The BCS Matchups...Hawaii Gets In, Mizzou Gets Screwed, and Illinois?!?!?
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by MegECass110
THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP: OHIO STATE VS. LSU
I'm fine with this. LSU, according to Les Miles (steadily becoming one of my favorite people in sports), is undefeated. Well, kind of. They lost twice in tripe overtime to unranked teams Kentucky and Arkansas, but they dumptrucked Virginia Tech, came back to beat Florida, and won the SEC. Ohio State has just the one loss to Illinois, beat Michigan and won the Big 10. They dominated their opponents with a weak schedule. Not the sexiest matchup, but I think it's the two of the three best teams in college football all season.
THE ORANGE BOWL: VIRGINIA TECH VS. KANSAS
That's right, folks. Kansas, not Missouri, is in the BCS. This is absolute garbage. Missouri beat Kansas, played a much tougher schedule, and lost twice to a BCS team that is good enough to have played in the national title game. Kansas played a crap schedule and got dominated by the Tigers (despite what the score says). Mizzou didn't get in because there can't be three teams from one conference in the BCS. The BCS people thought Kansas deserved it more than Mizzou. To them, I say, Fack you. With Mizzou out, that cleared the way for...
THE ROSE BOWL: ILLINOIS VS. USC
Yes, Illinois, with three losses, is in the BCS. They were the only team to beat Ohio State, but they also lost to Iowa and Michigan. I take solace in the fact that USC, the hottest team in college football, will absolutely destroy them and Scott Van Pelt will say "BOOTYOOTYOOTYOOTY ROCKIN EVERYDAY!" hopefully multiple times on Sportscenter on January 1st. That and the unfathomable number of Juice Williams puns and jokes will make this game worth it.
THE FIESTA BOWL: OKLAHOMA VS. WEST VIRGINIA
Holy hell this game's gonna be fun. Has the potential to be the best game of the bunch. After not getting into the national championship by losing to Pittsburgh, the Mountaineers get a crack at the Sooners. I said OSU and LSU were two of the three best teams in the country, Oklahoma was my third team. So even though they're not playing in the actual title game, WVU and Rich Rodriguez should know the Sooners are the cream of the crop. Tons of points, running the football, and a chance for Sam Bradford to start polishing his Heisman resume for next year.
THE SUGAR BOWL: GEORGIA VS. HAWAII
This game should be equally fun. Colt Brennan gets the chance to showcase his haircut and ridiculous arm against a Georgia team that will have a chip on their shoulder for not getting into the national championship game. I'll be excited to see this Georgia team that didn't get much love during the season (4-0 against ranked teams) and a Hawaii team that had its doubters all season. The Warriors did everything they had to do--they ran the table for the season in the weak WAC conference. Georgia got hot behind the legs of Knowshon Moreno and the arm of Matthew Stafford.
In sum, the BCS is a travishamockery.
In other news, my Boston College Eagles, who I just spent the entire weekend in Florida on watching them lose to Virginia Tech, will be playing in the Champs Sports Bowl against Michigan State. Happens every year...they tease, they beckon, they choke late in the season, they get a quasi-crappy bowl game, they win the bowl game. Still, I do it all, for Boston, for Boston...
And, in what could be one of the coolest football games in the history of mankind, Michigan vs. Florida in the Capital One Bowl. Dear God, I might have an aneurysm. That's going to feel like a BCS game. I can't wait.
