Mikey D

Ohio State and LSU. Explain this to me. Because what we have right now is the exact reason I hate college football.

These are the two best teams in college football.
According to who? The writers and press? Wait, the same writers and press that LSU as the 7th best team a week ago? This bothered me last year when Florida jumped U of M, and it bothering me now. Why does LSU jump Georgia, Kansas, and Virginia Tech? All three of those teams were in front of LSU and didn't lose. To me, the writers and coaches once again just voted on the team they wanted to see in the national championship. If they really thought LSU was better than those teams, they would have put LSU in front of them in last weeks poll. It's flat out bullshit to jump those three teams.

LSU won it's conference championship, the others didn't.
Um, Virginia Tech? ACC champions, and won their conference championship game.

First, because of division formatting, Georgia was left out of the game. All I've heard this past week was how the hottest two teams in football are Georgia and USC. And now they get no love, despite being ranked higher? Whatever.

Second, Kansas, again because of division formatting, was left out of its conference championship. Its one loss? To then-number 1 ranked Missouri. One of LSU's two losses were to an unranked team.

LSU beat Virginia Tech by 40.
The problem with college football. Each and every game is life and death, and some might think that the game is more exciting and thrilling that way, I hate it because of arguments like this. To me, the team Virginia Tech is now is not the same team they were the first game of the season. And neither is LSU. Just ask Michigan about how their season started. I don't like that people will argue that LSU beat them earlier because both teams are different now. And if you really felt that LSU was the better team, why did you put them behind Virginia Tech in the first place?

The fact LSU beat another quality opponent in its conference championship put them over the top.
Hold up. Tennessee was ranked 14th in the polls, and Boston College was ranked 11th. But wait, LSU played a higher quality opponent?

LSU is the only undefeated team in regulation. It's only two losses came in two triple-overtimes.
Probably the worst argument of them all. Yes or no: did you lose the two games? Yes? Well then you have two losses, which is one more than Kansas and Georgia. This argument reminds of the sore loser, who will tell the world that they were the better team because they ran for more yards, passed for more yards, committed less turnovers...yada yada yada. Bottom line is you lost two games. YOU LOST TWO GAMES. I don't care how you did it, but you just did it. Sorry, but that's the truth.

LSU has played a tougher schedule.
Stop sucking on the SEC's cock. Of LSU's wins, four of the teams are in the top-25, and one of them is from the ACC (Va Tech). Of Virginia Tech's wins, three are in the top-25. Altogether that's three conference wins against three conference wins against top-25 teams.

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It's frustrating to me because it doesn't seem to me that the polls have any meaning anymore. Teams can jump teams for little to no reason after conference championship games, because the writers and coaches feel the are suddenly better than the rest. What kind of system is this??? I would respect it more if OSU and Georgia played, because they were the next two in line. But that's not the case. It's coaches campaigning for their teams place in a game a month from now. It's teams jumping five spots in the polls over teams that didn't do anything to hurt themselves. It's just not right, and I'm glad this season is almost over.

Go MSU in the Motor City Bowl!!!

~Mikey D