Oh, I know what your going to say.. can't happen. BCS rules don't allow in more then 2 teams from a conference.. and if you don't win your conference championship game you can't get it..
Well.. maybe that isn't so true.
The BCS has conviened to determine what happens if a conference has two teams #1 and #2, neither of whom are the conference champion. It had been my assumption that the two teams per conference rule would prevail, but the BCS has ruled that all three would get an automatic BCS bid.
Bowl Championship Series commissioners recently had to mediate a conflict in their own rule book that could affect USC's bowl plans.
BCS rules stipulate that no more than two schools from one conference can receive BCS bowl bids, yet rules also state that conference champions must receive an automatic bid and that No. 1 and No. 2 in the BCS standings must meet in the title game.
There is a remote chance this year that Missouri could win the Big 12 title and two one-loss schools from the Big 12 South could end up No. 1 and No. 2 in the BCS standings.
So what gives?
"There would be three [Big 12] teams in that case," BCS spokesman Bill Hancock confirmed Wednesday.
The scenario is as follows:
Florida and Alabama both lose a game, either Florida losing to FSU then beating Alabama or Alabama losing to Auburn then beating Florida. (Florida losing to the Citadel is about as remote as Utah making the NC game.)
Oklahoma beats Texas Tech, who remains ahead of USC and Utah (who may jump USC with a win over BYU). Missouri then wins the Big 12 championship game.
The team Missouri beat, likely Oklahoma as they could pass Texas after a second win over Oklahoma State, would be out. 2 teams from the Big 12 South would be #1 and #2, and Missouri would have the Fiesta Bowl bid.
Under this scenario the BCS bowls would look like:
NC: Texas Tech vs Texas
Rose: Oregon State vs Penn State/Ohio State/Michigan State
Fiest Bowl: Missouri vs Alabama/Florida loser
Sugar Bowl: Alabama/Florida winner vs Utah/Boise State/BYU
Orange Bowl: ACC Champion vs Big East Champion
With no at large spots available USC would go to the Holiday Bowl.
