I'm pretty sure how this poll will turn out, but it's still interesting to note that we have good reason to want to pay all of these teams back.
I choose Georgia and Texas because in any scenario (currently) to get Texas LSU will likely have to go through Georgia first in the SEC championship game. I would prefer to see LSU "payback" Texas in the NC game and beat them because it is best for recruiting for this area.
I'm not precisely sure what we'd be paying them back for relating to 2003. How dare they have the opinion that the BCS gave them a raw deal by installing the Big 12 runner-up in the Sugar Bowl! And the sheer nerve of them winning every game since then, including zero games against LSU since 1979.
We don't owe USC any payback. We need to payback UGA to have a shot of just being the one to stop USC's unbeaten streak.
Not sure that either case is payback but.... It would be nice for us to have a shot at USC and their streak. However, living in Dallas and getting Longhorn updates constantly, no question I would love it if we beat Texas.
Yes -- especially since I work with some VT alum and caught nothing but flack from them after that loss! :geauxtige