It Could Happen

Rematches conveniently start with an "r" just like the word revenge. Most rematches are won by the team or individually who lost first. Mark my words there will be a rematch for this year's national championship game. Between whom you may ask? Keep reading kind sir/fine lady.

The BCS standings came out this past Sunday. The top 5 reads as follows: Texas, Alabama, Penn State, Oklahoma and USC. Now we all know that college football is about as stable as Britney Spears in 2007. You know their are going to be upsets that you would never imagine. The Longhorns have been battle tested and I do not see them losing again. OSU, who is ranked 6th in the BCS and plays the Longhorns this weekend will be exposed by the Longhorns. Texas Tech plays Texas in two weeks and doesn't have enough athletes to keep up nor do the Kansas Jayhawks who play the Longhorns in a month. Also, don't look for the Horns to let up in the Big 12 Championship game either.

Alabama still has to play LSU. If you know anything about college football that is that you do not bet against Les Miles. Before coming to LSU, Miles' OSU Cowboys used to give Bob Stoops' OU Sooners fits with far lesser talented athletes. You give me a Les Miles coached team with LSU athletes and I'm taking Les over Alabama head coach, Nick Saban, any day.

Penn State has to play Ohio State this week. Penn State has quality wins over Wisconsin and Illinois but it is safe to say the Big 10 isn't what it used to be. Terrell Pryor, OSU starting QB, is an emerging star. Beanie Wells is quietly having a great year as well. The defense is still the staple of this team. Penn State's starting QB Daryll Clark is in his first year as the starting QB and will not be ready for the pressure he is about to face in the Horseshoe this weekend.

Oklahoma has had their wake-up call from the Longhorns. The Sooners next big contests are from the OSU Cowboys and Texas Tech Red Raiders. Texas gave future OU opponents the blue print to defeat the Sooners, which is to hold the ball and hit the middle of the zone pass defense. OU has addressed that problem with SS Nic Harris moving to middle linebacker with the injury to former starter Ryan Reynolds. Harris hits like a linebacker and covers like a safety. The Sooners will defeat the Cowboys and Red Raiders and finish thier regular season with one blemish on their schedule.

USC will close out the seaason with one loss as well, but a weak Pac-10 conference as well as a BCS back breaking loss to a struggling Oregon State team will not help the Trojans jump anyone in the BCS rankings.

Hmm...so what happens when the 2nd and 3rd ranked teams lose? The 4th team naturally moves up to the number 2 spot, they play the number 1 team for the national title. The number 4 team in the BCS just happens to be the OU Sooners.

Florida and Florida State played a rematch game for the national title in 1996. In 2006, people argued that Ohio State vs Michigan should have a rematch for the BCS title. That never happened and Ohio State was exposed by a much more skilled Florida Gator team. The reason the Big Ten rematch didn't happen was not because they did not want two Big 10 teams playing for the title, it was because Michigan lost late in the year and Florida, another one loss team, lost early in the year. The BCS doesn't care if teams are from the same conference, it fact it loves it. BSC lives for controversy and two teams from the same conference is enough to make the system stay in tact. One more rebuttal in case someone wants to bring up the fact that OU shouldn't be allowed to play in the national championship because they will not win their conference title. That didn't matter in 2003 when OU lost its conference title to the Kansas State Wildcats, yet still played LSU in the Sugar Bowl for the BCS Championship.

Don't argue with me people, nod your heads and pat me on the back for my Nastradamus like insight. OU vs Texas all over again, this time for all the marbles in Dade County baby!