Well, well, well. What do you have to say now Mr. Corso? Of course I am talking about ESPN analyst Lee Corso, who on Thursday night proclaimed that Rutgers could finish the season undefeated and still not lay for the BCS National Championship. Now I try to live in reality as much as possible, and I know it would still be a long shot for Rutgers to make it considering they still have to travel to West Virginia early in December, but to proclaim Rutgers out already after punishing Louisville is absurd. And when the teams Corso bring up, go out and lose on Saturday, it makes his argument seemed flawed.
I won’t get on Corso too much because the whole BCS system is flawed. It gives an unfair advantage to established football program that have a history. The system does this by including preseason polls when determining the BCS rankings. Preseason polls mean nothing. Take the seasons of Florida State and Miami for example. Both teams were ranked in the Top 20 preseason polls of ESPN and Sports Illustrated. After yesterday’s action, both teams are unranked and each has five losses.
Other case studies include Iowa, ranked 11th in ESPN’s preseason poll, now unranked with a record of 6-5; Arizona State, ranked 16th in Sports Illustrated’s preseason poll, now they are unranked with four losses.
Notice I didn’t mention any SEC teams. I did this because I wanted to talk about these teams and this conference specifically. All year analysts have been touting this conference as one of the best, if not the best in the nation. I really don’t have a problem agreeing with this, but when no team stands out in a conference, it makes it hard for me to say that the conference champion (who will have at least one loss) should play for the BCS title when there are undefeated teams for other power conferences. Fact of the matter is that LSU has two losses, Auburn has gotten blown out at home TWICE, and Florida can’t seem to score anymore than 20 points against ANYONE.
I’ll wrap up this portion on college football by asking this: If an undefeated team from the Big East has ZERO chance to play in the BCS title game, why are there 117 teams in D-I football? Why not just do the preseason rankings and only let those 25 teams play?
As for the biggest game of the year in college football, I think it will be a great game between Michigan and Ohio State. I’m a Michigan fan but as I have watched them, smart, mobile QBs give their defense trouble. With Troy Smith and being at home, I think Ohio State pulls the game out late and wins 20-17 (As a tear streams down my face)
As for Ohio State’s opponent in the BCS title game, I think USC will run the table and slide into that #2 BCS slot. Though their schedule is brutal (@ home against Cal and Notre Dame, and at UCLA), they are starting to jell on offense and they have one of the best receiving core in nation with Steve Smith and Dwayne Jarrett. I also think that Pete Carroll knows his team very well and will keep them focused and get them to another epic, though less publicized title game.
In other college news, there were some great finishes. Florida escaped by blocking a game winning FG attempt as time expired, while Nebraska won a Zac Taylor touchdown with 21 seconds left. Arizona contributed to Shake Up Saturday by giving Cal its 2nd loss of the season. At the start of November, it was said that this November in college football would be one to remember. Thus far, those prophets have been more than right on that call. Until next time, peace.
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