Mizzou Loses to the System
Flashback to Saturday morning…
Missouri, at 11-1, is sitting very well at #1 in the country, fresh of beating rival Kansas (previously unbeaten), and one game away from a National Championship game…
Now today… One loss to a BCS-bound Oklahoma team and suddenly they are out millions of dollars, and are headed to the Cotton Bowl. Meanwhile, Kansas does nothing and finds their way into the BCS, along with a 3-loss Illinois.
The Orange Bowl may have their choice as to what team they take (they choose Kansas over Mizzou), but at some point Missouri, #6 in the BCS, had to find their way into one of the big 5, right?
Wrong.As I predicted.
Illinois snuck in to the Rose Bowl to face USC, at #13 with three losses from a weak Big 10. Hawaii (needed OT to surpass the mighty Spartans of San Jose), Georgia (didn’t make it to the SEC Championship game), and of course, Kansas, all found their way into a BCS game.
At the same time, the BCS still believes their system is great. They typically use the idea of “the season is a playoff? in defense to their bowls. However, if this is the case, why isn’t Hawaii playing in the championship? Or even better, how is Kansas and Illinois in a better game than Missouri, even though the Tigers beat both.
Instead, we get to see the slaughtering of Juice and the Illini, Kansas’ extremely unimpressive team, and the Buckeyes get into the championship by not having a conference championship and finishing early.
Predictions, anyone?
Rose – USC, 42 – 21
Sugar – Georgia, 28 – 24
Fiesta – Oklahoma, 45 – 38
Orange – Virginia Tech, 21 – 10
BCS Championship – LSU, 35 - 21
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