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Originally Posted by corporatejay
That LSU team is pretty darn impressive though. Don't get me wrong the PAC-10 is a quality conference, and easily the second best in the country but the SEC is really unbelievable. To come out of there with only 1 loss (if that's what LSU does) speaks to the quality of that team. I think Ohio State is overrated but I've only seen them play once. The Ducks have been great, Dixon is pretty awesome to watch.
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The SEC is so over-rated it's ridiculous. It's no better than any other conference - the only difference is that the SEC conferences have more fans and schools with more tradition.
And LSU is terribly over-rated as well. Yes, they're a great football team, but they've done very little to seperate themselves from the pack of one-loss teams. Everyone can claim they have more quality wins, but let's take a look and see how the final BCS top 25 looks. Those wins over South Carolina, Alabama, and Kentucky aren't going to be very impressive when they all finish unranked. Florida is terribly over-rated at 16th as well, but they'll stay in the top 25 simply because they won the NC last year.
I don't see how people complain that all of Oregon's wins came at home when all of LSU's did as well. And unlike LSU Oregon actually took care of business in their games and didn't need miraculous comebacks week after week to do it. I read a column on SI.com today and the writer nailed it: Les Miles is like a blackjack player who keeps yelling "hit me" on 19 and still manages to win.
Oh and octothorp, you need to consider the Conference Championship games in your analysis I think. Kansas will be in the National Championship Game if they win out - it'd be a joke if they didn't. Not only would they have to go through #6 Missouri, but unless something miraculous happens (you never know this year however) they'd play Oklahoma in the Big 12 Championship Game. If they win that game as well that gives them an undefeated record and 2 top 6 wins in the final three weeks of the season. There's no way you can keep that team (especially one from a BCS Conference no loss) out of the NC Game if that happens.
I see Ohio State beating Michigan, LSU losing to Georgia in the SEC Championship game, Missouri beating Kansas and getting some revenge over Oklahoma in the Big 12 Championship game.
1. Ohio State
2. Oregon
3. Missouri
4. West Virginia
5. Arizona State
6. Georgia
7. LSU
8. Kansas
9. Oklahoma
10. Boston College
Oregon is the best team in the country and they'd prove it in January. I really hope that they don't get screwed out of the National Championship game.
This year is going to be the year that finally sparks action into the playoff debate - If Ohio State and Kansas lose which is very possible there could be 8 one-loss teams from BCS conferences (plus undefeated or one loss Hawaii and potentially one-loss Boise State). There's going to be some very upset schools if that happens.
And while I'm on that subject, what are everyone's thoughts on a playoff? I think that it's necessary, but they need to make it a lot lower key than most people suggest. A 32 or 16 team playoff simply would ruin college football. The reason college football is great is because every regular season game is just like a playoff game. Lose once and you
might get a second chance - lose twice and you're done. I think an 8 team playoff with the 6 BCS Conference winners + 2 at-large bids would be ideal. It gives every conference a chance to compete and biases to traditional powerhouse conferences are exempt. The 2 at-large bids would work similar to how BCS bowls do now. I say if a non-BCS school goes undefeated they get an instant at-large spot regardless of BCS ranking (although it would almost certainly be high). If you run the table you deserve a shot at the championship. If there's no non-BCSers running the table take the highest two that didn't win their conference. There would still be some upset schools, but at least there's no potential for undefeated teams to not get a shot at the title. The regular season would still be very important as you couldn't afford more than one-loss and have a realistic hope of making the playoffs.