If Oklahoma beats Florida 3-2

[TomatoVSC]

And Texas blows out Ohio State, does the AP crown Texas? It would be really interesting to see a split championship.

[Naptyme]

And Texas blows out Ohio State, does the AP crown Texas? It would be really interesting to see a split championship.

It is possible and some are talking about but it is very unlikely. The only problem in that is most people do not view OSU as a good team and expect Texas to blow them out. I think Texas is in a lose-lose situation. If Oklahoma beats Florida by 1 point and Texas beats OSU by say 30 more voters will think Oklahoma's win is more impressive thus keeping them ahead. Texas would have to soundly beat them like 40-0 to have a chance at jumping Oklahoma. If Oklahoma wins by 10+ then Texas will have 0 chance unless they win like 100-0.

[Jakopo]

while possible, i think it is highly improbably that texas wins a split regardless of what shakes down in the two bowl games.

[Naptyme]

The only legitimate chance at having a split championship would have been if Texas would have gone to the BCS over Florida but who really cares about the AP, the BCS is the title game imo. It would be hypocritical of me if I viewed the AP title as a legitimate title for Florida if I refuse to acknowledge USC's from 2003. My view is all the conferences came together to form the BCS and since they were the ones that agreed upon it as champion that is the true champion regardless of who the AP picks.

[Naptyme]

If Texas were playing USC and dominated them and Oklahoma won a close game I think it would have been likely that Texas would have jumped Oklahoma. Texas got a bad draw on the BCS games to have a chance.

[#1BucsDefense]

Why would a 3-2 final score automatically mean that the win is unimpressive? Would a 71-70 final score be that much more impressive? All offense and no defense is somehow more impressive than all defense and no offense?

[Ken Carson]

Why would a 3-2 final score automatically mean that the win is unimpressive? Would a 71-70 final score be that much more impressive? All offense and no defense is somehow more impressive than all defense and no offense?

3-2 is never just good defense. It's awful football.

[DeadEagle]

3-2 is never just good defense. It's awful football.

See: Auburn.

[#1BucsDefense]

3-2 is never just good defense. It's awful football.

And a 71-70 game is going to involve some pretty awful defense, but high scoring games are automatically seen as better. I just don't like the whole "style points" thing. Winning is winning, even if it isn't pretty the team that won played better than the team that lost.

[Ken Carson]

And a 71-70 game is going to involve some pretty awful defense, but high scoring games are automatically seen as better. I just don't like the whole "style points" thing. Winning is winning, even if it isn't pretty the team that won played better than the team that lost.

Nou doubt, but 70-71 is not going to be both offenses scoring 10 TDs. There would more than likely have to be some kick returns, some defensive scores, and some TDs set up by kick returns or turnovers.

If a game was 3-2 and played by good defenses, then there would need to be 15+ turnovers. Good defenses don't just stop offenses, they create and set up their offense.

[SuperFly]

Oklahoma will beat Florida in the National Championship game.


Tebow is on the SI cover this week. They are doomed.