re: The rule that should have been put in place after OU in 2003

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The SEC has been made to do more than the BIG 10 or Pac 10 and now the Big 12 since they started the SECCG in the early 90s. Why are you just realizing it now? This "having to do more" has greatly benefited LSU...without it, LSU probably doesn't have any crystal footballs.

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Well, we're not in those conferences. I understand our benefits from the conference and the limitations placed on our program based on the level of talent/competition around us. I'm not crying about the Big 10. I simply believe you should win your conference. Importantly, I don't believe another school in your own conference should have to do less to get to the place you're striving for. It's bullshite to think that we have to do more to earn a right to play bama again. It blows my mind that this could realistically happen.

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It's bullshite to think that we have to do more to earn a right to play bama again. It blows my mind that this could realistically happen.

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Just so you know, I don't want this to happen. I hope Bama loses to State and ends this rematch talk. I just accept the fact that the BCS is a flawed system that everyone has agreed upon, and that there is a scenario that could give Bama a road to a rematch that is actually easier than ours. As absurd as that sounds, I still think the BCS is better than a playoff because this rematch stuff is very rare...it's never happened and it probably won't this year.

I brought up the playoff stuff earlier because if CFB had a playoff this rematch would have a much higher chance of happening. Bama would be in, and they'd be the 2nd best team, and LSU would almost certainly have to beat them again. Not so much with the BCS. I'm willing to live with the small chance that might play out given the alternative.

[quote]If you dont win your conference, you cannot participate in the BCS NCG.. easy, done and done.

If thy had enacted that rule in 2003 we would have never played for the NCG in 2007

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If thy had enacted that rule in 2003 we would have never played for the NCG in 2007

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No, you're wrong. We won our conference in 2007. You don't remember the SEC title game? Tenn 21-14

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Would prefer a plus one

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Now you're opening up another can of worms.

What if LSU and Ok St are the only undefeated teams? Why should Stanford and Bama get a shot at the title with one loss? This would hold true for Bama/Texas in 2009 and USC/Texas in 2005.

To me, the best system is the BCS rankings that would allow for up to a 4 team playoff if necessary. It would never happen, but it's what I would like to see implemented.

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Now you're opening up another can of worms.

What if LSU and Ok St are the only undefeated teams? Why should Stanford and Bama get a shot at the title with one loss? This would hold true for Bama/Texas in 2009 and USC/Texas in 2005.

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No system is perfect. I fully understand a plus one creates other problems, but I still like the system. It keeps the bowl structure intact, which is important for college football as a whole, maintains the importance of the regular season for the most part, and still has the top four teams playing for a title in a pseudo playoff structure.

I don't favor it as an absolute rule, but as a general rule. There are a number of possible situations where the best team in the country might not be the conference champion and should be allowed to play in the BCS championship game.

Suppose a one-loss team in the SEC West doesn't go to Atlanta because of a head to head loss with another 1 loss West team. Secondly suppose that the one-loss who goes to Atlanta loses to a 2 or 3 loss team in Atlanta, and the one who does not go is the the highest ranking team in the country because there are no undefeated major teams. Should an one-loss OU team that doesn't play a conference championship get preference over a one-loss SEC team that didn't get to play in the conference championship. Or suppose that every other conference champion has 2 losses (ala 2007) so that the SEC team with one-loss is in all likelihood the best team in the country.

If the BCS is to work as intended, the two best teams should play, regardless. But I do think as a general proposition, a conference champion of a BCS conference should get priority, but I wouldn't create an absolute prohibition against a team that isn't a conference champion.

and we already beat oregon on a neutral site why play them on another neutral site by that logic

Bamma is the 2nd best team they should go and they will if both LSU and Bamma win out and stanford and OKstate lose. Bamma is better then those teams.

But we must win out against #4 Ark thats what they will be ranked when they come to tiger stadium. And no 10 Ga.in the seccg. This will not be easy!

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If you dont win your conference, you cannot participate in the BCS NCG.. easy, done and done.

Puts all this rematch talk to bed forever.

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I think the BCS days are numbered and the playoof system is gaining traction in a couple years this will not matter.