First off, I, like most others on here, firmly believe that the SEC is hands down the best conference in the nation. There is no debate. I also believe that at the end of the season, and now at the end of the bowls, that Georgia was/is one of the best 2 teams in the country. That being said, under the curent system, if you do not win your conference, you should not play for the NC. How can you say you are the best team in the country if you are no better than 3rd in your conference. Georgia made their bed this year and had to lie in it. There should be absolutely no discussion about UGA deserving a shot to play in the championship game this year. (But I'm glad there is. The more people on the playoff bandwagon, the better.)
Get over it Georgia
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Down in my little corner of Georgia, most of the Dawg fans here are content with what they have. I agree that UGA has peaked here at the end, as do most every UGA fan. BUT not many of them are complaining about not being in the BCSNCG. If anything, they are saying that if there was a playoff that they would have a chance to win it all, and I agree with them. On a side note, though, I dont think Hawaii should be used as a measuring stick. Nor do I think USC should use Illinois as one either. Both Hawaii and Illinois are the benefactors of being a decent team in a subpar conference.
I think to be eligible to be in the BCS title game a team should win its own conference. Georgia didn't even win it's on division. End of discussion.
No doubt that the DAWGS got hot towards the end of the season and a USC vs. UGA match up would have been mighty tasty but under the current system you can't expect to play for all the marbles when you can't even win your conference. Sorry UGA try again next year.
Totally agree that UGA needs to let it go.
Things ought to be a little extra intense when the Bulldogs come to Tiger Stadium next fall.
Things ought to be a little extra intense when the Bulldogs come to Tiger Stadium next fall.
I have many UGA friends. And not one of them thinks they should have been there. They did say that UGA would probably beat LSU and tOSU right now (I agree), but conceded that they didn't take care of business early on.
I think the UGA fans referenced in this thread is a very small, very loud group.
I think the UGA fans referenced in this thread is a very small, very loud group.
Watched the game with a Georgia bud. He pulled for LSU and hoped his team might end up as high as second. Happy for him that they did.
Funny, listening to the radio broadcast of the last couple of minutes on the drive home, Musburger and Davie (the Big 10 team) agreed that only SC could have competed with LSU in New Orleans.
Georgia? Never mentioned.
I live amongst quite a few UGA fans and I have yet to hear a single one say they should be in BCSCG. I have heard most of them, if not all of them, say that they were the best team.....at this point of the season. But, you gotta take care of business ALL YEAR (unless of course if you are USC, Notre Dame, or tOSU). So, shut up...everybody!! LSU won the BCSCG! The year is over!! Move ON to NSD, then Spring Practice, then Fall Practice, then Clemson.
No question about it, and most sane UGA fans would agree. However ...
Not to single you out, OldNavy, because this issue has come up many times on this board. But regardless, I disagree, and here's a scenario illustrating why that's a bad idea (IMO).
Next year (or heck, most any year), any of several teams could win the SEC West: probably AU, but LSU and Alabama should be in the hunt, and even Ole Miss has a decent shot. So whoever the West sends to the SECCG in 2008 could be (and likely will be) a 2- or even 3-loss team. Especially if one of that team's losses is in a non-conference game. For example, Alabama plays Clemson, and AU has WVU at home next year.
Now, say UGA (or less likely, UF) is undefeated going into the SECCG, but then slips up, and loses to AU (or LSU or Alabama or Ole Miss) in Atlanta. Does the SEC really want to send a 2- or 3-loss AU team to a BCS matchup vs. another major conference champion, while the 1-loss UGA team settles for the Capital One Bowl (or whatever)?
Let's take the scenario a step further, in terms of the larger national championship picture, where it gets really squirrely. Say all but one of the other conferences "fall on their faces" during the regular season (like the SEC), and out of all the other conference champions, there's only one clear-cut choice for the BCSNCCG (Ohio State and USC come to mind, since their fairy conferences don't have a championship game). AU gets picked to play for the BCS title, and instead of getting drilled by USC, the Barn BEATS Ohio State!
Point being, if "conference champ" is a prerequisite to play in a BCS title game, we could wind up crowning a 3-loss team the national champion. It's not that far-fetched. 2007 demonstrated how wildly unpredictable college football can be, and it was the first year - ever - that a 2-loss team won a national championship, BCS or otherwise.
IMO, a playoff is the only solution, because although a "plus-one" would be a step in the right direction, it doesn't cut it. This year, after the bowl picture settled out, you would have had several teams with legitimate arguments that they deserved to play in the plus-one title game: LSU, UGA, USC, WVU, Kansas and Missouri. Oh, and Notre Dame (of course - just ask NBC).
Absolutely not, though he, and a lot of us, think Georgia was playing as well as anybody by season's end.
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