I had a post mostly written last night wondering about USC’s leap over Michigan in the AP (and subsequently the BCS) poll this week, based on a win over a Notre Dame team that wasn’t as impressive in many ways as the way Michigan deflowered the Irish in South Bend in September. Then I realized that if you wipe the respective ND games off the board as a push, USC may have a slightly more impressive schedule (though a far less “impressive” loss, I’d say) thanks to the Big Ten going down like a French whore after the top two teams. <\/p>\n
That said, I’d be really curious to know if voters that flipped USC above Michigan this week are really voting for who they believe is the #2 team in the country, or are they voting strictly to avoid an OSU-Michigan rematch?<\/p>\n
Oh yeah, and I’m also completely convinced that Florida needs to shut the hell up. If you put a I-AA team on your schedule in late November, you lose all right to complain. Hell, throw a MAC team or a Sun Belt team on there. Even C-USA would do. Take a bye week. Playing W. Carolina at that time doesn’t sit well with me, and neither does a number of close wins. I’m not of the camp that thinks winning by 50 is a necessity, but putting teams away early certainly earns you points when a spot in the BCS title game is up for grabs. <\/p>\n
(UPDATE: As expected, Brian does a much better job<\/a> of laying it out, and I think he comes to a similar conclusion. Also, the comments section is full of some goodness, too.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I had a post mostly written last night wondering about USC’s leap over Michigan in the AP (and subsequently the BCS) poll this week, based on a win over a Notre Dame team that wasn’t as impressive in many ways as the way Michigan deflowered the Irish in South Bend in September. Then I realized … Continue reading Upon further review…<\/span>