Archive for the 'Bcs' Category

Alabama blanks LSU for BCS title

NEW ORLEANS — Les Miles came out a winner even before LSU faced Alabama in Monday night's BCS title game. Miles won the Liberty Mutual Coach of the Year award for the Football Bowl Subdivision after he led the top-ranked Tigers to a perfect NEW ORLEANS — Alabama fans poured onto Bourbon Street late Monday [...]

BCS standings create Alabama-LSU rematch in title game

Play it again, LSU and Alabama. The Crimson Tide edged out Oklahoma State in the final round of voting Sunday and will play the top-ranked Tigers in the BCS national championship game on Jan. 9 in New Orleans. Michigan is back in a BCS bowl for the first time in five years as the program [...]

The BCS Matchup

At stake for Houston was a trip to a Bowl Championship Series (BCS) game, probably the Sugar Bowl in New Orleans. Instead, the Cougars failed to show up for this one, and despite a 12-1 overall record and perfect regular season in C-USA, they will now STILLWATER, Okla. — In more than a century's worth [...]

LSU Locks Up BCS Title Spot; Cowboys Make Case

The 18th-ranked Horned Frogs could be busting into the BCS again after their third consecutive outright — and unblemished — Mountain West title, which they clinched with a 56-9 victory Saturday over UNLV. It was their last game in the league. They'd never played into the BCS' top-tier lineup. The only question is where in [...]

With the BCS, the defense never rests

The BCS standings have just been released, and in a pleasant surprise Alabama did not fall as far as many originally expected. Surprisingly enough, 'Bama not only has a solid lead over Boise State, but for the time being By Andrea Adelson Cincinnati moved into the BCS standings for the first time this season, debuting [...]

BCS No. 2 really up for grabs now

Hogs No. 10 in BCS · Comments (16); Share +. -+ Font Size. By Richard Davenport; 8:11PM on October 23rd, 2011. Arkansas drops one spot in the BCS poll after defeating Ole Miss 29-24. Click here for BCS poll · – Join the forum discussion Could LSU play Alabama in the BCS title game? While [...]

Wisconsin needs help in BCS standings

Remember when there was an air of mystery around the first release of the BCS standings? Terms like "quartile rank" and "quality win," later changed to "quality loss," might as well have been Klingon to most fans. No wonder 6 in the initial BCS standings. The Badgers are ranked No. 4 in both the Harris [...]

Louisiana State is No. 1 in BCS — and don't gripe

The Bowl Championship Series (BCS) standings are out for first time during the 2011 season and one of the teams that's ranked No. 1 in the AP and USA Today Top 25 polls that came out earlier on Sunday is on top. But with the release of the BCS standings Sunday night, the potential for [...]