Gut says Penn State will get eaten alive by the Trojans today..With a true pro-style QB....
Gut? Eaten alive? Man you were wrong. I don't get why everyone understimates PSU so badly. That Michigan Loss was early in the year with a totally new offense, and debilitating injuries to the LBing corps. PSU still has some depth issues from sanctions, so their 5,6, 7 LBers are not what most teams are. They would love to have played that game later in the year when it all started to click and they were healthier.
I think SC blows out Penn State today
You thought wrong..........eat it. USC had the better athletes and it was still a very close game. Two key suspensions by Franklin for academic reasons couldn't have helped. Taking away PSU's fasted WR and deep threat and their most athletic LBer had to hurt, but damn USC had 3 thoroughbreds at WR and a QB even better at improvising than McSorley. Still it was a close game. Barkeley's run to open the second half was crazy good btw.
Looks like the selection committee got it right after all
I still don't see how you think this. Unless you think playing it safe and going with the least amount of losses instead of who is playing the best football at the end of the season is right. Conference Championships award the teams that play good enough to get there and at the top of their game by seasons end.... a la the NFL.
Ohio St.? Over rated as always. They beat Michigan late, but then everybody beat Michigan late. The squeaked by 3-9 Michigan St 17-16 and 6-6 Northwestern (at home) 24-20. Washington? The Pac-12 was weak. Extremely weak. The best teams IMHO? USC, Stanford, Colorado and Washington. Everybody knows the best conference is the SEC. After that (this year) I'd have to say the ACC, then the Big 10.
Exactly. Meyer being the coach and reputation alone gets them votes.
They will never have a full playoff system,
Unfortunately I think you are right. Ratings were lower for the Championship games than they were for major bowls.
I think the Monday Night thing is part of the reason....that and people are just tired of watching Alabama's boring brand of thug football.
Penn State was a fun team to watch but they weren't a top 4 team
Disagree. They were top 4. They could beat Washington and they did beat Ohio State. USC would be just barely ahead of them.
People act as if that OSU win didn't happen or it was a fluke. When PSU blocked the field goal they were only losing by 3 points. It wasn't 40 to nothing. It was 3 lousy points. It was a very close game. Plus OSU had half the quarter to come back and couldn't because their offensive line stunk this year.
Ohio State got crushed, but they were a top 4 team heading in to that game. 1 loss all year by 3 points on the road?
They had some close games against some mediocre opponents late. Teams figured them out. They were not playing as well in the second half. Did you watch much of Ohio State this year? They had a leaky Oline that didn't give Barrett time to throw or anywhere to run.
Clemson was a bad match up for OSU, but we still should have played better. Just a bad game and a great game by Clemson, all the way around. Doesn't happen often, but Meyer got out prepared and out coached.
Because Ohio State isn't that good this year. Pitt beat Clemson. They are not unbeatable. Ohio State got overrated because of reputation. They are nowhere near as good as they were two years ago, not even close.
I am no fan of OSU but they were without question 1 of the top 4 teams.
You keep saying it and I don't think you really watched them much at the end. I did not see a top 4 team against PSU, MSU or Northwestern. I didn't think they looked good against Michigan either.........despite winning and despite Michigan looking like crap late in the year too.
