College Football 2006

[Dimwhit]

USC losing helps out West Virginia. If they win out they should be in the National title game now!!

I'm personally thinking that Rutgers is going to take them out. But we'll see. Maybe Louisville will beat them to it (though I doubt it).

 

[Crothian]

I'd love to see Rutgers go undefeated but I fear even if they did they wouldn't rise enough.

 

[Nightfall]

I'm still betting on Pat White and Slayton to get the job done. They are the dyanmic duo of this team's offense. It's the defense that has me semi-worried.

USC losing probably helps but I'd prefer OSU losing too to ensure victory.

 

[Crothian]

Well, either OSU or Wolverines will lose.

 

[Dungannon]

Right now it looks like the National Championship will be the winner of the OSU-Michigan game vs. the winner of the West Virginia-Louisville game.

 

[Crothian]

Yea, that's what I've been thinking for a while.

 

[drothgery]

Yea, that's what I've been thinking for a while.

The only real question was whether USC was going to prevent it by doing a 2002 Ohio State impersonation. Now that that's out of the way, it seems extremely likely. Of course, if WVU, L'ville, and Rutgers play rock-paper-scissors (the NFL's version of this is played with the Colts, Broncos, and Patriots), then who knows who gets to the BCS title game?

 

[Crothian]

Ya, if we end up with a dozen one lose teams it is going to be a mess. And I think the SEC would win that one.

 

[drothgery]

Ya, if we end up with a dozen one lose teams it is going to be a mess. And I think the SEC would win that one.

Err... one-loss, not one lose.

And I have to think it really depends on who's left. The pollsters seem inclined to favor head-to-head winners between teams with the same record.

Out of the ACC, only BC or Wake Forest could come out with one loss. But the ACC's really weak this year; it's really hard to see BC in the title game, and it's just imposible to concieve of Wake there.

In the Big East, it seems like the only way there'd be no udefeated team is if Rutgers, WVU, and L'ville all have one loss.

In the Big Ten, Michigan, err, the OSU/Michigan loser, should have only one loss. And so should Wisconsin, since they don't play OSU and already lost to Michigan.

In the Big 12, Texas and Texas A&M play each other, so only one of them could end up with only a single blemish on their record. And Texas has already lost to Ohio State.

In the Pac 10, USC and Cal will play each other. The computers really like the Pac 10, so if one of them manges to claw their way to #3 or #4 with the voters in a maze of one-loss teams, don't be too surprised if they get the nod.

In the SEC, Arkansas plays Tennessee, which will certainly drop the number of one-loss teams by one. And the SEC championship game might as well. Odds are an SEC team can be eliminated if they're not the SEC champ, because the polls won't favor them.

Notre Dame could be in the mix as well; certainly either they or USC will be out of it with two losses.

And the 'lots of one-loss teams' scenario would raise the question of whether an undefeated Boise State was worth talking about (note that there are no other non-BCS teams with fewer than two losses).

 

[Dimwhit]

I don't think Louisville has a shot at the title game. Unless Florida also loses. But I just don't see Louisville getting past WV and Rutgers.