2008 NCAA Football

Kevin · #1 11-02-2008, 07:09 PM

I disagree as I don't think Georgia is the second coming of Christ that the preseason polls thought they'd be.

It doesn't really matter what the rankings are now. If any of the top-5 win out (except for Penn State, who I think will stay at #3 because of their soft Big 10 schedule), I think they're in the NCG. I also think, for the same reason that USC's slow creap back up to the top won't go much farther. If you're a USC fan and you don't like that, watch some replays of the Oregon State game and then reevaluate your opinion.

I'd be disappointed to see anything but a Big XII v. SEC championship this year.

CrackerBarrel · #2 11-02-2008, 11:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Kevin

I disagree as I don't think Georgia is the second coming of Christ that the preseason polls thought they'd be.

It doesn't really matter what the rankings are now. If any of the top-5 win out (except for Penn State, who I think will stay at #3 because of their soft Big 10 schedule), I think they're in the NCG. I also think, for the same reason that USC's slow creap back up to the top won't go much farther. If you're a USC fan and you don't like that, watch some replays of the Oregon State game and then reevaluate your opinion.

I'd be disappointed to see anything but a Big XII v. SEC championship this year.

I don't see anyone beating Penn State (I hope they do, just seems unlikely at this point) and there's no way the voters deny JoePa the chance to go out on top with a title, no matter how weak the Big 10 looks. I do think Tech will lose at least one (if they only lose to OU you have a mess of a three-way tiebreaker scenario in the Big XII South too), but right now if I had to guess the best odds are the SEC Champion v. Penn State (unless Bama loses before the championship game and still beats FL or FL loses again). Why? If Bama wins they're already number 1, if UF wins they will have a neutral site win against the #1 team in the country on championship saturday which will be enough to jump the other 1-loss teams. And USC fell big in the BCS this week and they have no impressive teams left on their schedule, so barring a lot of losses above them they finish ranked about where they are now.