Friday, November 9, 2007

BCS headed for disaster?

I'm one of the few that don't mind the flaws of the BCS. The reason - in my view - is that the system creates the most dramatic regular season in sports. Actually, it's the only dramatic regular season left in sports. Every other sport is a post-season sport and the participants don't deny it. I'm also of the view that if you (or your team) loses, you really don't have a lot to complain about come BCS Selection Sunday.

However, the potential disaster scenario out there right now is Kansas. I'm sold KU is good but still wanting to see more given their schedule to date. However, if the Jayhawks close out the season with wins over Missouri in K.C. and Oklahoma in San Antonio in front of a partial Sooner crowd, they should jump both LSU and Oregon. There should be no argument IF Kansas wins out. LSU lost to Kentucky. At that time it wasn't that bad but then the Cats lost to Mississippi State by 17, in Lexington. Oregon lost to Cal which went on to lose their next three (including Oregon State and UCLA). That's UCLA - Notre Dame's only win. The Tigers and Ducks are good, they might tear through a would be playoff but what makes college football so unique is those losses stick for the rest of the season.

The saying is you need to be good and lucky to win a national championship. After watching LSU the last four games, I would say they have been more lucky than good. I haven't heard many media types bringing up that LSU's vaunted defense has allowed an average of 31 points a game in the last four. Right now, my top five would be Ohio State, Oregon, Oklahoma, Kansas and LSU just edging out Missouri. Kansas might be a pretender but we will find out soon enough. West Virginia is too erratic on offense and still doesn't have a defense worthy of being considered a contender.

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