Big 12 in drivers seat
With 3 teams vying for one of the two slots in New Orleans to decide the NCAA National Football Champion, the Big-12 conference is in an ideal position. It is surprising considering where they conference ranked going into the season, but we all now know the pre-season polls are for the birds, especially of the jay hawk variety. With Arizona’s upset of number 2 Oregon last nite, the field seem to have been narrowed to 5 teams, LSU, Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma and Ohio State. Hawaii and Kansas are the only two able to end the season with an unblemished record and the Rainbow State crowd will have to be content with a BCS game outside the Big Easy.
That leaves the lowly Big-12 and Big Ten looking at a possible pairing in the title game should the Tigers of LSU fall in one of the next three games. An unlikely scenario, but this is an unlikely year. I picked LSU and Oklahoma earlier this season and that seems to be as good a guess as any right now. Oklahoma would be aided by beating and undefeated team in the conference final and does not want a rematch with Missouri, so they will be pulling for the Jayhawks to win two more before coming down from the clouds. If that occurs and Texas and Missouri end with 10 wins, the computers will favor the Sooners and I suspect the human element will also.
In any event, all five need to watch their backs. Is an upset awaiting LSU in Oxford??
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