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Originally Posted by POS
Strength of schedule.
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Wrong. Strength of schedule is no longer supposed to be part of the criteria.
We can start a whole debate here about the pro-East Coast bias inherit in the national polling.
It would have been interesting to see a USC vs. LSU or USC vs. OSU match-up to shut-up everyone (one way or the other). But that won't happen this year.
So it is pointless to ponder the whys and wherefores.
USC lost control of its destiny when it lost to Stanford. That's that.
Interestingly enough, Stanford beat Cal, a former top-ten team. So go figure.
It will be fun to play Illinois. After all, they beat OSU so that will be a fun match-up. The Big Ten has not done very well in the Rose Bowl--let's hope that trend continues.