Never say never — Justin Bieber taught me that.
Maybe J-Biebs needs to give some advice to those sitting outside the BCS top two, because the race for the national championship is far from over.
I was easily the grumpiest person on campus Monday morning. You would have been too if the first thing that came to your mind upon waking up was Notre Dame being No. 1 in the BCS standings.
Someone check on Lou Holtz to make sure he hasn’t keeled over in excitement.
The BCS has once again been turned on its head, and I love it.
Alabama losing to Texas A&M is so two Saturdays ago. No. 1 Kansas State took a thumping from Baylor 52-24 on the road and No. 2 Oregon lost to Stanford 17-14 after a controversial touchdown call sent the game into overtime.
And now here we are: two weeks of regular season football left with one unbeaten team remaining at the top.
Like last season, No. 2 Alabama found the perfect week to lose and now is right back in the national championship picture.
But don’t think for a second Notre Dame and Alabama meeting up in the BCS Championship Game in Miami, Fla. is a done deal.
Two BCS standings ago, everyone was convinced Alabama and Oregon couldn’t be touched and would waltz to the national title game. Whoops.
Fans don’t realize the pressure being at the top of the BCS standings brings. It’s easy to go under the radar and pile up wins.
When faced with performing on the biggest stage, some teams crumble under the bright lights.
Being the agent of chaos that I am, I’m rooting for the BCS picture to get even foggier before the college football regular season settles.
There are just so many different BCS scenarios that could take shape over the next few weeks. Here’s one that sounds ridiculous, but would be a ton of fun.
Let’s say Notre Dame falls to USC on Saturday. That would drop the Fighting Irish out of the national championship, but they would still receive an at-large bid because of the Notre Dame rule that allows any independent team to play in the BCS if it’s ranked inside the top eight.
With Notre Dame out of the picture, Alabama, Georgia and Florida all win while Kansas State loses to Texas, leaving the top five teams in the BCS standings: Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Oregon and LSU.
One of the top two would then have to lose in the SEC Championship. Let’s just say it’s Alabama.
Could a Florida-Georgia rematch in the BCS Championship actually be possible? Of course it could.
That’s just one example of the multitude of outcomes the BCS could spew out. Who knows what the last two weekends of the college football regular season have in store?
It’s what makes the sport so attractive to viewers; any team can lose on any given Saturday. With that improbability from week to week, you see the BCS standings change dramatically.
After last season’s championship game where Alabama crushed LSU 21-0, the last thing voters want to see is a rematch in the title game. But that might be exactly what they get.
And so much for that whole SEC being left out of the the BCS title picture. In a matter of a week, the question isn’t if an SEC member will be in the running for a national championship, but whether it will be a matchup of two conference foes.
There’s nothing we can do about it but sit back and watch the madness unfold.
Until the new playoff format begins in 2014, I hope the BCS is as chaotic as possible.
