13 December 2007

No Logic in 2007 Season

I'm sure we could all come up with a few others...but here is a short list by rivals.com. The rest of the "Strange Days" article can be found here.

And, SI's list of top 10 upsets of 2007 can be found here.

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NON-CIRCULAR LOGIC
Everyone remembers those 7th-grade math problems: If "X" is greater than "Y" and "Y" is greater than "Z," then "X" is greater than "Z." Well, not necessarily. Take a look at these results.


Florida 59, Tennessee 20 on Sept. 15; Tennessee 35, Georgia 14 on Oct. 6; Georgia 42, Florida 30 on Oct. 27.

California 31, Oregon 24 on Sept. 29; Oregon 55, Washington 34 on Oct. 20; Washington 37, California 23 on Nov. 17.

Clemson 24, Florida State 18 on Sept. 3; Florida State 27, Boston College 17 on Nov. 3; Boston College 20, Clemson 17 on Nov. 17.

West Virginia 31, Rutgers 3 on Oct. 27; Rutgers 20, Pitt 16 on Nov. 17; Pitt 13, West Virginia 9 on Dec. 1.

Texas Tech 35, Texas A&M 7 on Oct. 13; Texas 59, Texas Tech 43 on Nov. 10; Texas A&M 38, Texas 30 on Nov. 23.

Illinois 27, Penn State 20 on Sept. 29; Penn State 27, Iowa 7 on Oct. 6; Iowa 10, Illinois 6 on Oct. 13.

East Carolina 52, UCF 38 on Oct. 6; UCF 47, Marshall 13 on Nov. 3; Marshall 26, East Carolina 7 on Nov. 10.

Missouri 36, Kansas 28 on Nov. 24; Missouri finishes ahead of Kansas in the Big 12 North; Missouri finishes ahead of Kansas in the final BCS standings; Kansas gets an Orange Bowl invitation and Missouri goes to the Cotton Bowl.