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December 2, 2007
BCS Breakdown - The Aftermath
If this was a normal Sunday after a college football Saturday the rankings would be simple. Ohio State would be number one and Georgia would be number two. None of the team ranked lower did anything to improve their rankings dramatically. Georgia would still be the best two loss team in the bunch, but something happened this weekend. Since it's the last weekend before bowl season Georgia will likely be jumped by LSU. At least this is what every talkinghead on ESPN is proposing.
LSU played terrible in their win against Tennessee. Thanks to a late interception for a touchdown LSU was given the SEC Championship. Now Georgia will likely be denied a shot at the BCS Championship because we did not win the conference. It's funny how this unsaid rule was never used against Oklahoma and Nebraska when they did the same thing earlier this decade.
The real debate should be about Ohio State. They'll likely be ranked number one today after failing to beat a ranked team all season. The only ranked team they played beat them at home, that was powerhouse Illinois. Ohio State has no business in the conversation. Losing one game in the Big Ten is the equivalent to three losses in the SEC. This system stinks, but everyone knows it.
Georgia is likely going to play Hawaii in the Sugar Bowl. I doubt the SEC will release the Dawgs to play USC in the Rose Bowl. It's a terrible twist of fate that the Dawgs find themselves ranked so high, overlooked, and now have to play a team that no one want to play in Hawaii.
Update: So here's the coaches poll and the end of Georgia's national title hopes. LSU jumps 5 spots after playing terrible and needing an pick 6 to win against the VOL. Oklahoma beats a team for the second time this season, runs up the score, and moves up five positions. Oklahoma also lost two game to unranked opponents. The BSC is notorious for screwing teams, and it appears that Georgia is on the short end of the beauty pageant this season. It will be interesting to see how many Georgia fans go to the preposterously horrible Hawaii match up in New Orleans. I wouldn't spend my money on the glorified and pointless exhibition.
1 Ohio State (46)
2 LSU (11)
3 Oklahoma (2)
4 Georgia
Posted by nemov at December 2, 2007 9:52 AM
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