BCS Thrown Into Utter Chaos

In a nice dream we would all be looking forward to a great college football playoff over the next month. Unfortunately, we are still stuck with the worst thing in all of sports called the Bowl Championship Series. Like every week before this one, the top teams in the country suffered losses. #1 Missouri lost to Oklahoma in the Big 12 Championship, and even more stunning, #2 West Virginia lost to 4-7 Pittsburgh at home. #3 Ohio State will clearly be the new #1 team in the country, but the question is who will be #2 and get to play the Buckeyes in the National Championship.

The candidates for the two spot are Georgia, Kansas, Virginia Tech, LSU, USC, and Oklahoma. Each of these teams can make an argument to play Ohio State. I think it will be either Georgia or LSU. Georgia is the current #4 team in the country, and numerically would be the team to move into the second spot. However, LSU is the SEC champion, and both of their losses were in triple overtime. I would be shocked if the second team isn't one of those two.

In my opinion, LSU should be the team to play Ohio State in the championship. As a fan, I rather see Georgia as I have never liked LSU, but it is hard to make a case for Georgia over LSU. LSU won the SEC championship today and their division of the conference in the regular season. Georgia was unable to win a spot in the SEC Championship Game because of a blow loss to Tennessee, which was the team that lost to LSU today. Both of LSU's losses were in triple-overtime, and one of those came on a failed two-point conversion. Georgia's two losses were a blow out in Tennessee and a loss at home to South Carolina.

My opinion and those of the pollsters and computers should not matter though. This is almost as bad as it gets. I still think the year an unbeaten Auburn fan was left out of the championship game was the worst, as they couldn't look back at a loss as the reason they were left out. Unlike Auburn, every team had a chance this year to avoid a loss and get into the game. However, it is still very bad that only two teams from a large group of mediocre teams will play for the championship. An Ohio State team that played an incredibly weak schedule and has not played since Nov. 17th is not better than LSU, USC, or Oklahoma. But again, that is opinion. LETS HAVE A PLAYOFF!

My Bowl Projections
Rose Bowl: USC vs. Georgia
Sugar Bowl: Kansas vs. Hawaii (Illinois, if UH loses to Wash)
Orange Bowl: Virginia Tech vs. West Virginia
Fiesta Bowl: Oklahoma vs. Arizona State
Championship Game: LSU vs. Ohio State

Pat Morgan