Who will win BCS Championship?

Hawaii.

Hang loose.

Aloha.

:)

YES! That's precisely the point. I couldn't agree with these sentiments more. MU goes from #1 and playing the same number of games as everyone else (AND a stronger schedule than OSU) to being completely out of the BCS picture after losing to what is quite possibly the best team in the nation, just as I thought they might be at the beginning of the season. And this despite being clearly better than KU just a week ago.

If I were to set up an eight-team playoff, no way KU or WVU make it in. OU, LSU, Georgia, and USC all get a nod. I don't know what I'd do with OSU, because I think Illinois is better. It's a pity the way it almost always unfolds.

Looks like title game will be Ohio State vs. LSU althought UGA and USC are playing the ebstfootball nowadays by far. It will be interesting. If UGA plays USC, the winner of THAT game has MUCH more of a gripe at being the Nat'l champion over someone like LSU or OH State, especially if it's a 17-14 game which is what boththose teams are always in.

Not to mention that MU actually beat TWO teams in BCS championship bowls - . KU and IL. No credit in that. We should have taken a dive last weekend.

Oh well - If it was going to happen to anyone, it was going to happen to us. Just put it in the pile with the 5th down and the kicked ball for a TD in the endzone.

jdawg123 wrote:

Looks like title game will be Ohio State vs. LSU althought UGA and USC are playing the ebstfootball nowadays by far. It will be interesting. If UGA plays USC, the winner of THAT game has MUCH more of a gripe at being the Nat'l champion over someone like LSU or OH State, especially if it's a 17-14 game which is what boththose teams are always in.

I pretty much agree with this too, though it looks like the Rose Bowl may elect to take Illinois over Georgia.

jdawg123 wrote:

Looks like title game will be Ohio State vs. LSU althought UGA and USC are playing the ebstfootball nowadays by far. It will be interesting. If UGA plays USC, the winner of THAT game has MUCH more of a gripe at being the Nat'l champion over someone like LSU or OH State, especially if it's a 17-14 game which is what boththose teams are always in.

I agree with a lot of this too, though it looks like the Rose Bowl may elect to take Illinois over Georgia. And while I believe that USC could play with anyone right now, they haven't notched as many quality wins as LSU. And don't forget about OU. We need a playoff, pure and simple. Without it, you'll never settle anything.

I would much rather see virginia tech play in bcs

I think they are hot right now and I don't care the lost big too lsu early in the year they have come back and beat some great teams

This is why we need a playoff,

I suspect if there was a playoff it would be oklahoma and virginia tech in the final

So, it's official. If you want to know who wins LSU-OSU, keep yours eyes on the Florida-Michigan Capital One Bowl on New Years. The USC-Illinois Rose Bowl will be a good source of info too, not as good, but good nonetheless.

Hawaii wrote:

Hawaii.

Hang loose.

Aloha.

:)

Here is what fagpole said:

Flagpole Willy wrote:

1) Hawaii is not in a BCS conference and does not deserve the shot at the national title unless all other teams in the BCS confrences have at least 2 losses.

2) Boise State lost to Washington and therefore don't deserve anything.

3) Funny how when the Pac-10 beat each other it means the Pac-10 is weak, but if they do that in the SEC it means the SEC is strong. I think SEC fans have some sort of macho problem going on. Most of the SEC teams suck, just as do most of the teams in the Pac-10.

apparently he doesn't like guy-stuff SEC types.

Good points all around. I guess my point was, LSU benefited just as much from WVU and MU stumbling. Hence, backing in. When teams don't control their own destiny, and must rely on others losing - like they all did - then in reality they all are backing in.

Anyway, we'll see what happens on the 7th. If nothing else, OSU has a wonderful opportunity to make the nation forget last year. You can't ask for anything else if you're a Buckeye fan. In fact, even in a close loss the Buckeyes win. Trust me, the game is about winning the championship, but perhaps even bigger for OSU is regaining national status. We need those recruits, eh?

Ohio Rulz wrote:

Good points all around. I guess my point was, LSU benefited just as much from WVU and MU stumbling. Hence, backing in. When teams don't control their own destiny, and must rely on others losing - like they all did - then in reality they all are backing in.

Anyway, we'll see what happens on the 7th. If nothing else, OSU has a wonderful opportunity to make the nation forget last year. You can't ask for anything else if you're a Buckeye fan. In fact, even in a close loss the Buckeyes win. Trust me, the game is about winning the championship, but perhaps even bigger for OSU is regaining national status. We need those recruits, eh?

I think LSU is the better team and this scenario is strikingly familiar. However, I do not think OSU will let themselves be embarrassed like last year, and their defense is too good anyway.

And yes, LSU needed a bit of luck too. If everyone played 12 games during the regular (non-bowl) season, LSU doesn't make it in.

I don't know why I can't seem to collect my thoughts to write just one post, but, this year MORE THAN EVER displays why we need a playoff in college football IF we're trying to determine who the best team is. However, if OSU, in particular, and the Big Ten, in general, win their New Years Day bowl games, then it will go along way toward shoring up their credibility in my eyes. An OSU win over LSU would be a significant nonconference win.

Of course, OSU doesn't play on New years. Only took four posts to get all that out. Not bad.

So, to all the fans that might complain that LSU benefitted from the "fudge factor" and unjustly leapfrogged more "deserving" teams, nobody has as much right to bitch as Missouri. I feel bad for their fans. They go from being in the national championship if all schedules were the standard 12 games to not even getting a BCS bid, though two of their victories came over teams that did get BCS bids in KU and Illinois. And this, despite playing a tougher schedule than EVERY team making a BCS appearance except LSU. Nobody got screwed over like that, not even WVU, who got a bid.

Sagarin wrote:

And yes, LSU needed a bit of luck too. If everyone played 12 games during the regular (non-bowl) season, LSU doesn't make it in.

This is true. I agree with you that all teams should play 12 games.

It's pretty moot at this point. LSU and OSU have been chosen and there's no point in crying over spilled milk. Sure we would have loved to see Hawaii vs USC, and that would have hit the TV ratings ceiling. But we have a pretty good game as a consolation nonetheless for the BCS National Champion. STill, wouldn'y you all like to see Phil Knight or some other billionerd, host (outside of the BCS) a Super College Showdown on January 12, with USC vs Hawaii that would decide the national championship. Now that would be muy grande !