2. Alabama gets left out: The Crimson Tide has another second-half swoon Saturday night at Tennessee and needs a field goal at the buzzer to win 17-14. Penn State blows out Ohio State and the voters decide it is time for a change and move the Nittany Lions to No. 2 on Sunday. Penn State wins out. For the second time in five years an undefeated SEC team does not make the big game. SEC commissioner Mike Slive reintroduces his plan for a four-team playoff.
I don't think this would happen, and others in the press have said as much. Here's why.
If PSU whips OSU, that would be the second time that OSU got crushed by a legitimate team, implying that OSU is not a legitimate team itself, thus not a legitimate win. (Sucky situation for PSU) With PSU all but done after that, all their bang will have been banked.
Then Bama wins AT Tennessee. Granted this is not impressive, but voters still have to answer for and SEC being undefeated. While #2 PSU is done, #3 Bama must beat the Top Ten defending National Champion in Baton Rouge, show that they are a different team in breaking the streak against Auburn, and the either beat pre-season #1 Georgia AGAIN or beat Heisman winner Tebow and the 2006 National Champions in the SEC Championship game. If Florida wins the East, that means that BAMA BEATS BOTH THE TEAMS THAT CRUSHED OSU IN THE LAST TWO NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES.
Now that I think about it, bumping Bama back up over PSU is an easy thing to do after the SEC Championship Game.
But first, lets win in Knoxville.