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Will anyone come to Penn State's defense?

For a long long while now, Penn State fans have swallowed the hard facts that the 2009 football schedule leaves a lot to be desired. It sucks, in fact. No it's not entirely our fault, but I'm not really one for excuses; I'll take the lumps as they lie. However-- why is all of the talk on these boards about us not winning a national championship? When I think back in the history of College Football, I see a certain theme repeating itself... A non-BCS team from the west (Boise State, Utah, TCU) have a ridiculous record over some quality opponents. In some cases, the teams even go undefeated only to hear, "I think they should be given a shot to prove they're the best team in the land... but actually... it's the Bowl Conference Series Championship and they aren't from one of those conferences... besides they won't beat Oklahoma or Alabama anyway."

And of course, we all know how those turn out. My question is this. Why does Penn State, who plays in a BCS Conference get an automatic denial to a BCS championship game if they are undefeated? I honestly, really, don't see a way that they can be denied if they are one of two undefeated teams at the end of this season.

Thoughts? Sorry if this sounds like it's just a replay from before, but I just don't understand why everyone is writing off national championship automatically.

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