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Except it isn't. It's a joke pretending to act like a playoff. The only "fair" national championship game we have right now is LSU-Houston, frankly. If Alabama wanted to go to the party, maybe they should have recruited a kicker? 
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Except it isn't. It's a joke pretending to act like a playoff. The only "fair" national championship game we have right now is LSU-Houston, frankly. OK now you're being...I dunno what... Houston? Just because they're undefeated? Haha ok. If Alabama wanted to go to the party, maybe they should have recruited a kicker?  Or Saban not being a complete dumbass and putting his kickers in those situations 
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You are focusing way too much on the losses and not who the teams beat.
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SnakeCharmer
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You are focusing way too much on the losses and not who the teams beat.
What? I'm not the one saying Bama shouldn't play LSU because they already lost to them. My argument is the rankings. The other crap I said about the losses was just playing everyone else's game of why Bama shoudn't play in the BCS NCG.
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I think what Trippy means is that OK State has way better wins than Alabama.
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Trippy
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Actually now that I see the BCS rankings I see that Alabama's comp ranking (not that those are "objective" either) is higher than Oklahoma State -- I thought it was the other way around. So I'm okay with LSU being #1 right now and Alabama #2.
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Nobody except LSU has a really great resume of wins.
That's the reason we'll have a very ridiculous #2 pick. Alabama's best win is going to be Arkansas. OSU's best wins will be K State and Oklahoma if they want to be in the discussion.
Stanford's best win is Notre Dame which is just stupid. VA Tech's best win is GA Tech. Houston's best win is UCLA.
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Beating the #3 team in the country isn't a bad "best win" to have. 
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Beating the #3 team in the country isn't a bad "best win" to have.  They weren't at the time. In fact I question Arkansas's inclusion in this mess considering their best win is South Carolina. Then again, Georgia couldn't do that.  I have a feeling this college season will be looked back upon in a very negative light. Sorta like when LSU won the title as a two loss team with one of those as Kentucky.
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Beating the #3 team in the country isn't a bad "best win" to have.  They weren't at the time. In fact I question Arkansas's inclusion in this mess considering their best win is South Carolina. Then again, Georgia couldn't do that.  I have a feeling this college season will be looked back upon in a very negative light. Sorta like when LSU won the title as a two loss team with one of those as Kentucky. I don't think so, because LSU is going to win the title with 0 losses this year.
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Oh you don't give us a chance too eh? That's fine...keep overlooking us....yeeeeeeessssssssss 
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Oh you don't give us a chance too eh? That's fine...keep overlooking us....yeeeeeeessssssssss  A couple of weeks ago I was thinking you were going to give them a good game. And then you played Kentucky.
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Hey, they BEAT Tennessee. Kentucky's not that bad of a defense.
I mean they only gave up 35 to LSU.
and 54 to South Carolina and 48 to Florida and 38 to Vandy
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Stanford's best win is Notre Dame which is just stupid.
USC
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Stanford's best win is Notre Dame which is just stupid.
USC Doesn't mean shit for the polls though.
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Trippy
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Some of the computer rankings include USC.
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Some of the computer rankings include USC.
Yes, but while USC is infinitely better than Notre Dame on the field I don't think that beating USC would help them much more in the BCS.
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The other problem is that it was a 3OT win in the 50s, proving that Stanford's defense isn't exactly ready for primetime.
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I think the discussion was more about Stanford's BCS chances and quality of wins, not necessarily how good they really are. They have proved to me that they have some really, really good people at a few skill positions but their overall athletic ability is very suspect. They would get torched by any team with a high level defense.
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Trippy
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Oh I agree that Stanford is overrated. Like who the fucked got picked this year to vote in the Harris poll that would rank Stanford ahead of OSU? Apparently there are other people out there that think it matters more who you lose to than who you beat.
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Actually now that I see the BCS rankings I see that Alabama's comp ranking (not that those are "objective" either) is higher than Oklahoma State -- I thought it was the other way around. So I'm okay with LSU being #1 right now and Alabama #2.
They're about even (4-2) and OKST still has Bedlam to play. The assumption is that a win in that game pulls them even or better.
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Oh I agree that Stanford is overrated. Like who the fucked got picked this year to vote in the Harris poll that would rank Stanford ahead of OSU? Apparently there are other people out there that think it matters more who you lose to than who you beat.
It does matter. Losing to Iowa State is a lot different than losing to Alabama or LSU.
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If it is Bama and LSU, that will make it yet another SEC team with the crystal football. And I don't see that changing next year considering the age make up of both of these teams as well as Arkansas, SCar, UGA.
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The SEC is fully in command of college football and will be so for the foreseeable future.
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Maybe Urban Meyer, who took the job at Ohio State to spend more time with his family  will change that.
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Maybe Urban Meyer, who took the job at Ohio State to spend more time with his family  will change that. The downside being that your recruiting base is Ohio, instead of at the heart of one of the best recruiting states in the country.
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I'm predicting they get last-year-at-Florida Urban Meyer. 
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I'm going to pick on the PAC-12 for a moment:
Not only if your inaugural championship game the Ducks v. the lame-ducks, but you're playing it on a Friday? WHAT? That's the day the MAC teams play their games. Totally bush league.
Oh and I can get tickets for $24 on stubhub.
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They had to schedule it around Sibling Date Night in SEC country.
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They had to schedule it around Sibling Date Night in SEC country.
Shouldn't you be celebrating your Seahawks win?
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Houston just got plowed by Southern Miss. Nice.
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LSU up 21-10 with one first down for the game on offense. 
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LSU up 21-10 with one first down for the game on offense.  Welcome to Jordan Jefferson. Want him? 
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LSU up 21-10 with one first down for the game on offense.  Welcome to Jordan Jefferson. Want him?  Are we going to get to hear some more of your whining about how LSU isn't all that good? 
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Edit: I don't think any of this will matter because Okie State is going to get the beatdown from Oklahoma this weekend.
Oh really?
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