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re: do you consider Division titles to be a "championship"?
Posted on 2/13/15 at 1:02 pm to Jagd Tiger
Posted on 2/13/15 at 1:02 pm to Jagd Tiger
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Posted on 2/13/15 at 1:10 pm to logjamming
I only consider two games to be "Championships", The National Championship and Conference Championships.
That said, division titles are definitely worth noting...similar to winning BCS Bowls.
National Championship>Conference Championship>NY6 Bowls>Division Title>All Other Bowls>Bowl Eligible Teams>Conference Record
That said, division titles are definitely worth noting...similar to winning BCS Bowls.
National Championship>Conference Championship>NY6 Bowls>Division Title>All Other Bowls>Bowl Eligible Teams>Conference Record
Posted on 2/13/15 at 1:12 pm to AUCE05
What has gotten you so upset this afternoon?
Posted on 2/13/15 at 1:12 pm to Jagd Tiger
Why not?
Print the shirts!
Print the shirts!
Posted on 2/13/15 at 1:19 pm to Phat Phil
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Case in point: Even lowly Arkansas made the trip to Atlanta 3 times.
Losing to UF in two of their trips...no wonder they're so bitter.
Posted on 2/13/15 at 1:28 pm to sjmabry
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Why not?
I know you're not serous but I'll tell you the reason "why not"..
because such equivocation deprecates actual achievement of winning a championship, like a ribbon for hitting a ball off a tee, distinguishing the actual accomplishment from the euphemistic idea that "just winning something makes you a champion", is worth understanding.
Posted on 2/13/15 at 1:28 pm to Stuttgart Tiger
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It's an Oxford Thing.
You wouldn't understand.
Apparently a Baton Rouge thing as well.
Posted on 2/13/15 at 1:29 pm to Jagd Tiger
Well I didn't think you were actually looking for one word responses
In that case, just no works
In that case, just no works
Posted on 2/13/15 at 1:29 pm to constant cough
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Yeah, see my previous post. Y'all are worse.
Posted on 2/13/15 at 1:30 pm to 5thTiger
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I only consider two games to be "Championships", The National Championship and Conference Championships.
That said, division titles are definitely worth noting...similar to winning BCS Bowls.
National Championship>Conference Championship>NY6 Bowls>Division Title>All Other Bowls>Bowl Eligible Teams>Conference Record
Posted on 2/13/15 at 1:33 pm to cas4t
yea I didn't think we needed to clarify that winning a division was a good thing, the point of the thread however, was "what defines a championship" .
Posted on 2/13/15 at 1:34 pm to Jagd Tiger
it is what it is - better than nothing but short of what you should want
With teams in each division playing uneven schedules the purpose of a division champ isn't really to identify the best team in each division so much as make sure the best two teams in the conference just about can't avoid playing each other. If you understand that then it tends to lower your excitement over just winning a division.
With teams in each division playing uneven schedules the purpose of a division champ isn't really to identify the best team in each division so much as make sure the best two teams in the conference just about can't avoid playing each other. If you understand that then it tends to lower your excitement over just winning a division.
Posted on 2/13/15 at 1:37 pm to Korin
I don't know, the swimmer has a point, in the BCS era, winning a BCS bowl could easily be worth more than winning a Big East or ConfUSA trophy. The BCS system was a mess that needed to go away, how much better the current system is would be a good subject... for another thread.
Posted on 2/13/15 at 1:38 pm to Jagd Tiger
I laughed because winning a BCS (or now NY6) bowl is better than just winning your division.
Posted on 2/13/15 at 1:52 pm to Korin
Fun Fact:
Florida and Alabama have faced each other in the SEC Championship game more times than any other team has appeared.
UF vs. Bama 7 times
UT 5 times
AUB 5 times
UGA 5 times
Florida and Alabama have faced each other in the SEC Championship game more times than any other team has appeared.
UF vs. Bama 7 times
UT 5 times
AUB 5 times
UGA 5 times
Posted on 2/13/15 at 1:55 pm to Phat Phil
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Case in point: Even lowly Arkansas made the trip to Atlanta 3 times.
You've done done it now...
Posted on 2/13/15 at 2:00 pm to Korin
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I laughed because winning a BCS (or now NY6) bowl is better than just winning your division.
I think I have an AT&T Cotton Bowl Championship tee shirt,, it seems just as good as a lot of "BCS" bowl shirts to me. There is a large variance in what a BCS win was, and it will be the same for the NY6 I would imagine.
Posted on 2/13/15 at 2:08 pm to Jagd Tiger
Winning the division but losing the conference championship is like finishing second in a beauty pageant. You were good enough to get there but not good enough to win the whole damn thing.
Posted on 2/13/15 at 2:08 pm to Korin
Bowls are subject to debate due to bowl committee's picking teams. It is subjective to fans traveling, money, etc. Division titles are not.
Case in point- Mizzou 2007. Won Big 12 North. Ranked #1 in country heading into Conf. Championship week. Lost to Oklahoma, and got passed up by all the BCS bowls.
So you have to take Bowls with a grain of salt.
Case in point- Mizzou 2007. Won Big 12 North. Ranked #1 in country heading into Conf. Championship week. Lost to Oklahoma, and got passed up by all the BCS bowls.
So you have to take Bowls with a grain of salt.
Posted on 2/13/15 at 2:10 pm to 5thTiger
Not really. Y'all played your way out of one in 07.
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