What if Miami wins and Georgia loses the SEC title?
Arkansas would bring a load of fans to New Orleans or South Florida, so not much is lost there. In fact, having the Razorbacks in the BCS would be a feel-good story that matched LSU’s run last season. This scenario, however, doesn’t resolve the Notre Dame-USC-Iowa problem. Either Notre Dame or Iowa would be left out. “Unfortunately, I think that’s going to happen every year,” Tribble said, echoing the inherent flaw of the BCS, “somebody is going to be left out.” What about rematches? Because Notre Dame already has played Florida State and USC in the regular season, that makes it more difficult to place all three teams neatly. While there is not specific language in the BCS against it, regular-season rematches are despised in the bowl community. Among the BCS “criteria” for moving teams is “two teams that played against one another in the most recently completed college football season.” That means Washington State-USC (Rose), Notre Dame-USC or Notre Dame-Florida State games (both Orang
