Monday, October 5, 2009

Non-BCS tracker

Moral victories (some of these are going to be non-BCS vs. non-BCS games as their games against BCS teams are becoming limited as conference play starts):
Ball State having a lead in the final minute before losing the lead and dropping to 0-5.
Arkansas State giving Iowa more than it wanted.
Miami (OH) holding high-powered Cincinnati to 23 first half points.
Air Force taking Navy to OT on a last second field goal (before missing a field goal in OT and losing).
New Mexico making Tech earn their 20-point victory: it was 14-7 at halftime.
CSU having a chance to tie the game late on the road against Idaho before missing a two-point conversion.
Kent State getting a safety against Baylor.

Actual Victories:
Louisiana Tech destroying Hawaii, 27-6.
UAB saving its season (while ending Southern Mississippi's QB's) by beating the Golden Eagles at home.
BYU overcoming 3 turnovers (this needs to get resolved in the next two warmup games before hosting TCU on the 24th) to beat Utah State, 35-17. The outcome was never in question, but the 3 turnovers made it dicier than it should have been.
Tulane netting its first victory against a I-A team, by winning on the road at Army.
ECU getting back above .500 with a win at Marshall.
Central Michigan winning at reigning MAC champion Buffalo.
Navy beating Air Force in the slop in OT.
Wyoming improving to 3-2 in what was supposed to be a rebuilding year/decade, winning on the road against Florida Atlantic, who is not looking like they will achieve bowl eligibility after all.
Nevada dropping 63 on in-state rival UNLV.
San Diego State getting a much-needed victory over a WAC bottom feeder. That puts them at 1-1 against WAC bottom-feeders this year.
Boise State avoided an embarrassment against I-AA UC Davis.
TCU overcame a slow start to beat SMU by 25.
UTEP running all over Houston, dropping 58 on the formerly ranked Cougars.

You Can't Do Thats:
UNLV giving up 63 to in-state rival Nevada. Oops.
Houston giving up 58 to UTEP, effectively ending their BCS hopes and dreams.
SMU giving up 39 points to TCU's offense.
Rice starting 0-5 after losing by 17 at home to Tulsa.
Florida Atlantic losing at home to Wyoming.
Ball State starting 0-5 after complaining about how unfair the BCS system was.

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