The BCS will be fun this year

justjoshingu wrote:

its funny, this season may have more people complaining about the bcs due to all the teams losing.... may one day lead to a playoff..

and the nfl seems to want to give up the playoffs and just crown the patriots the superbowl winners. today.

people complain about the bcs and say that this season is going to be the one that demonstrates how badly a playoff is needed every season. it never changes. one year it worked (usc-florida). but they still cling to it.

having watched a few games over the past 2 weeks, ohio state better hope BC runs the table. i love the buckeyes but i honestly do not think they can play with florida or lsu, and maybe even auburn and kentucky. right now it looks like the only team in the big ten that can beat ohio state is ohio state, given the way they kept it close for mich state. ditto for purdue. if they play an sec team in a national championship, they are going down. the softness in the big ten is going to hurt them. lsu and florida have played, won, and lost tough games. ohio state looks like they have the talent to play with them, but they will never be sharp enough to win. they play a good first half against everyone, then coast. they won't be ready for a seriously tough match against a well-oiled and rested sec team (the extra 2 weeks off for the big ten also hurts them). it happened last year... buckeyes go in having had no serious tests (the michigan game was never as close as the score looked) and get smoked by an sec team used to winning tough games. the second the buckeyes got rattled, they fell apart. it would happen this time too. they don't know how to play 4 quarters of mistake-free football or play from behind... the sec does.

lsu is the best team in the country. a triple overtime loss on the road a week after a grueling game against florida should mean nothing.

here's hoping BC wins next week against virginia tech!

thunderDAN wrote:

I want a tOSU/LSU championship game. First one with a field goal wins!

but in all seriousness, nobody can score on Ohio State's defense, it's incredible.

nobody ohio state has played has an offense anywhere near lsu's. i think it would be as bad as last year's game against florida. i hope i'm wrong!

not to say osu is a bad team. just watching the last 3 lsu games... they are amazing. and they've beaten amazing opponents. ohio state hasn't played past halftime in a game all season.

thunderDAN wrote:

are you serious? LSU has one of the most inept offenses in the top 25. My roommate went to school there so I have watched almost every one of their games. They are full of dropped passes and hand offs to Jacob Hester.

Purdue and Michigan St. both have better offenses than LSU.

they looked pretty solid in both of their come from behind victories. and ohio state is no offensive juggernaut either... 3 interceptions against purdue, 2 turnovers for touchdowns against msu? ohio state has been playing some very sloppy football lately, and lsu looks like a well oiled machine.

thunderDAN wrote:

I'm not saying tOSU's offense is great, but I'm not ready to say that LSU's is any better. I mean LSU almost lost vs Auburn if not for a lucky play at the end. I guess we will have to agree to disagree

yeah but given that they were coming off a triple overtime loss and one of the most grueling games i've ever seen against florida, i don't blame them for not being 100%. plus, that quarterback was fresh back from injury. i think osu would have their hands full. osu has been inept on offense against teams that don't have a chance against them. there's no excuse for ohio state's sloppy play. lsu not being perfect on offense has more to do with tough opponents, fatigue, and injury. i think osu would have more trouble moving the ball. even if lsu couldn't, 4 and out trumps boeckman throwing a couple interceptions or a few more fumbles. ohio state needs to work on their ball handling and get sharp. hell, if they don't do it now, we probably won't even be discussing this next week... if they lose to penn state, they are out.