irateplatypus

i'm not familiar enough w/all the legal contracts to comment... but i do like coach stoops' point about no one talking about USC's legitimacy. they started off at #1 and haven't received much scrutiny throughout the course of the season.

also, oklahoma clearly has the upperhand in strength-of-schedule.
http://teamrankings.com/ncf/27powerratings.php3

OU and USC are close (58 and 59 respectively) while auburn has one of the weakest schedules in the nation (114th).

Last year's Sugar Bowl score was 21-14. I'm not quite sure why anyone would consider that a clock cleaning. I mean, it was a national title game decided by a friggin touchdown... how much closer would you expect #1 & 2 to play eachother?

For most people (AP writers and coaches included) it all boils down to team preference with a thin pretense of objective analysis. Thats ok though, that's part of what makes college football so exciting.

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