The chance is quite remote but not of the realm of possibility. All it takes is a win in triple overtime over a much inferior Ole Miss team this weekend and all of a sudden Oregon is in a dead heat in the polls with LSU. Even with that, LSU is still #1 in the BCS. LSU would have to struggle vs Arkansas as well.
Then LSU plays yet another Top 25, possibly Top 10 team, on the road, while Oregon remains idle. LSU will not lose the #1 spot if they win out, remote possibility or not.
Oregon has 3 games left, including their season-ender against Oregon State on December 1st, so they won't be idle. (The Pac-10 is pretty smart to do their scheduling like this, in my opinion.)
Yep, I made this comment in another thread, the Pac-10 is smart to schedule a game on that last weekend while the conference championships are going on. The Big-10, on the other hand, not only don't play that weekend, they don't even play the weekend before. Their season ends real mid-November. It cost Michigan dearly last season.
Not only is it smart, it's rivalry weekend for almost all teams. OSU/UofO, ASU/UofA, USC/ucla, etc. The season ends for the Pac on a great competitive note. Regardless of standings, I always look forward to reading over the scores. And I couldn't agree more that having SO many days off especially heading into Bowl season is a mistake.
You are right and that was my mistake to forget their 3rd game. However it doesn't change my prediction that LSU will not be jumped while beating a Top 10-25 team while Oregon plays an unranked Oregon St. Oregon needs to worry more about being jumped themselves by a Big 12 team, rather than us worrying about being jumped by either.
I agree. If Oregon loses to UA they don't deserve and won't be in the NC. Their last two wins at home were against Washington and UCLA. Oregon laid 55 on UW and could have been more. We didn't pull a KU vs NU. UCLA is strange. They allowed ND their only win of the season, lost to Washington state as well; UO did 53 on WSU. The defensive stats are a little deceptive. Many of those come after the game is well in hand and starters have long exited the game. Oregon State would be our toughest game, because of the rivalry. Our big concern is that we could win all those games and Dixon or Stewart get hurt. We have been able to replace most of our other injuries, but without either of them we would be in real trouble against a decent team much less a high caliber one. Anythings possible, but I doubt this upset takes place.
Actually your game against UW was tied after 3 quarters, 31-31. Yes, you outscored them heavily in the 4th, but through most of the game they were right there with you. Also, Stanford scored 31 against you in just the first half.
