Friday, November 23, 2007

Holy Moly!

Friday afternoon #1 LSU dropped an exciting game to unranked Arkansas by a score of 50-48 in triple overtime. So much for the national title hopes and aspirations of the Tigers. Twice this season LSU has been in the #1 slot. Both times they were shot down in in triple overtime. Kentucky did it the first time 43-37. (The Wildcats were ranked #17 at the time.) Luckily for the Tigers, their lead in the SEC West is such that they will still play for the SEC Championship. The question is which team meets them in the title game. Georgia is currently atop the SEC East but it's conference play is over. Tennessee has one more conference game to play and if they win, they get to play LSU; lose and the Bulldogs are it. Who do the Volunteers have to beat? Why Kentucky, of course.

#13/11/13 Texas lost to Texas A&M 38-30. The loss gives the Longhorns a 5-3 (9-3 overall) record in the Big 12 and eliminates them from division title hopes...I think. Oklahoma leads the division with a 5-2 (9-2 overall) record. They beat Texas earlier so even if the Sooners lose tomorrow they will still be judged to have a better record than Texas. But the Sooners play Oklahoma State which has a record 4-3, 6-5. I'm guessing that should the Cowboys prevail, the Sooners are still in the title game on the strength of their better overall record. But it could be time to look at the second, third and even fourth tie breakers. All three teams would be 5-3 in conference. Oklahoma would have a 9-3 overall record and victory over Texas. Texas would have a 9-3 record overall and a win over Oklahoma State. And Ok. St. would be weak 7-5 over all but would have a victory over Oklahoma in its pocket.

I almost forgot, we still have #14/13/15 Hawaii (10-0, 7-0) against #17/17/19 Boise State (10-1. 7-0) coming up tonight. They are playing for the WAC title.

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