This is the only logical conclusion...

          Our neighbors here in Ohio will not like reading this. Our friends in Florida will be enraged. People in Texas? They will not like it either.

          Gee, that’s too bad.

          The teams will be selected to play in the BCS national football championship game today, Sunday.

          Florida State will be there without deserving it. They haven’t played a worthy opponent all season. You can’t blame them for that, but you shouldn’t credit them as the top team in the nation, either.

          Auburn should be there, having knocked off the top ranked team in the country nine days ago and having beat the fifth-ranked team in the country last night.

          Ohio State, which was ranked second going into last night’s game, finally got around to playing a team ranked in the top 10 and Ohio State lost. The Buckeyes played a tougher schedule than did Florida State, but that’s like saying the Andrea Doria was a better ship than the Titanic. Not much to choose from there.

          Missouri, which began the week ranked fifth, lost a tough game against Auburn Saturday.

          So, if the top-ranked Florida State team needs to be ranked lower, and second-ranked Ohio State has been booted from the top five, that leaves Auburn ranked first. And moving Auburn from third to first creates a gap right there in second place. A spot which must be filled in order to have two teams compete in the national championship game in January.

          I don’t know which television network will broadcast the game this time, but I’m pretty sure they’ll insist on having two teams show up to play.

          The only logical conclusion would be to move the fourth-ranked team up to second. Think about it: First place FSU needs to go, second-ranked OSU is gone, third-ranked Auburn is now first. Fifth-ranked Missouri is gone.

          That leaves us just one team, the only team in the top five not to play a game last night. You can see it coming, right?

          The fourth-ranked team at the start of play Saturday was…Alabama. The same Alabama team that spent the entire season ranked first. The same Alabama team that was tied with Auburn with one second remaining in their game last week. The two-time defending national champs.

          The same school which did not win the SEC championship a few years ago because it lost to LSU in conference play, but won the national championship anyway by beating LSU in the title game. Don't you love it when history repeats itself?

          This year’s national championship game should match top-ranked Auburn against Alabama. It is the only logical conclusion.

 

          Thanks for reading and, as always, Roll Tide.