WILL VOTERS DO THE RIGHT THING?

THIS IS GOING TO BE INTERESTING TO WATCH TODAY..
Kansas State and Oregon fall in same night...

       We all know how this works. Your are the # 4 team in the nation and # 1 and # 2 gets beat. # 3 and # 4 win. Numbers 3 and 4 both  move up to numbers 1 and 2. Right? That's the way it has always been done. It seems to have worked that way even in the age of computers. Computers are now used to insure an objective comparison of teams relative to one another. Hmm....  And there are still flesh and blood people who are voting as well. They are supposed to vote without bias. That's doesn't always happen. So everyone of us will be sitting on pins and needles to see if Bama moves up to # 2. It should happen. It might not because of bias against the SEC. Oregon falls to Stanford 17-14 in OT. Kansas s

           This is going to be a lesson in "do the right thing". (to steal a Spike Lee movie title) or will the voters find a way to cast their vote in such a way that the possibility of another SEC team playing for the crystal not occur?  I find it ironic that all the arguments used to keep Alabama out of last years national championship are stacked in the Tide's favor (assuming we beat Auburn and Georgia). Is this going to be one of those do as I say or do as I do moments we all know about. Those are usually moments that you don't like. To be a hypocrite or not to be - that is truly the question today. It's also one of those defining moments when someone has to truly make a statement about having the two best teams in college football play for it all. Last season the same people did the right thing. I believe they will do so this year as well.  Kansas State is out of it now according to the "rules". Kansas State was destroyed by Baylor. They don't look like a team that should play for the national championship. Chip Kelly of Oregon and Bill Snyder looked like men ready to take a walk to the guillotine. You have to feel for those two guys. Synder is a class man who may never get another chance. Kelly sees the golden ring just out of reach once again. A lot of people are still going to say that Oregon losing at home by 3 had a familiar ring, and the Ducks deserve a chance.

      ESPN projects the Tide as the no. 2 team. Notre Dame is no. 1. If Alabama beats Auburn and Georgia beats Georgia Tech it appears that the SEC Champion gets to play one more time. Brad Edwards believes that Florida has an chance to play in the national championship if USC beats Notre Dame next week.

      I know that a lot of Alabama fans hate Notre Dame. But that hate comes from 1966 when the Irish were voted number one over an undefeated Alabama team. That couldn't happen today. That is an old wound which needs healing. We need to look at the Irish for what they are today. The Irish are a lot like Alabama. They are a historic program with national importance They have clawed their way out of decade plus fall from grace. Seriously, could there ever be a BCS National Championship Game that could approach the signfigance of an Irish and Tide game? NO. Clearly, history would say no. This would be a game for the ages. This game will rival all those Rose Bowl wins in the lore of Alabama. It is a game that needs to be played. At least that's how it seems to me


For all those who think that Georgia and Auburn will be walk overs I think you are half right . We won't look past ether team. That's the way the Saban process works.