November 20th, 2011 at 11:39 AM ^
I was tired when I posted that, so I missed OSU in the single-loss teams. If OSU wins against Oklahoma, then you might have to give them the #2 spot still. I still think it will be OSU, Stanford, or Houston. If winning your conference is a requirement, then OSU or Houston. If OSU loses to Oklahoma, I don't see how you can't put Houston in that game.
November 20th, 2011 at 6:16 AM ^
It never would have occured to me that a team from the SEC could sneak into a national championship game....
That being said, I think Stanford or Houston have the best shot of being "the other team" in this matchup. God, I can't believe I just said that about Houston....
November 20th, 2011 at 10:40 AM ^
November 20th, 2011 at 11:02 AM ^
Even if the consensus top 5 teams were from the SEC, i still don't think you can do an all SEC-championship game.
November 20th, 2011 at 12:29 PM ^
The BCS deserves to have nobody be undefeated and about eight or nine teams finish with one loss each while the SEC gets both berths in the BS Sham-pionship game. If enough teams feel they have legitimate gripes about being left out, it might get more of the coaches and presidents on the side of having a playoff to determine a legitimate champion.
It really seems that the only people who don't want a playoff are the bowls and the presidents. Both commissioners and AD's aren't allowed to have a different opinion than their presidents, or at least can't represent their schools with that opinion, so one can reasonably deduce that the presidents may be getting some under-the-table payments from the bowls.