Mandel says it just right: "So, as college football fans we can do one of two things today. We can sit around and lament a system that prevented the No. 1 team in the polls from playing for the undisputed national championship. (Personally, I lament the pollsters for not having the cajones to move LSU to No. 1 after crushing a top five team.) Fact is, the system did exactly what it was designed to do, which is select the two teams that, on paper, accomplished the most against the best competition. Or, we can celebrate these two very fruitful byproducts: A classic Rose Bowl matchup of top-ranked USC and No. 4 Michigan in which the Trojans will be playing for a share of the title, and the near-certainty that this year's controversy will accelerate the growing movement for a one-game "playoff" after the bowls." AMEN!
Isn't it nice I think it is great that a large majority of folks agree that LSU deserves to be in and just argue as to wether it should be OU or USC taking the second spot. As a football fan, I am looking forward to a lot of the bowl matchups this years. Some interesting games.
Without the BCS system, can anyone give some kind of prediction as to what the bowl games would look like?
I do not think the bowls would be different. USC would play Michigan in the Rose. LSU would be in the Sugar and still be able to play OU (OU would have had a choice to play in either the Orange, Sugar, or Fiesta), because KSU would represent the Big 12 in the Fiesta. If OU were to have won the Big 12 it would have been a larger mess than what we have presently since all three would have had to play in different bowls. The difference is that OU and LSU would not get a shot at the title unless USC were to lose and even then Michigan would try to lay a claim on the title as well. Both the AP and Coaches champion would be left up to the voters to decide.
Be sure to root hard for all of the SEC teams to make a good showing, too...yes, even Ole Miss. Too bad there are no SEC-Pac 10 matchups this year!
