BIG TEN'S PLOY IS A BIG MISTAKE.Byline: SCOTT WOLF Scott Richard Wolf (born June 4, 1968) is an American actor. Born in Boston, Massachusetts to Steven Wolf and Susan Enowitch, Wolf was raised in West Orange, New Jersey. He graduated in 1986 from West Orange High School. COLLEGE FOOTBALL Was the Big Ten Conference pulling a power play or simply incompetent when it announced Tuesday that No. 3 Iowa secured a spot in a Bowl Championship Series bowl game? Although media outlets across the nation carried the story, a conference call was held Wednesday among the six major conference commissioners, bowl-game executives and officials because of confusion over the Big Ten's announcement. ``The Big Ten shouldn't have done that,'' a source said. ``They jumped the gun. That's a matter of debate where Iowa will go. That's not official yet.'' In all likelihood, when Saturday's college football games are finished, Iowa will be selected by either the Orange, Sugar or Rose bowls. But as of today, the subject remains open to debate. Luckily, Mike Tranghese, BCS (1) (The British Computer Society, Swindon, Wiltshire, England, www.bcs.org) The chartered body for information technology professionals in the U.K., founded in 1957. coordinator, exposed the Big Ten's premature announcement. ``Nothing should have been said; I think we embarrassed ourselves,'' Tranghese said. ``We're not going to render a final decision until Sunday.'' What motivated the Big Ten? Probably a fear of Notre Dame Notre Dame IPA: [nɔtʁ dam] is French for Our Lady, referring to the Virgin Mary. In the United States of America, Notre Dame , which operates under its own set of rules when college football is concerned and casts an especially large shadow in the Midwest. The Big Ten tried to force the issue by making the announcement to increase pressure on the BCS to overlook the Irish, who are seeking an Orange Bowl bid. If Washington State defeats UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX and Miami beats Virginia Tech, the Irish probably will end up in the Gator Bowl For the stadium, see . The Gator Bowl is an annual college football bowl game that is played at Jacksonville Municipal Stadium in Jacksonville, Florida. It is one of the oldest college bowls, held continuously since 1946. . The fact Kansas State is making a late bid for a BCS bowl isn't helping Notre Dame's case. Both teams went 10-2, but the Wildcats defeated USC An abbreviation for U.S. Code. 27-20 and the Irish fell to the Trojans 44-13, which strengthens Kansas State's case. Though the Orange Bowl really doesn't want Kansas State, it might consider the Wildcats to avoid offending the Big 12 Conference and blowing apart the BCS. --Glum in Pasadena: No one is listening to BCS conference The BCS conferences are the six major NCAA Division I FBS football conferences whose champions receive an automatic bid into the Bowl Championship Series every year. All of these conferences besides the Big East have strong ties to certain BCS bowls (called "affiliations"). calls more closely than the Rose Bowl, which is on the verge On the Verge (or The Geography of Yearning) is a play written by Eric Overmyer. It makes extensive use of esoteric language and pop culture references from the late nineteenth century to 1955. of a big disappointment. Consider what will happen if the Orange Bowl selects Iowa, the team over which the Rose Bowl is salivating, and USC wins the Pacific-10 Conference The Pacific-10 Conference (Pac-10) is a college athletic conference which operates in the western United States. It participates in the NCAA's Division I. Membership Full members . That might leave the Rose Bowl with either Colorado or Oklahoma, depending on who wins the Big 12 Conference championship game. Imagine the chagrin if USC-Colorado were slated for a rematch REMATCH Cardiology Clinical trials–Randomized Evaluation of Mechanical Assistance Therapy as an alternative in Congestive Heart failure–related to use of a portable, electric left ventricular-assist system–LVAS–eg, HeartMate® at the Rose Bowl. That no doubt would cause last-minute shuffling as the BCS searches for a more attractive opponent for the Trojans. A USC-Oklahoma game would be an easy ticket to sell, but it would deprive the Rose Bowl of its traditional Big Ten-Pac-10 matchup for the second consecutive year. The Rose Bowl had no idea when it joined the BCS it possibly could be without its desired teams two years in a row. --Game of influence: How important is Saturday's UCLA-Washington State game? The outcome could affect 17 bowl games and 26 teams. --Mr. .500: Colorado coach Gary Barnett
But despite his recent success in Boulder, Colo., Barnett's overall record as a Division I-A head coach just reached .500 with his team's victory in Lincoln. Barnett now is 64-64-1. He came to Colorado from Northwestern carrying a 35-45-1 record over seven seasons, and he is 29-19 in his fourth season with the Buffs. In spite of victories over Nebraska and Kansas State in 2001-02 and consecutive division titles, Barnett is hesitant to say the Big 12's balance of power has shifted. ``As soon as you write about it, it's going to shift the other way,'' he said. ``There's just too much parity right now to be able to create that kind of pattern, in my opinion. That pattern is sort of gone. I don't think it's going to exist like it used to. It is literally year to year. ``It probably is (a statement), but I don't want to make too much of it. I think winning back-to-back Big 12 (titles) would send a big statement.'' CAPTION(S): 3 boxes Box: (1) FOOTNOTES (2) MUST-SEE GAMES (3) BOWL GLANCE |
|
||||||||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion