Dichotomy...

With Miami's loss at the hands of the Yellow Jackets, and with USC n the ropes at home against Fresno State, things are looking rosier for the Nittany Lions. They're currently 4th in the BCS. Miami was 3, but will drop. Texas's remaining game and Big XII championship will likely push their computer rankings up (assuming they win). Penn State is currently ranked 3rd in the computer portion of the BCS and will definitely pass USC if the Trojans lose tonight. I find it difficult to believe that any other team could catch them. True, VT has a shot, but they need to beat UNC and FSU, which won't help them much with the computers. LSU would need to beat Arkansas and UGA which also won't give them much of a boost, but probably more than VT. Because of this, the votes would probably fall out evenly among those two, USC, and Penn State. Since USC would have lost near the end of the season, people will count it more against them, even though they lost to a hot team and LSU lost to a terrible not-even-bowl-elligible Tennesee team and VT got reamed by Miami. Whatever. In my (admitedly gross) estimations, a USC loss tonight means Penn State should be in the Rose Bowl. Here's hoping!

Posted by Rev. Adam on Sunday, November 20, 2005 at 12:17 AM | Permalink