1 LSU and 2 Alabama Are On The Big Stage Saturday Night

This Saturday night the BCS number one and two teams will be battling to see, which team has the inside track to the BCS national championship game.

The LSU Tigers are traveling to Bryant-Denny stadium to face the number two team in the nation, Alabama Crimson Tide. This game should be the game of the year.

If you think about it, it really is an elimination game for both teams.

The loser of Saturday nights game, could be eliminated to play in the SEC championship game and BCS national championship game.

The winner of Saturday nights game will have the inside track to play in the SEC championship game and BCS national championship game in New Orleans, LA on January 9, 2012.

Both LSU and Alabama have extremely good defensive units, that can control their opponents offensive units.

LSU and Alabama have two of the best defensive units in the country.

Which teams defensive unit will over power the others offensive unit?

On the offensive side of the ball, both teams like to dictate the run, then utilize their passing game. Since both LSU and Alabama run the same style of offense, the game should come down to which defensive unit controls the other teams offense.

Which teams offensive unit, will make the bigger plays?

To sum it all up both LSU and Alabama are evenly matched.

The winner of Saturday nights game will be the one that executes better on the offensive side of the ball.

However, when you expect a defensive battle, so often it becomes an offensive game.

My gut feeling though, this game will come down to which offensive team makes the bigger plays, in a low scoring affair.

My Prediction:

Alabama 24 LSU 20

Should There Be A Playoff In Division I College Football?

In recent years we've heard talks about division 1 college football having a playoff system. The reason talks have come up to have a playoff system. Smaller division 1 college football schools, such as Boise State and TCU were being left out of the equation to play for a national championship game.

Ever since the BCS (Bowl Championship Series) has been in existence, there has been controversy on who should play for the BCS national championship. There could be four teams that had the same right to play in the BCS national championship game, someone had to be left out.

In 2006 Boise State went 13-0 and was left out of the BCS national championship game. The BCS system is based on style points on how bad a team beats their opponent and strength of schedule. Boise State being in a smaller division 1 conference, keeps them out of the BCS national championship picture. They don't have the same strength of schedule, as the bigger division 1 schools.

Is that their fault?

They play their schedule, and they won the games on the field.

In 2006 Boise State went to the Tostito Fiesta Bowl, which is a BCS bowl game. They played one of the biggest names in college football, the Oklahoma Sooners. The smaller division 1 school Boise State, who had a lesser strength of schedule, than Oklahoma.

"Everybody, thought that by Boise State playing Oklahoma in a BCS bowl game, would stop the talk about a small division 1 school playing for a national championship."

Everybody figured Oklahoma would have no problem with the small school represenative, Boise State.

Well, everybody accept Boise State!

Not only did Boise State match-up with the Sooners, they beat them in over-time 43-42. With Boise State beating the bigger school Oklahoma, who plays in the Big-12 conference. Only compiled even more problems for the BCS system.

"The Big-12 conference is one of the toughest football conferences in college football."

Not only was Boise State in the mix for a BCS national championship bid, in 2006. Boise States football program is in the hunt for a BCS bowl game almost every season.

The Broncos went to the Tostito Fiesta Bowl in 2009 against TCU. Boise State won that game 17-10. Yes, Boise State played TCU, who also is a smaller division 1 school. However, TCU's football program has become one of the top football programs in the nation.

"TCU's football program has become one of the top programs in college football, they are going to be a part of the Big-12 conference in 2012."

As we've seen this last Saturday, after the first weeks BCS standings has come out. The top four spots have changed dramatically.

Did you really think the first weeks standings would hold up?

The Texas Tech Red Raiders went into Norman, OK and defeated number three Oklahoma Sooners 41-38. Most experts felt that the Oklahoma Sooners, was the best team in the nation.

Number sixteen Michigan St upset number six Wisconsin 37-31. Many experts felt like Wisconsin was the most dominant team in the Big-10.

You see where i'm coming from, upsets can happen on any given Saturday. All national championships need to be settled on the football field, not by a group of people running a point system and comparing strength of schedules.

"If division 2 schools can figure out away to have a football playoff, you would think the biggest division of college football could as well."

The greatest thing about college basketball is allowing the smaller division 1 schools to have a chance to compete for a basketball national championship. Allowing the smaller division 1 schools to compete for a basketball national championship, has made those schools be recognized in that particular sport."

If you really think about it nobody had ever heard much about UCLA, until they won all those national championships in basketball. Now they are heard about all over the country. That put that school on the map in sports. The Bruins athletic program combined men and women, has won over one-hundred national championships.

The most national championships in college sports.

You don't know what it can do for the smaller division 1 athletic programs.


Yes the smaller schools in basketball have to win their conference, but it gives the smaller schools a reason to play on the division 1 level.

"Yes there needs to be a football playoff system, to crown a true national champion."

I think you would need to get at least the top eight teams in the country, maybe even ten or twelve. Let those top teams in the country, battle for the national championship.

The division 1 is all about making revenue.

The playoff system in college football, would make them even more revenue.

Most experts may have felt that Oklahoma was the best team in the nation, they just might be. However, upsets happen and not every team is always at it's best every single Saturday. Just like any other college sport, play the season to have a chance to make the playoffs.

Then lets see, who the true national champion is.

Why do you think you have playoffs?

Week 2 BCS Standings:

LSU
Alabama
Oklahoma State
Boise State
Clemson

The game in two weeks between the LSU Tigers and Alabama Crimson Tide, could determine who will be the first team in the BCS national championship game.

This game will have all college football fans tuned in on CBS. The winner of this game should be determined, by which defense steps up. Both LSU and Alabama have superb defensive units.

Which team will have just enogh offense, to squeak by the others defense?

AP Poll-Top 5:

LSU
Alabama
Oklahoma State
Stanford
Boise State

How many of you would like a playoff system in division 1 college football?

SEC and Big-12 Hold Top Spots In BCS Standings

The college football season has been going on for seven weeks. The first BCS standings are out and LSU, Alabama, Oklahoma, and Oklahoma State hold the top four spots.

The LSU Tigers hold the top spot in the BCS standings, also in the AP and Harris polls. LSU is second in the USA Today poll, behind Oklahoma. Alabama holds the second spot in the BCS standings, also in the AP and Harris polls. Alabama is third in the USA Today poll behind Oklahoma and LSU. Oklahoma is third in the BCS standings, also third in the AP and Harris polls, but are in first in the USA Today poll. Oklahoma State is holding down the fourth spot in the BCS standings, however they are sixth in the AP, Harris, and USA Today polls.

The SEC and Big-12 conferences hold the top four spots in the first week of the BCS standings:

LSU holds the top spot with an average of .9522, Alabama with a .9519 average, Oklahoma with a .9301 average, and Oklahoma State with a .8568 average. LSU and Alabama are two of the top spots in the BCS standings out of the Southeastern conference. The Southeastern conference is considered the toughest conference in all of college football. Oklahoma has a decent margin over their interstate rival Oklahoma State.

This is the first time that two teams from two different conferences held down the top four spots in the BCS standings, since 2000. When the Big-12 had Nebraska and Oklahoma, and Virginia Tech and Miam, who represented the Big East conference
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Other Top 10 Teams In BCS Standings:

(5) Boise State, (6) Wisconsin, (7) Clemson, (8) Stanford, (9) Arkansas, and (10) Oregon, to round out the top ten, in this weeks BCS standings.

Boise State, Wisconsin, Clemson, and Stanford all remain undefeated, while  Arkansas and Oregon both have one loss and are 5-1. There are two other major college teams that remain undefeated that are not in the BCS top ten standings, Kansas State (11) and Houston (19). Kansas State and Houston are both 6-0.

The four top schools that are on top of the BCS standings are both from the SEC and Big-12 conferences. The BCS is creating a playoff atmosphere with all four teams having to face each other in their respective conferences. Two teams will lose their games against their conference opponent.

What will happen when those two teams lose?

After seven weeks of the college football season, there are six major college teams that remain undefeated. Four of those teams are in the top eight of the BCS standings, the other two teams are eleventh and nineteenth.  The fact of the matter is all of the undefeated teams that could remain, has just as good a chance to play for a national championship than anybody.

Key Games Below:

(1) LSU vs (2) Alabama, in Tuscaloosa, AL on Nov. 3

(3) Oklahoma vs (4) Oklahoma State, in Stillwater, OK on Dec. 3

This is only the first week for BCS standings, there is a lot of football left to play. What we see this week and the weeks to come, could change drastically. After all this is college football, upsets frequently happen when conference foes face one another.

"That's why all college football fans tune in every Saturday, to see how the top teams are doing."

Conference Championships:

The SEC has a conference championship game, where as the Big-12 conference will not have a conference championship game this year, Colorado and Nebraska both moved to different conferences for the 2011 season.

What College Football Coaches Are Saying:

Most of the college coaches that are in the running say, there is a lot of football to be played. All of the polls do not matter right now. All we can do is focus on winning football games, week to week. Perform the best we can on the field, then hope our performances allows us to get to the national championship game.

What College Football Fans Have To Look Forward To:

Half of the college football season is over and every college football fan thrives for this time of the year. All college fans will be keeping their eye on the match-up on Nov 3 LSU vs Alabama and Dec 3 Oklahoma vs Oklahoma State. These key games could be big in determining who will be in the Jan 9 national championship game.

As we've seen through out the years in college football, upsets after upsets have occured. With those upsets happening, the BCS standings have been so messed up. It went down to the very last week of the season and conference championships to determine, who was going to the national championship game.

No matter what the AP, USA Today Coaches, and Harris poll says, the BCS standings is the one that determines the two teams to play in the national championship game. With small schools being left out of the BCS championship game in recent years, that has caused a lot of controversey. With all the controversey hanging over the BCS commitee, everybody is talking about having a division 1 playoff to determine the national champion.

"Well, if everything holds up the way the BCS standings are now? This is drawing a playoff atmosphere."