Coaches Poll out this morning

Here's what I think is the breakdown of those #1 votes:

USC-44

Oklahoma-12

LSU-5

Lou Holtz-405 (all to Southern Cal)

 

USC

USC plays 1 Top 25 opponent: an over-rated Cal team (#15) AT HOME. LSU plays @ #4UGA, @ #10 UF, & @ #18 AU. It's no wonder they took the Strength of Schedule and Quality Wins out of the mix, USC wouldn't have a chance at getting to the Orange Bowl!

 

I may be mistaken but I think the tougher schedule is to LSU's advantage, not USC's. To get to the Orange Bowl, LSU has to win those tough games and then the SOS factor will work in your favor aginst whoever the competetion is, such as USC.

 

No more SOS

Strength of schedule is not a factor anymore in the BCS. They took it out! That's what I'm saying. If they would have left it in, USC would have a significantly lower SOS than, LSU, Miami, FSU, UF, UGA, OU, and Texas (and probably many other teams) since their schedule is easy. Now that there is no SOS anymore, all USC has to do is stay a "Media Darling"

 

I think the point is that Southern Cal won't have any tests along the way to tell if they really deserve the high ranking where as LSU will have at least 3 games (Auburn, Florida and Georgia on the road) that are harder than USC's toughest.

Also the point that SOS has been reduce in importance this year lends well to the Trojans weak schedule.

 

USC will likely go undefeated, along with Miami. An undefeated USC is not deserving of a NC shot with their piss-poor schedule. Period.

LSU will have to run the table and hope OU loses a game again, with that "bolt & nut held together" gimp Frankenstein White at QB.

A #3 LSU ranking in September could still have an undefeated LSU @ #3 in November or December waiting for Frankenstein's battery to drain.

It's tough to rise when you're at the top and those above you have weak schedules. But it's even tougher when the journalists keep undeserving whiny azz rodents like USC ranked above LSU.

Can't wait to see where the AP ranks LSU.

 

LSU faces a brutal SEC road schedule but for the sake of argument lets say the Tigers go undefeated and win the SECCG. USC, Oklahoma and Miami all go undefeated. Under that scenario it would be obvious that LSU and OU would have played the tougher schedules and should be in the Orange Bowl. No doubt that the fag poll voters would put the pansy ass Condoms and the prison bound Canes in the CG instead. If Miami beats Florida State in the season opener the rest of their schedule is so weak they basically have a free ride to an undefeated regular season.