If Arkansas shows explosiveness on offense – something Bama apparently lacks – the pollsters will be much more interested in seeing an Arkansas-LSU rematch instead of a Bama-LSU rematch.

Except, tyduffy, if Arkansas beats LSU at LSU, they will jump LSU and Bama – as they should, since they would have beaten the consensus Number One at their place.

Which means they play in the SEC title game. Which means LSU, as the probable Number Two, makes it over Bama, since they beat Bama. Which means nothing is “etched in stone.” This is assuming a Bama win in the Iron Bowl.

Bama killing Arkansas is so September.

No, they won’t jump Bama. Bama absolutely destroyed them and unless they send LSU cascading down the human polls they won’t jump LSU in the BCS rankings.

Which means they play in the SEC title game. Which means LSU, as the probable Number Two, makes it over Bama, since they beat Bama. Which means nothing is “etched in stone.” This is assuming a Bama win in the Iron Bowl.

Bama killing Arkansas is so September.

You would think that with everything that happened this weekend one would hesitate to pencil anybody in anywhere, but here’s Duffy, etching LSU/Bama in stone.

Because it was all but etched in stone, even before Oregon and Oklahoma lost. This isn’t a mystical process. Computer polls are dictated by schedule strength. Voter behavior is incredibly predictable.

LSU – best record, strongest schedule and head to head wins over Alabama and Oregon. They beat Arkansas they are in the title game. If they lose to Arkansas, they don’t fall out of the Top 2 in the BCS Standings. Thus they win the tie-breaker with Alabama, go to the title game. If LSU beats Arkansas and then loses the title game, they had head to head wins over Bama and Oregon and the best resume of any 1-loss team.

Alabama – Came into the weekend a strong 3rd, moves into 2nd with an OSU loss. They killed Arkansas who weren’t going to pass them in the polls.

Oregon did not have the “no rematch” bump since they also played LSU (and lost in much worse fashion). The teams remaining on the schedule (a) would not have helped the computer polling and (b) would not alter popular perception.

Oklahoma was sand-bagged by a bad loss. Their only real opportunity was to score a huge win over n undefeated OSU that would leapfrog them past Alabama and Oregon in the human polls. That opportunity ended the moment OSU lost.

LSU was in regardless. The opponent, if not OSU, was always going to be Alabama as long as they won the Iron Bowl.

I am understanding that Luck calls most of the plays on offense himself, no? Please to be correcting me if I’m wrong.

I honestly have no clue. If so, he fuckin sucks at play calling. He had a chance to break Cal’s neck but instead was way too conservative after recovering the fumble early in the 4th. Cal came back down and made it a one score game. Obviously they won, but Cal blows and conservative football gets burned against much better teams, like say, Oregon.

I am understanding that Luck calls most of the plays on offense himself, no? Please to be correcting me if I’m wrong.

I don’t mean should as in they earned it, but should as in it will happen.

You mean Notre Dame’s emphatic win over BC today isn’t enough for them to slide into a BCS game?

I dunno about should, but they will.

I don’t mean should as in they earned it, but should as in it will happen.

/ reverse TBL

heh. I would have prefered use of “bizzaro” but, I approve.

The already probable LSU vs. Alabama rematch has been all but confirmed. We’ve just been spared the debate.

Until next week when Arkansas beats LSU and we get a three way inbred spitoon fest.

the best news about all this turmoil is that if Michigan can (gasp) beat OSU they should get a bcs bid.

I dunno about should, but they will.

Woe to the poor sap who fell asleep on his couch

happened to me during the UFC prelims.

Go Cal

watch your mouth.

the best news about all this turmoil is that if Michigan can (gasp) beat OSU they should get a bcs bid.

I don’t get the immediate backlash that comes after every good game from the anti-playoff crowd…if a game has to have national title implications in order to make it great that’s an indictment of the sport, tonight would still have been a fun stretch of football

This

fun football = fun football