College football is exceedingly complicated, so it is time to slow down and explain. There is one big organization called the NCAA (National Collegiate Athletic Association). Under the NCAA there are many different sports and many divisions of those sports. There are three divisions in all college sports. Division I is the division with all of the best teams. Division I football has two sub-divisions- FBS and FCS (Football Bowl Subdivision and Football Championship Subdivision). The FCS is a division that decides its champion by a tournament system, but the FBS decides its champion by one game.
The reason it is called the FBS is because there are many bowl games that are played in the postseason. A bowl game is a game with two teams that do not play each other in the regular season and are often very evenly matched. The oldest and most famous bowl game is the Rose Bowl- a game which pits the PAC-12 and BIG 10 champions against each other.
There are five bowl games that are called BCS(Bowl Championship Series) bowl games- The BCS National Championship Game, the Rose Bowl, the Fiesta Bowl, the Sugar bowl, and the Orange bowl. They are the bowl games that everyone cares about and wants to go to. There are six conferences that get automatic BCS bowl bids for their champions. They are called AQ conferences. There is a rule that if a team from a smaller conference ends up number 12 or better in the BCS rankings, they get an automatic bid in a BCS bowl game. This is important because Northern Illinois is currently ranked number 14 in the BCS rankings and if they finish the season either at number twelve or at number 16 AND ahead of an AQ champion they will get to go to a BCS bowl game.
All the rest of the bowl games are played by teams that either did not have awesome seasons but still won six games or are in a weak conference but still put together at least six wins. There are some bowl games that are more prestigious than others. For example, the Cotton Bowl is a big game that pits the second-placed team in the BIG 12 against the third/fourth/fifth team in the SEC.
Of course, everybody is more interested in Kansas State so it is time to talk about them. Kansas state lost their last game against Oklahoma, which is sad but not devastating. Kansas state became bowl-eligible with the win over TCU two weeks ago and they only have KU left. When K-State played Iowa State, they won 41 to 7. When Iowa state played KU, they won 34 to 0. So if we extrapolate, we come out with a wildcat victory.
As for those teams that everyone hates. Alabama blew out nobody Chattanooga and Nebraska beat Penn State in overtime, but Texas A&M got their faces handed to them by LSU. I will take one of three this week.
Monday, November 25, 2013
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other things
I am running out of fishing material, but I am interested in other things.
So I am starting a new blog.
I am very interested in college sports, especially with Kansas State and the Big 12. So today I will post about Big 12 football
The first thing that a newbe should know is that the Big 12 only has ten teams- Iowa State(ISU), Kansas State(KSU), Kansas(KU), West Virginia(WVU), Oklahoma(OU), Oklahoma State(OKST), Texas(UT), Texas Tech(TTU), Texas Christian(TCU), and Baylor(BU). Some may wonder why the Big 12 won't change its name. The reason for this is that the Big 10 already exists. Some other people may say "But the Big 10 has 12 teams so why don't they just switch names." The reason for this is that it would cause confusion (oh wait, it's confusing either way. Guess this is just a loose-loose situation.)
The Big 12 is a conference that does well in both basketball and football, But since football is more important, I will stick to it for now.
The Big 12 is one of the deepest conferences in all of college football, meaning that the bad teams are still able to compete with the good teams. Last year the Big 12 sent 9 teams to bowl games. To qualify for a bowl game, a team must win six out of twelve games. To do this, the team must beat at least three other teams in the conference. To put the depth of the Big 12 in perspective, the SEC also sent nine teams to bowl games- out of the fourteen that they have, and the Big 12 only gets three out-of-conference games as opposed to the four that bigger conferences get.
This year is a down year for the Big 12 because there are four teams that will finish with losing records this year- ISU, TCU, WVU, and you guessed it KU. In the Big 12 there are only three teams (UT, OKST, and TCU) that have last year's starting quarterbacks still on the team.
Every year there are 35 bowl games, all of which occur in the post-season. Some bowl games are much better than others, for example, the Cotton Bowl is a much bigger bowl game than the Music City Bowl. There are four games that are called BCS (Bowl Championship Series) Bowl games- Fiesta, Sugar, Orange, and Rose; and there is one called the BCS National Championship. The winner of the Big 12 automatically goes to the Fiesta Bowl (unless they go to the National Championship game).
This year Baylor is undefeated and has a shot at the National Championship if they win out. The only problem is that a team has to be ranked number one or number two in the BCS rankings if they want to go to the championship game. The only teams ahead of Baylor in the rankings right now are Ohio State, Florida State, and Alabama. Baylor is really close behind Ohio State, but they would still need either Florida State or Alabama to lose if they want a shot at the crystal football.
One final point needs to be made. The point is that everyone hates Alabama, Texas A&M, and Nebraska....yes.....everyone..... I interviewed like two people. It is well advised that you cheer viciously and maliciously against these teams at all times
So I am starting a new blog.
I am very interested in college sports, especially with Kansas State and the Big 12. So today I will post about Big 12 football
The first thing that a newbe should know is that the Big 12 only has ten teams- Iowa State(ISU), Kansas State(KSU), Kansas(KU), West Virginia(WVU), Oklahoma(OU), Oklahoma State(OKST), Texas(UT), Texas Tech(TTU), Texas Christian(TCU), and Baylor(BU). Some may wonder why the Big 12 won't change its name. The reason for this is that the Big 10 already exists. Some other people may say "But the Big 10 has 12 teams so why don't they just switch names." The reason for this is that it would cause confusion (oh wait, it's confusing either way. Guess this is just a loose-loose situation.)
The Big 12 is a conference that does well in both basketball and football, But since football is more important, I will stick to it for now.
The Big 12 is one of the deepest conferences in all of college football, meaning that the bad teams are still able to compete with the good teams. Last year the Big 12 sent 9 teams to bowl games. To qualify for a bowl game, a team must win six out of twelve games. To do this, the team must beat at least three other teams in the conference. To put the depth of the Big 12 in perspective, the SEC also sent nine teams to bowl games- out of the fourteen that they have, and the Big 12 only gets three out-of-conference games as opposed to the four that bigger conferences get.
This year is a down year for the Big 12 because there are four teams that will finish with losing records this year- ISU, TCU, WVU, and you guessed it KU. In the Big 12 there are only three teams (UT, OKST, and TCU) that have last year's starting quarterbacks still on the team.
Every year there are 35 bowl games, all of which occur in the post-season. Some bowl games are much better than others, for example, the Cotton Bowl is a much bigger bowl game than the Music City Bowl. There are four games that are called BCS (Bowl Championship Series) Bowl games- Fiesta, Sugar, Orange, and Rose; and there is one called the BCS National Championship. The winner of the Big 12 automatically goes to the Fiesta Bowl (unless they go to the National Championship game).
This year Baylor is undefeated and has a shot at the National Championship if they win out. The only problem is that a team has to be ranked number one or number two in the BCS rankings if they want to go to the championship game. The only teams ahead of Baylor in the rankings right now are Ohio State, Florida State, and Alabama. Baylor is really close behind Ohio State, but they would still need either Florida State or Alabama to lose if they want a shot at the crystal football.
One final point needs to be made. The point is that everyone hates Alabama, Texas A&M, and Nebraska....yes.....everyone..... I interviewed like two people. It is well advised that you cheer viciously and maliciously against these teams at all times
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