D-South College Football and the BCS

LSU-Alabama-Oklahoma-Oklahoma St. 1, 2, 3, & 4. I think that's a pretty fair ranking by the BCS system. Obviously, since a playoff is out the question, this is about as good as we get. Besides, seeing that the SEC has taken the last 5 championships it really doesn't matter what the rankings are. In fact, let me make a suggestion to the BCS people. Take the SEC champion, no matter what the record, and make that an automatic bid  and everyone else should be fighting for a spot, which leads me to this question. What happens if the next best team is another SEC team. Should two SEC teams play for the BCS title. In a perfect world..........hecks yeah.in fact, I'd take the two best SEC teams and put them up against any team. In fact, we may see that this year with LSU and Alabama.

November 5th 2011 marks the real championship when the #1 LSU Tigers goes on the road to play #2 Alabama. Now, lets look at some scenarios and the implications:

* LSU or Alabama wins, and they will be number one and wins out the rest of their games
* LSU or Alabama wins but they lose a game before the SEC championship.
* LSU or Alabama wins and wins out the regular season, but they lose in the SEC championship

As a caveat, lets assume the loser in the Nov 5th BCS real championship game goes on to win out.

Now lets review what I feel are the 'should be' outcomes.

In the first scenario, the winner goes to the BCS championship game, BUT who do they play? I think Oklahoma and Oklahoma St are good teams, and as I said, I have no issue with them 3rd and 4th in the rankings. BUT, do you really think that either of these teams are better than the loser of the LSU/Bama game? This will be especially dicey if LSU loses and wins out. A team with wins against Oregon (weak coast darling), West Virginia, and one SEC loss to Alabama (who will be #1) will be not allowed to compete for the crystal ball? If Bama loses, the argument doesn't change much.

Either way, if the Nov 5th game is close, especially if it's a classic, and the loser wins out, there is no way they should not replay the game on January 9th, 2012. I  really don't care who comes out of the Big 12 undefeated. There are not two better teams in the country. I can hear Michigan fans belly aching about when they lost to Ohio State in 2006 and didn't get a second shot at the Buckeyes. First of all, it's only the Big 10 and second, the college football world witnessed what happens when you put a Big 10 school up against the speed, depth, darkness and power of the SEC. Going undefeated in the Big 10 does not in any way carry the same weight as doing it in he SEC.
DARKNESS BABY


For the second scenario, if either LSU or Bama wins and then loses a game before the SEC championship and still wins the championship game, I can see one of them being omitted, but in the end, an SEC team would beat either Oklahoma or Oklahoma State, or better yet, a Stanford or Wisconsin team - easily.

The third scenario is a possibility, but even then, I still think that whoever it is, either LSU or Bama STILL should be in the championship.

Are you getting the theme? NO MATTER WHO DOES WHAT OR WHO LOSES TO WHO, OR WHAT THE RANKINGS ARE, AN SEC TEAM SHOULD AUTOMATICALLY BE INCLUDED IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP.

If the BCS can't get a playoff system, this should be there next goal.