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The new MJ said 12/19, 10:52 AM
I saw this one earlier and I think that it is a good topic to argue. I will have to say that LSU has more to lose in the game than Ohio State.

First off, they are a 2 lost team playing for the championship and they lost one of their last 2 games( NOV 23 ARK)
The image of the SEC being so much head and shoulders over the other confrences
Florida beating the mess out of them last year. If LSU gets into a battle with OSU, questions about the SEC will arise.

If LSU loses to Ohio State, that will only bring more controversy and people will say that the voter were being bias for LSU over a more deserving 1 loss team.
OSU has their pride on the line but LSU has their Confrence on the line. Never again will an SEC team get the benifit of the doubt over others if they do not put on a good display of SEC power over Ohio State. Supposedly OSU had a cake walk to the NC game and LSU had to fight to get there. If they don't win the war the previous battles do not even matter.

The new MJ said 12/19, 11:09 AM
Both conferences are on the line because this is the 2nd consecutive years that and Big 10 and SEC team have decide who will be national champs. In the past few years, I always thought that the SEC was better than the Big 10. I thought that the image of the Big 10 was basically the Big 2 and the other 8. I think that if OSU had lost 2 games then there was no chance of them getting in the the NC game. As for LSU, they started out near the top and people have continued to glorify them and make them seem to be such a GREAT team. Don't get me wrong I think that they are a very good team but 2 losses is 2 losses and there were other close calls out there LSU fans. A few 4 down conversions. But if they lose what will happen:

LSU this team was not better than last year Florida's team
LSU defense and team over hyped.
NO SEC team goes to the NC unless undefeated or early ranked loss and win the SEC Championship game.

OSU lose what happens:
Weren't suppose to be there anyway
Rebuilding year
Rep hurt and pride hurt
played a weak schedule anyways

The new MJ said 12/19, 11:31 AM
Based on their histories of being powerhouse teams, Ohio State and Michigan will go the the NC game if they go undefeated. Hawaii didn't go this year because of their totally weak schedule. While Florida handed it to last year's Ohio State 41 to 14, this year there is no Ted Ginn Jr, Anthony Gonzalez, or Heisman trophy winning QB Troy Smith on this team. No one was talking about OSU returning to the NC game. USC, LSU, Texas, Florida and a few others were the big names. OSU lost a lot of players to the draft and they just went out there and played football for 12 games and did what was needed to get done. All of these other (I think it was 8) 2nd seeded up sets helped them right alone in to the NC game. While LSU lost Russell, their defense was their strong point and the majority of them were returning. LSU while ranked second in the polls are the favorite to win the game and the favorite has more to lose than the underdog. Do you think that Hawaii has more to lose than Georgia? I don't think so. Also if Dorsey isn't a monster in the NC game, his draft stock will drop. I.E. Troy Smith.