Pretend Playoffs - Championship Game

Last week we saw Alabama knock off Texas in the BCS championship game and now this week we’re ready to crown the Crimson Tide as our 2009-10 NCAA Football Pretend Playoff Champions. While the BCS agreed with our champion the runner-up was a different story. We had a team from the state of Texas in the championship game but it was the one from Ft. Worth and not Austin. Granted TCU’s real life loss to Boise State hurts our formula here but we still have to finish the process.

In our system TCU reached the championship game by knocking off Florida in the Rose Bowl and then sneaking past the Longhorns in an Austin upset. Bama reached the championship game virtually unchallenged after crushing Ohio State in the Sugar Bowl and then Boise State in the semis. Now we’ve reached the championship game and we find the Tide still driving on cruise control.

Pretend Playoffs Championship	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	Total
TCU Horned Frogs	0	6	3	3	12
Alabama Crimson Tide	17	3	7	6	33

Pretend College Football Playoffs Round One

We’re ready to start our pretend college football playoffs and you may find a few surprises in the results. All first round games are played on neutral fields using the BCS Bowl System starting with the Rose Bowl between #4 TCU and #5 Florida.

Rose Bowl	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	Total
#5 Florida Gators	9	3	0	6	18
#4 TCU Horned Frogs	0	10	10	6	26

Florida gets off to a quick start by actually taking a 12-0 lead in the second quarter but then TCU’s Joseph Turner takes over. Finishing with 187 rushing yards and two touchdowns Turner leads the Frogs to a 26-18 upset.

Sugar Bowl	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	Total
#8 Ohio State Buckeyes	0	6	0	3	9
#1 Alabama Crimson Tide	17	7	3	6	33

Ohio State has no answer for Bama’s defense and the Heisman Trophy winner, Mark Ingram, has a banner day rushing for 142 yards and a score. Tide marches on.

Fiesta Bowl	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	Total
#7 Oregon Ducks	0	0	0	7	7
#2 Texas Longhorns	10	7	3	10	30

The Longhorns hold Oregon to 151 total offensive yards while Colt McCoy passes for 230 yards and a score.

Orange Bowl	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	Total
#6 Boise State Broncos	7	7	7	17	38
#3 Cincinnati Bearcats	7	14	7	7	35

In another BCS miracle the Boise State Broncos outscore Cincinnati 17-7 in the fourth quarter to end the most exciting game of the first round with a 38-35 upset win over the Bearcats.