Assuming OSU vs LSU so Bama vs M??

gonna happen. And we would lose. Badly.

Sugar Bowl gets first pick to replace LSU and probably takes Alabama.  Fiesta Bowl then gets next two to replace Ok. State and since they get first at-large pick.  They would almost certainly pick Stanford and Michigan (since TCU is probably an AQ and the only other choice).

Replacement Selections (occur first)
Sugar - Bama (replaces SEC champ and #1 LSU)
Fiesta - Stanford/Michigan (replaces Big 12 champ and #2 Ok State)

At Large Selections (2012 order: Fiesta, Sugar, Orange)
Fiesta - Stanford/Michigan
Sugar - TCU
Orange - West Virginia

*Rose would be Oregon vs. Wisconsin/MSU and ACC champ (Clemson would go to the Orange.

I sure hope osu (obviously ntosu) gets a crack at the title. They're making a huge statement. Alabama lost AT LSU...they had their chance. I think most voters will move up osu like they did to florida in 06.

No, the order of picks will be Sugar, Fiesta, Fiesta, Sugar, Orange.

Bama has to get picked and will get picked by Sugar.

Fiesta gets to setup their game with the next 2 picks. I'll bet they pick Michigan and another Big 12 team like KSU. They could pick WVU, BSU, TCU, or Stanford, but I don't think they will.

This has been one damn exciting day of college football. It's why this is the best sport on the planet

I'm no BCS expert, but I don't that's how it works at all. As I believe it, the teams losing their AQ host team to the NCG get to choose a replacement from the other teams first, if Bama isn't in the championship game, they'll probably be the most sought after team, and Michigan (if we make it in the top 14) with its excellent travelling fan base will be the 2nd most wanted. Thusly, unless U of M and/or Bama are greatly overlooked, which is highly unlikely, they're not going to the same bowl.

We are a lot better, but we are not good.  This isn't pessimism, this is reality.  I don't think we would get our salads tossed like MSU did last year, but I do not think that it would be a good outcome.  Besides, I want to save the excitement for the game in Arlington.  I really do hope that we get to play someone else just so we have a shot at winning.  I like this feeling of winning, it is very different to me. (I became a fan in 2009 when I enrolled at Michigan)  Whatever, I guess we will have to wait till tomorrow night to see how everything goes down.

You have to understand Ala is almost a unanimous 2 in the human polls, the VT loss helps ok St but voters have to jump them over Stanford and bam a. Tough although not impossible.

back to back games against bama?

If Alabama is not in the championship game I pity the fool that gets to play them when they are mad and out to prove a point.

I think the voters, which are mostly tools, will Have LSU face Bama in the Champ Game.If that happens, we'll face TCU. If Okla St. goes instead of Bama, I have a feeling it will be Michigan vs. Stanford... which I like.

I know OkState is winning handily, but they have quite a margin to make up on Bama. Is it the concencsus that they are supposed to pass Bama now? I haven't heard this yet...

In another year or 2, then let us take on the #2 team in the country in a bowl. For now, why the hell can't we draw the big least champ, or someone a little easier?

Im really damn tired of drawing matchups like USC in california, SEC teams in the florida, etc, where its a road game for us, essentially a home game for them. If they're such beasts every bowl season, I say, let's play Arkansas at Kinnick stadium or soldier field, and see how that goes.

But I'm just bitter.

since the fiesta apparently gets to hand-pick their matchup, i'm sure they would try to 1) pick teams that would draw a good crowd ($$$) and 2) provide a good matchup on the field.  I think michigan gets that first point, but I'm really unsure what possible opponent would give a competative game. 

I don't want to face bama in a bowl only because we play them in the first game of the season next year.  Although it would be a tremendous test for our team if somehow they were matched up against each other.  

If Oklahoma St. doesn't play in the NCG it will be a grim day for college football.  A Big 12 conference champion fresh off crushing OU with one loss should beat out Bama with one ugly loss at home.

With the current rules, I don't see how OSU could jump Bama. OSU lost to a bad Iowa State team, and Bama lost to the number one team in the country. Plus OSU lost later in the season which is typically worse in voters eyes for no good reason.

If OSU gets the bid, the last team I'd want to see is Alabama.  That will be one PO'ed Crimson Tide, and they will be out for blood.  Plus, with that game occurring next year, I'd rather see a fresh game.  Stanford sounds like a nice match-up, and would probably be sexier just because of teh Luck/former UM-coached team factor.

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we could see ok st a strong #2 in computers, and a close #3 in human polls....and they could end up #2 overall.  could happen.

I don't understand why people are making such a big deal out of who these teams lost to. IMO it is more about who you have beat and OSU blows Bama out of the water there. The SEC is top-heavy and mediocre after the first 3 teams. 5 top 25 wins are nothing to sneeze at. And let's remember that OSU's loss was to a team with a winning record on the road in OT the day that they found out about the deaths at their university. Whether that affected them or not I don't know, but those are definitely mitigating circumstances to consider. I just feel like OSU has the better overall resume.

As for our game, I wouldn't mind a game against Stanford. We would be huge underdogs so there would be virtually no expectations. That might give the team a chance to relax and try to make something happen.

I don't think OSU has more than a 10% chance of jumping Bama.  The only reason we didn't get a rematch in 2006 is because voters knew that they had two alternatives in Florida and USC that could beat OSU.  Alabama is way ahead on the computers and I doubt enough voters think OSU can beat LSU.  In '06, it also didn't help that Ohio is the last game of the year.

If Harbaugh were still there (i.e. turned down ALL offers last year), this would be a very intriguing matchup.  I'm still looking forward to it if that's how it plays out, seeing how Stanford>>>>>>>>Houston in opponent interest level.

Just threw up a stat I found surprising... 'Bama has only beat 2 ranked teams and only 5 with a winning record...

...on who should (not will) play in the championship game.

It's running 70/30 for OSU; the only states favoring a rematch are Mississippi and Alabama.