Catitude at Mac's Pizza Pub

[Fred Garvin 2.0]

6 p.m. sharp. Wear your spiritwear. I understand Crable's is open.
Enjoy a Macover and stay for the SEC game.

If you intend to overindulge and live near Madison I believe the 11 bus will get you there.

[Fred Garvin 2.0]

2:40 countdown commenced. GO Cats!

[Fred Garvin 2.0]

Place is really starting to crowd here at Macs.



posted from my Blackberry 5:32 p.m.

[GoMuskies]

I kind of want Pitt to win to give my Cards a shot at the Big East title. On the other hand, if Louisville plays in a BCS bowl game they'd likely get wiped out (unless, by chance, they got the ACC champs).

[coasterville95]

How is that Cattitude doing now

I admit, I just got back from Cintas and turned the big screen to ESPNU HD

Cattitude down 10 in the third 23-13

[GoMuskies]

Damn you for jinxing it!

[Strange Brew]

6 p.m. sharp. Wear your spiritwear. I understand Crable's is open.
Enjoy a Macover and stay for the SEC game.

If you intend to overindulge and live near Madison I believe the 11 bus will get you there.

You are a disgrace. I prescribe 10 straight days at Dana's as penance. Repent good sir!

[xavierj]

I kind of want Pitt to win to give my Cards a shot at the Big East title. On the other hand, if Louisville plays in a BCS bowl game they'd likely get wiped out (unless, by chance, they got the ACC champs).

Any Big east team in a BCS game will be a joke. Just a bad. bad, conference.

[GoMuskies]

Any Big east team in a BCS game will be a joke. Just a bad. bad, conference.

The Big East champs would have an excellent shot at beating the ACC champs. Neither conference has a particularly good team.

[coasterville95]

No, Pitt is deciding to sabotage the Big East. They really handed the ball to the Cats in two straight possessions, in rapid fire fashion.

It's all a ploy
to look bad so tue Big East doesn't try to retain them ala WVU.

At any rate, even if Cattitude takes the Big East title, imagine the fun we can have watching them play an SEC team.

Don't rule Pitt out yet, but if Cattitude wins, Fred can thank me, since they started playing good ball as soon as I tuned in.

[GoMuskies]

They'll probably stick them in the Orange Bowl against VaTech or Clempson. Neither of those teams are likely to beat UC by a wide margin. You wouldn't get the fun of a Tim Tebow style beating from a few years back.

[GoMuskies]

Tino Sunseri is horrific.

[BENWAR]

Why is it that these announcers keep saying that UC will be ranked with a win when they already are?

[GoMuskies]

Have I mentioned how bad Tino Sunseri is?

[coasterville95]

This isnt one of your better Pitt teams. I grant you that.

Time to call UC, if I can get another $20 ticket, WVU could be fun to watch.

[GoMuskies]

Oh, well. Louisville is better off in the Charlotte Bowl anyway.

[X-band '01]

I guess UC is the Big East flagship. When they were down last year, just look what happened when UConn embarrassed themselves. At least UC had ranked teams going into their BCS games, and were within an eyelash of getting their butts kicked against Alabama in the national title game instead of Florida.

They have to lose twice now to fall out of the BCS bid at this point; they've now got head-to-head wins over Louisville and Pitt.

[xavierj]

The Big East champs would have an excellent shot at beating the ACC champs. Neither conference has a particularly good team.

No Clemson, Va Tech, Georgia Tech, Florida State and Miami are all better than Any team in the Big East. Florida State just made their 30th straight bowl game. The Big East blows.

[GoMuskies]

No Clemson, Va Tech, Georgia Tech, Florida State and Miami are all better than Any team in the Big East. Florida State just made their 30th straight bowl game. The Big East blows.

I haven't seen anything out of any of those teams to make me believe UC couldn't beat them. UC would be favored against FSU and Miami. They'd be maybe a TD underdog to the other three in the Orange Bowl.

The Big East isn't very good, but neither is the ACC.

[xavierj]

I haven't seen anything out of any of those teams to make me believe UC couldn't beat them. UC would be favored against FSU and Miami. They'd be maybe a TD underdog to the other three in the Orange Bowl.

The Big East isn't very good, but neither is the ACC.

You are out of your mind if you think UC would be favored over Florida St. UC was barely favored over a bad Pitt team and was lucky to win. Florida St. is every bit as good as Tennessee and we saw what happened when UC played a team with decent talent, they got manhandled.

[XUOWNSUC]

Time to call UC, if I can get another $20 ticket, WVU could be fun to watch.

You deserve neg reps for that.

[GoMuskies]

Pitt is better than the Wake Forest team that FSU wasn't quite lucky enough to get by. On a neutral field, UC would likely be favored over FSU. Pick 'em at worst.

[Masterofreality]

No comment on this entire thread...

......no wait....




BLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!

[drudy23]

Season just starts and this is a thread...really?

[KingCole]

Does anyone remember how UC got drilled by Tennessee? UT is the 9th or 10th best team in the SEC. They aren't that good and would probably get smoked by Clemson.

[xavierj]

Pitt is better than the Wake Forest team that FSU wasn't quite lucky enough to get by. On a neutral field, UC would likely be favored over FSU. Pick 'em at worst.

Pitt is better than Wake? Says who? Pitt is really, really bad. At least Wake has beaten a decent team in FSU. So UC is barely favored over Pitt, yet they would be favored over FSU. I highly doubt that. Florida State was a top 10 pre-season pick and they just have more talent over all. FSU has lost to the #1 (at the time) and #21 team at the time. Neither is a bad loss. They lost at Wake and that is a pretty bad loss. Other than that they are just drubbing teams and to be honest have really under achieved according to their talent.

As for the ACC they have 9 guys projected to go in the first 45 NFL draft picks next year, the big east has 1. The ACC is a more talented conference year in and year out. The ACC has around 280 players on NFL rosters and the Big East had around 115. Talent wise it really is not that close.

[GoMuskies]

Pitt is better than Wake? Says who?

Jeff Sagarin. By about 3.5 points.

Also, Jeff agrees with you on Florida State by about 4 points over Cincinnati. That's the only ACC team he would favor over UC on a neutral field, though.

[xavierj]

Jeff Sagarin. By about 3.5 points.

Also, Jeff agrees with you on Florida State by about 4 points over Cincinnati. That's the only ACC team he would favor over UC on a neutral field, though.

So you think UC is better than Clemson?

[Snipe]

I don't think that UC or the Big Least is all that great, but they do look like the best team in the Big East. They have done some good things with their football program. They score points and win games. I watch the games and even go to some of them with my kids. It is fun.

Are they great? Probably not, but they are fun and they win. I grew up rooting for UC football, and they really sucked all the time. I had season tickets at one point, though I do not today. If someone offered me tickets for the WVU clash to take the kids I would snap them up in a heartbeat. I plan on watching it at home, but I still think about buying tickets and taking the kids to a big-time game. The cheapest tickets are $25, which isn't bad at all. But the fact that it won't come near to a sellout puts me off. They could sell a lot of cheaper tickets for the top deck. I was at the OSU-UC clash at Paul Brown and UC could have beaten them in the last minutes. That game was sold out, and OSU went on to win the National Championship. That game could have gone either way, and Gov Taft was booed at the beginning. One thing that all fans can agree upon is rhino republicans.

I think it is a good thing that they win and people get excited. The city of Cincinnati has a Saturday game at Paul Brown Stadium with UC going up against West Virginia. If UC wins they will most likely win the Big East and be in a BCS Bowl Game. That is good for them. And honestly, I think it is good for the city. We paid a lot to put up Paul Brown and it is an incredible stadium to watch a game in. The engineering, architecture and sight-lines are top flight. It might be generic in that it doesn't have and signature architectural feature but it is a great facility. It is a great place to watch a game, even if it is just a high school game. I am glad we didn't spend 300 or whatever million to construct a crappy football palace.

What if we had a future where Cincinnati had a game at Paul Brown every week? On one Saturday we filled it up for UC and in the next week we filled it up for the Bengals? I think our tax dollars would be considered well spent if we filled that place up with good football every week. It would help the image of the city too. It would help promote commerce downtown, which would help pay off the the hundreds of millions we all have to be taxed for to spend for the Stadiums. From a pure taxpayer standpoint, I wish the Bearcats well.

[GoMuskies]

No, but I certainly don't think UC would get embarrassed by Clemson in a bowl game. The final score would probably be 49-48.

[X-band '01]

And I can guarantee that Butch Jones won't be choking Clemson players at any point during or after the game.

[SM#24]

They'll probably stick them in the Orange Bowl against VaTech or Clempson. Neither of those teams are likely to beat UC by a wide margin. You wouldn't get the fun of a Tim Tebow style beating from a few years back.

The BE champ will stick themselves in the Orange Bowl (ACC champ) since the Orange Bowl gets last pick.

[GoMuskies]

The Orange Bowl must hate the current BCS system. They end up with the worst games. The ACC champs have generally been underwhelming, and the teams sent there to match up with the ACC champs haven't been all that exciting either. Getting a championship game every fourth year is pretty much the only benefit they're getting out of the system.

[SM#24]

In the 7 years since Miami, Va Tech and BC left the BE, the BE champ has been the last pick for BCS selection 5 times. The other two times they were the 2nd to last pick (Louisville was picked over Boise St. and WV was picked over Hawaii).
The Orange Bowl has been banking on the ACC champ being Miami or Fla St, and that hasn't happened since 2005.
Since Fla St - Penn St in the 2005 season, the Orange Bowl has had these scintillating match-ups:
Louisville - Wake Forest
Kansas - Va Tech
UC - Va Tech
Iowa - Ga Tech
Stanford - Va Tech

[GoMuskies]

Louisville - Wake Forest


I had a fantastic time, but I can see why no one outside of Louisville and Winston-Salem cared.

[Fred Garvin 2.0]

Yeah the Bearcats should lower their prices to assure a sellout. Brilliant idea. Someone needs to educate the self-styled Economist on the perception of price and a product's quality.

[Fred Garvin 2.0]

Also for Drudy: the "Really?" thing is really played out.

[Snipe]

Hey Fred, when the games sell out nobody bothers with pricing going up. That is the market and supply and demand. Xavier season ticket prices go up over time, but they do because of demand. Xavier would be foolish not to raise prices.

UC got 35-40k last time out in Paul Brown Stadium. Their were tens of thousands of unsold seats. Other teams have business models with more price points designed to attract more fans. Is it conceptually possible that the Bearcats could sell more tickets, get more attendance and make more money if they offered different price points? Sure it is. Would it be good business in this case? I don't know.

It is quite possible that their are only so many UC fans, and that lowering the price of tickets would not attract additional fans. It is also likely that I complain about prices, but if they lowered some seats to $20 or even $15 I would still just stay at home with the kids and enjoy the widescreen. Being a TV fan these days is an easy thing to do. Maybe the best thing to do is put the lowest price at $25 and let tens of thousands of seats go unsold. By that logic maybe the price is too low as well. Maybe if the cheapest seat was $35 they could maximize the profit. Maybe if the price was $100 a ticket the public would really think highly of the product's quality because of the high price, and the game would be a sell out.

[coasterville95]

A little bearcat told me that if you enter WEARRED into the promo code box you can get those canopy level seats for only $20. Deal good through tomorrow.

That's what i intend on doing.

Fred - have you gotten us a party area yet?

[Cheesehead]

Hey Fred, when the games sell out nobody bothers with pricing going up. That is the market and supply and demand. Xavier season ticket prices go up over time, but they do because of demand. Xavier would be foolish not to raise prices.

UC got 35-40k last time out in Paul Brown Stadium. Their were tens of thousands of unsold seats. Other teams have business models with more price points designed to attract more fans. Is it conceptually possible that the Bearcats could sell more tickets, get more attendance and make more money if they offered different price points? Sure it is. Would it be good business in this case? I don't know.

It is quite possible that their are only so many UC fans, and that lowering the price of tickets would not attract additional fans. It is also likely that I complain about prices, but if they lowered some seats to $20 or even $15 I would still just stay at home with the kids and enjoy the widescreen. Being a TV fan these days is an easy thing to do. Maybe the best thing to do is put the lowest price at $25 and let tens of thousands of seats go unsold. By that logic maybe the price is too low as well. Maybe if the cheapest seat was $35 they could maximize the profit. Maybe if the price was $100 a ticket the public would really think highly of the product's quality because of the high price, and the game would be a sell out.

I'be got it. Sell one ticket for $45,000 or two tickets for $25,000 each.

[SixFig]

Anyone associating themselves with UC or giving money to said "institution" (with the exception of buying 5/3 Arena Crosstown Shootout Tix every year) is a traitor and deserves to be hanged as such.

So let it be written, so let it be done.

[Fred Garvin 2.0]

Went over to Dubois bookstore today and got some more gear. Saw Thor with a sandwich board saying something about Issue 2.

[Fred Garvin 2.0]

Hey Fred, when the games sell out nobody bothers with pricing going up. That is the market and supply and demand. Xavier season ticket prices go up over time, but they do because of demand. Xavier would be foolish not to raise prices.

UC got 35-40k last time out in Paul Brown Stadium. Their were tens of thousands of unsold seats. Other teams have business models with more price points designed to attract more fans. Is it conceptually possible that the Bearcats could sell more tickets, get more attendance and make more money if they offered different price points? Sure it is. Would it be good business in this case? I don't know.

It is quite possible that their are only so many UC fans, and that lowering the price of tickets would not attract additional fans. It is also likely that I complain about prices, but if they lowered some seats to $20 or even $15 I would still just stay at home with the kids and enjoy the widescreen. Being a TV fan these days is an easy thing to do. Maybe the best thing to do is put the lowest price at $25 and let tens of thousands of seats go unsold. By that logic maybe the price is too low as well. Maybe if the cheapest seat was $35 they could maximize the profit. Maybe if the price was $100 a ticket the public would really think highly of the product's quality because of the high price, and the game would be a sell out.

Puhleeeeze. Yer the moron who wanted to make Cintas Center 13, 500.

[Fred Garvin 2.0]

17-7. Here comes the comeback. In Pead we Trust.

[Fred Garvin 2.0]

17-14. Fred, great call.

[Fred Garvin 2.0]

West Virginia is about to get Pead on. What a bunch of golden shower lovin' Appalachians.

[Fred Garvin 2.0]

Called it, 21-17. The Urinator has struck again.

[GoMuskies]

Aww, too bad (sarcasm font).

[Porkopolis]

I have but one thing to say: :p

[XUOWNSUC]

Suck it bearcats!

Stupid thread.

[X-band '01]

I wouldn't count out UC just yet. Yeah, they lost today but they're still in the driver's seat in the Big East with the meat of their schedule behind them. Rutgers, Syracuse and UConn are going to have a hard time beating UC no matter who their QB is.

West Virginia still has to beat Pitt for them to have a chance at a tiebreaker over UC.

[coasterville95]

Best thing about not being a UC fan: I went to the game, feasted on free hot dogs at the John Morrell pregame party, watched them skydive in with the flag, watched some BCS college football and left feeling like had an enjoyable time with none of the bad mood that comes with losing.

[xavierj]

I wouldn't count out UC just yet. Yeah, they lost today but they're still in the driver's seat in the Big East with the meat of their schedule behind them. Rutgers, Syracuse and UConn are going to have a hard time beating UC no matter who their QB is.

West Virginia still has to beat Pitt for them to have a chance at a tiebreaker over UC.

rutgers and uconn are as good as so fla, pitt and Louisville. All teams uc struggled with. Uc is not really that good. They could have and maybe should have 5 losses right now and it ain't like they are playing world beaters.

[gladdenguy]

rutgers and uconn are as good as so fla, pitt and Louisville. All teams uc struggled with. Uc is not really that good. They could have and maybe should have 5 losses right now and it ain't like they are playing world beaters.

Yeah sUCks is fortunate they won south fla and pitt......the big east and uc blow

[Cheesehead]

yeah sucks is fortunate they won south fla and pitt......the big east and uc blow

this!

[Masterofreality]

SucKS loses. Another failure in front of a crowd.
Way to go poseurs.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!

[Masterofreality]

A Tweet I gotta love:

apjoekay Joe Kay
#Cincinnati falls out of AP Top 25 football poll after loss to #WestVirginia. No Big East teams ranked this week.


HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.............. ...HA!

[Masterofreality]

Place is really starting to crowd here at Macs.



posted from my Blackberry 5:32 p.m.

There were probably more people at Macs than at the SucKS game last night.

Hmm mm. 10,250 at Cintas for opening basketball night. 4,600 at the Borecats' game.

Fans of that school in Clifton are poseurs, imposters and ultimate bandwagoners.

F-m! Really, F-m!!!!

[Snipe]

UC had their chance but they blew it. The coach left the rookie QB in the game without any advice in the no-huddle. They were around the 15 yard line with a 2nd and 4 with 53 seconds left. Call a time out. Diagram the next two plays. This QB hasn't been doing the prep work for the 2 minute drill and the no-huddle every week like he is going to be in this game at this point. They left that kid out there to dangle.

They let the clock run without calling a timeout, and then comes third down and still no timeout. They are still going in the no-huddle offense. I watch UC games and I have never heard of this guy until today. This is the first I have seen of him. Now he doesn't even need a freaking huddle? ReallY? That might not have been the best choice. They had a chance to win that game. They lost on a missed gimmie field goal. The clock managment and coaching were off the hook bad in my opinion. Though I will admit that UC had won many games coming into that clash coming from behind. The difference to me though is that you had a rookie QB. That is a lot of weight to carry. He didn't even get to huddle. I say thumbs down.

[Masterofreality]

UC had their chance but they blew it. The coach left the rookie QB in the game without any advice in the no-huddle. They were around the 15 yard line with a 2nd and 4 with 53 seconds left. Call a time out. Diagram the next two plays. This QB hasn't been doing the prep work for the 2 minute drill and the no-huddle every week like he is going to be in this game at this point. They left that kid out there to dangle.

They let the clock run without calling a timeout, and then comes third down and still no timeout. They are still going in the no-huddle offense. I watch UC games and I have never heard of this guy until today. This is the first I have seen of him. Now he doesn't even need a freaking huddle? ReallY? That might not have been the best choice. They had a chance to win that game. They lost on a missed gimmie field goal. The clock managment and coaching were off the hook bad in my opinion. Though I will admit that UC had won many games coming into that clash coming from behind. The difference to me though is that you had a rookie QB. That is a lot of weight to carry. He didn't even get to huddle. I say thumbs down.

That thud you just heard was my friend Snipe landing on the ground after jumping off the Borecat bandwagon. :p

It IS college basketball season now, after all.

[Kahns Krazy]

The clock management was puzzling to say the least. Also, that was hands down the worst officiated game I have ever witnessed.

[Masterofreality]

Also, that was hands down the worst officiated game I have ever witnessed.

If Big Least officials can't even get a missed extra point right- after looking at a REPLAY- how can you expect then to actually call an entire football game correctly?

A joke of a college football conference.

[Kahns Krazy]

I'm not clear on where you stand on the Big East. Could you maybe share your opinion a little more?

[XU 87]

I'm not clear on where you stand on the Big East. Could you maybe share your opinion a little more?

After that opinion, could you please share your opinions about Sean Miller, Thad Matta and their respective programs? (:

[Snipe]

That thud you just heard was my friend Snipe landing on the ground after jumping off the Borecat bandwagon. :p

It IS college basketball season now, after all.

I would love it if we made the Final Four. That has nothing to do with UC blowing that game. I grew up rooting for UC football. Having them win is better than having them lose. And if they lost every game and nobody went to a game it would cost our public state university a lot to sustain the program, so it is nice when they can fill some seats in the publicly funded Paul Brown Stadium. As a taxpayer of Ohio, MOR, you should not be against them at least being marginal.


The clock management was puzzling to say the least. Also, that was hands down the worst officiated game I have ever witnessed.

To say the least. When you consider the raw QB, the clock management was downright troubling. We needed to give that kid a good chance to succeed. You have 2nd and 4 with two timeouts and around just under a minute left. The time is ticking. You need to call a timeout at that point and set up some plays. I can't believe he still just let that happen.

We still should have tied the game, but I wanted to win it. That is why I was watching and rooting in the first place. We ran a two minute drill and we basically left one or two (depending on how you would define it) timeouts on the table at the end of the game. We left a rookie QB in to call the shots when he hadn't had the reps to be in that position.

Save one time out for the field goal if you want too, many people agree. But call a timeout with 2nd and 4 and diagram the next two plays. The new QB got no support whatsoever.

I think Butch has done a good job, but in that effort he failed.

[Masterofreality]

And if they lost every game and nobody went to a game it would cost our public state university a lot to sustain the program, so it is nice when they can fill some seats in the publicly funded Paul Brown Stadium. As a taxpayer of Ohio, MOR, you should not be against them at least being marginal.


I'm paying the taxes and SucKS athletic department is still losing their ass financially. I would guess that the Borecats have to pay rent on PBS. That causes more of a loss so, at best, the fact that there is a game at PBS with SucKS losing money is a wash.

The taxes are the taxes whether the Borecats win or lose. As such, let 'em eat cake.

F-em. Really, F-em!!

[coasterville95]

I was at that game on Saturday. The officiating was downright painful. They went to the replay camera so often it really took the momentum and flow out of the game. It also caused the game to run long, when its 3:00 and the 3rd quarter hasn't ended yet, that's a problem. At least the beer vendors were happy for that extra selling time.

It was a shame to see Collares go down in the 2nd, possibly for the rest of the season. It's bad when any student athlete for any school gets hurt, but when it is the schools lead quarterback. And they still only lost by 3. I've already talked to a couple real UC fans who are now whining that the season ended sometime around 1:45 on Saturday.

In other news about the game - the John Morrell pre game party was clutch. Held in the parking lot on 3rd and Race - free hotdogs, and $4 beers. Inside the stadium, has anybody walked to the lower level of the west stands? There is The Pigskin Pub - and on the outside it looks like a nice Irish Pub, once through the heavy wood and frosted glass doors, it's merely a facade for yet another beer booth. No pub atmposphere unless you count a television set and about 4 tiny stand up tables pub atmosphere. At least they do have the best beer selection in PBS. (maybe the Club has better) It's funnier when you look down on it from the 200 level and see that its just a facade. Yes, parts of that game were so ugly, I took a self guided tour of the place.

See what my tax dollars are paying for.

[gladdenguy]

I've already talked to a couple real UC fans who are now whining that the season ended sometime around 1:45 on Saturday.



That is awesome. I hope they lose their last 3 games.

[Fred Garvin 2.0]

I wouldn't count out UC just yet. Yeah, they lost today but they're still in the driver's seat in the Big East with the meat of their schedule behind them. Rutgers, Syracuse and UConn are going to have a hard time beating UC no matter who their QB is.

West Virginia still has to beat Pitt for them to have a chance at a tiebreaker over UC.

this.

[Masterofreality]

Su loses miserably to Rutgers today.

G'bye Big Least lead. G'bye money losing trip to a BCS bowl.

Now it will be an even more money losing trip to a nondescript bowl game in Nacadoches, Texas, or Yuma, Arizona or Pine Bluff, Arkansas. I'm sure that the Borecats will win over Southern Northwest East Carolina, though.

Yep, Ho Hum. Another trophy for the trophy case.

[Masterofreality]

SucKS loses miserably to Rutgers today.

G'bye Big Least lead. G'bye money losing trip to a BCS bowl.

Now it will be an even more money losing trip to a nondescript bowl game in Nacadoches, Texas, or Yuma, Arizona or Pine Bluff, Arkansas. I'm sure that the Borecats will win over Southern Northwest East Carolina, though.

Yep, Ho Hum. Another trophy for the trophy case.

[X-band '01]

Syracuse AND Cincy both lost to Rutgers today? That's something.

[GoMuskies]

One more stinker for Catitude, and my Cards head to the BCS. Let's go Orange!

[xsteve1]

Cincinnati wins 30-13. Syracuse should give up football.

[X-band '01]

The Big East officially becomes a cluster-f if UC and West Virginia win next week. Louisville's already done and has a 5-2 record in that conference. UC and WVU are both 4-2 with UC hosting UConn and West Virginia traveling to South Florida.

Amazingly, it's still possible that UC could get the BCS invite if they win and USF wins. I'm not sure how a 3-team tiebreak will go since Louisville beat West Virginia who beat UC who beat Louisville.

And to please GoMuskies who points out how bad the ACC is as well, I'm cheering for Virginia to beat both VaTech and Clemson. The Orange Bowl must be thrilled at the prospect of a UC-Virginia matchup. Their BEST scenario involves West Virginia and maybe Clemson.

[Masterofreality]

The Big East officially becomes a cluster-f if UC and West Virginia win next week. Louisville's already done and has a 5-2 record in that conference. UC and WVU are both 4-2 with UC hosting UConn and West Virginia traveling to South Florida.

Amazingly, it's still possible that UC could get the BCS invite if they win and USF wins. I'm not sure how a 3-team tiebreak will go since Louisville beat West Virginia who beat UC who beat Louisville.

And to please GoMuskies who points out how bad the ACC is as well, I'm cheering for Virginia to beat both VaTech and Clemson. The Orange Bowl must be thrilled at the prospect of a UC-Virginia matchup. Their BEST scenario involves West Virginia and maybe Clemson.

If Cleveland Browns Stadium is the "Factory of "Sadness", then the Big Least is the "Factory of Sad Mediocrity". Who the hell wins that league if there is a 3 way tie?

Wait, I know. Just give the tiebreaker call assignment to the same refs who called Syracuse's extra point good that caused Toledo to lose, despite the replay showing that it was missed. Those guys will sure screw it up and send the worse possible team to whateverthehell Bowl that the Little East doesn't deserve to go to.

[X-band '01]

They just said on the mothership that it would depend on who is the highest team in the BCS standings. I wonder what happens if neither of the 3 teams make the Top 25 - is it like the Price is Right when both contestants overbid on the Showcase Showdown?