Mark Richt is bitter that Georgia was bypassed by LSU for the National Championship game. Oh well, maybe you shouldn’t have gotten stomped by Tennessee. While we’re on Georgia, however, I believe the bowl committee missed a prime opportunity by not putting Georgia in the Rose Bowl against USC. Those might be the two best teams in the country right now, and it would have been a great game. Illinois – USC is good, but USC – Georgia would have been great. Besides, who on the planet wouldn’t have loved to see Ron Zook and Illinois vs. Florida? All I can say is, in my humble opinion, the bowl committe has blown it — once again.
As for the National Championship game, they at least got it as right as they could. If not LSU – OSU then who else? Maybe VT, but then LSU waxed VT earlier in the season. My only real problem with the selection is OSU’s schedule, which was weak this year. LSU losses both came against teams with Heisman Trophy contenders on them and both games lasted three overtimes apiece. In my opinion, LSU had to be there. For the other team, they would have been safe pulling from a pool of four other teams: VT, Oklahoma, USC or Georgia. (Georgia – LSU would have been very interesting…)
This year, I believe LSU has shown that they are the best team in the country, the next five teams are just that–the next best five teams in the nation. The only reason you can take OSU above the others is because they only have one loss, even though their schedule was weak. So anyway, I’m fine with the choice of LSU – OSU. Everyone else get ready to fight it out for second place, because whichever team loses in the championship game and either Georgia, USC or Oklahoma win, they’ll skip over the losers into second place. The loser of the NC game could actually drop all the way to number five.
Other bowls of interest:
- Utah vs. Navy | Go Navy!!
- Nevada vs. New Mexico | This is only interesting to me because it’s the Wolfpack vs. the Lobos.
- Arizona St. vs. Texas | Could be a good game.
- Maryland vs. Oregon St | Go Beavers!
- UCF vs. Mississippi State | MSU finally goes bowling again. I’m very happy for Sly Croom.
- Alabama vs. Colorado | Roll Tide. I love this matchup.
- Texas Tech vs. Virginia | Could be a fun game.
- All the BCS bowls look to be fun to watch.
Happy bowling!
