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re: Was the '96 FSU/Florida national title rematch as controversial as '11 Bama/LSU?
Posted on 6/26/12 at 2:07 am to GCTiger11
Posted on 6/26/12 at 2:07 am to GCTiger11
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All of this. How Oklahoma State losing translates to Alabama being the 2nd best team in the nation is beyond me. If they were truly top 2 all season, they should of been ranked in the top 2 all season.
I'm really trying to understand this but I don't get this at all. Are you saying that how many losses a team has should not affect the rankings? So in 2007, LSU should have gone to the national title game with 2 losses even if WVU does not lose to Pitt?
OSU is a shoo in for the title game if they are undefeated. But when they lost to a really shitty ISU team, that opened up the contest again because you had 4 one loss teams wanting that spot (Bama, Stanford, Oregon, and OSU). The voters felt that Bama was the best of those 4.
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Posted on 6/26/12 at 2:18 am to Monticello
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So in 2007, LSU should have gone to the national title game with 2 losses even if WVU does not lose to Pitt?
Sure, I did. LSU hosed up against Hogs and UK and left in pollsters hands. I was just hoping for an ATL win and Sugar invite then boom...Pitt beat WVU..
...I still can't believe it. Then , if I remember right, WVU loses RichRod then pummels OU in bowl.
Posted on 6/26/12 at 2:36 am to Monticello
I was talking about Alabama being #2 in the nation, not OSU. Leading up to the OSU/ISU game, OSU was the #2 ranked team but if Alabama was really the #2 team all along, then they should of remained #2 but I can see why they weren't. OSU was undefeated, Alabama was not.
But let's say OSU wins that game and finished undefeated and Oregon and Stanford lose. Well it's no doubt they would of been in the NCG but how would that be fair to the actual team who the 2nd best in the nation, Alabama?
An undefeated OSU team < A 1 loss Alabama team but that undefeated OSU team would of gotten the nod and played on 1/9.
ETA: FWIW, I'm not complaining about the rematch. The right 2 teams played.
But let's say OSU wins that game and finished undefeated and Oregon and Stanford lose. Well it's no doubt they would of been in the NCG but how would that be fair to the actual team who the 2nd best in the nation, Alabama?
An undefeated OSU team < A 1 loss Alabama team but that undefeated OSU team would of gotten the nod and played on 1/9.
ETA: FWIW, I'm not complaining about the rematch. The right 2 teams played.
This post was edited on 6/26/12 at 3:04 am
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