KingDavid
10/26/2008, 03:19 PM
Aside from the obvious - we must win all of our remaining games - here's what we need to have happen, IMO. There are two scenarios, both of which require Penn State to lose at least one game.
In Scenario One, we would rematch against Texas in the Orange Bowl. For this to work, we need three results to play out.
Penn State must lose.
The SEC champion must have two losses. There are a variety of ways this could happen, but the simplest is that the winner of Georgia-Florida must lose one other game prior to defeating their opponent in the SEC championship.
The voters in the Harris and Coach's polls must avoid a complete scandal of epic proportions that would cause President Boren and Coach Stoops to take up arms against the entire non-Sooner world.
Possible Objections to Scenario One:
Objection #1. What about USC, you say? That's part of the reason why I put in the "avoid a scandal" caveat. To put USC in the title game, the voter's would have to venture into a coordinated effort of unprecedented proportions - far, far worse than what happened last year to Geogia. It's the computers that make the difference here. Because USC will likely be ranked towards the bottom of the computer's top 10, while OU would be a strong #2, this means that the human voters in the final polls would not only need to SWAP OU and USC in the final rankings (which would be scandalous enough given that OU would have finished off it's season with two straight victories over top 15 teams, possibly even two top 10 teams); but the might even need to drop OU down two spots to #4. Can you imagine dropping a team two slots who'd just pulled off two huge wins, one on the opponent's home field? That would be a scandal of almost epic proportions given that will likely have finished off our season with two victories against top 10 opponents. It just couldn't happen. Not in America. If it were to happen, I'll pack up my belongings and move to Canada.
Objection #2. What about a two loss Champion from the SEC, you say? Again, it's the computers that will save us, here. A two loss SEC champion would be buried even further in the computer rankings than a one loss USC.
Objection #3. What about a one loss Penn State? Only the most foolish would make this argument. Come now. There's no way a team from the weak-*** Big X slips by us, especially with a late season loss to a low or unranked team.
In Scenario Two, we meet up with Alabama in the Championship. And in this scenario, we only need two things to happen, IMO:
Again, Penn State must lose; and
Texas must lose the Big XII Championship.
Comments. For the same reasons stated above, I do not believe USC would be able to jump past us in the final polls. And they'd have far less incentive to do so because they wouldn't feel compelled to vote against an All Big XII rematch.
There you have it. That's my take (for now)!:D
In Scenario One, we would rematch against Texas in the Orange Bowl. For this to work, we need three results to play out.
Penn State must lose.
The SEC champion must have two losses. There are a variety of ways this could happen, but the simplest is that the winner of Georgia-Florida must lose one other game prior to defeating their opponent in the SEC championship.
The voters in the Harris and Coach's polls must avoid a complete scandal of epic proportions that would cause President Boren and Coach Stoops to take up arms against the entire non-Sooner world.
Possible Objections to Scenario One:
Objection #1. What about USC, you say? That's part of the reason why I put in the "avoid a scandal" caveat. To put USC in the title game, the voter's would have to venture into a coordinated effort of unprecedented proportions - far, far worse than what happened last year to Geogia. It's the computers that make the difference here. Because USC will likely be ranked towards the bottom of the computer's top 10, while OU would be a strong #2, this means that the human voters in the final polls would not only need to SWAP OU and USC in the final rankings (which would be scandalous enough given that OU would have finished off it's season with two straight victories over top 15 teams, possibly even two top 10 teams); but the might even need to drop OU down two spots to #4. Can you imagine dropping a team two slots who'd just pulled off two huge wins, one on the opponent's home field? That would be a scandal of almost epic proportions given that will likely have finished off our season with two victories against top 10 opponents. It just couldn't happen. Not in America. If it were to happen, I'll pack up my belongings and move to Canada.
Objection #2. What about a two loss Champion from the SEC, you say? Again, it's the computers that will save us, here. A two loss SEC champion would be buried even further in the computer rankings than a one loss USC.
Objection #3. What about a one loss Penn State? Only the most foolish would make this argument. Come now. There's no way a team from the weak-*** Big X slips by us, especially with a late season loss to a low or unranked team.
In Scenario Two, we meet up with Alabama in the Championship. And in this scenario, we only need two things to happen, IMO:
Again, Penn State must lose; and
Texas must lose the Big XII Championship.
Comments. For the same reasons stated above, I do not believe USC would be able to jump past us in the final polls. And they'd have far less incentive to do so because they wouldn't feel compelled to vote against an All Big XII rematch.
There you have it. That's my take (for now)!:D