Am I the only one who thinks FSU has a great chance to run the table? I cannot remember a year when FSU has received less hype. After winning as underdogs against Miami (at home) and BC , they look to have their half of the ACC wrapped up, and wins against Florida and the ACC Championship could have them heading to Pasadena.
While FSU is still growing into its young offense, its senior-laden defense is nasty, and will keep them in all games. As the offense catches up during the remainder of the season, they should hit their stride @ mid October (coinciding, as always, with the UVA game) and guarantee themselves a BCS bowl. They have great young talent (Xavier Lee, Fred Rouse, Antone Smith) and the speed and depth necessary to win it all.
As much as I enjoy NCAA football, it is a shame it has become an isolated event, with the joke that was/is the BCS, and now how miserable the polls have become. It has skewed an objective game to complete subjectivity. Case in point, in the current poll:
- Tennessee, losing to 7 Florida, on the road, in a close contest, falls just as far as Notre Dame, who lost at home, to an unranked team.
- Michigan is ranked higher than ND, by whom they were defeated, and Michigan State, who defeated ND.
- Clemson falls out of the polls after losing on 3OT to Miami, while ND only drops 6 spots, after losing to an unranked team.
- Virginia has looked awful in both wins, and currently belongs nowhere near any of the Top 25s.
2 comments:
Assuming you're taking USC playing in the Rose Bowl as a given, just like everyone else in the country; I think the Longhorns would respectfully disagree with your prediction. FSU may be good, but due to the retarded system in place, if Texas and SC both run the table, the games already been locked down.
Although, USC plays five of its next 10 games against teams in the current top 25. They can only keep rolling for so long, you've got to think that train will derail eventually, but who knows when. That would be FSU's only shot to sneak into that game, assuming Texas runs the table and wins the Big 12 against another sub-par North team.
Unfortunately, since there's usualy at least two teams that go undefeated nowadays, the BCS is largely a result of who is ranked highest to start the season. UT and USC being No. 1 & 2 to start basically assured each tema that it was theirs to loose. Given that OU sucks this year, Texas' strength of schedule may be hurt a bit, but probably overcome by A&M and Tech both being ranked teams.
Of course, my prediction is that Texas beats UVA in the Rose bowl and goes on to win ten straight national championships.
Post a Comment