Freshly back from L.A. (pictures to come) and after watching all but one BCS game, I am convinced that Penn State is one of the best team in College Football and would be in an Eight-Team Playoff (if one existed). Below is how I think the brackets and seeding would break down.
1 Florida/Oklahoma
8 Ohio State
5 Utah
4 Texas
3 Oklahoma/Florida
6 Penn State
7 Alabama
2 USC
Just missed the cut: TCU (good team, but not one of the top 8 teams).
After watching how Ohio State played against Texas, and knowing how Penn State went into Columbus and beat Ohio State, it's clear that Penn State has the talent and defense to compete with all but 3 or 4 of the top teams in the country (USC, Florida, Texas, and Oklahoma). Showing respect to Utah (13-0), and not passing judgment on that team, Penn State is still in the top 5 or 6 teams in the country.
Moreover, I think we have the type of team that could beat any team (yes, even USC) on any given day. Just because we did not play well in Southern California on January 1st, does not mean that it wouldn't be a different story if they played again.
This team should be proud of what they accomplished this year, no matter what happened on a bitterly cold day in Iowa or under the bright L.A. lights.
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As much as I love the Nitts, if we were to face Tebow or Bradford, they would chew up our secondary even worse than Dirty Shanchez did.
We did play decently in the second half over USC, but how much did they back off the pass in the second half? I know that we could have done better overall, but both OU and Fla are hands-down better than USC.
With that said, with the combined offensive prowess of the two teams, and OUs "weak" defense... PSU-OU would be an instant classic.
1) OU is not better than Florida and you'll see that in the BCS Champ. Game.
2) USC is prone to playing "down" to their competition. With that said, if USC were to play an OU, Fla., Texas, they would bring their A game just like they did during the first half of the Rose Bowl.
USC is certainly one of the two best teams in the country... I just thought they would be complacent against Penn State instead of coming out with all of that firepower.
As much as I love Pam and Greg! the NFL is so much better than college football! The whole bowl thing is screwy and messed up.
Go Packers!
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