College Football Mess

Here We Go Again

The College Football regular season couldn't have finished any different. Number one Missouri gets crushed by Oklahoma and number two West Virginia gets totally upset by Pittsburgh. The Oklahoma win over Missouri wasn't a shocker, considering they had already done it once this season, but West Virginia had the National Title Game sitting right in front of them but instead, just like it has happened all year, a number two team falls to an unranked opponent. Coming into the game, Pitt was only 4-7! Crazy, just crazy. I think most fans wanted to see this or were at least praying to see this happen for two reasons. One, most people don't think West Virginia was good enough to be a title contender, and number two, it helps make another great argument for a playoff system. Now the real question is who should play in the title game. I'm going to give my "For and Against" with each team that makes a case to play in the National Title Game.

Missouri
For: Only two losses came to the Oklahoma Sooners...
Against: Two losses to the same team, didn't win the Big 12, lost on the last day of the regular season.
My Vote: No
West Virginia
For: Just two losses, one to a pretty good South Florida earlier in the season.
Against: they lost on the last day of the regular season to an unranked opponent, and they play in the Big East which isn't that tough of a conference. Put a power SEC, Pac-10, or Big 12 team in that conference and watch them roll up and down it.
My Vote: No
Ohio St
For: Only one loss and it was to an up and coming Illinois team, big wins at Michigan, Wisconsin, and Penn St. Big 10 Champs.
Against: Big 10 isn't as strong as it used to be, Buckeyes didn't play any tough non conference games.
My Vote: Yes
Georgia
For: Both losses are to pretty good teams (South Carolina and Tennessee) and are on a 6 game win streak.
Against: Didn’t win the SEC championship
My Vote: No
Kansas
For: Only one loss which came to Missouri so it’s not a bad loss
Against: didn’t play anyone else in the top 25 all season besides Missouri and they lost that game, not to mention they didn’t win the Big 12.
My Vote: No
Virginia Tech
For: Won 5 straight, ACC champions…
Against: Big loss the LSU early in the season and last minute loss to BC shows me that they are capable of blowing games and getting blown out
My Vote: No

LSU
For: Toughest Schedule of any team in this conversation, SEC champions, only losses came in triple Overtime to a pretty good Kentucky team and a pretty good Arkansas team.
Against: Has a loss within in the last two weeks, you can’t lose late in the season and expect to get in, unless you want to be like 2001 Nebraska.
My Vote: Yes
USC
For: One of the toughest schedules of the teams we are talking about, PAC-10 Champions crushed Arizona St and won 4 straight.
Against: The loss to Stanford kills them here, I can’t vote for a team that lost to one of the worst team in college football, and at home!
My Vote: No
Oklahoma
For: Big 12 Champions, big win against Missouri late and beat them twice
Against: lost to unranked Colorado and unranked Texas Tech
My Vote: No
Hawaii
For: Undefeated, and we saw last year that WAC teams can play with the big dogs (Boise St 42 Oklahoma 41)
Against: Don’t play a tough schedule and last night was a glimpse of how they would fair against a pretty good team at the least with just a 35-28 win over Washington.
My Vote: No
Arizona St
For: Great record especially for playing in the Pac-10
Against: lost to both Oregon and USC, the other top teams in the Pac-10, gotta win at least one to get in this argument.

Those were all the teams I feel that make an argument at least to play for the National Championship and with the way things are in the College Football System today, I think the National Championship game should be between Ohio St and LSU. Although I will say if there was a playoff system, the title game would end up being LSU and USC. I just cant’ see these teams losing anymore.

---CJ