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It's not one and done

Sporting News, The, Sept 20, 2004

Let's not be foolish enough to believe one loss dooms a run at the national championship game. Florida State, after its seemingly annual loss to Miami, isn't out of it yet. Neither is Nebraska--technically, anyway.

Getting to the national title game with one loss isn't as difficult as it seems. The formula: Keep winning, get some poll love and have a schedule with some oomph. LSU did it last year after a midseason loss to Florida because it eventually won the SEC, one of the nation's best conferences, and defeated one of the nation's best teams, Georgia, twice.

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These teams within the BCS conferences can afford a loss and still play in the national title game at the Orange Bowl. One disclaimer: The loss can't be from November 1 on, unless it's a Big 12 or SEC unbeaten team that loses in the league championship game.

ACC: Florida State, Miami, N.C. State.

SEC: Georgia, LSU, Florida.

Big 12" Oklahoma, Texas.

Big Ten: Ohio State, Michigan.

Pac-10: USC.

Big East: None.--M.H.

It's not one and done

Sporting News, The, Sept 20, 2004

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