National Champs: LSU (The Buckeyes Eat Dirt Again)
Filed in archive College Sports by Greg Cruey on January 08, 2008
Ohio State played well on Monday night. Except for those 31 unanswered points in 28 minutes that they let LSU score, the Buckeyes put on a stellar performance...
I suppose this is likely to be the last post I write for a while about football. Let's recap the season's end...
The Atlantic Coast Conference won 25% of its bowl games. Boston College, once a national title contender, squeaked by Michigan State. Wake Forest beat Connecticut. But the stars of the ACC didn't shine very brightly, as Florida State lost to Kentucky, Clemson lost to Auburn, Virginia lost to Texas Tech, and the mighty Hokies lost to Kansas.
The Big 10 didn't have a very good bowl season, either. Michigan did manage to upset the Florida Gators. But the Big 10 lost two of its three SEC match-ups, with LSU beating the Buckeyes last night and Tennessee getting past Wisconsin on New Year's Day. Penn State beating Texas A&M in the Alamo Bowl was the only other bright spot for the Big 10. Purdue struggled with a lowly MAC team, but won. And the conference lost the annual Rose Bowl match-up with the PAC 10 - Illinois 17, Southern Cal 49. The Big 10 won only 37% of its bowl games.
I suppose this is likely to be the last post I write for a while about football. Let's recap the season's end...
The Atlantic Coast Conference won 25% of its bowl games. Boston College, once a national title contender, squeaked by Michigan State. Wake Forest beat Connecticut. But the stars of the ACC didn't shine very brightly, as Florida State lost to Kentucky, Clemson lost to Auburn, Virginia lost to Texas Tech, and the mighty Hokies lost to Kansas.
The Big 10 didn't have a very good bowl season, either. Michigan did manage to upset the Florida Gators. But the Big 10 lost two of its three SEC match-ups, with LSU beating the Buckeyes last night and Tennessee getting past Wisconsin on New Year's Day. Penn State beating Texas A&M in the Alamo Bowl was the only other bright spot for the Big 10. Purdue struggled with a lowly MAC team, but won. And the conference lost the annual Rose Bowl match-up with the PAC 10 - Illinois 17, Southern Cal 49. The Big 10 won only 37% of its bowl games.
The Big East, the Big 12, and the PAC 10 all won between 60% or so of their bowl games. WVU's win over Oklahoma was a big credibility boost for the Big East. The Kansas win over Virginia Tech may point to the rise of a new Big 12 power house. And USC's dominance of Illinois makes me wonder whether the Trojans wouldn't have been a better match-up for LSU in the national title game.
The story of the season was clearly the SEC. The SEC had 75% of their teams go to bowl games - a higher percentage than any other conference. The SEC won 77% of their games - again, a higher percentage than any other major conference.
Okay, I know someone is going to say, "What about the Mountain West?" Yes, they won 80% of their games. Their big win was conference champ BYU over UCLA, which placed fifth in the PAC-10. The Mountain West is not a major conference...
Is it time for a playoff? I think that's obvious. Of course it is. LSU should have played maybe USC or Kansas for the title. I would have liked to see LSU and Georgia...
The question now is, which SEC team will win the title next year?
The story of the season was clearly the SEC. The SEC had 75% of their teams go to bowl games - a higher percentage than any other conference. The SEC won 77% of their games - again, a higher percentage than any other major conference.
Okay, I know someone is going to say, "What about the Mountain West?" Yes, they won 80% of their games. Their big win was conference champ BYU over UCLA, which placed fifth in the PAC-10. The Mountain West is not a major conference...
Is it time for a playoff? I think that's obvious. Of course it is. LSU should have played maybe USC or Kansas for the title. I would have liked to see LSU and Georgia...
The question now is, which SEC team will win the title next year?
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