We are getting closer and closer to the college football national championship game — and no not the one in January, I’m referring to Nov. 5 when LSU and Alabama face off.
Similar to a few years back when Ohio State and Michigan met as the No. 1 and 2 teams in the nation, this year’s contest between No. 1 LSU and No. 2 Alabama will be one to remember.
The matchup is being touted as the national championship since it seems to be pretty clear that the winner of this game will go to the BCS national championship, where they would most likely take the title.
All the experts are saying that whatever team you throw in front of these two teams they will obliterate, with the exception of when they play in November.
I could definitely see either of the two coming out atop the SEC, but should the winner of this clash already be viewed as the BCS national champion?
Well both LSU and Alabama have rolled off impressive wins so far in the season.
LSU went out of conference to destroy both Oregon and West Virginia while Alabama has been tearing up the SEC left and right, from Arkansas to Florida.
It seems that no one can stop these two teams so it will be interesting to see which one will come out on top.
Right now it seems that the winner will go on to play Oklahoma, also a team that is touted to go straight to the title game.
But let’s not forget that the Sooners have a huge meeting scheduled with BCS ranked No. 4 Oklahoma State later in the year.
Should the Cowboys come out on top of the Sooners then you are looking at a very different picture for the BCS title game.
My projection? I see Alabama pulling through on Nov. 5 and finishing the season undefeated to play Oklahoma in the title game.
It may not be the title game I want to see, but there is a good chance it will shape up that way.
The title game I would love to see would be whatever title game is the result of a playoff, but I might be getting a little ahead of myself there. That’s another topic for another day.
But who might be able to crawl back into the BCS title game picture should both Oklahoma and Oklahoma State lose a game?
Right now you are looking at Boise State, Wisconsin, Stanford, and Clemson all undefeated and waiting to see if something changes.
Boise won’t make it in because they are Boise — I hate it but that’s how the BCS is run.
Stanford would be interesting to see in the Championship game with quarterback Andrew Luck, but they would first have to get by Oregon.
Clemson is a surprise team this year, similar to Auburn last year, but they will most likely drop a game somewhere in the ACC.
So that leaves Wisconsin. Yes, Wisconsin, who some people are calling the best team in the country.
Should the Badgers go undefeated and both the Oklahoma schools drop a game, don’t be surprised if they sneak their way into the title game.
It most likely won’t happen, but it would be nice to see a Big Ten team that’s not named Ohio State in the title game.
It will probably end up being Alabama and Oklahoma, which should be a good game. But it would be so much more fun to see some of these top teams fight their way into the title game.
I guess for now we can keep wishing.
Tyler Rollason is a Winder-Barrow High School graduate and mass communications major at the University of West Georgia. You can e-mail comments about this column to trollason@yahoo.com.
