With the college football season entering the home stretch, the topic of titles is obviously on everyone’s mind.That’s titles, as in both conference and the big one.
We’ll go in order.
Unless either team falls apart, Alabama will be facing Florida in the SEC Championship game, which will likely remind many people of the conference’s inaugural title game at legion Field in 1992.
“It would be an interesting matchup,” Georgia coach Mark Richt said Wednesday. “Certainly a contrast of styles offensively. One is more predicated on a power running game and play-action and the other is predicated off speed. Defensively, both teams are very fast, very solid in what they do. They play very hard. Both teams’ special teams are outstanding.
“I’d flip a coin on it right now.”
As for the national championship, many high-profile coaches are aligning themselves with the SEC, which actively supports a four-team playoff.
“I haven’t got the slightest idea what the BCS … is it the BCS or the BSC? I don’t know,” Penn State coach Joe Paterno said during a press conference this week. “They are going to do what they are going to do and it won’t make any difference what I say or comment on.”
Southern California’s Pete Carroll took it another step, saying the BCS “stinks” after the Trojans (7-1) dropped from fifth to seventh in the BCS standings after crushing Washington 56-0 for their third shutout in four games.
“What is the criteria of the process?” he asked reporters Tuesday. “Is it to pick the team that has the best season, that has the season that you like the most and feel best about voting for? Or is it the best team at the end of the year, the team that would win a playoff system if you did have it?”
For those who don’t know, here’s a quick look at how the five BCS bowls are aligning, featuring the champions of the ACC, Big East, Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-10 and SEC conferences, along with four other selections, with no conference getting more than two teams.
Unless teams qualify to play in the national championship game, the champions of various conferences are contractually obligated to play in the following games:
Orange Bowl: ACC;
Rose Bowl: Big Ten and Pac-10;
Fiesta Bowl: Big XII;
Sugar Bowl: SEC.
For each bowl that loses a team to the national championship game, they get to select a replacement before the other bowls. The bowl losing the No. 1 team selects first.
Afterward, the bowl played on the date nearest to the national championship game, this year that’s the Fiesta Bowl, has the next selection, followed by the Sugar Bowl and the Orange Bowl.
Unless either team falls apart, Alabama will be facing Florida in the SEC Championship game, which will likely remind many people of the conference’s inaugural title game at legion Field in 1992.
“It would be an interesting matchup,” Georgia coach Mark Richt said Wednesday. “Certainly a contrast of styles offensively. One is more predicated on a power running game and play-action and the other is predicated off speed. Defensively, both teams are very fast, very solid in what they do. They play very hard. Both teams’ special teams are outstanding.
“I’d flip a coin on it right now.”
As for the national championship, many high-profile coaches are aligning themselves with the SEC, which actively supports a four-team playoff.
“I haven’t got the slightest idea what the BCS … is it the BCS or the BSC? I don’t know,” Penn State coach Joe Paterno said during a press conference this week. “They are going to do what they are going to do and it won’t make any difference what I say or comment on.”
Southern California’s Pete Carroll took it another step, saying the BCS “stinks” after the Trojans (7-1) dropped from fifth to seventh in the BCS standings after crushing Washington 56-0 for their third shutout in four games.
“What is the criteria of the process?” he asked reporters Tuesday. “Is it to pick the team that has the best season, that has the season that you like the most and feel best about voting for? Or is it the best team at the end of the year, the team that would win a playoff system if you did have it?”
For those who don’t know, here’s a quick look at how the five BCS bowls are aligning, featuring the champions of the ACC, Big East, Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-10 and SEC conferences, along with four other selections, with no conference getting more than two teams.
Unless teams qualify to play in the national championship game, the champions of various conferences are contractually obligated to play in the following games:
Orange Bowl: ACC;
Rose Bowl: Big Ten and Pac-10;
Fiesta Bowl: Big XII;
Sugar Bowl: SEC.
For each bowl that loses a team to the national championship game, they get to select a replacement before the other bowls. The bowl losing the No. 1 team selects first.
Afterward, the bowl played on the date nearest to the national championship game, this year that’s the Fiesta Bowl, has the next selection, followed by the Sugar Bowl and the Orange Bowl.
By the way, the person who really put the spotlight on the national championship again was none other than Barack Obama, who had a pretty big week.
“I think it is about time that we had playoffs in college football,” Obama said Monday on ESPN. “I’m fed up with these computer rankings and this and that and the other. Get eight teams – the top eight teams right at the end. You got a playoff. Decide on a national champion.”
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