[Major Seahawk]

For Notre Dame, the path to the BCS championship game is simple. Beat USC and the Irish are in. For No. 2 Alabama, the path is also simple, albeit a bit longer. Beat Auburn and then Georgia in the SEC championship game (likewise, the Bulldogs also have a straight shot to the BCS title). All other teams still in the title discussion need help.

Which is why others are sending messages of support to Trojans coach Lane Kiffin.

Kiffin said via the LA Times that he received text messages this week from an Alabama assistant — according to Kiffin, Nick Saban apparently doesn’t know how to text — and Oregon coach Chip Kelly.

“He said we’re going to win,” Kiffin said of Kelly’s message.

The Ducks are ranked No. 5 in the BCS and would need losses by Florida (to Florida State), Notre Dame (to USC) and either Georgia (to Georgia Tech) or Alabama (to Auburn) to have another shot at a BCS championship — and that’s not including the help Oregon needs within the Pac-12 just to get to its conference title game.

Better get texting, Chip.

http://collegefootballtalk.nbcsports...st-notre-dame/

I'm sure that makes Kiffin feel much better

[WeWantTheVest]

Why would Oregon need Alabama or Georgia to lose this week? If ND and Florida both lose, Oregon is almost as good as in. Am I missing something?

[Major Seahawk]

Oregon would probably get jumped by one of the SEC teams

[Chise]

Originally Posted by Major Seahawk

Oregon would probably get jumped by one of the SEC teams

Oregon will not get jumped by a 2 loss non-division winning SEC team. As a matter of fact I expect FSU, if they beat UF, to jump both TAMU and LSU.

[Chise]

Originally Posted by WeWantTheVest

Why would Oregon need Alabama or Georgia to lose this week? If ND and Florida both lose, Oregon is almost as good as in. Am I missing something?

Not at all. I can't see the "experts" keeping ND ahead of UO if they lose to USC.

[Kinnick]

It would be nice if the mods on here knew how the system worked. These conspiracy theories are hysterical.

[WeWantTheVest]

What conspiracy theories?

[Kinnick]

Originally Posted by WeWantTheVest

What conspiracy theories?

Every time an SEC team is ahead of any other conference team they make empty claims about conspiracy. Naturally they like to forget that LSU (preseason SEC darling) was jumped over by Oregon and FSU (from the lowly ACC) and LSU wasnt even losing. Normally mods should be the voice of reason and fairness but ironically enough they are the ones spearheading the bogus claims.

Not sure if this post will be deleted or not, despite not calling anyone out specifically, out of spite I will probably have another ban coming my way.

[BamaChamps]

Originally Posted by Kinnick

Every time an SEC team is ahead of any other conference team they make empty claims about conspiracy. Naturally they like to forget that LSU (preseason SEC darling) was jumped over by Oregon and FSU (from the lowly ACC) and LSU wasnt even losing. Normally mods should be the voice of reason and fairness but ironically enough they are the ones spearheading the bogus claims.

Not sure if this post will be deleted or not, despite not calling anyone out specifically, out of spite I will probably have another ban coming my way.

lol join the club Don't know why an Alabama assistant would be rooting against ND now? I would want to beat the only remaining undefeated team that matters for the title.

[WeWantTheVest]

Originally Posted by Kinnick

Every time an SEC team is ahead of any other conference team they make empty claims about conspiracy. Naturally they like to forget that LSU (preseason SEC darling) was jumped over by Oregon and FSU (from the lowly ACC) and LSU wasnt even losing. Normally mods should be the voice of reason and fairness but ironically enough they are the ones spearheading the bogus claims.

Not sure if this post will be deleted or not, despite not calling anyone out specifically, out of spite I will probably have another ban coming my way.

I don't remember LSU being jumped until their performances against Auburn and Towson. Auburn had one OT win against ULM to that point, and Towson is just Towson. It's at least understandable why they were jumped. FSU has been crushing a lot of their opponents and getting jumped that week in favor of two loss SEC teams. That I don't get, and I can understand why FSU fans/SEC haters wouldn't be happy about it. They also looked poor against a few lesser opponents in that mix as well, so maybe they deserve to be exactly where they are. Today, we should find out how good FSU and Florida really are.

My main problem is the perception. Earned or not, there's no denying that the SEC benefits far more from media perception, mostly from EPSN, than any other conference. Meanwhile, you have people like Mark May that trash talk every other team and conference with the exception of Pitt. I get why ESPN does it. You don't invest the kind of money they did into something without a little bias towards it. I wouldn't invest money into a company and then hope they did horrible. I'd sell the hell out of it every chance I got, and that's exactly what ESPN does.

Can't wait for 2014. Just wish it was 8 or 12 teams instead.