UM 60-1 odds for
Not sure if this was posted before. UM has 60-1 odds to win the BCS. Others of interest:
MSU 100-1
Notre Dame 25-1
USC 4-1
Florida 5-1
OSU 9-1
Utah 60-1
Here;s the link :
http://www.freep.com/article/20090111/SPORTS06/901110486/?imw=Y
January 11th, 2009 at 10:40 AM ^
so you're saying we have a chance?
January 11th, 2009 at 11:33 AM ^
What was all that one-in-a-million talk?
January 11th, 2009 at 10:43 AM ^
a chance. Heck Utah went 13-0 and we have the same odds. I live in Vegas and I'm gonna bank on this! One can only dream..
January 11th, 2009 at 10:46 AM ^
Which is delicious. Must be all that in-state recruiting success.
January 11th, 2009 at 12:57 PM ^
Because as we all know, success is measured by preseason polls and speculation.
January 11th, 2009 at 2:28 PM ^
I said nothing about polls being relevant or important or nuthin'. The deliciousity comes from Sparty's rage at not being taken seriously even with their Super-Awesome-Coach-of-the-Century-Who-Is-Cleaning-Up-On-In-State-Recruiting-And MSU-IS-BACK-BABY!
January 11th, 2009 at 10:51 AM ^
USC has better odds than Florida? That's interesting. Hopefully RR has a 2nd season like some of the other elite coaches have had in the recent past.
January 11th, 2009 at 11:16 AM ^
So the odds go down as more people bet on them. Notre Dame has a larger pool of people willing to bet on them, so they're odds are significantly lower than both Michigan State and Utah even though Sparty is likely to be about as good as Notre Dame and Utah is likely to be better (even without Johnson et al).
January 11th, 2009 at 11:21 AM ^
While there might be some truth to that, it's also true that ND returns virtually its entire team, while MSU and Utah suffer some major losses. I expect ND to improve its record somewhat.
January 11th, 2009 at 7:22 PM ^
Yeah, they should be improved, but come on.
January 11th, 2009 at 8:41 PM ^
And we return most of the team that lost to Toledo. Should we judge all teams by their worst game?
January 11th, 2009 at 1:48 PM ^
In the case of Hoyer at MSU I think it will be addition by subtraction. I know a lot of Spartan fans that agree. Ringer will be another problem but they also had some good blocking this year. Spartan fans have to be upset with those odds.
January 11th, 2009 at 1:57 PM ^
Of course Spartan fans think that - they're homers. Just like some of us thought we could duplicate 2007's 9-4 record with a vastly younger, less-talented team.
Hoyer was not a very good player, but in 2008 he did cut down on the mental mistakes he made regularly the previous year. Their next starter might have more raw talent, but with less experience, I'd expect him to also make more mistakes. And with their superstar RB gone, the new QB is going to have to make more plays than Hoyer had to.
January 11th, 2009 at 1:54 PM ^
correction: utah has exactly a 0-1 chance of winning the BCS. along with the rest of the mid-major teams. utah's non conference schedule is utah state, san jose state, at oregon, louisville. they have no shot of getting in the title game
January 11th, 2009 at 2:20 PM ^
changed their schedule to play USC, Mount Union (you need a cupcake), Oklahoma, Boston College, Virginia Tech, Ohio State, Texas, Flordia, Bosie State, Penn State, Mike Ditka, and the '72 Dolphins and went 12-0 the BCS will find a way to keep them out.
January 11th, 2009 at 4:06 PM ^
Why does nobody blame the AP?
January 12th, 2009 at 12:27 PM ^
Sorry, but it is.