re: BCS: discussion and breakdown - UPDATED

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It's not possible to lose and stay #1.

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Actually, not only is it possible, it is LIKELY that LSU stays at #1 with a close loss to Arkansas.

There are only three scenarios for LSU (listed in order of most likely to least likely):

1. Stay at #1 (because of the computers)
2. Drop to #2
3. Drop to #3


The reasoning is this: The human votes will be scattered among LSU/Bama/Arkansas....so the computers will likely be the deciding factor, and LSU has (and will have) a higher ranking in the computers. The computers do not care about "timing" of losses... they merely look at the entire schedule/results.

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Once the computer polls are all out will you give us your projections?

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For the overall BCS this week? They hold on to the computer polls until the BCS is released (Sagarin is out). All signs point to:

1. LSU
2. Bama
3. Arky
4. OSU
5. Va Tech
6. Stanford

PJ,

I have to disagree with you. IF this team finishes off like I suspect it will and become 14-0 there is no denying they are a top 5 team of the modern era.

95 Nebraska was the best in my opinion. 97 michigan was not as good as this team. Possibly Texas 05, they were great. 04 USC also not as dominant as LSU this yr. Miami 01 probably was second best.

Also, LSU 03 was fortunate to beat a very good ole miss team on the road, and did lose to Florida. They also had a very tough game against UGA early.

This yr LSU has played a more difficult OOC schedule than 03 and has dominated everyone but Bama. (argument could be made against MSU, but that game was never in doubt).

Therefore, I would say this is the best team in school history if they win out.

I think the voters will do everything in their power to prevent a rematch

If this team finishes 14-0, they are the greatest team in the history of college football's modern era, case closed. We will have beaten AP #2,3,4, and if UGA beats GA Tech, another top ten team, and when you add whoever we play in the MNCG, another top five team, which means five top ten teams.

We will have played more ranked opponents than unranked opponents. And exactly one top ten team out of five will have been at TS.

No one, absolutely no one, can compare to that resume.

The greatest NFL team of all time is the 1972 Dolphins because they went undefeated with a SB championship and no one else in the modern era of the NFL (since the merger) has done that. CFB has undefeateds just about every year, so you can't grade it on that. But, if you grade it on body of work in terms of who they played to go undefeated, which after wins and losses is the only accurate measurement, then no team comes close.

Like the 72 Dolphins, maybe other teams from other years have scored more points, held opponents to less points, had prettier stats than this year's LSU team. But, all year, one game was in question in the fourth quarter and that was against #2 on the road. We've beaten every team except one by double digits.

If this team wins out, folks, get used to it, this is the team you'll be telling your grandkids about. This will be the greatest team of all time.

Great decision for Houston looking back on it now.

As it should be.

I was waiting for someone to say this.a


Look, until someone decides to give the SEC it's own athletic association, a yard in the Pac 10 is exactly as valuable as a yard in the SEC.

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Therefore, I would say this is the best team in school history if they win out.

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No question and the best team of the BCS era. Great work Matt. This thread delivers.