All of the top SEC teams travel well, they also believe that fans tend to travel less to the same destination 2 years in a row, which I'm sure they have data to support.
If we do end up playing W. Virginia will will be going up against one time LSU commit Patrick White. He is their QB and has looked very sharp the second half of the season. Do any of you remember him? he wanted to play QB at LSU but with Russell and Flynn coming in Saban said he would most likely have to switch to WR or CB....he chose to go to WV where he would have a chance at QB.
I like this senario. The only problem is that a one loss USC team might still get to play for the MNC. We would have to make up a hell of alot of ground on USC to catch them even if they lose but it could happen. It all depends not only if we win them all but HOW we win them and HOW USC loses. We need to make an impression in the voter's minds for LSU to gain ground. It could happen, plenty people in 2003 didn't believe we would go to the Sugar Bowl. Of course, the only thing in LSU's control is winning. Essentially, all of the top teams are now in the playoff everybody seams to want (Except USC since they don't have to play in a conference championship) .
That is the general rule... with many exceptions... like one of the leagues having 2 BCS teams, the Cotton Bowl picking a high ranked SEC team (Tenn last year), or consecutive appearances weighted by the CapOne picking ahead of the Outback on evenly ranked/or same record teams.
another scenario... we beat bama, drop one to ole miss, but auburn beat georgia and bama.. so 3 way tie with LSU winning both tiebreakers, against UF in the championship game (they win the tiebreaker with UGA)... that would be a very SEC finish...
It's all about the stars Tiger Dabbs. In '03 who would have thought a Syracuse blowout of Notre Dame and a Boise State victory over Hawaii later that night would be the deciding factors that put us in the big game. As with any rivalry, UCLA is capable of beating SC.
