🏈 Odd Thought

[alagator]

Was reading the Scarbinsky article from today, about the only article he has written worth reading in several months, and an odd thought crossed my mind as I read through the comments.

What would be our plight regarding the BCS Championship game if the following happened.

~There is only one undefeated team (say either THE Ohio St. University or Boise St);
~We win every game except lose to LSU in a real close game (say overtime) - perhaps with McElroy going out early in the game due to an injury;
~LSU wins ever game SEC game except for an upset to say Auburn or Arkansas - thus winning the SEC West and perhaps loses to North Carolina;
~Florida loses to both us (say by 10-14 points) and LSU in the regular season, but wins the SEC East (meaning every other SEC East teams loses at least twice - including to Florida);
~Florida then wins the SECCG over LSU.

That would yield an 11-2 Florida as the SEC Champion, but with a loss to an 11-1 Alabama team. An 11-2 or 10-3 LSU team, but with a win over Alabama.

Florida would of course hold the SEC automatic bid to the BCS Series. I would see no way an 11-1 Alabama would be excluded from receiving an at-large BCS bid.

But, could we somehow sneak into the BCS Championship game over Florida? To my knowledge, there is still no written rule that prohibits a team that does not win its league from participating in the BCSCG (as did Nebraska several years ago).

 

[Bo]

Sad thing is, I think it would be possible. And that's just wrong. Sure, if Alabama wound up in it that way and won, I'd be happy, and celebrate another NC, but it shouldn't be allowed to happen. If you don't win your conference, you shouldn't be able to play for a NC.

 

[BamaHubMan]

Was reading the Scarbinsky article from today, about the only article he has written worth reading in several months, and an odd thought crossed my mind as I read through the comments.

What would be our plight regarding the BCS Championship game if the following happened.

~There is only one undefeated team (say either THE Ohio St. University or Boise St);
~We win every game except lose to LSU in a real close game (say overtime) - perhaps with McElroy going out early in the game due to an injury;
~LSU wins ever game SEC game except for an upset to say Auburn or Arkansas - thus winning the SEC West and perhaps loses to North Carolina;
~Florida loses to both us (say by 10-14 points) and LSU in the regular season, but wins the SEC East (meaning every other SEC East teams loses at least twice - including to Florida);
~Florida then wins the SECCG over LSU.

That would yield an 11-2 Florida as the SEC Champion, but with a loss to an 11-1 Alabama team. An 11-2 or 10-3 LSU team, but with a win over Alabama.

Florida would of course hold the SEC automatic bid to the BCS Series. I would see no way an 11-1 Alabama would be excluded from receiving an at-large BCS bid.

But, could we somehow sneak into the BCS Championship game over Florida? To my knowledge, there is still no written rule that prohibits a team that does not win its league from participating in the BCSCG (as did Nebraska several years ago).

That makes my head hurt.

 

[AFF]

Ain't gonna happen. LSU will lose at least 3 in the SEC this year.

 

[BamaFan615]

It's certainly possible - but the voters wouldn't let it happen. You gotta win you conference to even compete for a NC.

IMO it's only a matter of years before a Boise State, Utah or TCU gets a shot at the BCSNC. One of these years, one of these "Mid-majors" are going to go undefeated (hell it happens every year) and there's not going to be two clear-cut championship contenders from BCS conferences.

 

[Big_Fan]

Ain't gonna happen. LSU will lose at least 3 in the SEC this year.

LSU has real problems this year.

 

[Oiler99]

This is going to sound crazy, but forget Florida, LSU, or Penn State. Be ready for tennessee and the barn. They both were nearly our downfall last season. It's quite clear that they save everything they have just for us as their seasons are now built around simply beating us. I'm telling you October 23rd in knoxville and November 26 in Tuscaloosa are the flies in the ointment.

 

[psychojoe]

This is going to sound crazy, but forget Florida, LSU, or Penn State. Be ready for tennessee and the barn. They both were nearly our downfall last season. It's quite clear that they save everything they have just for us as their seasons are now built around simply beating us. I'm telling you October 23rd in knoxville and November 26 in Tuscaloosa are the flies in the ointment.

I'm a bit uneasy over road trips to USCe and Arkansas as well.

The BCS lends itself to some weird situations... such as in 2008 Texas beating OU, ending up tied with them and TT and getting shut out of the Big 12 title game as well as the BCS CG. Just suppose that OU found a way to lose their conference championship game. Texas would have been the logical choice for the BCS, but TT would have howled because they had the same record as Texas and beat them heads up.

 

[Swamptick]

This topic made my head explode.

 

[Oiler99]

Was reading the Scarbinsky article from today, about the only article he has written worth reading in several months, and an odd thought crossed my mind as I read through the comments.

What would be our plight regarding the BCS Championship game if the following happened.

~There is only one undefeated team (say either THE Ohio St. University or Boise St);
~We win every game except lose to LSU in a real close game (say overtime) - perhaps with McElroy going out early in the game due to an injury;
~LSU wins ever game SEC game except for an upset to say Auburn or Arkansas - thus winning the SEC West and perhaps loses to North Carolina;
~Florida loses to both us (say by 10-14 points) and LSU in the regular season, but wins the SEC East (meaning every other SEC East teams loses at least twice - including to Florida);
~Florida then wins the SECCG over LSU.

That would yield an 11-2 Florida as the SEC Champion, but with a loss to an 11-1 Alabama team. An 11-2 or 10-3 LSU team, but with a win over Alabama.

Florida would of course hold the SEC automatic bid to the BCS Series. I would see no way an 11-1 Alabama would be excluded from receiving an at-large BCS bid.

But, could we somehow sneak into the BCS Championship game over Florida? To my knowledge, there is still no written rule that prohibits a team that does not win its league from participating in the BCSCG (as did Nebraska several years ago).

And this is why playoffs are needed in the worst way. College basketball has the NCAA tournament. College baseball has the College World Series in Omaha. So, why can't college football determine the national champion via a playoff? Too much money in the bowls? How about this then. Every postseason, the top 8 or so teams go to the playoffs. Everyone else goes to a bowl game. This way, you can still have both. The only difference is, the national title is determined in the playoffs, not the bowl games.

 

[ElephantStomp]

I think you should win your conference to play for the BCSNC. Oh, for the record I'm against a playoff... Boise St needs to play somebody like a USCw, Bama, Florida, LSU and win before I give them my respect. Sure they beat Oregon last year and Oregon ended up winning the Pac-10, but you shouldn't be rewarded for not playing good teams. I know I'm in the minority about the playoff.


RTR,

Cory

 

[Tider27]

Well, I don't think Alabama would have a chance to squeeze into the BCS NC game because the LSU game is so late in the season. That would have a huge effect on the whole theory, no matter how close he game was...

 

[It Takes Eleven]

 

[rocknthefreeworld]

Holy Necroposting Bat Dude!

 

[OldPlayer]

Well, I don't think Alabama would have a chance to squeeze into the BCS NC game because the LSU game is so late in the season. That would have a huge effect on the whole theory, no matter how close he game was...

Or because the BCS is no longer a part of college football

 

[MunchyOs]

Well, I don't think Alabama would have a chance to squeeze into the BCS NC game because the LSU game is so late in the season. That would have a huge effect on the whole theory, no matter how close he game was...

Get current, dude. BCS died a LONG time ago. Got this thing called playoffs now.

 

[Bama Guy]

Can we at least go back to 2019 with the new S&C guys?