I’m not really that familiar with the BCS system and haven’t been following college football closely for the past few years, but am I correct in thinking that even if USC & OU play to a tie, AU still can’t win the college football championship despite being the only unbeaten, untied team in the land? Are ties even allowed in college football anymore, or if so in the championship game? I got to start reading the sports pages more.
No ties are allowed, especially not in the championship game.
Besides, USC is going to run over Oklahoma 671-3.
College football has the best mechanism for OT of any sport, other than the NHL in the playoffs. Also, I’m hoping that the score isn’t that close. Fight On!
Bat Puckey!
No way is Oklahoma gonna score those 3 points! 
Hey, Adrian Petersen is pretty good. I’m gonna give him the benefit of the doubt and assume he can get them to the bare limits of their field goal range.
Oh cool, I didn’t know Oklahoma had a cricket team. Having played (badly) against USC, I think that would be about the right score.
Seriously, though, I would think Auburn could have a chance at getting a half-share in the polls if they stomp Virginia Tech and the USC-Oklahoma is a lackluster game. It’s not "the national championship, if that’s what the BCS is really for, though it’s the same situation as USC and LSU last year.
I disagree completely. It’s like playing extra innings with a runner already on third base. Personally, I liked the old system where ties were allowed, which made the January 1984 Orange Bowl Miami vs. Nebraska so great, but if there has to be overtime I’d rather it be the NFL sudden death system.
However, if we were in a world where there were still ties in college football and USC and Oklahoma did tie and Auburn won, I am fairly certain that Auburn would have prevailed in both polls.
But in those pre-overtime days, USC would be playing Michigan in the Rose Bowl, Oklahoma would be playing Utah or Viriginia Tech in the Orange Bowl and Auburn would be facing Texas or Cal in the Sugar Bowl.
Why would you say that? I’d say baseball, basketball, and golf have the best system. They just continue to play the game they were playing. This is exactly what the NHL does during playoffs. (During the regular season, it’s 4 on 4 and limited in time.) I think the NFL system is better than college. It’s the same game just limited in time.
The college system is better than going to penalty shots in soccer, but that’s about it.
I hate, loathe, despise the OT system in college football. It’s worse than penalty kicks in soccer. It’s easily the worst thing about the game.
And sudden death. Which is the worst aspect of it.
Worst? Why? To those who think it’s somehow “unfair” that a team can lose in overtime without ever getting a chance to go on offense, I say “You had DOZENS of chances in regulation! If you don’t get it done then, that’s your problem.”
Hmmm, I’ll have to thinik about it, but I think I’ll take that spread!
Do you feel that way about baseball too? Should a run scored in the top of the 10th win the game right there?
Since we’re looking for the facts here in GQ, I’ll let you all know the results I saw while time travelling.
OU beat the shit out of the mommie’s boyz in the hood. As we all expected, since OU is far and away the best team in the NCAA this year, no debate.
Strangely enough, USC even got negative points, being penalized for both wimpy players and brainless zombie fans.
Because witnessing a team desperately struggling to make it 30 yards down the field to kick a field goal doesn’t get it done for me. If they want sudden death, the team should have to score a touchdown and maybe convert two.