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Official Bowl Selection Day thread: ACC gets two teams in the BCS. Wake to Nashville.

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EDIT: Updated at 5:55pm...


The Cotton Bowl spilled the beans. LSU vs Bama in the BCSCG.




Per twitter...


@ATTCottonBowl


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at least according to BCSGuru.com...






http://bcsguru.blogspot.com/2011/12/no-rematch.html


In a stunning turn of events, Oklahoma State will face LSU in the BCS Championship Game on Jan. 9, not Alabama, as had been widely believed until the wee hours Saturday night.


The final BCS Standings will be close between OSU and Alabama, with the computers locking in the Cowboys at No. 2 and Alabama at No. 3. And then it would be up to the voters to render their final verdict.


More of them will still have Alabama at No. 2, in both the coaches and Harris polls, but OSU's edge in the computers will be enough to overcome the Crimson Tide's advantage in the two human polls.


A few things that happened tonight turned the tide:


* Oklahoma State's impressive victory over Oklahoma was a resounding statement. The Cowboys proved that not only they could score, but they could play sound defense and cause game-changing turnovers.


* Virginia Tech's blowout loss against Clemson removed a direct competitor for the precious No. 2 votes, not to mention the all-important No. 3 votes. Remember, OSU was No. 5 in both polls coming into Saturday night's game.


* CBS's shameless and disingenuous cheerleading for Alabama ultimately will prove to have done more harm to the Tide than help. If CBS had done nothing, it's likely it wouldn't have caused enough voters to have such a revulsion to decline an LSU-Alabama rematch. Whereas Verne Lundquist and Gary Danielson definitely made the difference in Florida's favor in 2006, the opposite must be said in this case.


* Finally, the fact that the only other worthy 1-loss teams: Alabama, Stanford and Boise State all failed to win their respective conferences bolstered OSU's case. Even though the BCS never made that a requirement to reach the title game, many voters would like to consider that a prerequisite.


So that's the shocking conclusion to this strange regular season that really proved that LSU is unquestionably the best team in the land. But because of the system that we have, the Tigers will have to play one more game to make it official. They're probably glad that it won't be the Crimson Tide.


There will be more drama beyond the unveiling of the participants in the BCS title game. My full analysis is here at SB Nation.


Here's the projected final BCS Standings:


1. LSU, 2. Oklahoma State, 3. Alabama, 4. Stanford, 5. Oregon, 6. Boise State, 7. Arkansas, 8. Kansas State, 9. South Carolina, 10. Wisconsin, 11. Baylor, 12. Virginia Tech, 13. Michigan, 14. Houston, 15. Oklahoma, 16. Michigan State, 17. Clemson, 18. TCU, 19. Georgia, 20. Nebraska.


Projected BCS bowl matchups:


BCS Championship: LSU (SEC champion, No. 1) vs. Oklahoma State (Big 12 champion, No. 2)


Rose Bowl: Oregon (Pac-12 champion) vs. Wisconsin (Big Ten champion)


Sugar Bowl: Alabama (at-large) vs. Stanford (at-large)


Fiesta Bowl: Kansas State (at-large) vs. Michigan (at-large)


Orange Bowl: Clemson (ACC champion) vs. West Virginia (Big East champion)
 
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Well he was already wrong about the computers locking OSU in at #2.
 
Yeah...

Also...Bill Cole of the Winston-Salem Journal was one of two people in the media to vote Okie State #4 and Stanford #3. In a race that will be exceptionally close, he could be a huge reason why the Cowpokes get left out.
 
here's hoping that the turkeys get that at-large instead of k-st
 
He's full of shit and just guessing unless he's seen the Harris Poll results which I doubt he has.
 
that article was dated from yesterday
 
Yeah...

Also...Bill Cole of the Winston-Salem Journal was one of two people in the media to vote Okie State #4 and Stanford #3. In a race that will be exceptionally close, he could be a huge reason why the Cowpokes get left out.

Bill Cole is a fucking idiot.
 
Well he thought Wolfe was going to go for OSU, which would have been huge. It isn't public yet but it has been leaked Wolfe is for Bama... which now probably puts OSU at an insurmountable Harris deficit.
 
Danny Sheridan is citing two "in-the-know" sources that say it is definitely LSU-Alabama in the championship.

One of those sources is Cam Newton's bag man.
 
The computer polls are out?

Not all of them, but OSU doesn't need it to be unanimous. They need to be ahead in 5 of the 6 polls since the worst one is dropped.
 
Without Wolfe for Alabama (since Sagarin has Bama 2 still), OK State needed to be with 53 points in the Harris Poll, which would be really close.

With Wolfe for Alabama, OK State needs to be 5+ points ahead of Alabama in the Harris Poll. Considering the ways in which the AP and Coaches poll broke still pretty significantly for Alabama, unless the Wolfe leak is wrong, its hard to see OK State passing Bama I think.
 
Sheridan saying VT instead of K-State in the Sugar vs Michigan fwiw again citing his "very high up the food chain" sources.
 
Sheridan saying VT instead of K-State in the Sugar vs Michigan fwiw again citing his "very high up the food chain" sources.

Wouldn't this bump Wake out of Shreveport?

Please please please.
 
Wouldn't this bump Wake out of Shreveport?

Please please please.

I suppose it would. Nashville here we come!

On the flip side, if OSU is the other team then the Fiesta would be much more likely to take K-State over VT. I now want a rematch.

OSU had a terrible loss and Bama deserves another shot without a doubt. ;)
 
Sheridan saying VT instead of K-State in the Sugar vs Michigan fwiw again citing his "very high up the food chain" sources.

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I suppose it would. Nashville here we come!

On the flip side, if OSU is the other team then the Fiesta would be much more likely to take K-State over VT. I now want a rematch.

OSU had a terrible loss and Bama deserves another shot without a doubt. ;)

I knew you'd all come around. :)
 
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