Chris Dufresne on Penn State, BCS scenarios and more [Video]
Penn State got back to football on Saturday, but the cloud of the Jerry Sandusky scandal still looms large. The Times' Chris Dufresne tells CineSport's Noah Coslov that even though the Nittany Lions are bowl-eligible, we may not see them playing beyond the regular season.
Dufresne also discusses BCS championship scenarios, which may be a lot simpler than it appeared a couple weeks ago. As he wrote on Monday:
Louisiana State and Oklahoma State are, indisputably, the two top teams and headed for a quarrel-free collision in the BCS title game.
LSU and Oklahoma State are the only remaining undefeated schools from the six major conferences.
The Tigers and Cowboys were a rock-solid 1-2 in Sunday's release of the weekly BCS standings.
LSU needs only to beat Mississippi on the road and Arkansas at home and then win the Southeastern Conference title game to play for its third BCS title since 2002. The Tigers won the two previous title games played in New Orleans (2003 and 2007).
Oklahoma State needs a win at Iowa State this week and then to beat Oklahoma in Stillwater on Dec. 3.
Dufresne also discusses Andrew Luck's Heisman Trophy prospects after Stanford's loss to Oregon on Saturday.
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