On Monday, January 7, the LSU Tigers will take the field against the Ohio State Buckeyes in the BCS Championship Game.
However, I believe that the LSU Tigers did NOT earn their way into the National Championship game.
Although my opinion may be biased because I'm a fan of the Kansas Jayhawks, I honestly think that KU SHOULD be playing Ohio State for all the marbles.
Here's why:
The Kansas Jayhawks started the season with an 11-0 record, and only lost ONE game during the ENTIRE 2007 College Football season.
Kansas' ONLY loss came against the Missouri Tigers, who finished the 2007 season with a 12-2 record. However, the Jayhawks won the rest of their games, and finished the 2007 season with a 12-1 record, topping it off with an Orange Bowl victory over Virginia Tech.
What's more, Kansas won seven of its games by AT LEAST 32 points. This means that the 2007 Kansas Jayhawks won MORE THAN HALF of their games by AT LEAST 32 points.
On the other hand, the LSU Tigers have TWO losses on the season. LSU lost BOTH games to teams that finished the 2007 season with 8-5 records. No, that's NOT a misprint—LSU LOST to not one, but TWO 5-loss teams.
In addition, one of LSU's losses was AT HOME, on SENIOR DAY, against the Arkansas Razorbacks, on the DAY AFTER THANKSGIVING.
The Arkansas Razorbacks are a VERY BAD team. They were BLOWN OUT by the aforementioned Missouri Tigers, 38-7, on Tuesday in the Cotton Bowl.
What I've presented here are the FACTS. It's up to you, the reader, to decide for yourself if LSU really does BELONG in the BCS National Championship Game.
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11 months ago
Kansas has no business in the Orange Bowl, much less the BCS Championship game. KU lost to the only ranked team they played against, and won by less than a touchdown against mediocre teams in their division. You better hope that KU isn't embarrassed by VT before you whine for not playing in a bigger game.
from 11 months ago
But who's to say that LSU even BELONGS in the BCS National Championship Game??? LSU lost to not one but TWO FIVE-loss teams!!! By the way, I am still upset that Kansas QB Todd Reesing did NOT win the Heisman Trophy... but I think that it maybe a sign that Brett Favre will snatch his unprecedented 4th NFL MVP, from Tom Brady. (By the way, my next article will be a case for why Brett Favre will win his 4th NFL MVP!!!)
from 7 months ago
Looking back now at my article 4 months later... I just noticed that I NEVER got the opportunity to write an article about why Brett Favre should have won his 4th NFL MVP!!! The NFL MVP was awarded BEFORE I got the chance to write my article.
How ironic is it that in the 4 months since I wrote this article that Brett Favre (1) has retired and (2) is now on the cover of Madden '09???
11 months ago
Missouri is more deserving than Kansas, because their two losses came to the same team!
Under the same logic, why not just put Hawaii in the National Championship? They're 12-0!
from 11 months ago
Hawaii needed OT to beat La Tech on September 8. This tells me that Hawaii does NOT take good care of their own business. Any team that needs OT THAT EARLY in September... does NOT deserve to be in ANY National Championship Game consideration!
11 months ago
LSU is a humiliation, a sad joke of a team. I don't f***ing care WHO wins the "national championship", because it will be even more tainted than Yassir Arafat's Nobel Peace Prize. The Ohio Sucks F***eyes versus the Loser State Bengal Kittens... I think I'll catch up on my sleep or watch American Gladiators instead of that abortion.
from 11 months ago
what other teams are more deserving?
USC - Stanford
Georgia - didn't even win it's own division
Oklahoma - lost to Colorado, a team w/ a losing record
Ohio St. - LSU are the only reasonable choices.
Still wish there was a playoff, b/c the '06 LSU team peaked at the end of last season and would have likely run the table (in a playoff system).
from 6 months ago
Tiguhs, you left out a VERY IMPORTANT detail under your "what other teams are more deserving?" heading.
The detail that you left out is:
LSU - lost to Arkansas, a SUCKY team.
With that said, Ohio State and Kansas are now the only reasonable choices :)
11 months ago
LSU won the SEC conf. Their two losses, both in triple overtime, were to two Bowl SEC teams.
If anybody doesn't deserve being in the title game, it's Ohio State. They play powder puffs Youngstown State, Akron, Kent State plus the weak big ten teams. Boycott all future Bowl games until we have a 16 team playoff like D2 and D3. Send a message to the University Presidents.
from 3 months ago
Okay, I guess that you were right, lolz :)
11 months ago
I think you said it best -- kU lost to Missouri, who blew Arkansas out of the water at the Cotton Bowl. Looks to me like Missouri deserved to be at a BCS (maybe not the national championship) Bowl way more than kU did. kU, as mentioned by a previous poster, only played one ranked team (Missouri), so of course they won by large margins the rest of the time. What was the margin in the Border War? 36-28, and I do believe the Jayhawks were shut out for the first half of the game. Let's remember that MU scored 30 or more points in almost every game they played this year. kU got their 32 points by keeping their first string in even after the game was decided -- makes you look better in rankings, but not with fans.
Jimson, your feathers are showing.
from 11 months ago
I don't know what game you were watching... but in the Kansas-Missouri game that I watched, Kansas almost WON the game. Had Todd Reesing not been sacked in the endzone... Kansas would have BEAT Missouri 35-34.
11 months ago
Jimson,
The bowl season is playing out just right for you. You desperately need a break from college football.
Geez, Jim. LSU played teams like Virginia Tech, Florida, Auburn, South Carolina, and Kentucky.
All of these teams were ranked at the time they played. Only South Carolina was not in the Top 10 at the time (12th).
It's opportunistic to point out that Kentucky ended up 8-5 for the season. But they were ranked #9 at the time they met LSU at home. And they were 6-0. Starting with the LSU game, KY has suffered a lot of injuries. They lost more games after that. But they BCS quality in the early part of the season.
They beat LSU in triple overtime.
Kansas has played one ranked team. Missouri. They lost to the Tigers.
Is it fair to compare high scoring games, if they came to the likes of Central Michigan, Southwest Louisiana, Florida International, and very poor Nebraska team and Iowa State teams?
How about the 6 pt game to Kansas State (Unranked), 5 point game to Colorado (Unranked), 8 pt game against Texas A&M (Unranked)?
"Had Todd Reesing not been sacked in the endzone... Kansas would have BEAT Missouri 35-34."
Had Arkansas not intercepted the 2 pt conversion in the endzone, LSU and Arkansas would have gone to the 4th overtime. Had Jones not missed the field goal in the triple overtime against KY, they would have gone into the 4th overtime. Had the big black bear not stopped to........
Jimson. Kansas did well, considering their schedule. I am not taking that away from them. You have reason to be proud. But they are not a BCS National Championship caliber team yet. Is LSU? The voter thought so, considering who they played and how the season played out. Is Missouri? Probably so. USC? Probably so. West Virginia? Maybe. Georgia? No. Kansas? No. Neither even got to their conference championship game.
from 5 months ago
What are you talking about???
In my opinion, I believe that the 2007 Kansas Jayhawks WERE a BCS National Championship caliber team :)
11 months ago
Let make one other statement.
I am not one of those people who think that Ohio State is overrated. The fact that they've not really faced any competition does not mean they are not a quality football team. If either LSU or Ohio State wins this game, they will have deserved their title, whatever other bloggers spew out.
The BCS systems is badly flawed. But it's all we have. Lets all campaign for a playoff season. Until then, we have to accept whatever falls out of the BCS machine. If your team did not fall out, then they just were not good enough. Amen.
from 11 months ago
If Ohio State wins this game... then they will have deserved their title because Ohio State will have only ONE loss.
However, if LSU wins this game... then they will NOT have deserved their title because LSU will have TWO losses. Let's not forget, if Kansas beats Virginia Tech in the Orange Bowl... the Kansas Jayhawks will have completed the season with only ONE loss. And last time I checked... I believe it is better to have a '1' attached to the end your record, than it is to have a '2' attached to the end your record.
11 months ago
You must be smoking’' crack, KU played one ranked team all season and lost. KU played 12 games this season and LSU, 13. If KU played a 13th against a ranked team they would be 11 & 2. LSU played ranked teams not second rate teams like KU did. LSU was ranked 1st or 2nd most of the season, never dropping below 5th. Hell, KU never made it higher than 5th. KU did not show up in the ranking until the 6th week and that was barely. Your argument might hold a little water if they were ranked 3rd, but they are not, Oklahoma is. KU is ranked 8th and you better be grateful they are ranked that high only playing one ranked team, which you lost. KU would get their ass kicked if they played LSU and KU definitely could not handle the Tigers in Death Valley. I pull for the Jay Hawks a lot, but they do not deserve to be playing in the BCS Championship game, stop whining and be grateful for what you got. KU would not stand a chance in the SEC.
from 11 months ago
Great argument... but there is a MAJOR flaw in it. You said that KU never made it higher than 5th... which is INCORRECT!!! KU was ranked in the BCS Top 4 for 3 straight weeks, making it up to #2... before the Jayhawks played Missouri.
11 months ago
I am from Missouri and a long time Tiger fan. Truth is though, Oklahoma deserved the National Title game as much as LSU or Ohio State. They are a very good team whose two losses came from a highly competitive Big 12 conference. They are certainly as deserving as KU. The resaon KU didn't have two losses is because they did not play the extra game that Mizzou played, against the aforementioned OU. The BCS is a big stinking joke of a system.
from 7 months ago
Did you see the Fiesta Bowl???
West Virginia CRUSHED Oklahoma 48-28.
11 months ago
You're wrong for 4 reasons....
1) Central Michigan
2) SE Louisiana
3) Toledo
4) Florida Int'l
In a year where KU knew it wasn't playing Texas or Oklahoma, that's it's nonconference schedule. Nice. You're no different than Hawaii.
You had one big game all year (finale against Missouri) and you lost. Nice record. Nice season. But stay at the kids table.
EVEN IF KANSAS WINS THE ORANGE BOWL, they didn't deserve to be there. Missouri won the Big12 North, only lost to one team this year (a very good Oklahoma), and beat Illinois and Mississippi AWAY FROM HOME to start the season.
from 11 months ago
Sorry Jimson, went to reply to your comment and accidentally deleted it. You cited Michigan and Bama slipping up... neither of those teams are even sniffing a BCS game. Kansas is in one. I agree with your analogy to the Wolverines and Tide... Kansas should be playing one of those teams, not VaTech.
from 7 months ago
Did YOU see the Orange Bowl???
Kansas BEAT Virginia Tech 24-21.
11 months ago
This is proof that there are still no intelligent life forms located in Lawrence. Delusional is an understatement. Touting the mighty Jayhawks lopsided wins over Florida International ( 1-11), Toledo (5-7) and Southeastern Louisiana (3-8) is hardly evidence that Kansas should be at any bowl. Kansas played none of the Big 12 South powerhouses and lost the only challenge they had in the North, and you think they should be in the championship game? I can only assume you were awarded a degree. Rock, Chalk.
from 7 months ago
Kansas is deserving to be in the BCS National Championship Game because they took good care of their own business... unlike LSU!!!
11 months ago
We need a playoff system to:
A) shut everyone up
B) separate the men from the boys
C) add some legitimacy to the BCS Championship game
D) gets some sleep around the holidays
E) ALL OF THE ABOVE
The answer of course is E. But unfortunately we will not see this in our lifetime due to excessive reliance on corporate sponsorship and the stranglehold the top conferences have on the major bowls.
Translation: there will be no changes until they devise a system that not only crowns an undisputed champion but also generates more revenue than the current system.
We have a better chance of starting a colony on Mars.
Until then....
The arguments will go on forever, I'm afraid.
Nobody's going to be right and nobody's going to be wrong.
from 6 months ago
I couldn't agree more with your comment... This argument seems like it will go on forever!!!
11 months ago
I agree. Thankfully for KU, they didn't have to play Texas or OU this year. How good will you be next year? I went to the Cotton Bowl yesterday, what a blast! MU has shown what it can do, now can KU? Oh please, KU in no way is ready for the Natioanl Championship. Rock, chalk....whatever.
from 7 months ago
The Kansas Jayhawks showed what they could do... in their 24-21 victory over Virginia Tech, in the Orange Bowl.
In my opinion, the Kansas Jayhawks showed that they were ready for the National Championship!
11 months ago
No, the Jawhawks started 11-1. And don't give us that nonsense that we were getting ready to win but we just ran out of time. An "L" is a loss no matter what excuses you have. You will find no sympathy, nation wide sports fans and pundits were appalled by the Orange Bowl selection of Kansas over Missouri, believing it is just further evidence that the BCS is a very ugly and flawed system, kinda like Mangino wearing a speedo.
from 5 months ago
lol, I NEVER said that my Kansas Jayhawks were getting ready to win... but they just ran out of time :)
By the way, I agree with you when you say that... A LOSS IS A LOSS, NO MATTER what excuses one may have :)
11 months ago
Wow Jimson. Why won't you open your eyes and read what people have posted and accept the facts. How many times does someone have to tell you that KU lost their one lose to their ONLY ranked opponents. Your response to all of these posts and comments seems to be that KU had only one lose while other teams had two. Your argument is one dimensional. You are just looking at numbers. Nothing more. LSU's two loses where both in triple overtime. They didn't go down easy. If the BCS functioned as you do then Hawaii would be playing Dec. 7th. They had an undefeated season (until last night in the Sugar bowl). But they played nearly all cupcake teams. This is also how KU got their record, by playing mostly poor teams. LSU played a majority of ranked teams and lost only twice. So Jimson, if you reply to this, please give another point then KU lost only once. That is, if you can.
from 11 months ago
I know that both of LSU's losses were in triple overtime... But one of their losses came AT HOME, on SENIOR DAY, against the Arkansas Razorbacks. Arkansas sucks as bad as Donovan McNabb. (By the way, I am a Philadelphia Eagles fan... and although I hate to admit it, I really believe that it is best for the Eagles to get McNabb out of Philly!)
Yes, I saw the Arkansas Razorbacks play yesterday in the Cotton Bowl. For most of the game, Arkansas looked VERY UNCOMPETITIVE... and it showed on the scoreboard, as the Missouri Tigers CRUSHED the Arkansas Razorbacks 38-7... And yes, this is the SAME Arkansas Razorbacks who BEAT LSU 50-48, when Arkansas LAST took the field PRIOR TO THE COTTON BOWL!!!
11 months ago
Hmm...didn't the Big 12 have a championship game? And didn't Kansas not even earn the right to play in it?
I could've sworn that was the case...
I will give Kansas props on winning 11 games this year - I didn't even know they had a football team until this year. How long have they had one? Has it ever been relevant? If so, when? Does anyone else on earth care about Kansas football other than some twink named Jimson? If so, who?
from 11 months ago
The Kansas Jayhawks has had a football team since 1891... The 2007 season marked the 117th year of operation for the Kansas Jayhawks football team.
Yes, the Kansas Jayhawks football team was relevant... in 1899, when William McKinley, the 25th President of the United States of America, was in office.
Yes, there are people on the earth who care about Kansas football besides me... There are thousands (if not, millions) of people in Lawrence, Kansas... who care about Kansas football.
11 months ago
So... what is your point? What are you trying to prove now? That LSU lost by a failed two-point conversion in triple overtime to the team that lost to the team who beat KU? That would hold ground IF KU played good teams. Teams like LSU had to play. Teams like Florida, Auburn, Va Tech, and Alabama. NOT teams like Baylor, Iowa State, Toledo, and Nebraska. And why does it matter that LSU lost at home one senior day. Does senior day somehow improve a teams skills giving them an advantage?
from 11 months ago
Losing AT HOME, on SENIOR DAY, only shows me that LSU LACKS a SENSE OF URGENCY!!! Knowing it would be the senior class's FINAL game at their HOME stadium... the LSU Tigers still managed to find a way to lose to a sucky Arkansas team!!!
11 months ago
Jimson:
If I was Donovan McNabb, I would lose games on purpose because you crybaby dickhead Philly fans cant appreciate SHIT. Who was your quarterback before him? Oh and you were makin the playoffs every season right?
Uh, nope. He single-handedly turned the franchise around, and all he gets is bullshit like that from you assholes.
You booed him when you drafted him, then he gets you to three straight NFC championship games and you start expecting Super Bowl wins every year after that. Gimme a break. He plays through injuries and he's REALLY good. Give him some receivers!!
And oh yeah by the way, this Kansas article... wow... I aint even gonna waste any time in my awesome hot life picking it apart.
11 months ago
Kansas does not deserve to be in the NC Title game. It doesn't matter that LSU lost one more game than KU. LSU has played much better competition. They've beaten alot of good quality teams. KU only played one top 25 team all year long and they lost that one. KU didn't even win the Big12. They didn't even make it to the Big12 Championship game. So how is KU deserving to be in the NC game?
from 7 months ago
Kansas is deserving to be in the BCS National Championship Game because they took good care of their own business... unlike LSU!!!
11 months ago
Kansas is in the Orange. Congrats on that. But bargaining for more than an Orange Bowl berth is like Randy Moss complaining that he doesn't get thrown too enough. Or like Wilt Chamberlain trying to pick up woman number 20,001. Or like Barry Bonds going on one more additional cycle of HGH or "the clear". You get my point... Let it go, and be happy of Kansas' remarkable and historic season. Congrats to Mangino and the gang.
from 6 months ago
What are you talking about???
This is like FAR off topic :)
11 months ago
And Arkansas had nothing to play for in the game against Mizz. Arkansas had in interim coach. If you took the time to look you would see that interim coaches in bowl games does not work. They are 0-5 so far. Probably will be 0-6 after the OU WV game tonight. Mizz should have been in a BCS game instead of your KU team. This was a huge mismatch. Arky didn't want to be in this game. McFadden didn't want to be in this game. They had nothing to play for. This bowl season is probably the worst matches I've ever seen. Mizz got held out of the BCS. But teams like Hawaii and Illinois made it to the BCS against teams that they didn't have a chance of beating. But anyways, KU is only the 3rd or 4th best team in the confernce in my opinion. I think Texas would beat KU.
You better hope your KU team beats VT tonight b/c LSU beat them 48-7. I've got VT picked to win this game. But even if KU wins they wont beat them as bad as LSU beat them.
from 11 months ago
If Virginia Tech plays like they did against LSU... then the Kansas Jayhawks will have the opportunity to beat Virginia Tech very badly.
All season long, the 2007 Kansas Jayhawks have taken the Bill Belichick approach: "If you have a good team, and have the opportunity to do so... then run up the score against your opponent!"
If Kansas is given the opportunity to run up the score against VT, Kansas can, and WILL, do so.
The question is NOT WHO will win the game... because I think that Kansas WILL WIN the game. But the better question is: What will be the margin of victory??? Will it be a close game decided by less than 15 points??? Or a blowout by at least 30 points???
from 11 months ago
Jimson, it's possible that Kansas can run up the score if VT plays like they did against LSU—I'll give you that. But, I think that you are overhyping your Jayhawks and underhyping the Hokies.
I'm gonna go out on a limb and assume that you didn't watch the Sugar Bowl or Rose Bowl yesterday? Two teams who clearly didn't belong got blown out of the water. Now, I'm not saying which one of these Orange Bowl teams shouldn't belong—I'll leave that up to you to decide. I would, however, like to hear your opinions after the game...whatever the result might be. KU win or loss...I'm afraid that you'll be dissapointed, because there's a really small chance that they blowout VT. Just my thoughts.
-R.H.
11 months ago
You poor fool. Using capital letters and multiple exclamation points do not make your comments any more stupid than they already are. LSU lacks a sense of urgency because they lost on senior day? What kind of drivel is that? Sounds like a Pop Warner speech. And that "sucky Arkansas" team just happened to have a two time Heisman runner up in the backfield, a caliber of player I don't see hanging out in Lawrence. But go ahead and keep displaying to the world what KU fans are really like. Rock, Chalk. Go Hokies.
from 11 months ago
Kansas has a Heisman-caliber player... in Todd Reesing. I'm still annoyed that Reesing did NOT win the Heisman.
Tim Tebow should NOT even won the Heisman Trophy in the first place... His team, the Florida Gators, lost 4 games this season... And yesterday, the Florida Gators LOST to the Michigan Wolverines in the Capital One Bowl, 41-35. This is the SAME Michigan Wolverines team who LOST to Appalachian State, earlier in the season.
In his FIRST year as a starter, Todd Reesing WON his FIRST 11 games of the season... and has a chance to win his 12th game tomorrow night in the Orange Bowl against Virginia Tech. (That is 2 MORE games than Tebow won the ENTIRE season... and that could be 3 by the end of tomorrow night!)
If Oklahoma beats West Virginia tonight in the Fiesta Bowl... then Todd Reesing and the Kansas Jayhawks would have the opportunity to make HISTORY... by beating Virginia Tech in the Orange Bowl. This would mark the first time that 3 different teams from the SAME Conference won AT LEAST 12 games in the SAME season.
from 11 months ago
You poor boy. It doesn't matter that Florida lost 4 games. The Heisman award goes to the best college football player. It doen't go to the good player that is on a team with a better record. So your arguments about Reesing having a better record are irrelevant making your whole argument about him winning the Heisman senseless. Tebow also played against tougher opponents.
from 3 months ago
"You poor boy. It doesn't matter that Florida lost 4 games. The Heisman award goes to the best college football player. It doen't go to the good player that is on a team with a better record. So your arguments about Reesing having a better record are irrelevant making your whole argument about him winning the Heisman senseless. Tebow also played against tougher opponents."
What are you talking about???
Todd Reesing DEFINITELY DESERVED to win the Heisman, lolz :)
11 months ago
Hmm, last I checked the top Heisman vote getters were Tebow, McFadden, Brennan, Daniel, Dixon, White, Ryan, Bradford, Crabtree, Dorsey and Smith. The name Reesing is missing from that list. Just like your other specious argument for Kansas being in the Championship it displays your ignorance of college football. Basically if KU is not the greatest team of all time and its players the best that ever graced the gridiron, then we are all wrong. Keep it up. Rock, Chalk. Go Hokies. Smash Kansas.
from 4 months ago
"Hmm, last I checked the top Heisman vote getters were Tebow, McFadden, Brennan, Daniel, Dixon, White, Ryan, Bradford, Crabtree, Dorsey and Smith. The name Reesing is missing from that list. Just like your other specious argument for Kansas being in the Championship it displays your ignorance of college football. Basically if KU is not the greatest team of all time and its players the best that ever graced the gridiron, then we are all wrong. Keep it up. Rock, Chalk. Go Hokies. Smash Kansas."
What are you talking about???
In my opinion, I believe that Todd Reesing was JUST AS DESERVING AS Colt Brennan :)
11 months ago
Your arguments lack any true depth Jimson, they sound like the pathetic rambligs of a ten year old. You are clearly wearing Jayhawk glasses.
KU didn't make their CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME!!!! That makes them out of contention. The team played underrated competition all year, then choked against the one team that mattered (MIZZOU)
So KU end the year with one loss, big deal, so did Hawaii. I don't see anyone making a case for them to be national champs.
LSU and Ohio St. have every right to be in the game. They lost at the right time, and one at the right time. Deal with it fanboy
If the LSU team that killed VaTech had stayed healthy, they would be undefeated, PERIOD
from 7 months ago
"LSU and Ohio St. have every right to be in the game. They lost at the right time, and one at the right time. Deal with it fanboy
If the LSU team that killed VaTech had stayed healthy, they would be undefeated, PERIOD"
Last time I checked... There was NO SUCH THING as losing at the right time. That being said, LSU had NO right to be in the BCS National Championship Game... because they lost TWO games during the 2007 season. In fact, BOTH of LSU's losses came against FIVE-loss teams!
11 months ago
I'm NOT a ten-year old... So COME AFTER ME!!! I'm A MAN!!! I'm 19!!!
from 11 months ago
I'd probably put Mike Gundy a few steps higher than you in the sanity department.
Take his advise and GET YOUR FACTS STRAIGHT!!!!
from 7 months ago
I DID GET MY FACTS STRAIGHT!!!
11 months ago
Ahh, that explains it, a sophomore indeed. No doubt a 4.0 student at KU too. Rock, chalk. Go Hokies, choke the Jawhawks.
from 3 months ago
Actually, I do NOT go to KU... I go to Burlington County College, which is in New Jersey :)
11 months ago
First of all, LSU defenders, shut UP already about how their losses were in triple overtime. A loss is a loss, and making excuses for them doesn't change that. I don't care if you "almost" won. That being said, Kansas deserves to be nowhere near the NC game because of their schedule strength. They beat so many ranked teams this year, that people feel their resume allows them to leapfrog a team with 1 less loss. Answer me this, Jimson: you seem to want to throw strength of schedule out the window. Yet if we followed your logic of putting in the teams with the fewest losses, wouldn't it end up being Hawaii vs. Ohio State, with Kansas still on the outside looking in?
Regarding Reesing, the fact remains that he was considered a legitimate Heisman contender heading into the border war, and then threw away his chances with an abysmal 3 quarters. I am aware that Kansas made a comeback attempt, but they had to come from so far back, and couldn't seal the deal. If you look at the stats for that game, it is clear that Chase Daniel vastly outplayed Todd Reesing over the course of the entire game, and secured victory for his team on top of it. Ultimately, Reesing choked in his only major challenge of the year. Making excuses for the loss makes you no better than LSU fans and their mindless drivel about triple overtimes
And Jimson, for the love of god, please stop capitalizing half the words in your sentences. It doesn't make you sound smarter.
from 11 months ago
No one here is making excuses for the OT losses. I'm as mad as anyone that LSU dropped two. But I don't think that should eliminate them from title talk. The team won their Conference Championship game, and played stiff competition all season. They should be there.
If anything Ohio State should not be there. There schedule was weaker than KU's. I would have put USC in the game over OSU. Then maybe all the talk of the Trojans' "mythical" 2003 championship could be laid to rest
from 10 months ago
I still think that the TWO losses SHOULD eliminate LSU from ANY title talk!!!
In fact, I think that there should be a new rule that FORCES the BCS to ELIMINATE ALL 2-loss teams from BCS National Championship Game CONTENTION!!!
11 months ago
"That being said, Kansas deserves to be nowhere near the NC game because of their schedule strength. They beat so many ranked teams this year, that people feel their resume allows them to leapfrog a team with 1 less loss."
Sorry, funny wording there. "They" at the beginning of the 2nd sentence obviously is intended to mean LSU, not Kansas
from 11 months ago
I don't really think that strength of schedule is that important... If a team CANNOT take good care of their own business, then they don't BELONG in ANY National Championship Game talk... regardless of that team's schedule strength!
from 11 months ago
Anyone who thinks strength of schedule is not important in college football has no business giving their opinion about anything relevant to the sport. You haven't used any kind of logic to anything you've said so far in these post.
from 11 months ago
Is strength of schedule THAT important in the NFL??? NO, I don't think so!!!
So then why SHOULD strength of schedule be SO important in College Football???
from 11 months ago
Because there are teams like Hawaii and Kansas that don't play anyone—that's why SOS is important. Plus, in the NFL there are only 32 teams. College has 119. With those numbers, you can dodge solid opponents in college...you can't in the NFL. Plus, the NFL makes the schedules. The Universities make their own out of conference schedules.
In truth, there are so many arguments against you thinking that SOS shouldnt matter...but, these were just a few.
11 months ago
LSU would be undefeated w/ Kansas' schedule, you're crazy!
completely random:
USC only beat 3 teams w/ winning records lolz
from 7 months ago
It does NOT matter if LSU would have been undefeated with Kansas' schedule... because LSU did NOT play Kansas' schedule.
LSU had their own schedule... and lost TWO games on it!!!
11 months ago
Don't you just love the picture of Reesing leaving the field at Arrowhead after the safety? He has a chunk of turf the size of a cat stuck in his face guard. I get a Mangino belly laugh every time I see it.
from 3 months ago
I don't think that was necessary!!!