josh325

It is definitely possible. If you want to avoid a rematch root for:

ND over Stanford
UVA/Clemson over VT
Ok St over OU (big would help)

VT and Stanford have no chance of making the title game, but do have the chance to take votes away from OSU trying to catch Bama.

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An NCG win over Nick twice in one year is pure icing on the cake. It couldn't get any sweeter than that right there.

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Plus, two wins over Bama would help vault this year's team into the GOAT discussion. Much more so than beating a non-traditional power like Okie State.

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OSU is the only team with a chance to get in over Bama.

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Agreed. Stanford is currently just a placeholder at #4/5 in the human polls. They will not get an opportunity to play December 3rd and will be passed up by Oklahoma State should they win Bedlam.

Under the assumptions (a) we win out, (b) Oklahoma beats Iowa State this weekend, (c) Oklahoma State wins Bedlam; then VT becomes the key. VT has ZERO chance of making the Title Game because of their computer rankings, but they do have the chance to take votes away from OSU trying to catch Bama.

Example:
Anti-rematch voter has: 1) LSU 2) OSU 3) Bama 4) VT
-This would be like 1 vote for OSU over Bama
SEC homer voter has: 1) LSU 2) Bama 3) VT 4) OSU
-This would be like 2 votes for Bama over OSU

What I’m saying is that pro-Bama voters may have ballots that essentially are worth more than anti-rematch voters because no one will put Bama below 3, but it is possible for VT to wedge in between Bama and OSU on the pro-Bama ballots.

I will GUARANTEE that if the above three assumptions take place AND VT loses to either UVA or Clemson that OSU will make the BCSNC over Bama because:
- They will be a unanimous #2 in the computers (almost already are)
- They will have played on the final weekend of the season while Bama sat at home
- They will be a conference champion (not required, but is significant to many voters)
- They will have not played LSU (many voters are anti-rematch)

Voters have shown they are willing change their order on the last weekend (’06 and ’07) and there are more regions of this country that are anti-SEC than pro-SEC.

Cliffs Notes: The key to avoiding rematch is VT losing. If it becomes a one-on-one comparison between Bama and OSU, the Pokes will prevail. If it remains a jumbled mess, the Tide will get the nod.

I only requested Florida and I have a $5 charge for 'student away processing', but no charge for the ticket. I'm assuming that means I got it.


fwiw I have 152 priority points

I may be wrong but I doubt they'll schedule less than 7 home games. Maybe host a BCS school next year and then play a marquee neutral site game in 2012 (where we don't yet have a non-conference road game). Who knows, we've shown balls in scheduling of late :geauxtigers: