"An Oregon State victory over Oregon will end the Trojans' National Championship hopes," writes Joseph Morgan in his latest article, "Joseph Morgan's College Football Top 25".
Not quite, Joseph.
Beg to differ, but strangely enough, an Oregon State victory over Oregon, thus ensuring the Beavers the Pac-10 Title, actually helps the Trojans.
If OSU loses, the Rose Bowl will automatically take USC as the Pac-10 champions. But USC has made it quite clear they don't want to return to the Rose Bowl for the third season in a row. Trojan DE Kyle Moore has even gone so far as to say so publicly. Obviously, that would cut off their already very slim BCS Championship hopes.
If OSU wins, as Pac-10 champions, they'll go to the Rose Bowl. However, the Trojans will still make a BCS bowl. They're too high in the BCS standings (and too much of a draw as far as TV ratings go) for them to be left out.
So, if the Beavers can manage to win the Civil War without star tailback Jacquizz Rodgers or starting QB Lyle Moevao...SC will likely end up in the Fiesta Bowl, and maybe, just maybe, even the Title Game. Stranger things have happened.
"Hold on," you say. "You're not claiming...No! The BCS wouldn't take the Trojans just 'cause they'll bring in more money, would they?!?"
Hahahahaaaa...saddle up, sucker.
Welcome to the BC$. It's not about football. It's about money.
No, I didn't and don't expect Mr. Morgan to understand every possible BCS scenario. Heck, it's commonly known that even the BCS "officials" and "experts" can't fathom the depths of complex absurdity to which they and their system can lead. But I thought I'd just clear this little area up.
Final Thought: Never underestimate the BC$'s ability to screw it up. If there's one thing we can trust them to do...
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about 1 month ago
Mr Rice,
Care to go in depth about how the BCS would choose a 5th ranked Trojan team over the Big 12-champion vs the SEC-champion, say Oklahoma-Florida? I mean that's what they wanted from the beginning of the year anyway, having thrown out the Big Ten and PAC Ten out at the start of the year as "mediocre."
GO BEAVS
Join the Orange Revolution...
about 1 month ago
Hey Josiah,
As you quoted me, I said that it would end USC's "national championship" hopes, not their shot at a BCS game. USC will definitely make an at-large BCS bid if Oregon State beats Oregon.
I just don't see how USC will be selected to go to Miami over the Big 12 champ and the SEC champ if they didn't even win their own conference outright. I appreciate the shout out! That was kinda cool.
I like your writing style. Keep it up! (also, the Onion is a satire website, it's not factual.) Thanks!
about 1 month ago
My apologies for any confusion I may have caused. I am NOT saying that an Oregon State victory this
Saturday will catapult USC into the BCS Championship; it probably won't. All I'm sayin' is...
USC wants to go to a different BCS game this year.
A Beaver win would accomplish this for them, because the BCS won't leave them out of a BCS game.
Beavs lose, and SC is sucked unwillingly back into the Rose Bowl.
Interestingly enough, there are 2 more interesting scenarios, equally interesting, but unlikely.
1. Ducks win, but Rick Neuheisel somehow swindles a win @USC...
And Oregon State would go to the Rose Bowl! How?
USC, OSU, and Oregon would be in a 3-way tie for the Pac title. OSU beat SC, SC beat UO, UO beat OSU. The next tie-breaker: who beat the next-highest team in the Pac. Next-highest team? Cal. USC and OSU beat Cal, but Oregon didn't. Now it's a 2-way tie between Oregon State and SC... OSU wins.
2. Alabama: Auburn and Florida
Florida: Florida State and Alabama
Oklahoma: Oklahoma State and Missouri
Now, if all of these 3, (Bama, Florida, Oklahoma)
lose 1 more...
USC might end up in the Title Game! Maybe even against Texas! Impossible, you say? Bah, humbug. It's the BCS, remember?
about 1 month ago
Hey Joseph,
You're absolutely right. As you and "Orange Revolution" pointed out, the apparent premise of my article was that Oregon State *could* help USC into the National Championship.
The point that I was trying, (rather unsuccessfully) to make was: OSU can help USC to get to a different BCS bowl. I must apologize for not making that clear. But actually, if OSU wins, USC actually could sneak their way in, if Scenario 2 from my last comment plays out. The BCS Championship would have precedent for taking a team that didn't win their conference.
Yes I know The Onion is satire. That's what I was using it as.
(And hoping to see how many suckers would fall for it. lol Sorry.)
about 1 month ago
Hi Josiah,
Good article: ****. As you pointed stranger things have happened than USC making the title. While I'd have to study the BCS line up for a while to figure out exactly who'd have to lose to whom; it is possible that with some help with major upsets SC could move up. But, the more likely scenario is for SC to be in a major BCS bowl but not the national championship.
I tend to agree with Barrack Obama, the President-elect, on the BCS--we need a play off. Every year we hear from the experts that "last year's problems are now fixed with the new changes, and there won't be any more BCS controversies."
Horse Pucky! There is no end to the BCS constroversies. The only thing that changes is which teams get passed over from one year to the next. When will we put an end to this exercise in stupidity?
Good job.
--Larry
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