re: Whats your Bowl Preference

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Rose Bowl
4 p.m., Jan. 1;
Pasadena, Calif. (ESPN)

MOST LIKELY PATH: Alabama and Oregon play in the BCS title game. The Sugar Bowl, making the first replacement pick, selects Notre Dame. The Rose, making the second replacement pick, is denied both Notre Dame and a Pac-12 team ranked in the final BCS top 14. LSU, sitting there at No. 5 after late losses by Georgia and Florida, is the highest ranked team left available.

BIGGEST OBSTACLES: Plenty, starting with the possibility of a Pac-12 team (current No. 11 Oregon State or No. 14 Stanford) staying in the BCS top 14 or the Sugar picking LSU or another SEC team.

OUTLOOK: LSU was at the jetway, ticket in hand for Hollywood in 2006, when UCLA stunned USC and sent the Trojans to the Rose Bowl instead of the first BCS title game against Florida. There are so many twists and turns and unlikely happenings that LSU needs to navigate the path from Baton Rouge to Pasadena, it’s almost not worth mentioning, unless karma plays a hand.

LIKELY OPPONENT: Nebraska

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