“I would venture that Oklahoma, USC or Georgia would smash either, particularly a weak LSU team that needed a desperation interception at the end of the game Saturday evening vs Tennessee to clinch that win.”
I agree. I think this year is the best example yet of why there should be playoffs.
BTW, no offense to Illinois, but I believe the real reason that Georgia was not chosen for the Rose Bowl was because that game would upstage the “championship” game. The BCS is a joke.
A weak LSU that beat Tenn and has a month to recouperate before smashing OSU.
Desperation interception.. LOL It was the interception of a bad pass. That’s called defense.
Once you get past the national championship game, you have a lot of bowl selections that are based primarily on economic considerations. Big 10 vs. Pac-10 has a lot of drawing power in the Rose Bowl, and an SEC team like Georgia will draw well in the Sugar Bowl. Even though a Rose Bowl contest between USC and Georgia would generate a good TV audience, there’s a decent possibility that the game wouldn’t even be a sellout.
BTW, no offense to Illinois, but I believe the real reason that Georgia was not chosen for the Rose Bowl was because that game would upstage the “championship” game. The BCS is a joke.
Bingo.