The fates of Nebraska and Oklahoma State are intertwined

[Nexus]

They need each other now, there's no avoiding it. One can't make it big without the other.

 

How big? BCS National Championship Game big.

 

"It's about living in the moment," says Nebraska coach Bo Pelini. "You can't jump ahead."

 

But you most surely can look ahead.

 

In this big bowl of crazy that is the 2010 season, does anyone really think No. 8 Nebraska and No. 10 Oklahoma State can't jump all the way to spots 1 or 2 in the BCS rankings?

 

Ladies and gentlemen, we give you LSU, circa 2007: just when the unthinkable seemed unattainable, the Tigers jumped in the BCS from No.7 to No. 2 in the final week of the season.

 

Then won the whole damn thing.

 

For that reason, Nebraska and Oklahoma State have eyes on each other the remainder of the season. As long as both win out and play as one-loss teams in the Big 12 Championship game, who knows what could happen on the last week of the season?

 

If either loses before they play in Taj MaJerry in suburban Dallas on Dec. 4, the odds of making that final push to the top two spots decrease significantly. But if they don't?

 

Who here really thinks human and computer pollsters aren't going to seriously consider a one-loss Big 12 champion over unbeaten non-BCS heavyweights Boise State and TCU?

 

It starts this weekend with two dicey road games: Nebraska at surging Texas A&M, and Oklahoma State at Kansas.

 

"No.1 thing is winning," said Oklahoma State quarterback Brandon Weeden. "After that, who knows what could happen."

 

In reality, all it takes is one loss ¬ by Auburn or Oregon ¬ to make this year's race for it all as wild as 2007. It's going to take a really bad game by Oregon for the Ducks to lose to Arizona or Oregon State.

 

But Auburn? Even without the Cameron Newton drama, the Tigers still would be underdogs playing Alabama in Tuscaloosa. In other words, if Auburn loses to Alabama, the jockeying for the second spot in the BCS National Championship Game will be a spectacular (media fueled) sight.

 

As crazy as 2007 was -- when both No.1 (Missouri) and No.2 (West

 

Virginia) lost on the last weekend of the regular season -- this could be significantly more intriguing with one loss from Auburn or Oregon. At that point, voters could be forced to choose between TCU and Boise State, or (potentially) seven one-loss BCS teams.

 

If we get to that point, bad losses and good wins mean nothing.

 

It then truly becomes a beauty pageant of who looks sexiest at the right moment -- like it did in 2003 (Oklahoma over USC), 2004 (Oklahoma over Auburn) and 2007 (LSU over Oklahoma).

 

"I don't think there's any question with what goes on with technology and coverage of college football, that each week there is pressure," said Oklahoma State coach Mike Gundy. "The sport of football is different because if you lose a game, it can affect you for the entire season."

 

And if you win out, the unthinkable suddenly becomes attainable.

 

 

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[junior4949]

Is it still in the BCS formula that you have to win your conference in order to play in the BCS NC Game?

[VA Husker Fan]

Is it still in the BCS formula that you have to win your conference in order to play in the BCS NC Game?

:facepalm:

 

Go back and read my reply to the last time you asked this question in another thread just a day or two ago. Why do you keep asking if you won't read the answer?

[JTrain]

Who here really thinks human and computer pollsters aren't going to seriously consider a one-loss Big 12 champion over unbeaten non-BCS heavyweights Boise State and TCU?

 

Me.

[suh_fan93]

Who here really thinks human and computer pollsters aren't going to seriously consider a one-loss Big 12 champion over unbeaten non-BCS heavyweights Boise State and TCU?

 

Me.

Yes, I would have to agree also. Boise State are true media darlings. Forget that they play in the WAC. Still a good article.

[MrBumstead]

I could see jumping TCU, but IMO we would need 2 of Oregon, Auburn, and Boise St to lose. And we would still have to get lucky to jump LSU.

[mnhusker]

I guess we shall see but I bet the BCS will have trouble skipping over both TCU and Boise, they have beat teams like VA Tech, Oregon State, Utah, Nevada ect. can't argue with that. I will say that they win pretty and I think that is worth something.

[Bradr]

I say that if Boise or TCU make it into the BCS championship, we create 4 super conferences and make sure no team outside that 64 team super league can ever play for the BCS championship ever again!

 

Just wait...

[corncraze]

Is it still in the BCS formula that you have to win your conference in order to play in the BCS NC Game?

2001 Nebraska cough cough...

[kansas husker]

I say that if Boise or TCU make it into the BCS championship, we create 4 super conferences and make sure no team outside that 64 team super league can ever play for the BCS championship ever again!

 

Just wait...

 

There has been some talk of that, even the "super conferences" breaking off from the ncaa and creating a playoff system.