Columbus Becomes Sooner Fans
November 25, 2007 6:00 pm EST
Ohio State is still on the sidelines but likes what we have seen the past two weeks. We have moved from 7th place all the way back up to 3rd place thanks to some timely upsets. Now we can return the the championship game if Pittsburgh can beat West Virginia (not going to happen) or if Oklahoma can defeat Missouri in the Big 12 Championship. (Complete Standings)
Of course, as we have seen the past several weeks, anyone can win this Saturday. But assuming that the games play out the way they should, we can pretty much pick who will be playing where this January. Let's start by saying that Oklahoma wins as expected, you will have West Virginia and Ohio State in the Championship game and Missouri will fall out of the BCS picture. Losing the Big East tie-in team, the Orange Bowl, getting the first choice, will select Georgia as an at-large selection and then get the winner of the Virginia Tech/Boston College game as the ACC representative. Losing the Big Ten tie-in, the Rose Bowl will get the second selection and may try to keep the Big 10-Pac 10 tradition and select Illinois for the USC opponent. The Fiesta Bowl will get the Big 12 Champion Oklahoma Sooners and may then pick Kansas proving that a Big 12 match-up is more exciting to them than bringing in the WAC champion for the second straight year. Being handcuffed with the fourth overall selection, the Sugar Bowl will be left with Hawaii to play the Tennessee-LSU victor. And I can promise you, Hawaii will not disappoint in the Big Easy.
But what if Missouri pulls the slight upset and beats Oklahoma? West Virginia and the Tigers play for the BCS title in a game that may be a bit hard to hype, in spite of the fact both teams boast Heisman candidates. OSU and USC will face each other in the Rose Bowl and will likely be considered the most exciting match-up of the BCS bowls. Not only will it be a preview the the September 13th game next season, don't be surprised if the winner gets some serious run by the AP as their national champion. I do believe Georgia still ends up in the Orange Bowl against the ACC champion and Hawaii gets the SEC winner in the Sugar Bowl. The Fiesta Bowl will have an interesting choice then. Kansas will fall in their lap still as a logical draw but would they be willing to take ASU assuming they defeat Arizona this weekend? Do not be surprised if that happens, it is hard to believe they would put Oklahoma there for the 'Bowl of the two teams that lost to Missouri'.
Stay tuned sports fans, we will have all the answers in less than a week. Get your bookmarks ready of priceline.com or orbitz! ha
Buckeyes Secure a BCS Spot - Need Help to get to New Orleans
November 18, 2007 8:45 pm EST
With the win over Michigan, the Buckeyes win the Big Ten automatic birth into the BCS and the Rose Bowl. However, with two weeks to play, other teams could lose and put Ohio State back in the National title picture.
With the losses suffered by Oregon and Oklahoma, OSU climbs to 5th in the BCS standings and with Kansas and Missouri playing each other this weekend, the losing team will drop and put Ohio State in 4th place more than likely. So who has to win or lose for us to climb back into the top two spots? Well you have come to the right place my friends as we will guide you through the final two weeks.
First, Buckeye Nation wants USC to beat Arizona State Thanksgiving Day. Why you ask? Even though we are barely ahead of the Sun Devils in the human polls, we are tied with them in the computer polls. A loss to USC and they not only drop in the computers but perhaps we well secure some of the votes from the media and coaches that are voting ASU ahead of us right now. Second, help would come in a Big East package if UConn could manage to defeat the Mountaineers in Morgantown. If they do not, WVU should beat Pitt the following week and lock up a spot in New Orleans. Finally, it would be great to see McFadden have a monster game and knock off the Tigers, but we don't even know at this time if LSU would drop below us with a lose. I know that sounds crazy, but it is no more crazy than LSU being #1 over Kansas in spite of their narrow wins in the SEC. The real help for us would come if they lose the following week in the SEC championship game. So now you have to decide who has the better chance of beating them, Georgia or Tennessee. The Volunteers have the inside track but must win this week to punch their ticket for Atlanta.
As for the Big 12, they may knock themselves out of the race. Either Kansas or Missouri lose this week and the winner will face Texas or Oklahoma in the Big 12 championship. The Buckeyes need a victory from the South! If the South wins the Big 12, we end up in no worse than 3rd place in the BCS so that is a big piece of this pie. To make this as clean as possible, we would like to see Missouri beat Kansas to make sure they get their first loss. They will have to drop below us as they will not put Kansas in the National Championship game if they did not even play in their conference championship.
There are only 6 BCS conference teams left with zero or one loss. It is hard to believe Ohio State is only considered 5th best among those teams, but what can we do?
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