okie8ball

I've been to games in Tuscaloosa. Bama is hard to beat there. People talk of allowing a 3-pt advantage for home-team advantage. Having been there to watch my Sooners play the Tide and to watch Penn State play them a different season, I have to give Bama a greater edge for home field. My Sooners won anyway but I was thrilled to get out of Tuscaloosa in 2003 with a 20-13 victory.

OU went 12-1 in the regular season that year and lost in the NC game to LSU by 1-touchdown. The Coach for LSU that year; Nick Saban.

Now for the second advantage for the Tide. Nick Saban is probably the smartest coach in major college football and he is now the Bama coach. LSU has a great team this season with former Oklahoma State coach, Les Miles, now LSU's head coach. I still have to go with the Tide. In Tuscaloosa - Nick Saban. Enough said.

Yes, there is a chance the Sooners can meet the Tide for the NC.  OU is currently BCS #6.  For OU to meet the winner of the LSU/Bama game, the Sooners need to win-out.  There are now 5 major undefeated teams in big-time college football: LSU; Bama; Oklahoma State; Stanford; and Boise State.

I predict Bama over LSU this Saturday, regardless, only one will remain unbeaten.  OU meets Oklahoma State on December 3, Stanford loses to Oregon and one-loss Oregon still has to beat a good USC team.  That would leave Boise State the only undefeated team remaining between Oklahoma and the LSU/Bama winner.  Boise still has to get by a pretty good TCU team but I would expect Oklahoma to jump them anyway because of the Broncos weak schedule, if OU wins out.