And, in the minds of some BCS experts, the Tigers need to climb to No. 2 in the polls to have a shot at playing in Sugar Bowl on Jan. 4 for the national championship. "They have to be No. 2,' Jerry Palm of collegerpi.com said. T H E Y H A V E T O BE #2...........So what is the best way for LSU to move past USC? The only way the Tigers figure to pass the Trojans in the subjective polls is for LSU to defeat Arkansas and win the SEC Championship Game and have USC lose to Oregon State on Dec. 6. The next best way is to overtake USC in the computer polls. The best way to do that is keep winning and hold on to the quality win points for the Georgia win. Thus, the Tigers don't want to see Georgia in the SEC Championship Game where a Tigers win could knock Georgia out of the top 10 and eliminate their quality-win points. Edwards rates USC's chances of holding on to No. 2 at 60 percent. So Tigers fans still have hope.
Go look at my posting (Definitive Guide to the fight between LSU and USC....) There is more than just hope...... 1) LSU wins out (plays GA) and USC wins out......50 % chance 2) add Florida beating Florida State...................65 % chance 3) add Florida winning and Miami losing...............75 % chance 3) LSU beats Florida in SEC CG........................100 % chance Forget the media polls, they do not have the balls to put LSU 2nd even if LSU beats Arkansas 56-0 and wins the SEC CG 63-0. As long as "the great USC" wins against crappy ass Oregon State, then they will stay perched at 2nd. That's why we have these aggravating computer polls. They even out the injustices of this world with even more injustices. It's all a crap shoot in some regards.
I understand how Georgia and Tennessee can get into the SECCG, but what has to happen for Florida to make it. I'm just so damn confused about all this crap it isn't funny.
Florida needs to win and a Tennessee loss gets them in. Also, Florida wins and Tennessee wins but Florida passes up Tennessee in the BCS standings, then Florida goes since tie-breaker states that worst ranked BCS team is dropped, and the the first 2 teams use head-to-head as tie-breaker, as long as they are within 5 spots of each other in the BCS, which Florida and Georgia would be. Florida beat Georgia 16-13 earlier this year.
FORGET EVERYTHING YOU HAVE BEEN TOLD If Tenn gets there UGA had to lose and drop out of BCS top 10. So here we go # 11Florda has to beat #9 FSU if Florida beats FSU Florida would jump # 8 Tenn. Then it becomes a head to head UGA vs Florida the 3rd team Tenn is eliminated from the tie breaker because it is in 3rd.
Only way I can see Florida jumping Tennessee if both win is if Miami also loses to Pittsburgh. If that happens, Florida very well may pass up Tenn.
I think there is an excellent chance of both Florida and Pitt winning this weekend. You can't like Miami on the road right now, and I am stunned that Florida is not a clear favorite over FSU in the Swamp. The fact is, USC will need LSU to lose if Florida beats FSU, Pitt beats Miami, and Bama beats Hawaii. If LSU is playing Florida in the SECC game while UGA is 10-2 and ranked 5th or 6th in the BCS, USC is dead in the water if LSU wins the SEC.
Bama won't beat Hawaii, though... The least likely game to go our way is Bama-Rainbows. The Tide will be jet-lagged and there won't be anything riding on the game, and Hawaii is a very good football team which often gets overlooked because they're not on the mainland. I wish I didn't feel this way but if this is what has to happen for us to be in the NCG well I don't see it.
