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SEC Championship: Mississippi St. v. Florida

10/11/2012

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Three big wins over the next three weeks would set up the most underrated team in the SEC with a shot at Florida.

By Mike Corasaniti

At this point it's pretty much secured. Alabama and Florida have cleared their major hurdles and are on a crash course for a Dec. 1 meeting for the SEC crown and an all but guaranteed shot for the national title.

But when you look at the grand scheme of all the national title contenders (in other words, the grand scheme of the SEC), you still have a good amount of undefeated teams and one-loss teams that can make a case for being the best darn team in the country. LSU, Georgia, knocked down for sure but out for the count? Not even close.

And at the same time you have to wonder, when all of these talks of possible contenders arise, why is Mississipi State constantly being left out? They're undefeated, scoring at will, and in a dead heat with Alabama for first place in the SEC West.

The main issue with the Bulldogs credibility of course lies with one major factor at this point: competition. At this point, MSU has yet to play a ranked opponent and has showed a few signs of weakness against lesser SEC opponents like Tennessee and even smaller school such as Troy.

But hey, this is the SEC. Remember that time Auburn won a national championship? Well now they're competing with Kentucky for the "Worst Team in the Best Conference" award. Things can change in a heartbeat, and who's to say a change won't come this weekend when the Bulldogs roll into Tuscaloosa? It's a long shot, and truthfully unrealistic, but at the same time scarily possible as Alabama could seemingly be a little distracted by next week's match-up with LSU that MSU could fly under the radar.

So let's go with this: Mississippi St. comes into Alabama and steals one from the Tide with a field goal in the waning minutes of the fourth quarter. A few weeks later they do the same to LSU. Then it's smooth sailing until an SEC title game with Florida. In this weird and unexpected match-up, who takes home the crown? 

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BCS Championship: Alabama v. Oregon

10/3/2012

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By Mike Corasaniti

One versus two. Speed versus power. Old school versus new and flashy. Could this match-up get any cooler?

Say what you want about the BCS, the SEC’s annoyingly long reign on college football or how ugly some of Oregon’s jerseys can be, if all goes according to plan in the college football world, it’s going to be Ducks and Tide for a shot at the crystal football. So how will the consensus No. 1 and No. 2 face off against one another come January? 
Let’s take a look.

Alabama Crimson Tide

35-0 over Western Kentucky. 52-0 over Arkansas. 41-14 over No. 8 Michigan. Alabama is not jus proving that it can quiet opposing offenses, but that they can shut them down while putting up some pretty good offensive numbers as well. Through five games, Alabama has given up seven points per game (best in the country) and is reaping the benefits of A.J. McCarron’s Heisman caliber start (12 TDs and almost 1,000 yards already). The most complete team in the country has really only been challenged once so far this season, but they came back in less than a minute to go back up and eventually take down Ole Miss 33-14.

Oregon Ducks

Few teams have figured out what it takes to slow down the Oregon scoring machine. Scratch that, nobody has even come close. With more than 50 points per game through their first five match-ups of the season, the Ducks are proving that not only can they score, but that they can explode (see 21 point third quarter against Washington State).  Behind the 1-2 running attack of Kenjon Barner and De’Anthony Thomas, it will be interesting to see if anyone can keep the Ducks below 30 points this season.

Match-up

I admit that I’m biased. I’m absolutely sick of SEC teams (especially ‘Bama) running the table over every other conference in the country for the title. That being said, you just can’t deny the Tide. If the two teams were to meet this weekend, it would be one of the best match-ups of defense and offense that college football has ever seen. If the game went into overtime tied 21-21 then I wouldn’t be surprised at all, but for now, I realistically see the Ducks forgetting how to score against a team from Alabama for the second time in three years.  Crimson Tide 21-10


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