<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (TucsonClip)</div><div class='quotemain'></p> If the Rose somehow would not pick a Big-10 team, Illinois would definately be left out, and ASU would be in the Fiesta. I dont think Illinois deserves to be in there, and the only reason they are is because of the Rose Bowl tradition.</p> </div></p> Illinois beat the #1 team in the country then and also played Mizzou #6 down to the wire. At least they have a quality win. They deserve to be in a BCS Bowl over ASU regardless of how they picked matchups. ASU didn't beat anyone and got blown out both games when they had a chance to prove themselves. I don't wanna hear it. They have a case over Kansas though. But if anyone truly got screwed, it was Mizzou, as the thread was initially created for.</p>
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Dissonance19)</div><div class='quotemain'></p> <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (TucsonClip)</div><div class='quotemain'></p> If the Rose somehow would not pick a Big-10 team, Illinois would definately be left out, and ASU would be in the Fiesta. I dont think Illinois deserves to be in there, and the only reason they are is because of the Rose Bowl tradition.</p> </div></p> Illinois beat the #1 team in the country then and also played Mizzou #6 down to the wire. At least they have a quality win. They deserve to be in a BCS Bowl over ASU regardless of how they picked matchups. ASU didn't beat anyone and got blown out both games when they had a chance to prove themselves. I don't wanna hear it. They have a case over Kansas though. But if anyone truly got screwed, it was Mizzou, as the thread was initially created for.</p> </div></p> </p> I hate ASU, but losing by 12 to Oregon, who was one of the best teams in the nation is not getting blown out. They were blown out by SC.</p> Here is my beef with Illinois. They played 2 games in the final4 weeks. They went from unranked to a BCS bowl in that time span. I dont care who they beat, I still dont think that is right.</p>
Mizzou beat Kansas head to head & had a much better <u>strength of schedule</u>. So, I can't make any sense of it.</p> And now for a good laugh; BYU (in Today's Salt Lake Tribune) is whining and citing Hawaii <u>S. O. S.</u> as a reason they got jobbed. BYU already lost to UCLA & to Tulsa.</p>
