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Loser of the LSU/Alabama game

Posted on 10/3/08 at 8:26 pm
Posted by dsheely
Cleveland, TN
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Posted on 10/3/08 at 8:26 pm
If Alabama or LSU lost that game and sat at 11-1 (While not going to the SECCG), what would you say are the chances either would be hanging around for the AP #1 ranking after the bowls?
Posted by LSU
Houston
Member since Oct 2003
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Posted on 10/3/08 at 8:27 pm to
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what would you say are the chances either would be hanging around for the AP #1 ranking after the bowls?



Zero, & it doesn't matter anyway. AP Poll is irrelevant.
Posted by GEAUXT
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Posted on 10/3/08 at 8:28 pm to
if they're not in the NC what does it matter?
Posted by LSUJuice
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Posted on 10/3/08 at 8:30 pm to
I think the chances are good that team could be in the NC game, if say, the winner of LSU/Bama goes on to lose to a 2-loss Fla or Ga in the SECCG. This is why I disagree when people say you should have to win your division to get into the NC.
Posted by cenla tigah
cenla
Member since Sep 2007
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Posted on 10/3/08 at 8:31 pm to
the point is, the loser of the LSU/Bama game could easily be 11/1, and out of the SECCG. If things worked just right, the loser could be in.
Posted by LSUJuice
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Posted on 10/3/08 at 8:39 pm to
Over/Under on GeauxT's avatar sticking around is 10 minutes......
Posted by GEAUXT
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Posted on 10/3/08 at 8:41 pm to
yea i just noticed it got huge...don't know what happened...
Posted by Doc Fenton
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Member since Feb 2007
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Posted on 10/3/08 at 8:44 pm to
I think it's possible that the loser could make it into the BCS NCG, but it would probably have to be a rematch against the winner.
Posted by cenla tigah
cenla
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Posted on 10/3/08 at 8:44 pm to
that would mean an all SEC ncg, sweeet
Posted by Geauxtiga
No man's land
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Posted on 10/3/08 at 8:45 pm to
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This is why I disagree when people say you should have to win your division to get into the NC.
I hear ya but if you're not the best in your conference, how can you be the best in the Nation? Theoretically, anyway.
Posted by MJRuffalo
Huntington Beach
Member since May 2008
6619 posts
Posted on 10/3/08 at 8:47 pm to
IMO only conference champions should be allowed to compete for the mnc. The big-12 twice sent non-champions in over more deserving teams.
Posted by LSUJuice
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Posted on 10/3/08 at 8:50 pm to
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I hear ya but if you're not the best in your conference, how can you be the best in the Nation? Theoretically, anyway.

But being the "best in your conference" is only semantics. The SECCG winner is not necessarily the best in the conference. LSU in 2001 wasn't.....

If LSU is 11-1 with a loss to Alabama, and Alabama is 11-1 with a loss to Miss State, then who is the better team? Yes, Alabama won head-to-head. But Alabama also lost to a horrible State team.
This post was edited on 10/3/08 at 8:51 pm
Posted by cenla tigah
cenla
Member since Sep 2007
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Posted on 10/3/08 at 8:51 pm to
understand your thinking, but if the east takes the title, they could possibly do so with two losses. The non partcipant in the SECCG from the West could be sitting pretty with only one loss. Back to the damn computers
Posted by LSUJuice
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Posted on 10/3/08 at 8:56 pm to
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IMO only conference champions should be allowed to compete for the mnc.

That would be a bad rule. Like I said, a 1-loss SEC West team that lost to the "wrong" team could deserve a spot in the NCG.
Posted by cenla tigah
cenla
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Posted on 10/3/08 at 9:01 pm to
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IMO only conference champions should be allowed to compete for the mnc


so what happens to the conferences that dont have a championship game?
Posted by MJRuffalo
Huntington Beach
Member since May 2008
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Posted on 10/3/08 at 9:08 pm to
Conferences without a championship game determine their conference champion in their own way. IMO the True round robin that the PAC-10 and Big East play is the best way to determine a champion. Nobody forces the 12 team leagues to have a CG, they do it on their own.
Posted by MJRuffalo
Huntington Beach
Member since May 2008
6619 posts
Posted on 10/3/08 at 9:09 pm to
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That would be a bad rule. Like I said, a 1-loss SEC West team that lost to the "wrong" team could deserve a spot in the NCG


I disagree, that is also why LSU jumped over Georgia last year in the human polls.
Posted by White Tiger
Dallas
Member since Jul 2007
15313 posts
Posted on 10/3/08 at 9:11 pm to
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I disagree, that is also why LSU jumped over Georgia last year in the human polls.


I think we all agree that no matter what happens, USC should be in the MNC game.
Posted by MJRuffalo
Huntington Beach
Member since May 2008
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Posted on 10/3/08 at 9:13 pm to
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I think we all agree that no matter what happens, USC should be in the MNC game


As long as we win our conference
Posted by White Tiger
Dallas
Member since Jul 2007
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Posted on 10/3/08 at 9:14 pm to
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If LSU is 11-1 with a loss to Alabama, and Alabama is 11-1 with a loss to Miss State, then who is the better team? Yes, Alabama won head-to-head. But Alabama also lost to a horrible State team.


So, how would you resolve this dilemma? Tug-O-War?
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