Alabama, Oregon, meet Baylor and Florida State

[donovan]

Hypothetical question.

Since the voters pick the NC and the computers (for this last year) are a rubber stamp....If Bama or Oregon stumble, will the voters send Baylor, FSU, or OSU (providing they don't stumble)??

Discuss...

If Alabama loses one game. They will still go.

If Oregon tOSU or FSU go undefeated Oregon will go.....better revenue match up...playing in Pasadena...

If any of the three loses a game...the undefeated team will go...in this picking order. Oregon tOSU FSU

Baylor will not go. Period. That would be a money loser.

My observation...two best teams in the country that would provide the most entertainment. Oregon and FSU.

Note to Spence....you and one other guy in North Dakota are the only people left in the country that get excited about defense.

Follow the money.

[Spence]

You are probably right. I appreciate offense too, but if you play defense you have less stress. This offense only crap is not for the faint of heart.

[billybud]

Another take on the three...Bama, Oregon, FSU...

The chart at the bottom of the blog was interesting....My take is that human voters have wanted a Albama-Oregon match up since last year...if neither team stumbles, they play.

http://m.espn.go.com/general/blogs/blog ... rc=desktop

[donovan]

I had never heard of Andrea Adelson. Not a big blog reader. HOWEVER, her first paragraph on how she votes is exactly what I think, only she says it succintly in an erudite manner, something that fails me. Do I agreee with rest of her reasoning, not particularly, but I have no problem with her decision, certainly FSU has a great case to be number 1 this week. She seems to vote on this year and this year alone and has some consistent criteria. Kudos to her.

[billybud]

Adelson is an ESPN staffer...she covers conferences....former AP writer, former college football columnist for the Orlando Sentinel.

She covered the Big East/AAC...now covers the ACC.

(And she is Florida grad...we can't believe her column).

[Cane from the Bend]

This system isn't fair to new comers. Baylor has to beat someone big during the CCG and win the bowl game. Then have enough depth to be great next year.

Except the Big Twelve does not have a conference title game anymore.

Adelson is an ESPN staffer...(And she is Florida grad...we can't believe her column).

I cannot argue with this logic . . .

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[RazorHawk]

This system isn't fair to new comers. Baylor has to beat someone big during the CCG and win the bowl game. Then have enough depth to be great next year.

Except the Big Twelve does not have a conference title game anymore.

Not having a conference title game will most times hurt your chances of making the BCS championship game, and I imagine it also will hurt the chances of making the final four in 2014. By not having a conference championship game, the strength of schedule is normally going to suffer.

[Cane from the Bend]

Unless your school name is Oklahoma or Texas.

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[Derek]

Adelson is an ESPN staffer...she covers conferences....former AP writer, former college football columnist for the Orlando Sentinel.

She covered the Big East/AAC...now covers the ACC.

(And she is Florida grad...we can't believe her column).

Florida Grad??

@Biased