#2 goes down. Bama/LSU rematch??

#77
#77
I know Oregon may have improved since their loss to LSU, but LSU didn't have Jordan Jefferson either and I don't think Lee scared the Ducks at all. I'd like to see Oklahoma play LSU assuming they win out.
 
#78
#78
Vol423 said:
Winning your conference isn't a requirement to make the national championship game. While it should be that way, it isn't. It's already happened before. Losing to Texas Tech eliminated Oklahoma from consideration.
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Yep. Go look at the BCS ranking points. Assuming Bama and LSU win out, they are now a written in ink, cemented stone cold lock to play for the BCSMNC.
 
#79
#79
Vol423 said:
Winning your conference isn't a requirement to make the national championship game. While it should be that way, it isn't. It's already happened before. Losing to Texas Tech eliminated Oklahoma from consideration.
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The point is a conference winner should get preference.
 
#83
#83
milohimself said:
No, the Pac-12 south (sans USC) is terrible and the Big XII no longer has a conference championship game.
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Thoughts at this point on USC and its games not even being factored into the computer rankings for Oregon and its opponents?
 
#84
#84
milohimself said:
Yep. Go look at the BCS ranking points. Assuming Bama and LSU win out, they are now a written in ink, cemented stone cold lock to play for the BCSMNC.
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I'm not sure Oregon having an extra conference title game win wouldn't jump them. Unless something drastic happens, Bama will be behind a game at the end of the season. May or may not be good enough, but it is enough for an argument in the human polls.
 
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#85
Eberry said:
Bama LSU wont happen.. 2nd place automatically goes to sugarbowl.. Oregon or OU will play for title.. Sorry to burst y'alls bubble but LSUBAMA wont happen for title..
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#2 in the BCS automatically goes to the BCS championship game. Are all Oregon fans this clueless?
 
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#87
Vol423 said:
The PAC-12 South, including USC, is terrible.
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USC still has USC-type talent (that will change over the next couple years as scholarship reductions really start to affect the roster) for the most part and really seems to be coming together right now. They will be easily Oregon's most difficult opponent aside from LSU. With Stanford's injury issues, they were a mediocre team with a great QB when they played Oregon.
 
#92
#92
Calculon said:
How does that work? Is a loss to USC not a loss? Is it like a bye week?
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Your strength of schedule drops every time USC beats a team in your conference/that you play would essentially be my guess.

That and beating USC essentially has the value of a W, but maybe (possibly?) as much as even a midmajor or an FCS rather than the 8-2 team they actually played.


Speculative on my part though
 
#93
#93
rjd970 said:
I'm not sure Oregon having an extra conference title game win wouldn't jump them. Unless something drastic happens, Bama will be behind a game at the end of the season. May or may not be good enough, but it is enough for an argument in the human polls.
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Yes. Beating a hideous, unranked UCLA or Arizona State team would definitely be SO impressive that it would push Oregon right over the top.
 
#95
#95
tim said:
MILO, who is the possible opponent if OU makes it to the conference championship game?
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Nobody knows. If USC were eligible, they would just about have the South locked up. Right now, UCLA, ASU and Utah are all right there and could very likely all finish 5-4, each one having beat the other. ASU beat Utah, UCLA beat ASU, and Utah beat UCLA.

rjd970 said:
I'm not sure Oregon having an extra conference title game win wouldn't jump them. Unless something drastic happens, Bama will be behind a game at the end of the season. May or may not be good enough, but it is enough for an argument in the human polls.
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When that extra conference game is against an unranked team who is 5-4 in the Pac-12 south, I don't think it's going to bolster them any.

If anybody is going to jump Alabama, it would likely still be the Oklahoma/Ok St winner, primarily because the computers all have the Big XII ranked as the toughest conference. Problem is Oklahoma is well behind Bama in the polls right now, and Ok St will be as well.
 
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#96
Vol423 said:
Yes. Beating a hideous, unranked UCLA or Arizona State team would definitely be SO impressive that it would push Oregon right over the top.
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And the essential win over "noone" in the computer rankings - if I understand correctly - doesn't help either

(especially when that noone was 8-2)
 
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#98
TrueOrange said:
Your strength of schedule drops every time USC beats a team in your conference/that you play would essentially be my guess.

That and beating USC essentially has the value of a W, but maybe (possibly?) as much as even a midmajor or an FCS rather than the 8-2 team they actually played.


Speculative on my part though
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Interesting.
 
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