Top 10 Reasons why Florida should play OSU, after reading this-- its clear

1. Florida beat nine teams that are projected to play in bowl games. Michigan beat six.



2. Michigan beat five teams that finished the season with losing records. Florida beat two teams with sub-.500 records.



3. Florida's 12 Division I-A opponents had a combined record of 89-57. Michigan's 12 opponents had a combined record of 84-61.



4. Michigan's best win is considered a 27-13 victory over Wisconsin on Sept. 23. The Badgers are 11-1 and have climbed to No. 7 in the AP Top 25 poll, despite having played only one ranked opponent -- the Wolverines -- the entire season.



5. The 12 teams Florida defeated finished the season with 11 combined wins against opponents which were ranked in the AP Top 25 poll at the time the game was played. The opponents Michigan defeated claim just three wins against ranked teams (Notre Dame beat Penn State. Indiana beat Iowa. Vanderbilt beat Georgia. The Nittany Lions, Hawkeyes and Bulldogs, it should be noted, haven't been ranked in seven weeks).



6. The Gators went 3-1 against ranked opponents, beating then-No. 13 Tennessee, No. 9 LSU and No. 8 Arkansas and losing at No. 11 Auburn. The Wolverines went 1-1 against ranked opponents, beating a highly overrated No. 2 Notre Dame team (that lost to Michigan and USC by a combined total of 46 points) and losing at No. 1 Ohio State 42-39 on Nov. 18.



7. The Gators' average margin of victory against Division I-A teams was 13.5 points. They won seven games by 14 points or fewer, six by less than 10. The Wolverines' average margin of victory was 17.3 points. They won six games by 14 points or fewer, two by less than 10.



8. The Gators played Western Carolina, a Division I-AA team, and won by 62 points. The Wolverines played Ball State, which should be a I-AA team, and won by eight.



9. Since the Wolverines last played and lost at Ohio State, the Gators won at Florida State (The Seminoles are 6-6, but rivalry games are tough to win. Just ask USC coach Pete Carroll) and then beat the No. 8 Razorbacks, who defeated then-No. 2 Auburn and No. 13 Tennessee by 17 points each.



10. Michigan didn't win the Big Ten; Florida won the SEC. Winning your conference should be a prerequisite for playing in the national championship.

from this ESPN.com article...

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/columns/story?columnist=schlabach_mark&id=2684345

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With Florida winning the SEC there was no way the league was getting shutout of the Championship game.

They can't reward a conference for NOT having a championship game when most of the others are having them.

It has NOTHING to do with Michigan at this point!

Put any kind of spin you want on it but the fact of the matter is the 2 best teams aren't playing for the national championship.

Know it all,
Somebody posted earlier that most likely, even with a playoff, Mich and OSU would have been in the same div and wouldn't have met for the conf championship.

F the BCS. Bowls must bring in more $$ than a playoff system -- there's no other explaination for this idiotic system.

I am getting tired of the BS. The Michigan/Ohio State wasn't as close as the final score. Yes, they lost by 3 but that was thanks to a penalty aided backdoor touchdown at the end of the game. They didn't win the Big Ten. Sorry. Could they or would they beat the Gators? Maybe. But the Gators won their conference championship and they are in line to play Ohio State.

Look, I am and always have been in favor of a real playoff. Shit, I would love to see Florida play Michigan in a week or two for the right to play Ohio State.

Lets face it, the current system SUCKS DICK! It is controlled by old fat fucks who don't give a shit about a real champion being crowned but only about tourism and money.

I just wish the voter were required to give reasoning as to why they moved USC up after last weeks game, and then moved Florida up this week....prior to that, Michigan was ahead of both of those teams. It seems Michigan's crime is not scheduling a game at Hawaii in late November or early December to stay on the voters minds.

I've said it before and I'll say it again, the biggest problem with the BCS is leaving any of this in the hands of idiot voters.

Also, how is this a reason for Florida?

7. The Gators' average margin of victory against Division I-A teams was 13.5 points. They won seven games by 14 points or fewer, six by less than 10. The Wolverines' average margin of victory was 17.3 points. They won six games by 14 points or fewer, two by less than 10.

As long as OSU doesn't muff 4 punts inside their 5, OSU will roll.