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| Here we go again with the media promoting who it wants in the championship game (based on marketing) instead of the two best teams.
Two years ago based on the agreed upon formula for selecting the two best teams and awarding the game on a rotating basis to the major bowls, Oklahoma and LSU played for the national title in the Sugar Bowl and LSU won and was declared the national champs.
But Media Central based in LA (Los Angeles, not the LA abbreviation for Lousyanna) decided it wanted its own USC to be the champs, ignored the formula and declared USC co-champs with LSU. My opinion, USC did NOT deserve a co-championship because that was not the rules and USC didn't beat anybody. It played a patsy West Coast schedule and then beat a poor "Big Ten" champion in the Rose Bowl.
And if you listen to the hype now, the media is talking about a 3rd consecutive national championship for USC (no mention of the disputed 1st co-championship).
Ok, I admit that USC is looking good this year. They still pay a wimp schedule of offensive games that run up NBA style scores. No defense.. Only team they have played with a genuine defense was Notre Dame, and USC barely got by there.
With 6 undefeated teams still in the running - USC plus Texas, Alabama, Georgia, UCLA and Virgina Tech - the media has already decided it wants a USC/Texas game. Teams from 2 different, big tv markets and both teams ALL offense.
If Alabama and Georgia both remain unbeaten, they will meet in a SouthEast Conference title shootout, so only one survives. UCLA and USC will also meet, eliminating one of them from the UNbeaten (I hope UCLA creams USC).
And what about Virginia Tech, which is scoring points AND playing defense (a side of the game ignored in the NBA and in West Coast college football)? If USC had problems with the Irish defense, the Hokies would show them defense as it is still played in the South.
Won't happen. It will be a USC/Texas track meet with the team making the most slam dunks and 3-point shots being declared the national champion.
Thanks for letting an old middle linebacker get that rant off this chest here in the Off Topic forum.
El Technosaur
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| AN UPDATE PROVING MY POINT.
This from the Monday, Oct. 24 LA Times:
By Daryl Strickland
Times Staff Writer
October 24, 2005, 3:45 PM EDT
In a blow to little more than pride, the University of Texas moved ahead of USC in the latest college football standings that determines which teams will play for the national championship.
Despite winning the past two BCS title games and being widely regarded as the team to beat this year, the Trojans slipped a notch in the rankings released today. It was the first time since 2002 that a No. 1 team slipped out of first without losing."
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The LA Times now has USC not only playing in but winning the last 2 BCS title games.
January 2004 the BCS title game was in the New Orleans Sugar Bowl and featured Oklahoma and LSU. LSU won and thereby claimed the BCS national title. Some post season polls gave USC a share of the title, but the BCS did NOT.
But according to the LA Times, USC played in that game and won it.
USC did play in and win the January 2005 BCS title game. Being from Mississippi I may not count so good, but I do have enough fingers to calculate that means USC has won 1 BCS title game in a row.
The next BCS title game will be played in January 2006. If USC is in that game and wins it, that would be ... duh.. 1 in a row plus 1 in a row equals 2 in a row.... right?
 please correct me if I am wrong
El Technosaur
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