I will not be watching tonight's college football national championship game in protest. I firmly believe the wrong team is in the title game, and I will not support this game in any fashion.
Although I am just one person, I am hoping that many others share my same belief/opinion.
I am also hoping the game isn't completely kick-ass and legendary- because that would suck if I missed that.
~Mikey D
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So who is the "wrong team" that is in the title game? I am really trying to not let my surroundings bias me on this one. If you're talking about OSU, I strongly disagree. If Georgia is the "right team", how come they didn't even win their division. If USC is the "right team" why did they lose 2 games, one of which to Stanford.
I would have accepted Georgia, Kansas, or Virginia Tech over LSU.
My reasoning is those three teams were ranked higher than LSU going into the conference championship weekend- and none of them lost (Va Tech actually won it's conference championship game against a higher ranked opponent than LSU did). Tell me why LSU deserved to jump three teams who did nothing to warrant losing their place in the polls?
Let me preface by saying that my counter-argument to anything you say will be:
1) Then why wasn't LSU ranked higher than those teams going into the conference championship weekend if voters felt that way (Georgia not winning their division, LSU had beaten Va-Tech, Kansas' weak schedule)?
2) What does this say about the polls? LSU would have never jumped these teams any other week of the season, and you know it. The voters decided who they wanted in the championship game, with disregard to the poll system.
Based on the system we have, Ohio State was deserving of playing for the championship based on their position in the polls.
Gotcha. I automatically assumed you meant OSU because that's the team everyone is pointing to and saying they don't deserve to be there.
I don't see how you can take Georgia over LSU given that they didn't even win their division, let alone their conference.
Since you missed the game, here's what happened. OSU came out big early, went up 10-0 and averaged over 10 yards a play, LSU came back and couldn't be stopped while OSU's offense became simple and Boeckman couldn't do enough with passing.
I take Georgia over LSU because they were ranked 4th (!!!) going into the last weekend, while LSU was 7th!!! The voters, that last week, said Georgia (and sixth other teams) was better.
Let me also say that I hate that argument about Georgia not winning its division. Georgia's conference record: 6-2. LSU's conference record: 6-2. Are you going to sit here and tell me that LSU is better than Georgia because of where teams are placed in the division of their conference? What if roles were reversed, and LSU's two losses were in its own division of the conference, would everyone still be hailing the might Tigers, or giving Georgia some credit?
A conference loss is a conference loss. The only purpose of divisions in college football is to match up teams for the conference championship game. Essentially they are meaningless. Because they are meaningless, don't penalize Georgia.
The game didn't sound all that great, from the little sports talk it got and few highlights it received. Anticlimatic would be the word, I suppose.
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