Barkley & the BCS
by Isaac Ropp
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posted Oct 25 2010 11:37AM
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Check out USC QB Matt Barkley's tweet after UFC 121:
"Wow, Brock just got rocked! Lesner is to Oregon as Velasquez is to SC. Lezgo."
The tweet has since been yanked. Shocker. We overstate how much stuff like this matters. Tweet or not, Oregon will be ready for USC.
More importantly, our inbox is jammed with Duck fans whining about Auburn jumping Oregon in the BCS Standings. Auburn SHOULD jump Oregon:
Auburn
52-26 W vs. Arkansas State (current record 3-5)
17-14 W @ Mississippi State (6-2)
27-24 W vs. Clemson (4-3)
35-27 W vs. #12 South Carolina (5-2)
52-3 W vs. Louisiana-Monroe (3-4)
37-34 W @ Kentucky (4-4)
65-43 W vs. #12 Arkansas (5-2)
24-17 W vs. #6 LSU (7-1)
Oregon
72-0 W vs. New Mexico (current record 0-7)
48-13 W @ Tennessee (2-5)
69-0 W vs. Portland State (2-5)
42-31 W @ Arizona State (3-4)
52-31 W vs. #9 Stanford (6-1)
43-23 W @ Washington State (1-7)
60-13 W vs. UCLA (3-4)
Auburn wins over winning teams: 5
Oregon wins over winning teams: 1
Combined record of Auburn's opponents: 37-23
Combined record of Oregon's opponents: 17-33
Oregon fans should have been more upset about being #2 last week behind Oklahoma than this week behind Auburn. How about a little perspective, Duck fan. Missouri beat the #1 team in the BCS. You don't think they're griping about being way down at #6? Michigan State is ranked #5 with wins over Wisconsin and Michigan. Boise State handed it to Oregon a year ago and has wins over Virginia Tech and Oregon State. You don't think they're griping a little today? The reality is that Oregon should be doing cartwheels that they're #2 in the BCS.
Be thankful you've convinced the human voters you're that good. Being #1 with them at this point is the best possible scenario because they make up two-thirds of the BCS system. And remember, the meat of the schedule is coming and the low computer ranking (#8) will improve with each win.
Look, all that matters is the final BCS standings. If the Ducks win the rest of their games there is no doubt they will be in the top two and play for the title because they're already the king of the parade with the humans. That's ALL that matters.
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