College Football What If: The 2007 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors
Editors Note: With the announcement of a deal on the college football playoff, we’re going back and looking at all of the BCS Busters and seeing which of them would have made the Playoffs.
Previous What If’s:
Playoff Contenders for the 2007 Season:
Hawaii 12-0
Ohio St. 11-1
Kansas 11-1
LSU 11-2
Va Tech 11-2
Oklahoma 11-2
West Virginia 10-2
Georgia 10-2
USC 10-2
How It Likely Would Have Shaken Out: Well doesn’t this create an interesting decision. First the BCS took LSU for the title game over Va Tech. Va Tech’s losses were to LSU and a very good Boston College team. LSU lost to Kentucky and Arkansas. Kansas had one loss to a very good Missouri team who lost twice to Oklahoma. Oklahoma lost to Colorado. USC lost to Stanford. West Virginia lost to Pitt.
This one perplexes me. Ohio St. certainly goes, probably as the #1 seed. Va. Tech and LSU get in via SOS and having won their conference championships, I’m guessing. That leaves us with Hawaii, or a one loss Kansas team, or a 2 loss Oklahoma. This one almost has to come down to politics. That Hawaii team was the worst of the BCS Busters by a mile. But they’d have to be feeling pressure to let a non-power team in. At the same time which Big XII team goes, 1 loss Kansas or 2 loss Big XII champion Oklahoma who beat the team that beat Kansas twice.
My instinct says that a Big XII champion isn’t getting screwed for Hawaii. The four seeds are 1. OSU, 2 Va. Tech, 3. LSU, 4. Oklahoma.
Who Wins The Playoff: Oklahoma beats Ohio State, LSU handles Va Tech again and LSU beats Oklahoma and is our national champion. Maybe things work out as they should.
If Hawaii Had Gotten In: Hawaii loses badly to Ohio St, LSU beats Ohio St. The great questions have to be what if West Virginia hadn’t choked to Pitt and Kansas didn’t lose to Missouri.
Tomorrow: The 2008 Utah Utes