10-14-2013, 05:18 AM
Everything said by the OP is true. If Stanford beats UCLA, Oregon State, and Oregon, Stanford will be no worse than #5 again.
The rub here is BCS college football is not baseball. In baseball (and every other team sport), the better team make the playoffs and have a chance to show what they can do. In BCS college football, especially this season, having one loss can knock you out of the hunt for a national championship, which I believe is the goal set by Stanford football in 2013, and certainly a large number of its fans, as evidenced by some of them melting down after the Utah loss. It's perceived as maybe a once in a lifetime chance by some fans, so they are really emotional about it.
I'm sure people will be a lot less cranky about the loss on Wednesday, as the UCLA game looms.Â
The rub here is BCS college football is not baseball. In baseball (and every other team sport), the better team make the playoffs and have a chance to show what they can do. In BCS college football, especially this season, having one loss can knock you out of the hunt for a national championship, which I believe is the goal set by Stanford football in 2013, and certainly a large number of its fans, as evidenced by some of them melting down after the Utah loss. It's perceived as maybe a once in a lifetime chance by some fans, so they are really emotional about it.
I'm sure people will be a lot less cranky about the loss on Wednesday, as the UCLA game looms.Â