Word is Wolfe is staying Alabama #2 (no real confirmation other than an email someone received), so that hurts Oklahoma State's chances a bit. With the Coaches Poll results and the expected computer polls, we get: ....................Computers.....Coaches....Total Alabama............... .930...... .9485...... .9393 Oklahoma State..... .950...... .9268...... .9384 60 of 115 Harris Poll voters would have to vote for Oklahoma State over Alabama and not place them below #3 on any ballot. Be aware 7 coaches voted Oklahoma State #4 behind Stanford most likely. As many as 98 Harris voters had Oklahoma State behind Stanford coming into this week. For every two 4th place votes, they need another 2nd place vote switch with Bama. So if 10 voters place Oklahoma State 4th, they would need 65 voters placing them over Bama, not 60. Final results in that case: ....................Computers.....Coaches....Harris.... Total Alabama............... .930...... .9485...... .9391......93920 Oklahoma State..... .950...... .9268...... .9409.... .93923
Can you put some odds to this scenario? At this point, what are the odds that OSU will be playing LSU?
55/45 Oklahoma State The initial tweets we have gotten from Harris Poll voters are strongly in favor of Oklahoma State.
I do believe so. Michigan and Florida were close, but not as close as LSU and USC. That was decided by 1 computer poll having LSU at #1 and USC at #2. Billingsley came through with something like 303.2 for LSU and 302.7 for USC. Notre Dame and Hawaii losing that same last day of the season tipped the scales most likely in that poll. Notre Dame was favored by at least 10-14 points over Syracuse and lost.
Like the Honey Badger, I don't give a sh!t who we play. I like OSU as the opponent because Bama can't say we didn't beat the best team. We can just remind them that yes we did. But Les will have this team prepared to beat any one that shows up. This team says "Hit me as hard as you can, then I get to hit you".
