Week Fourteen

I think the BCS got it right, the two best teams will be playing for the their title. While most people probably say this way a perfect season for the BCS, I have to disagree. Will we ever really know how good TCU is? Sure, they will play a very good Wisconsin team in the Rose Bowl, but if they win people will just say Wisconsin wasn't prepared to play like they said when Utah beat Alabama in the Sugar Bowl. If there was a playoff, then we would know both teams came to play and so there's no debate about the losing team's motivation.

Auburn was extremely impressive against South Carolina. Cam Newton is far and away the best player in college football, it's not even close. Last night I heard plenty of people talking about how unstoppable he is. While he is a great quarterback, and he may be the complete fruition of everything a quarterback can be, he is not unstoppable. Mississippi State stopped him the entire second half of their game, Clemson stopped him the first half, even Kentucky stopped him for a quarter. Alabama stuffed him for a quarter in a half, he didn't get anything. He's a great player, but he's not unstoppable.

Based on what's been proven in the Cam Newton saga, there is no reason to hold anything against Auburn. But I don't have a problem with people not voting for him to win the Heisman Trophy. It's been proven that his father was shopping him around, and if a voter believes that should disqualify him from the prestigious award then I don't think you can argue with that. I think it should be more for the on-field achievements and that he should win the award.

I ended the year at 78-18 on my SEC picks. Here's the final power poll:

1. Auburn, 13-0 (9-0)
2. Arkansas, 10-2 (6-2)
3. LSU, 10-2 (6-2)
4. Alabama, 9-3 (5-3)
5. South Carolina, 9-4 (5-3)
6. Mississippi State, 8-4 (4-4)
7. Florida, 7-5 (4-4)
8. Georgia, 6-6 (3-5)
9. Tennessee, 6-6 (3-5)
10. Kentucky, 6-6 (2-6)
11. Ole Miss, 4-8 (1-7)
12. Vanderbilt, 2-10 (1-7)

My Final Top 5:
1. Auburn, 13-0
2. Oregon, 12-0
3. TCU, 12-0
4. Stanford, 11-1
5. Wisconsin, 11-1

It looks like a clean BCS this year, but I still want more. TCU went undefeated, I think they should get a shot at the title so we can have closure on how good they really are. Stanford's only loss was on the road at undefeated Oregon...if it had been at home then that would be a different story, but it wasn't. Wisconsin's only loss was on the road to an 11-1 Michigan State team. Ohio State's only loss was on the road to an 11-1 Wisconsin team. I think all 6 of those teams have a case to be worthy enough to play for a national championship, and so I don't think that if they were involved Auburn and Oregon could have much beef even though they went through unscathed. I can live with the results this year, but I still think it can be improved.

JB