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Everyone was saying that USC probably wouldn't drop out of the national title game if they lose(which they won't) just like OU from 2 years ago.

But don't the computers hate USC? They loved OU and that is why they stayed in. Even if they drop to 2nd on everyone's ballot won't the computers take them right out of it?

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Everyone was saying that USC probably wouldn't drop out of the national title game if they lose(which they won't) just like OU from 2 years ago.

But don't the computers hate USC? They loved OU and that is why they stayed in. Even if they drop to 2nd on everyone's ballot won't the computers take them right out of it?

 

True, dat...

 

They're 2nd or worse in all computer rankings as of now.

 

Combine a drop in computer rankings with a poll number drop of at least 3 and you've got the recipe for either a Texas vs. Penn State or Texas vs. LSU game.

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Everyone was saying that USC probably wouldn't drop out of the national title game if they lose(which they won't) just like OU from 2 years ago.

But don't the computers hate USC? They loved OU and that is why they stayed in. Even if they drop to 2nd on everyone's ballot won't the computers take them right out of it?

 

A big difference between those situations is that the non-poll aspects count much less than they did when OU made it. Also the system had all sorts of other factors in it at the time.

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I can't see USC dropping below 2nd in the polls. Would a USC loss to UCLA really be worse than Penn State's loss to Michigan, or LSU's loss to Tennessee? And since the human polls are worth 2/3 of the score, USC would probably still be 2nd in the BCS.

 

Reggie Bush is going to make sure all these questions are moot, though.

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That "Harris Poll" segment from ABC is really childish. Here's a tip for the media: if you wanted your poll to matter in determining the national championship, you shouldn't have told the BCS to stop using. Don't mock other polls that only exist because of your whining.

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That "Harris Poll" segment from ABC is really childish. Here's a tip for the media: if you wanted your poll to matter in determining the national championship, you shouldn't have told the BCS to stop using. Don't mock other polls that only exist because of your whining.

a) I missed it, what happened?

 

b) The writer's poll does still determine part of the national championship; it just isn't part of the BCS.

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That "Harris Poll" segment from ABC is really childish. Here's a tip for the media: if you wanted your poll to matter in determining the national championship, you shouldn't have told the BCS to stop using. Don't mock other polls that only exist because of your whining.

a) I missed it, what happened?

 

b) The writer's poll does still determine part of the national championship; it just isn't part of the BCS.

 

It's just a segment that they called "The Harris Poll", I'm not even sure why. The segment today was top 5 Reggie Bush plays. It just seemed really childish to name it that. Haw haw the Harris Poll sucks the AP Poll is all that matters. We get it already. If I wanted to hear that I'd turn on ESPN.

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