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Even I wonder if Baylor is somewhat of a paper tiger...I mean "paper bear". Definitely very plausible. But just to add further fire to the debate, did anyone see that Baylor is favored by 14.5? I wonder when it was the last time Oklahoma was a two plus touchdown underdog in Vegas--apparen...

The article makes a good case. What I find most surprising though is the level of objectivity and open-mindedness of the Oregon-centric site since it was nearly unanimous in the comments as well. However, if I were betting on a game, I think I'd go with CCR over S+P or FEI. But then, I avoid gamblin...

You guys have definitely answered my question and I don't doubt that what is reported here regarding a LOI vs. "committed" is true. But in a way, the comments here are not really in accord with general contract law. Bear in mind, the NCAA (as a private entity) doing something is different ...

A letter of committment..an LOI..is a two way contract. Verbal offers from schools and verbal committments are not binding...FSU will "offer" about 150 kids to take 30...the offers are either "actionable" or not. If it is in writing, it is an actionable offer...a verbal is just ...

I agree that it is impossible to know for sure, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't try. But I would rather have the old bowl system of exhibition games. If we have to have a playoff, then I think it should be a tournament of champions and take the winner of every conference regardless of strength....

CCR is way off... Who has Baylor beaten? FSU wiped out two teams that were top 10 and are still Top 15 in BCS. Baylor has played really nobody other than their 10 point win over unranked KSU. There is a reason that the computers have FSU #1..... Both schedules have 12 teams on them, including games...

Because you want to get the two best teams. But as you yourself pointed out above, that's an impossible task. No one knows or could possibly know who the two best teams are. Besides, reality probably wouldn't let you do that anyway. For example, let's say, somehow, we know that bama and FSU are the...

The problem is that cfb is mostly regional and lots of people want it to be national. Scheduling is mostly regional. It is impossible to compare teams and be right. Agreed. Hence, a rational actor will select the best tool available for making these comparisons. We happen to be on the board that ap...

There is a downside if you only have two teams that make it. That is the problem with a team that plays a weak schedule. It doesn't even have to be a team from a non AQ conference. Ohio State's schedule is weak. I try to compare them to the other top teams, but it is hard. The truth is that if Ohio...

NIU is good only against a very weak schedule..it is all context. It is 12-0 Ball State all over again... I would agree. I just don't think that is has to be the case, even though I believe it is. I also believe the coaches and harris polls are manipulated by the voters. I agree too, probably. NIU ...

Interestingly, this looks a lot like the debate that raged in the link Eric provided earlier, only that time the object was Ball State, but billybud's position was quite similar. Ultimately, there are only two solutions: (1) allow for the possibility that a team with a weak schedule might actually b...

Eric wrote:I don't know as much as I let on

Then you would be an awfully good confidence man. Just need to work on admissions like the above.

There's something about this that makes me feel like I'm in a SF novel or in the distant future. Come home, call up my holo-display and submit a voice query to the Encyclopedia Retrieval and Intelligent Classification system, affectionately known as E.R.I.C. Robot implications aside, that helps me a...

Personally I think that Oklahoma is going to get steamrolled by 25+. OU has a good secondary, but Baylor's vertical game is a completely different animal. Baylor can also make Oklahoma one-dimensional. I'm not sure if people realize how good Baylor might actually be. Oklahoma State is the one team ...

Spence wrote:There must be something to picking all favorites.

Yeah, same here. I did not see any potential upsets that I liked enough this week. There will be some for sure, but we will miss those.