>>24658Currently, the BCS rankings have Florida at #4, LSU at #5, Arkansas at #9, ND at #10 and Auburn at #11.
If Florida loses, the Rose might very well take LSU over Florida or Notre Dame, even if Florida (possibly but improbably) manages to stay above LSU in the rankings. The main question about inviting LSU to Pasadena was: how well will they travel? They seem to have answered that to the tune of 38,000 pre-sales without an official invitation.
Florida may be hurt by Florida State in this decision, since everyone knows that the Seminoles travel poorly. Why take a chance on a team from Florida when you know that LSU fans are ponying up cash just on the RUMOR that they may be coming to Pasadena?
In the event of a Florida loss, the Rose may decide to dodge the LSU-Florida question by making the conventional Notre Dame pick. That would leave the tough choice to another bowl, most likely the Orange, who'd probably take home-state Florida.
If Arkansas loses, they're done. They'll be a 3-loss team and their ranking will probably fall below the Rutgers-WVA winner, Auburn, and maybe Oklahoma, too.
I still think the best FOOTBALL matchup for the Rose would be Michigan and the Big East champ, but that's probably an economically unacceptable decision for the bowl selectors.
And I agree that Blanco's an idiot. But governors are supposed to make misguided PR attempts when it comes to major sporting events, so what are you gonna do?
