Anybody else even more disappointed about our close-win-that-shouldn't-have-been-so-close-a-win now? All these upsets and everything, and the BCS "guru" Brad Edwards has Stanford jumping us for #5. That means that if further chaos were to go down next week, say LSU beats Arkansas, Auburn beats Alabama, Oklahoma beats OSU... (and we win -- this factor not an "if") ... That we would likely still be clawing for a #2 spot at the highest.
I know that some Tech fans were probably getting a kick out of seeing Clemson blow their game against NC State, but I wasn't one of them. If they had won that game (preferably in impressive fashion) it would have made our loss to them look better instead of worse. Now, the computers view that as a SOS weakness -- especially with the loss coming in Lane.
So basically, it'll be another "we'll see about next year" kind of season in relation to the National Championship race unless some absolutely, super-fucking crazy shit goes down. I'm not saying it can't... But if we look back to the last few years of college football, there's usually only one of these kinds of weekends - and I think we've just witnessed it.
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How crazy does it have to be?
Let's see...Stanford has to loose to ND...possible...not likely, but possible. (I could stick a diatribe in here about how I hate to root for ND, but I won't)
LSU/Ark....Somebody has to loose, right?
Bama/Auburn....Bama would have to loose....again, not likely, but plausible.
Just for good measure, and just to make sure nobody jumps us, OkState would have to loose to the Sooners.
The probability of all the above happening, provided we win our next two?.....ranks right up there with lightning striking any given individual, if not more so. But who thought 4 out of the top 8 would loose this weekend, either? Here's to chaos!
It's not out of the question, now that we don't have to count on Notre Dame beating Stanford... LSU will likely beat Arkansas this weekend (fingers crossed), Oklahoma has a pretty good chance of beating the Pokes...
The only upset we really need is going to be the hardest one to come by, like you said. Auburn beating Alabama... Somehow, after giving up 21 to Georgia Southern, I don't think the Crimson Tide are going to take anybody else lightly. Now, if Auburn could somehow borrow the GA So. playbook for a weekend and pull it off to perfection, we might have a game - cause that option gave 'Bama fits.
Of course, all of the above is void if we don't beat UVA and Clemson. (But I'm not expecting to lose.)
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They had to have been game planning and practicing for Auburn at least 75% of the time last week.
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It's easier than you think...
Stanford does not necessarily have to lose to ND. Barring an Oregon loss to the Beavers, next weekend will be Stanford's last chance to make an impression. ND barely beat BC this weekend, although many idiot voters still treat them like a ranked team perennially no matter what they do.
I think the key game will be the Alabama-Auburn game. I'm sure the Tigers would like nothing more than to cost their in-state rival a trip to the BCS Championship. We need to be pulling for Auburn hard!
If Arkansas beats LSU we could be in trouble as well because that would create a 3-way tie in the SEC best if Alabama wins (I'm not sure what the tie breaker is) so at least one of those teams would have somewhat of an argument against being left out, having beat one of the teams in the national title game.
The game I think we cannot ignore is a big win in Bedlam by the Cowboys. That could enable them to jump back bye us to play in the big one.
No matter what, as joe said in his story, we need to take care of our own business and just see what happens. If we beat UVA and Clemson we will be in a great place and I will be happy going to New Orleans or Miami.
Tie break at that point (assuming Bama beats Auburn, so they are all 1-loss teams, only losses to each other) is BCS standings. Not really any help there predicting.