I love
college football for the sheer fact that it is very unpredictable. The last
couple of years of the BCS games have proven that nothing is for certain when
it comes to what team will win. It’s all
about what team wants it more. Last year we saw the likes of 6 teams make it to
#2 in the polls only to see them loose the very next week to a much lesser
opponent.
So before you
count your chickens for the championship, please keep this in mind:
#1 Texas –
Strength of schedule: 6th of 120
- Remaining
schedule: @#8 Texas Tech (8-0), Baylor (3-5),@ #23 Kansas (5-3), Rival Texas
A&M (3-5)
- Big
12 championship game against probably #15 Missouri (6-2) or Kansas again.
Texas has a
very hard schedule and will be lucky to make it to the national championship
without a loss. I think even if they finish the season with one loss, they
could be ahead of Penn State considering the strength of schedule.
- #2 Alabama – Strength of schedule: 62nd of 120
- Remaining schedule: Arkansas State (4-3), @#19 LSU (5-2), Miss State (3-5), Auburn (4-4)
- SEC
championship game with probably #7 Georgia or #10 Florida.
This is not
an ideal situation for the Championship game. With one loss I can see Penn
State leap frog them to #2 in the BCS and go to the title game. This once again
puts in to question the validity of the BCS system because the Big 10 not
having a championship game.
#3 Penn State – Strength of schedule: 54th of 120
- Remaining
schedule: @Iowa (5-3), Indiana (3-5), #21 Michigan State (7-2)
- No
championship game
Talk about a
b-line to the championship game. The only hold up would be Michigan State, and
that is a home game. I see Penn State winning out, but will it be enough to make
it to the championship even if Texas has one loss and Alabama is undefeated. Time
will tell.
I don’t know
what will happen in the next month, but I do know what the BCS wants. Texas and
Alabama undefeated and in the Championship Game. That would probably put USC
and Penn State in the Rose Bowl. Certainty in a very uncertain system.
