Published November 27, 2011 - 8:36am
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Alabama dominated Auburn. Trent Richardson furthered his Heisman campaign. The Alabama defense suffocated Gus Malzahn’s offense. The calls for the rematch are everywhere. LSU dominating Arkansas arguably helps Alabama’s cause even more because the 9-6 overtime loss to LSU looks more impressive with LSU remaining undefeated.
The problem is Oklahoma State can jump Alabama in the BCS and get into the BCS Championship Game.
Next week, Alabama won’t be playing since LSU won the division and will play in the SEC Championship. However, Oklahoma State will be playing Oklahoma in a #4 vs #9 matchup. Oklahoma State already leads Alabama in the computer rankings, but Alabama is ahead of Ok State in the human polls.
Unfortunately, human polls are swayed by the “out of sight, out of mind” factor more than computer rankings, so an impressive victory over Oklahoma could easily jump Oklahoma State over Alabama. Plus, you have a percentage of the voters who want to avoid either an all-SEC BCS Championship, a rematch of the 9-6 Alabama-LSU game or both.
Alabama needs Oklahoma State to lose next week. If that happens, Alabama will get in.
Back to the Auburn game… Trent Richardson did his thing again rushing for over 200 yards. But is it enough to win the Heisman? Recent years have shown the Heisman voting system become a highly regional popularity contest so it’s likely Richardson dominates the southeast vote, but doesn’t dominate other regions like the west coast (Andrew Luck). Regardless, he’s an unreal athlete. See video below:
Trent is a great RB ! But the fact that it took two weeks just to catch Marcus Lattimore and he still hasn’t caught some of his stats from this season such as TD’s scored! Richardson still only has 6 TD’s if i’m not mistaken. I know injuries are an ugly part of the sport I love. I just feel had Lattimore not torn his ACL the Gamecocks (may) have beaten ARK be in the top 5 of the BCS ,headed to the SEC championship with the leading heisman candidate. Of course , this is just one mans opinion. But I do wish the media would give Lattimore some attention. But I also believe next year Lattimore will earn it as he turns more heads! He was far above the leader prior to his injury! And after losing our star players in various ways we are still 10-2 &were ranked ahead of UGA prior to saturdays games. Carolina beat a 16th ranked opponent and should rightfully be ranked in the BCS at #10 or better! IMO
as of the day you wrote this trent has 23 tds
ummmmm excuse me trent has 32 rushing TDs and 6 receiving TDs in his career. Get your facts straight
Trent has 20 rushing and 3 receiving TDs for 2011 and 32 rushing 5 receiving and 1 kick return TDs over his career…. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trent_Richardson#2011
I am on a smartphone and can’t proofread so I will try to correct any mistakes I see without making more,LOL. #1 I see is Trent catching Lattimore’s STATS. That was my intent. I do believe Lattimore has at least ten to twelve b4 his injury in week 6 & 1/2
I agree with you, however we had Lattimore when we lost to AU and if he is hurt and not playing there is no reason to write about him. Next year he will bring the Heisman home to us.
As much as I want the Heisman to stay in the SEC I think Andrew Luck is probably most deserving. Without him on the Standford team they would be lucky to even make it to a bowl game this year. It’s like Peyton Manning is for the Colts. He will probably be the first play to ever receive NFL’s MVP while being on the IR list. hahaha.
Lattimore is a great back. However, I felt like Spurrier ran him like a damn horse this year and although the play he was injured on wasn’t a direct play involving his injury but it seemed like a matter of time until it happened.
The flip side to the question is should LSU have to beat Alabama twice to win a national title?
If there is a rematch it will mean that LSU will have to play the SEC East champ in the SEC title game and then beat Alabama a second time to claim a national title. BUT Bama will watch the SEC title game from home and only has to beat LSU ONCE to win the title. Is that fair to LSU? LSU has already proven they are the better team.
Bama had their shot. You don’t get a mulligan because your kicker sucks.
If you don’t win your conference (or even make it to the conference championship game) do you deserve to play in the national title game?
Do I understand why Alabama fans want a rematch? Sure. Do I think they are the only other team in the country that can hang with LSU? Yes. Do I think LSU will wipe the floor with anyone from any other conference? Absolutely. But asking LSU to beat Bama twice is not fair to LSU. Bama will only need one win over LSU to claim the title. If LSU had lost I would say the same thing. Tough. You had your shot. All rematches will be held in the Fall of 2012.
Exactly what are you saying, the team that should really be #1 is Bama, we had better stats we lost the game for ourself, besides all three of LSU’s championships they have been a one loss team.
Who wouldnt want to see the top two teams in the nation because i want a close game for the championship but hey what do i know i only think like a person instead of someone against a team going for the championship because i dont like them so think carefully when you post about these kinds of things.
Sincerely, Zack Brunner
Bama should be #1? Hmmm
I don’t really care if it is Bama or LSU that wins the next BCS title. Bringing 3 straight BCS titles back to the state of Alabama would be pretty cool and pretty damn amazing. A team from the SEC West is going to bring the 3rd BCS title home in 3 years.
My point is Bama had their shot. They should have made the most of it. That was not a warm up game for later. That was not practice. That was Bama’s shot to take down #1. If Bama had beaten LSU and LSU was looking for a rematch I would say the same thing. LSU will win the SEC title and will have earned the right to represent the SEC in BCS title game. Alabama will not have even made it to Atlanta, so NO they should not be in the BCS title game. You should not play for a National Title if you can’t even win your own Frigg’n conference.
This is exactly why the BCS is so screwed up. We have a situation where is is possible for UGA to beat LSU and have both LSU and bama play for the national title. 2 teams that did not even win their own conference could be playing for the national title. That is screwed up.
I look at it like this: beating bama in Tuscaloosa on November 5th (and yes we BEAT bama, we weren’t given anything) afforded us the opportunity to play for the SEC Championship. Beating them a second time will afford us a national title. And for u bama peeps, if you honestly think you dominated us, I challenge you to find a single stat that spouts domination. The game was about as evenly played as one can be. Problem is, we’ve played better than we did in Tuscaloosa. So if y’all think you’re gonna get an opportunity to walk into new Orleans (aka OUR back yard) and get your vengeance, think again. We beat y’all in your house, well beat y’all in ours. Geaux tigers.
“LOOK A HERE” NO MATTER WHAT CONFERENCE, NO MATTER WHO PLAYS AT THE END THE 2 BEST TEAMS SHOULDBE PLAYING IN THE NATIONAL CONFERENCE. IF YOU SAY ITS NOT FAIR TO LSU ITS A REASON WHY LSU IS NUMBER ONE, SO IF YOU HAVE TO PLAY ANOTHER TEAM TWICE FOR EVERYTHING SO BE IT YOUR THE BEST COLEGE TEAM THEN YOU WILL BE FAR FROM OK. THOSE WHO SAY ALABAMA DONT DESERVE IT ARE PRETTY MUCH WRONG. ALABAMA PLAYED THERE SCHDULE AND HAVE A L HANGING ABOVE THEM FROM AN OVERTIME FIELD GOAL. THE FACT THAT YES BOTH ARE IN THE SAME CONFERENCE/DIVISION AND IF YOU PLAY IN A HARSH CONFERENCE LIKE THE SEC WITH POWERFUL DEFENSES AND AMAZING TALENT AND CAN MANAGE A SEASON LIKE BAMA OR THE TIGERS WHAT ARE YOU F<*@ING COMPLAINING ABOUT.. SUCK THAT SHIT UP AND DEAL WITH WHATEVER COMES. AND IM NOT A FAN OF EITHER TEAM. IM A GEORGIA FAN, BUT THE TRUTH IS THE TRUTH SO SHUT UP, SUCK IT UP AND WATCH THE REMAINING GAMES INCLUDING BOWL GAMES.
Calm down with the caps lock man!
But yeah, best 2 teams should go to the National Championship game regardless.
“Anyone who doesn’t win their conference has no business playing in the national championship game.” -Nick Saban
Short and sweet. Bama lost to LSU. Therefor they lost their shot at the National Championship. If we send them both to the BCS NC anyway then that game had no purpose.
However, that was NOT a conference game, it was regular season.
Uh, I don’t know what you’re trying to say, but LSU is in the same conference as Alabama (SEC West). LSU has the best record in the SEC West. Therefore they’ll play in the SEC Championship, and most likely win and play in the BCS Championship. There is no way that it would be fair that Alabama, who lost to LSU and will not play in the SEC Championship, should play in the BCS Championship. I know everyone loves the AP Polls and say that Alabama has the best stats in college football, but the truth is the teams with the best stats don’t always get to be national champs. They lost, fair and square, they’re a great team but it’s not their year. LSU will play Oklahoma State in the BCS most likely and I’ll go for LSU all the way repping the SEC.
Oklahoma didn’t win their conference in 03 they lost to Kansas St. But still got to play in the NT against LSU!! Which they lost!! Fair is fair!! The two best teams should play!!! People forget about other conferences when it comes to the sec!! We’re hated on so bad!! Ima an Alabama fan to the core but if Auburn was in the same situation I would be pleading their case!! If Ur from the south u shouldn’t have a problem with it!! My opinion!! Roll Tide!!
Calm down there chief… Truth is that the only way we’re going to see a fair system develop to determine a National Champion is if we stick to the BCS Championship being limited to conference winners. I would love to see an NFL style playoff system develop over the next few years with four super-conferences, and the only starting point is to, like I said, limit who’s eligible for the Championship.
I want a rematch. I want this to be the year we beat Alabama and the great Nick Saban twice and left them with nothing but shoulda coulda woulda. Fair, not fair, who cares. Alabama is the only team who can hang, let’s make it interesting. Everyone country wide had Alabama beating us on November 5th and well, we all
Know how that ended. This time it’s for a national championship and it is in our back yard. Alabama dust see our best then but they will see it on January 9th. Geaux tigers.