West Coast college football wasn’t so bad after all this year, was it?
The knock on elite teams such as USC and Utah was that they played inferior talent out west.
So let’s take a look for a minute:
The Pac-10 finished 5-0 in bowl games, proving USC played a very tough schedule.
Utah is the only undefeated team left; thanks to its Sugar Bowl win over an Alabama team that was one victory from the BCS championship tilt.
USC was denied a BCS title shot based on its Pac-10 schedule. But since those Pac-10 teams are 5-0 in bowl games, doesn’t that have some meaning in the aftermath?
Oklahoma is in the title game based on its “tough” Big 12 schedule.
But when you look at it, the Sooners’ best wins this year were against Texas Tech (loser to Mississippi in the Cotton Bowl) and Oklahoma State (loser to Oregon of the Pac-10 in the Holiday Bowl.)
The best team Oklahoma beat which went on to win a bowl game turned out to be Missouri, which had to go overtime to defeat Northwestern in a no-name bowl.
So much for the argument about Oklahoma’s superior schedule/competition in the Big 12.
The obvious answer is a BCS playoff, where teams like USC can prove (or disprove) their strength.
One can only hope Oklahoma doesn’t lose the BCS championship to Florida, or it will be another knock on the supposed invincibility of the Big 12.
Prediction:
Florida 38, Oklahoma 34
The knock on elite teams such as USC and Utah was that they played inferior talent out west.
So let’s take a look for a minute:
The Pac-10 finished 5-0 in bowl games, proving USC played a very tough schedule.
Utah is the only undefeated team left; thanks to its Sugar Bowl win over an Alabama team that was one victory from the BCS championship tilt.
USC was denied a BCS title shot based on its Pac-10 schedule. But since those Pac-10 teams are 5-0 in bowl games, doesn’t that have some meaning in the aftermath?
Oklahoma is in the title game based on its “tough” Big 12 schedule.
But when you look at it, the Sooners’ best wins this year were against Texas Tech (loser to Mississippi in the Cotton Bowl) and Oklahoma State (loser to Oregon of the Pac-10 in the Holiday Bowl.)
The best team Oklahoma beat which went on to win a bowl game turned out to be Missouri, which had to go overtime to defeat Northwestern in a no-name bowl.
So much for the argument about Oklahoma’s superior schedule/competition in the Big 12.
The obvious answer is a BCS playoff, where teams like USC can prove (or disprove) their strength.
One can only hope Oklahoma doesn’t lose the BCS championship to Florida, or it will be another knock on the supposed invincibility of the Big 12.
Prediction:
Florida 38, Oklahoma 34
