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Originally Posted by Cornerback6
I don't think there's anyway a serious voter could slate Rutgers (who in my opinion would get dominated) into the championship game. I have lost a ton of faith for the Big East especially on the defensive side of the ball after that ridiculous 1,000 yard game (WVU vs. UL). I think Rutgers is worthy of top 25 by all means, but championship game...no way.
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I have to disagree regarding Rutgers. First thing, it is naive to think that the championship game consistently pits the 2 best teams in football. I suspect it rarely does that (although last year, it probably did). And in fact, in no sport do you typically get the 2 best teams at the end of the seaon. You get who earned it, which means sometimes lesser teams beat better teams. Teams get better or worse as the season progresses, so I am not sure you could even define what it means to be the better team.
IF (really big if because I doubt they will do it) Rutgers wins out, they will have beat a #3 team and a #10 team. Their SOS may be not quite as good as many other teams, but its not that much worse. And the fact of the matter is they will have won all their games, which the other schools can't claim. It would be a travesty for a team to have run the table, beat several top 25 teams, and be passed up by teams that didn't (or couldn't) run the table. All the other 1 loss teams have looked pretty weak in several of their games. If Rutgers can't get in with a perfect season, we're really saying there is an entire class of football teams that are simply not worthy of ever playing for the MNC. I think that is bull[censored]. Again, its not like their SOS was THAT bad.
I personally think that if they make it to Glendale, they will have their asses handed to them. But they will have earned the right to be there.
By the way, Thursday night the Rutgers D looked outstanding against a pretty good Louisville offense.