If the Football Bowl Subdivision had a 16-team playoff, with all 11 conferences receiving automatic bids, and five other schools recieving at-large bids, and if the season ended today, with no title games) here's what we'd be looking at:
No. 1 Auburn (SEC auto bid)vs. No.16 Florida International (Sun Belt auto bid)
No. 8 Michigan St. (At-Large) vs. No. 9 Oklahoma (Big 12 auto bid)
No. 4 Stanford (At-Large) vs. No. 13 Northern Illinois (MAC auto bid)
No. 5 Wisconsin (At-Large) vs. No. 12 Virginia Tech (ACC auto bid)
No. 3 T.C.U. (Mountain West auto bid) vs. No. 14 Connecticut (Big East auto bid)
No. 6 Ohio State (At-Large) vs. No.11 Boise St. (WAC auto bid, if there is a three-way tie with Nevada and Hawaii, then i'd give the bid to Boise as a tiebreaker because of BCS ranking)
No. 2 Oregon (Pac-10 auto bid) vs. No. 15 U.C.F (Conference USA auto bid)
No. 7 Arkansas (At-Large) vs. No. 10 LSU (At-Large)
With this said, we do have title games coming, and some bubbles could be burst. That is all.
Monday, November 29, 2010
Monday, November 22, 2010
I love Sundays.
I love Sundays.
I wouldn't have said this a year and a half ago. I would use Sundays to sleep in and watch football, basketball, movies, Nintendo, whatever. Often I'd sleep in to rest up from a long night of shenanigans.
I still stay up late at night. But it's mandatory that I take my butt to Grace every single Sunday. It just has to happen. That's what Christianity does to you.
I also love the fellowship among Christians afterwards. This is the first solid Christian community that I've ever been around. I will confess that I did feel kind of out of the loop during the summer when I spent a lot of time in Fayetteville and Virginia and GNet wasn't active, but now I'm really plugged in.
And did I mention football on Sundays? It doesn't even matter that my Panthers are angling for the No. 1 draft choice. It's a male soap opera.
I still love Fridays and Saturdays. But add Sundays to my must-look-forward-to days.
I wouldn't have said this a year and a half ago. I would use Sundays to sleep in and watch football, basketball, movies, Nintendo, whatever. Often I'd sleep in to rest up from a long night of shenanigans.
I still stay up late at night. But it's mandatory that I take my butt to Grace every single Sunday. It just has to happen. That's what Christianity does to you.
I also love the fellowship among Christians afterwards. This is the first solid Christian community that I've ever been around. I will confess that I did feel kind of out of the loop during the summer when I spent a lot of time in Fayetteville and Virginia and GNet wasn't active, but now I'm really plugged in.
And did I mention football on Sundays? It doesn't even matter that my Panthers are angling for the No. 1 draft choice. It's a male soap opera.
I still love Fridays and Saturdays. But add Sundays to my must-look-forward-to days.
Sunday, November 14, 2010
Some Days Late...Parental Advisory Suggested....
On Veterans Day, I remembered the contribution made by my deceased grandfather, late great uncle, and two of my cousins. They all served our country.
And yes, I lived in Fayetteville, North Carolina for seven and a half years. Most of you know that Fayetteville is home to Fort Bragg, which is due to become the largest military base in America by next year due to its expansion. Veteran's Day is held in high regard in that town.
I spent that day wrestling with the notion that Veteran's Day could be a form of idolatry. I feel that might apply to Fayetteville more than, say, Raleigh, with it being a military sanctuary and all. We make a big deal about soldiers dying in war for our freedom...but didn't Jesus die for our souls????????????? I meditated on this Thursday.
I'm all for Veterans's Day, but why can't we have a Jesus Appreciation Day? Ain't that more important?? If you believe in Christ anyway, which I do, you would feel that God would protect us and our freedoms (or the freedoms that God enjoys anyway) from evil Islamic thugs.
I've struggled with bitterness towards Fayetteville because soldiers always get their - kissed there at the expense of the "townies" in many things. But bitterness is wrong and respect is required of me. We should say thanks to all of the difference makers in society for what they do.
We are all equals, no matter what Satan puts in our heads about us not being equals. I respect Veteran's Day, but I sometimes fall victim to seeing both sides of the coin here.
Idolatry and bitterness are evil. Good day.
And yes, I lived in Fayetteville, North Carolina for seven and a half years. Most of you know that Fayetteville is home to Fort Bragg, which is due to become the largest military base in America by next year due to its expansion. Veteran's Day is held in high regard in that town.
I spent that day wrestling with the notion that Veteran's Day could be a form of idolatry. I feel that might apply to Fayetteville more than, say, Raleigh, with it being a military sanctuary and all. We make a big deal about soldiers dying in war for our freedom...but didn't Jesus die for our souls????????????? I meditated on this Thursday.
I'm all for Veterans's Day, but why can't we have a Jesus Appreciation Day? Ain't that more important?? If you believe in Christ anyway, which I do, you would feel that God would protect us and our freedoms (or the freedoms that God enjoys anyway) from evil Islamic thugs.
I've struggled with bitterness towards Fayetteville because soldiers always get their - kissed there at the expense of the "townies" in many things. But bitterness is wrong and respect is required of me. We should say thanks to all of the difference makers in society for what they do.
We are all equals, no matter what Satan puts in our heads about us not being equals. I respect Veteran's Day, but I sometimes fall victim to seeing both sides of the coin here.
Idolatry and bitterness are evil. Good day.
Monday, November 1, 2010
Part 2 of my Homecoming Rant-Courtesy of Fayetteville Observer-
Old news, but click on the link below. The comments below are stellar.
http://www.fayobserver.com/articles/2010/10/29/1043919
Two comments stick out...We had "Hot Topic" claim that the shooting happened partly because Methodist admitted the undesirables who couldn't get in at any other school. I figure that he argues that if Methodist had smarter kids, they would be smart enough to not shoot each other. He argues that the administration wouldn't have to enact such policies if they had higher admission standards.
I hate to say it, but he's partially right....I think a lot of their policies are partially due to the administration knowing that they are not bringing in the brightest students(although this has slightly changed in the last few years), but the strict policies at MU were also inserted because of the fear of a student's death or damage to the school's reputation. The dry campus rule and such exists because of the latter reason.
Another poster claimed that Methodist will never rise above tier III status. I do agree that it's a third or fourth-tier school, simply because the only kids they can draw are golfers, athletes, and locals with (hopefully not racist) parents who won't let them go to Fayetteville State University. I do believe that there are people in Fayetteville who won't send a kid to FSU over the race issue. :(. The jury is still out on whether their status will improve in the future, however, due to the regime change that's on the way.
For Pete's sake, they had to invest heavy in a nursing program to get their female enrollment to 37 percent, in part because it was the last gimmick they could use to get more girls enrolled.
All this shooting crap and drama gives me the motivation to just distance myself from the university. And Fayetteville. It's not my scene.
http://www.fayobserver.com/articles/2010/10/29/1043919
Two comments stick out...We had "Hot Topic" claim that the shooting happened partly because Methodist admitted the undesirables who couldn't get in at any other school. I figure that he argues that if Methodist had smarter kids, they would be smart enough to not shoot each other. He argues that the administration wouldn't have to enact such policies if they had higher admission standards.
I hate to say it, but he's partially right....I think a lot of their policies are partially due to the administration knowing that they are not bringing in the brightest students(although this has slightly changed in the last few years), but the strict policies at MU were also inserted because of the fear of a student's death or damage to the school's reputation. The dry campus rule and such exists because of the latter reason.
Another poster claimed that Methodist will never rise above tier III status. I do agree that it's a third or fourth-tier school, simply because the only kids they can draw are golfers, athletes, and locals with (hopefully not racist) parents who won't let them go to Fayetteville State University. I do believe that there are people in Fayetteville who won't send a kid to FSU over the race issue. :(. The jury is still out on whether their status will improve in the future, however, due to the regime change that's on the way.
For Pete's sake, they had to invest heavy in a nursing program to get their female enrollment to 37 percent, in part because it was the last gimmick they could use to get more girls enrolled.
All this shooting crap and drama gives me the motivation to just distance myself from the university. And Fayetteville. It's not my scene.
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