[commish]

Using your logic then ..Illinois was the Big Ten’s BEST TEAM (check the Illinois-Ohio St score) aand should be playing in the National Championship. Oh wait they just lost by 32 POINTS to a team that LOST TO STANFORD!

[Lakeshark]

Nope Illinois was #3. Just like Georgia was. It's the BCS nonsense that is at work here

Illinois matched up poorly against USC (somewhat like LSU matches up poorly against Ohio State), the worst possible match up for the Rose Bowl. They did not belong in that game or any BCS game. Missourri did.

And trust me, USC is inconsistent, but plays great with more than two weeks preparation.