What Must Transpire

For most of you Penn State fans out there, you are probably asking yourself the question, how did we lose to Iowa? We would definitely be playing for the national title, but could that still happen? It would be one of the largest long shots ever, but crazy things happen this time of year. Allow me to explain.

First off we need Alabama to beat Florida in the SEC Championship game. Why? Simple, Penn State needs to move ahead of the other one loss teams without playing a game, how can that happen? By them losing. Florida would have two losses and would drop from the top three.

Second, we need the Big 12 teams to beat each other, which they have done all year. Texas A&M beating Texas would be great, but unlikely. Oklahoma could lose to Oklahoma State, which would be fantastic. If none of those things happen, we need to cheer for Missouri in the Big 12 title game against Oklahoma.

Third, we must pretend that USC has a chance of losing. If Notre Dame could somehow upset the mighty Trojans, especially after getting beat by Syracuse, that would be incredible. Cannot see it happening, but one can dream. Plus they have their heated rivalry game with UCLA, which can always be interesting...

The Big 12 scenerio really comes down to the South champ losing to Missouri because if any of the other teams in the South have one loss, it would not make sense to have them play in the national championship game, but not be the conference champ. Yes, strange things happen involving the BCS.

Basically what I am saying is that these upcoming weeks may seem meaningless to PSU fans, but we need to put our rally caps on and hope for some big upsets. Also, Alabama needs to beat Florida...