#7 Texas Tech knocks off the #1 Texas. Life is good (at least until next week).
Here's my predictions for the November BCS polls, and how they concern Alabama:
1. Texas Tech beats Texas. Huge upset. Texas Tech will jump 4 places and be #3 in next week's polls. However, i don't think they can win out the rest of the season. Oklahoma? i still think Oklahoma has one of the best offenses in the nation and i just can't see T-Tech defeating the Sooners. But that's Big 12 shit, and we are SECでしょう?!?!
**conclusion: Texas Tech should enjoy their #3 (or 4th) BCS ranking, because it's not going to last very long. Good job beating Texas, but you will not be in the national championship this year.
2. Florida and Oklahoma both had HUGE wins today. Did anybody else watch Florida rape Georgia? It was embarrassing. Tebow's speech before the game scared me. Florida is serious and real. i think they will move up to #4. The SEC championship will probably be Bama/Florida. Right now, that doesn't sound like good news for Alabama. But i think we have not shown our true potential yet. But Florida still has a very legit chance to get in the BCS bowl. If they keep playing the way they played today, they may very well be this year's BCS champions. Same for Oklahoma..they have a chance. Look for them to be #5 this week.
**conclusion: Florida is a huge threat to Bama's chance at a national championship
3. Penn State? Who cares! Their schedule is too weak. If they don't win out the rest of this season, they should be ashamed. Expect Penn to keep their perfect regular season record. But if they face ANY SEC team in a BCS title game, they will be destroyed. That will be a very boring game to watch. But the SEC will dominate.
**conclusion: Penn State will stay #2, but does not deserve it. Their schedule is too weak for them to be in the top 5. Texas Tech deserves the #2 spot now. But who cares about Penn State? Nobody.
4. Is Bama overrated? Maybe. Does it matter? NO! There is NO reason we should not be #1 right now! We have a tough schedule (almost every SEC team does every season), we KILLED #1 Georgia, and pre-season top 10 ranked Clemson, we have not lost, our defense is one of the best in the nation. Yes, Ole Miss was close. But every team has a close game somtimes. But in the end, we won. And we won today too. Out of all the undefeated teams in America right now, Alabama has the hardest schedule. It's very clear...
**conclusion: Alabama deserves to be #1 this week!!!
Can Alabama stay on top? LSU is next week..........it's going to be a very hard game. But i think we can win. If we do, beating Mississippi State and Auburn should be no problem. But then we have to worry about Florida in the SEC championship game. If Florida continues to play like they have been and Alabama loses to LSU next week...Florida will take our spot as #1. And they will deserve it.
BUT! Even IF Florida beats Alabama in the SEC championship, and IF Alabama beats LSU....Alabama will still go to the BCS bowl. Why? Because an undefeated regular season record is more important than a conference championship.
Alabama may be overrated...but you can't deny that we are #1 now!
いじれにしても、今シーズンのcollege footballの行方を大きく左右する次戦。
Penn StateのBCS出場という"ふざけた"事態を見たくないLSU側としては、実はみな多少なりとも複雑に感じています(笑)
しかし、(昨年もシーズン最終戦でArkにアップセットを食らうなど)"KY"が持ち味の我がLSUですので(笑)、そんな可能性も少なくないかと複雑な期待を抱いています。
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I mostly agree with your opinion. However, I don't think BAMA will not be able to go to the BCS game if they lose to Florida. Simply because BAMA didn't play with Florida in the regular season. If both of them win the rest of regular season game and Florida get the SEC Championship, both teams will be 13-1 on the record. And that means BAMA's "1" comes from Florida. In this case, even though BAMA made an undefeated regular season, who can believe BAMA is better than Florida? And computer ranking will definitely reflect the fact. So, I guess the only way BAMA can go to the BCS game is to win the rest of all the games, including SEC championship.
nolly: You're right. i think i just hope too much. (That's how every Alabama fan is!w) But we have not had a reason to get excited since 1992...these are good times for us!
Florida should win out the rest of the season. It should be easy
Bama MIGHT win out...but it will be very very very very hard.
Everyone says Bama is overrated. I'm not saying they are or aren't. But we definitely have something to prove to the rest of the SEC and the nation. So i'm looking forward to playing you guys next week. Nobody thinks we can beat you or Florida. It's going to be a real test for us! And i know you guys will probably play your best game against us all season because 1) Coach Saban's first return to the Baton Rouge since he left. 2) Everybody wants to beat the #1 team, right?
So it should be a great game...and i'm looking forward to see how strong the Tide can play under that huge pressure.
Was anybody surprised to see Tech jump to #2?! WOW...jumping 5 spots in 1 week...
And this may be a stupid question...but what is the playoff system in Japanese college football? i was in Japan last year and got to watch the championship on TV (can't remember who played though...) and it was really awesome to watch! But i wonder if you guys have a normal tournament style system or some fucked up BCS shit or something totally different?
Rog, I agree that Penn State has a cup cake schedule. The Buckeyes are nothing special and the wolverines stink. Same could be said for USC.
But that does not necessarily mean Penn State and USC are bad. They just don’t have enough chances to prove. USC’s schedule is a cream puff with Cal, Oregon and Arizona State all declining, but it is certainly not USC’s fault.
That’s why we need a play-off. I would love to see a four-team play-off with a SEC champion, a Big 12 champion, USC and Penn State.
CalGator: i agree 100% i don't think Penn and (especially) USC are bad teams. They are top 10 for a reason. But you're right, they don't have any real challenges during the regular season. Every SEC team's schedule is a challenge and chance to prove how good you are.
The Pac 10 and Big 10 don't even have conference championship games, right? But SEC and Big 12 do. (hmm...)
i don't know......i wish they would do it March Madness style....a classic bracket tournament. That way every team gets to prove if they deserve the national title.
But whatever! November is always crazy. i'm sure we'll see the top 10 get destroyed in the next few weeks. It's college football....unpredictability is the real winner.