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You can’t argue that Georgia was screwed. If you can’t win your conference’s division title, much less the conference, you have no business playing for the national title. Georgia shouldn’t even be in a BCS bowl, much less the title game.

The only teams with any business playing for the championship are Ohio State, Oklahoma and, yes, LSU.

You can talk about Ohio State’s non-conference schedule all you want, but since none of the four have non-conference losses it loses some relevance. Good wins against Michigan and Wisconsin, with a respectable loss to a tough Illinois team. Good wins and a respectable loss, but not dazzling enough to be a clear #1.

LSU, Oklahoma and USC have two losses. USC’s two losses were inexcusable. LSU and Oklahoma both play in tougher conferences, but LSU’s two losses were triple-overtime squeakers, one on the road at Kentucky and one in a rivalry game against a Heisman-quality star. Oklahoma’s Texas Tech loss isn’t bad, but the Colorado loss is.

I’d go with LSU and Oklahoma instead of Ohio State, but OSU isn’t a bad choice. There’s parity in college football now, so the #1 and #2 aren’t clear-cut anymore.

USC’s two losses were inexcusable.

Granted the coaches should have pulled the injured Booty againts Stanford. But a close game against a 5th ranked team with your second string Quarterback? How is that inexcusable?

Yawn. I’ll be paying more attention to the REAL NCAA football champs...the Football Championship Subdivision. Sixteen teams, four weekends, a real PLAYOFF, none of this beauty-contest bullcrap.

And don’t look now, but Appalachian State’s still in it, and gunning for a threepeat after knocking off my JMU boys. Those guys are scary good.

}:-)4

You can’t argue that Georgia was screwed. If you can’t win your conference’s division title, much less the conference, you have no business playing for the national title. Georgia shouldn’t even be in a BCS bowl, much less the title game. The only teams with any business playing for the championship are Ohio State, Oklahoma and, yes, LSU. You can talk about Ohio State’s non-conference schedule all you want, but since none of the four have non-conference losses it loses some relevance. Good wins against Michigan and Wisconsin, with a respectable loss to a tough Illinois team. Good wins and a respectable loss, but not dazzling enough to be a clear #1. LSU, Oklahoma and USC have two losses. USC’s two losses were inexcusable. LSU and Oklahoma both play in tougher conferences, but LSU’s two losses were triple-overtime squeakers, one on the road at Kentucky and one in a rivalry game against a Heisman-quality star. Oklahoma’s Texas Tech loss isn’t bad, but the Colorado loss is. I’d go with LSU and Oklahoma instead of Ohio State, but OSU isn’t a bad choice. There’s parity in college football now, so the #1 and #2 aren’t clear-cut anymore.

Ga. had a damn good run.

They are a good team but ditto what you said.

Never has so many teams got knocked down- in odd upsets that were 1 or 2 in their rankings.