Should it be allowed? Obviously most Georgia fans felt so this year. I felt so this year, but only because it was Georgia. I thought it was stupid when Oklahoma and Nebraska played in the BCS title game in the past without winning their conference.
However, Mark Richt had an excellent scenario on the Rude Awakening this morning on 680 The Fan. I'm going to put this into my own words, but it's basically what Richt said...
Hypothetically, let's say Georgia and Tennessee each go 11-1 in a crazy season such as this one. Florida goes 10-2. All three teams only losses are conference losses. Tennessee beats Georgia who beats Florida who beats Tennessee. Florida's second loss is to LSU.
Going into the Championship weekend, Tennessee and Georgia are ranked #1 and #2 respectively in all of the major polls.
Tennessee plays Arkansas for the SEC title. Arkansas went 8-4 on the season. However, they managed to win the wacky SEC West in a three way tiebreaker with LSU and Auburn (sorry Bama fans). Finally, Arkansas eeks out an upset win over UT and wins the SEC title.
So, do you keep the 11-1 Georgia team, who was ranked #2 prior to UT going down, out of the national title game because they didn't win the SEC? I think not, but what do you think?
It doesn't have to get that complicated. A team can go 7-5 overall but 7-1 in conference. If that team beats a team that is in the end 11-1, (so they both have 7-1 conf. records) then the 7-5 team gets the tie-break and that lesser team goes to ATL. In a year like this one, the 11-1 team still deserves a shot at the title.
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