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And do you know who beat Oklahoma State? Let’s not go around in circles forever. Alabama deserves the nod. They missed 4 field goals for crying out loud.
I’m going to go out on a limb here and predict that LSU is going to destroy The Tide by two touchdowns minimum. Alabama had a chance to beat them in Tuscaloosa and let it get away. The second go-round ain’t gonna be close. Look what the Tigers have done the last two games, both against pretty good teams: spotted their opponents double-digit leads but still won going away.
This year, there shouldn’t be a national championship game. LSU is #1. Nobody disagrees with that. The argument is over who is #2. Some years there is one team that is clearly #1 and the championship game is superfluous, some years there are two teams each of which is a valid choice for #1, and the current set-up is perfect. And, some years there are three valid contenders for #1 and the current set-up leaves something to be desired. If there were a four team playoff, that wouldn’t settle things. It would shift the argument to who is #4 (versus #5). This year, the controversy would be whether a conference champion, Oregon, should be snubbed in favor of a runner-up, Stanford, that it beat during the regular season. With 64 teams or more in the playoffs, as in basketball, there will be belly-aching about the bubble teams, but, in the end, when all the low ranks are eliminated in the initial rounds, there is no argument about the eventual winner. They have a playoff system for other NCAA divisions, but nobody has figured out how to preserve the bowl games and also have a playoff system for the very top schools. With regard to the Big East, I think the West Virginia v. Clemson match-up in the Orange Bowl makes a very attractive bowl game.
I agree, the BCS is a joke and there should be a playoff like the FCS. It is of my opinion, however, that Alabama and LSC are the 2 best teams, but they should have to prove it by beating Oklahoma State, Boise State, Stanford, et al.
While I am for a playoff system (maybe a +1 system), I am pretty sure the BCS did its job this year. They are tasked with matching the two best teams for a championship game. LSU and Alabama are the two best teams. LSU barely escaped Alabama last month and will probably have another very close game with them in January.
Everything will change when the first conference leaps to 16 teams and a couple of others follow.
Something else I would like to see:
Take the Top 32 teams from the preceding season, and for each team, draw two random opponents for the following season, each team plays one of those games at home, the other away. Set aside two weekends for those games, one in September, and the other in early November. That way each team has to play two quality non-conference opponents, including teams like Boise State.
One of the things about the Gators schedule over the years, is that they have not played a regular season non-conference game outside of the state of Florida in over 20 years.
I’m one of those guys who doesn’t believe in ‘national titles’ I believe in tradition. To me the Rose Bowl beteween big 10 and pac 10, the Iron Bowl, the Notre Dame BC game, the Army Navy game are what college Football is about.
So I really have no dog in this. But if you really respect football, you realize that overtime is the joke. The LSU Bama game this year ended in a tie and Alabama outplayed LSU pure and simple. LSU deserves huge credit for ‘winning’ (Under college rules) anyway on the road.
You’ve got the right teams given that the whole idea of a championship is bad for America. Just enjoy it.
I'm an Alabama fan and if OSU had won the slot I would have been disappointed, but would not moan and groan about it.
Alabama lost by 3 points to LSU in an overtime that should never have happened. A missed pass interference call in the first half would very likely have led to another Alabama score from a much shorter field goal attempt.
OSU lost to an unranked team...you can't compare that Alabama's squeaker against a #1 ranked team.
It’s a farce due to all the boo-hooing conferences failing to agree to a proposed play-off system submitted by the SEC in 2008. The other conferences did not want a play-off. Thus, the system we have is what got us here. Live with it.
Alabama BARELY lost one game to the #1 ranked team in the country.
OK State lost to Iowa State...
Big difference in Alabama losing to the #1 team and OK State losing to an unranked team...
I’m surprised they still rank OK State in top 5 after losing to an unranked team...
I have a bigger problem with VT going to the sugar bowl than bama in the campionship.
Current vegas line is LSU-1 and o/u is 40. I may wait until game time and if bama is getting 3 or more, load up on bama. I think they could have won the first time but the missed field goals and INT on the 1 yard line cost them dearly. I had LSU+5 that game (wish I had gone moneyline).
I will probably take the under too (it’s trending down).
http://www.vegasinsider.com/college-football/odds/las-vegas/
There’s a simple reason why the BCS chose both LSU and Alabama to play for the national title. That’s the only way they could ensure that an SEC team would lose a championship game. ;-)