Tag: BCS

Strait Talk: Big East, Best Bowl Game, and more

| January 4, 2013 | 1 Comment
Strait Talk: Big East, Best Bowl Game, and more

The Best Bowl Conference, Jadeveon Clowney is beastly, and more

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College Football Week 7: On Paper, Upset Potential, Don’t Bother

| October 13, 2012 | 0 Comments
College Football Week 7: On Paper, Upset Potential, Don’t Bother

LSU is not best defense on field, BYU is politely tough, & more.

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On Paper, Upset Potential, Don’t Bother (Championship Edition)

| January 8, 2012 | 0 Comments
On Paper, Upset Potential, Don’t Bother (Championship Edition)

No matter the score, people will complain about the offenses .

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A “Few Fake Words” with the BCS Committee

| December 11, 2011 | 0 Comments
A “Few Fake Words” with the BCS Committee

I thought the motto was, “Every Game Counts”?

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BCS: Blatant Cinderella Supressor

| December 10, 2011 | 0 Comments
BCS: Blatant Cinderella Supressor

Non-AQ schools are 4-1 (minus 2010 Fiesta Bowl) in BCS games.

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On Paper, Upset Potential, Don’t Bother

| September 22, 2011 | 0 Comments
On Paper, Upset Potential, Don’t Bother

Just like Meatloaf said, 2 out of 3 ain’t bad. Let’s take a look at this week’s college football schedule

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BaRACKETS!!! – December 7th Edition

| December 7, 2009 | 2 Comments
BaRACKETS!!! – December 7th Edition

In the words of The One Man Wolfpack, the BCS is “a ra-tard”. The final BCS Standings were announced and the BCS bowl games set. To noones surprise, Alabama and Texas will meet for the BCS title. Cincinnati jumped TCU in the final standings, meaning if Nebraska had’ve actually tried to get the ball in [...]

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BaRACKETS!!! – November 30th Edition

| November 30, 2009 | 0 Comments
BaRACKETS!!! – November 30th Edition

Week 7 of the BCS Standings are out, and once again — not a lotta change. Pitt and Georgia Tech’s losses shook up the seedings of the brackets a little, giving us some different matchup possibilities. Here is what we could be looking forward to if not for the BCS dummies:

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BaRACKETS!!! – November 23rd Edition

| November 23, 2009 | 0 Comments
BaRACKETS!!! – November 23rd Edition

Week 6 of the BCS Standings are out, and again — not much is different. The only change is Oregon replacing LSU at number eight in the standings. Here’s the playoff scenarios as of today:

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BaRACKETS!!! – November 16th Edition

| November 16, 2009 | 0 Comments
BaRACKETS!!! – November 16th Edition

Week 5 of the BCS Standings are out, and not much has changed. The top eight remain the same, Dave Wanny leads his alma mater Pitt to their first ever Top 10 BCS ranking — debuting at nine, and Ohio State (run, run, run, kick) is back in at number 10. Here’s the playoff scenarios [...]

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BaRACKETS!!! – November 9th Edition

| November 9, 2009 | 0 Comments
BaRACKETS!!! – November 9th Edition

Week 4 of the BCS Standings are out, and Alabama has jumped back ahead of Texas following their home victory against LSU. Though Texas shouldn’t be too concerned as Florida and Alabama must play each other for the SEC Championship, thus opening the door for Texas to play the winner for the crystal football. Iowa [...]

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BaRACKETS!!! – November 2nd Edition

| November 2, 2009 | 0 Comments
BaRACKETS!!! – November 2nd Edition

Week 3 of the BCS Standings are out, and Texas has jumped Alabama for one of the two coveted spots that ensure yourself a shot at the title. With eight teams still unbeaten, its always good to be ranked that high initially, cuz if you start the season unranked, come out of nowhere and finish [...]

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BaRACKETS!!! – October 26th Edition

| October 26, 2009 | 2 Comments
BaRACKETS!!! – October 26th Edition

Week 2 of the BCS Standings are here, and the big shake up comes at the expense of the 2008 Straitpinkie.com National Champeens, the Boise State Broncos. TCU, on the heels of their mauling at BYU, jumped the Broncos — as did the Iowa Hawkeyes and USC Trojans. Boise State fell to seventh in this [...]

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BaRACKETS!!! – October 19th Edition

| October 19, 2009 | 2 Comments
BaRACKETS!!! – October 19th Edition

In the never-ending quest for fairness and sensibility in the world of college football, the BaRACKETS are back for year two.  Last year, the Boise State Broncos took home the first ever Straitpinkie.com National Champeenship in an upset victory over the Gators of Florida.  Those same Gators are the number one team in the nation [...]

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Pinkies Up!!! Lion Kiss Edition

| July 15, 2009 | 0 Comments
Pinkies Up!!! Lion Kiss Edition

Obama’s All-Star First Pitch Video (Midwest Sports Fans) A Dozen Video Game Firsts (Gunaxin) Quote Of The Day: Canada Sucks (Blog Of Hilarity) Training Video For A Job Worse Than Yours (Lemondrop) Bruno Terrorist Threatens To Sue (Film Drunk) When A Guy Says “Go Make Me A Sandwich” (Next Round) Worst Boob Jobs Ever (Yep [...]

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Should College Basketball Model their Playoff System after the BCS?

| March 24, 2009 | 0 Comments

Believe it or not, despite our lack of quality content, the Pinkie actually does have readers.  Sometimes, I have a difficult time believing it myself.  Below I have some proof. The following is a letter we received from Pat McMahon that was sent to [email protected] (we promise we’ll read it if you send it!).  McMahon’s letter [...]

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Pinkies Up!!! Digger’s Dancin’ Edition

| March 2, 2009 | 0 Comments

Continuous Dysfunction Hits Cats (Rick Bozich, C-J) Re-Visiting the wrong guy “one more time”  (John Clay, Herald-Leader) Terrence Williams one of the best  (Eric Crawford, C-J) Do people care about the AFL?  (Hugging Harold Reynolds) Will Ferrell is Nate Robinson’s Muse  (Observation Bubble)  Jennifer Jones is heating up the curling ranks  (TotalProSports) BCS Powers Scheduling [...]

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Saturday Night Live’s “I Love The BCS”

| January 11, 2009 | 0 Comments

Our feelings on the BCS here at straitpinkie.com are pretty obvious. Will Forte, of SNL, doesn’t really feel the same way. He loves it and here is a song he sang last night.

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Boise State: 2008 Straitpinkie.com National Champeen!!

| January 9, 2009 | 4 Comments
Boise State: 2008 Straitpinkie.com National Champeen!!

I still have no idea how Ole Miss did it.  I think that game sums up why sports are so awesome; anything can and will happen.  I hate the BCS and current setup, but there isn’t a team in the country that could defeat the Gators.  Somehow they lost to Ole Miss early on, AT [...]

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2008 Straitpinkie.com College Football Champeenship!! **Warning – Blue & Orange Clad Fans Only**

| January 5, 2009 | 5 Comments
2008 Straitpinkie.com College Football Champeenship!!  **Warning – Blue & Orange Clad Fans Only**

It is finally here!! The Inaugural Straitpinkie.com College Football Champeenship has reached the ultimate game:  Ninth seeded Boise State has impressed week in and week out with dominating performances over (5) USC, (1) Oklahoma, and (8) Penn State and will now get their shot at immortality as they take on the second seeded Florida Gators [...]

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