re: Should LSU even have to play the BCS champ. game?

Yep the fear is obvious that LSU fans want the championship handed to them because for the first time ever they've made it through a reg season undefeated and a scared shitless that if they play Bama again Bama will ruin their dream season. You got to play and win the game to get the trophy. Bunch of little leaguers
-spacewrangler


No, LSU fans, players and coaches alike welcome a trip to New Orleans to earn the National Championship Trophy. There are those among LSU's fans who really believe that there are arguments to be made for a team other than Alabama to be in New Orleans.

And not just LSU fans...

Isn't this what all the drumbeat is about from the dissident media/pundit/bloggers about the possibility of a "boring" LSU/Alabama rematch; low score, been there-done that-seen that game, wink, wink, get it, low ratings. Voters arise and look at Oklahoma State for real (if they beat Oklahoma).

More along those lines... some will ask how fair is it for Alabama to sit home smugly watching TV while good teams with difficult schedules contend for their conference championships? Didn't Nick once say no conference champ-no BCS chance?

I don't pretend to know the voters' minds but they have been worked along these lines for a couple of weeks now. It will be the real coaches voting this week not assistant ADs. How do they really feel? They won't be able to see how Alabama performs this week unless they watch a week old tape of the Auburn game. And don't discount the power of ratings fears on the network and its ability to inflluence voters.

If Oklahoma State messes up Saturday then the point is moot. Don't think LSU fans or the Tigers fear the Crimson Tide. Such hubris from Alabama is unbecoming, misplaced and unjustified after having been beaten on your home field by LSU.

It seems more to me that the Tide faithful are whistling in the dark.:beatdeadhorse:

The Wampumbunny