So goes the season, so goes our contest. Scott moves from worst to first in this unpredictable season (thanks to Tennessee pulling off a 4OT win). Scott has been on the bottom for three weeks straight...then, bam, it's like he pulls off a 4th and 18 from his own 12 yard line with 1-1/2 minutes to go to take the lead! Never say die! But, Tennessee plays LSU Saturday in the SEC Championship game.
Funny how the SEC Championship game is not represented by the highest ranked SEC team (UGA at #4). The Big 12 Championship is represented by the two highest ranked Big 12 teams. And here's a thought: If LSU loses to Tennessee, and Missouri loses to Oklahoma, and West VA falls victim to Pittsburgh (reference the curse of the #2 ranking below), will OSU and UGA play for the BCS title? UGA is a 2-loss team and I've never seen a 2-loss team play for the title.
And after Friday's performance against BSU, why is Hawaii only ranked #11? And why did previously un-beaten Kansas fall from #2 to #7 when the loss was to now #1 Missouri? That's a big drop for losing to Missouri. Is it all timing? Early season losses always play well into the final rank of a team and it could cause even more BCS frustration.
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Two For Nothing (Brett Edgerton, ESPN.com)
One is the loneliest number? Please. Three Dog Night, it's time you met the 2007 college football season. It's a place where the No. 2 is about as lonely and depressing as it gets.
Since the start of October, the No. 2 team in the AP poll is a mind-boggling 2-6, with the two wins coming against Louisiana Tech and in a miracle rally at Virginia Tech. Kansas is the only one of those snakebitten No. 2 teams whose loss wasn't stunning. The five others all lost to unranked teams (three of them at home). And for a few of them, it didn't end there. South Florida, BC and Oregon all went on to lose their next game, while Cal has fallen off the face of the earth with a 1-5 collapse.
AP No. 2 since Oct. 1
Date, No. 2 Team, Result Nov. 24, Kansas L, vs. No. 4 Missouri
Nov. 15, Oregon L, at Arizona
Nov. 10, LSU W, vs. La. Tech
Nov. 3, Boston College L, vs. Florida St.
Oct. 25, Boston College W, vs. No. 8 Va. Tech
Oct. 18, South Florida L, at Rutgers
Oct. 13, Cal L, vs. Oregon St.
Oct. 6, USC L, vs. Stanford