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Crazy For College Football
Popular BCS Searches
Due to the unpredictable nature of the college football season, fan discretion is advised. Your favorite squad sits near the top of the rankings, only to get bounced from the BCS after an untimely loss. With shocking upsets becoming commonplace, interest in the Bowl Championship Series and its machinations have sacked the Search box.
This past weekend, it was Ohio State's turn to tumble. The resulting scramble sent searches on "bcs standings" up 85% for the week. Related searches on "bcs bowl games" (+110%), "bcs ranking" (+95%), and "bcs poll" (+84%) are storming the field as fans attempt to make sense of the shifting standings.
Some fans still have questions about the BCS and how it works. Right now the most popular inquiry in Search is "when do the bcs standings come out." Well, it's Sunday afternoon when Fox is good and ready to release the information. But others are quizzical about "what does bcs stand for" and "how does the bcs work." For those folks, we recommend a remedial class with nutty professor Lou Holtz.
Where are the BCS searches coming from? No surprise that Baton Rouge (LSU), Oklahoma City (Univ. of Oklahoma), and Columbus (Ohio State) lead the way. But we see a metro not known for its gridiron prowess creeping up on the rail. Lovely Honolulu is home to the undefeated Rainbow Warriors of Hawaii and places fourth in BCS interest. Can the underdog team from the islands crack a big bowl? In this crazy college season, anything is possible...
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A subject's buzz score is the percentage of Yahoo! users searching for that subject on a given day, multiplied by a constant to make the number easier to read. Weekly leaders are the subjects with the greatest average buzz score for a given week.
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Posted by kangotraveler | Wed, November 14, 2007, 5:17 pm PST
I just love it. . . the Rainbow Warriors?! I hope they do well -- any excuse I have to head to Hawaii, I take it. I just LOVE Honolulu -- with Waikiki Beach that everybody knows about, but there are lesser-knowns too, like sports!! Also, they've got an aquarium, a zoo, and the place abounds with important architectural sites.
If you head west to see those warriors play, check out these points of interest:
http://www.kango.com/parks/honolulu_hi_parks_805284706.html
Enjoy!
Posted by david_cobianchi | Sat, November 17, 2007, 7:35 am PST
This has been an odd year for college football, teams like UF, Michigan go from top 5 to unranked in a few weeks. Every #2 team losing games they should win. Dont know which is better this, or the usual 2-3 dominent teams
Posted by david_cobianchi | Sat, November 17, 2007, 7:36 am PST
This has been an odd year for college football, teams like UF, Michigan go from top 5 to unranked in a few weeks. Every #2 team losing games they should win. Dont know which is better this, or the usual 2-3 dominent teams
Posted by david_cobianchi | Sat, November 17, 2007, 7:36 am PST
This has been an odd year for college football, teams like UF, Michigan go from top 5 to unranked in a few weeks. Every #2 team losing games they should win. Dont know which is better this, or the usual 2-3 dominent teams
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