Who's going to the BCS National Championship? With nine teams boasting a legit shot at the national title, it appears to be little more than a crap shoot. So I'll break down each team and let you know who will actually be in New Orleans come January 7th.
Hawaii (9-0)
Marquee Wins: ?
Record Against Ranked Teams: (0-0)
Remaining Schedule: at Nevada, Boise State, Washington
Bottom Line: Pretender. No chance.
Lets give the Warriors the benefit of the doubt and assume they win out. So they are undefeated with one win against a ranked team (assuming Boise State is still ranked when they meet November 23rd). This resume couldn't get them a job as a bag boy. Colt Brennan may very well throw for 4000 yards again by the time it's over with, but all they will have to show for themselves is an undeserved BCS bowl bid. Not to mention the trouncing they will get in the aforementioned bowl. June Jones should schedule a real opponent so the world can see that his offensive scheme only works against bad teams.
Ohio State (10-1)
Marquee Wins: Wisconsin, Purdue, Penn State
Record Against Ranked Teams: (3-0)
Remaining Schedule: at Michigan
Bottom Line: Written off by too many to be considered seriously.
Late losses are almost always fatal in college football. Couple the Ohio State loss to Illinois with the Big Ten conference's mediocrity this year and the Buckeyes are stopped dead in their tracks. And this is very unfortunate because despite comments and rankings by many analysts, Ohio State is pretty good this year and should be ranked higher. They have a defense giving up only 11.4 points and 237.5 total yards per game. And they're 3-0 against ranked teams. But even with a big win over Michigan at the Big House it won't be enough. Maybe if they had a conference championship. Who knows?
West Virginia (8-1)
Marquee Wins: Rutgers, Louisville, Maryland
Record Against Ranked Teams: (1-1)
Remaining Schedule: at Cincy, UCONN, Pitt
Bottom Line:
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Anonymous about 1 year ago
This article is collected facts with a controlled opinion. You are no better than the ESPN homers and their blind addiction of traditional (ie.. money, notre dame, ohio state, usc) football. You should take notes from Frank Ahrens and learn that writing about stats does not equal accurate football knowledge and analysis. My opinion is that your subjective media opinion is not good writing. For those who will reply that I am a coward annonymous commentor, know that this article is why I don't want a membership, nor why I do not watch gameday live (espn). Goodluck readers and enjoy this predictable article.
Jay
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Jared Reback about 1 year ago
Good stuff, but as we have seen, there is little point in writing these articles, since the next game played will make the author look bad.
Nonetheless, an unbiased look at the way things could have turned out, and well done.
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