[silvermetalflake]

No, I'd rather see LSU blow out Boise in the Sugar Bowl

Best thing written thus far.
After all, having Boise in the BCS will just make it a snooze fest.

 

[planomateo]

After all, having Boise in the BCS will just make it a snooze fest.

I disagree, Boise will beat someone - they have a team that has been playing together for a very long time - in some players 4 years.

 

[psychojoe]

I disagree, Boise will beat someone - they have a team that has been playing together for a very long time - in some players 4 years.

Strongly agree. Boise would not do well in the long grind of an SEC schedule, but they are very dangerous for one game, especially one where they have a long time to prepapre for and get healthy.

The idea of a rematch is only going to come up if Oklahoma State and Stanford both lose. Then the chice would come down to: a one loss Oklahoma team, Boise, and the Alabama/LSU loser.

 

[parrotdr]

Strongly agree. Boise would not do well in the long grind of an SEC schedule, but they are very dangerous for one game, especially one where they have a long time to prepapre for and get healthy.

Sure, anything can happen in one game, but let's look at their wins in "big games". They beat Oklahoma in the most talked about game, but I look at that victory this way...you really think if it was for all the marbles that Choklahoma would have lost to Boise? I liken that game to the Bama/Utah game--after losing to Florida, no matter what some folks think, I believe the mindset of the Bama team was down because they wanted to play for it all. Meanwhile, this was Utah's "game to end all games". You really think Utah would have stood a chance if they played Bama for the title? I think not.

Boise State Recent Bowl History

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[TD]2006[/TD]
[TD]Fiesta[/TD]
[TD]Oklahoma (OT)[/TD]
[TD]43-42[/TD]
[TD]W[/TD]
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[TD]2007[/TD]
[TD]Hawai'i[/TD]
[TD]East Carolina[/TD]
[TD]38-41[/TD]
[TD]L[/TD]
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[TR="class: season, bgcolor: #DEDEDE"]
[TD]2008[/TD]
[TD]Poinsettia[/TD]
[TD]TCU[/TD]
[TD]16-17[/TD]
[TD]L[/TD]
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[TR="class: season, bgcolor: #DEDEDE"]
[TD]2009[/TD]
[TD]Fiesta[/TD]
[TD]TCU[/TD]
[TD]17-10[/TD]
[TD]W[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="class: season, bgcolor: #DEDEDE"]
[TD]2010[/TD]
[TD]Las Vegas[/TD]
[TD]Utah[/TD]
[TD]26-3[/TD]
[TD]W
[/TD]
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After Oklahoma, 3 close games against average teams, 2 losses. TCU had a decent defense, but they weren't Bama or LSU. Last year beat Utah by 3 TD's....yawn.

Boise against LSU or Bama in the big game would turn into a snoozer--as someone said earlier--in the second half when talent, a bruising running game, and a killer, in-shape defense would take over. Kellen Moore would have 3 INT's and be sacked at least 6 times. As in the LSU/WVU game, you put the ball in the air 60 times, you might put up some yardage, but bad things are gonna eventually happen against a great defense.