NCAA the NFL Way: Super Bowl

Super Bowl: AFC Champion USC vs. NFC Champion WVU at Phoenix Stadium

After cruising through their first two victories the Trojans knocked off the Bulldogs at home with a split vote with the tie breaker given due to homefield advantage. Meanwhile West Virginia for some reason wiped the floor with Ohio St. to make it three consecutive easy victories. In real life both teams won their bowl games with ease and blew big regular season games against a shitty opponent, so who will take down this fake tournament?

Tale of Two Journeys

USC Wildcard Victory over Arizona St. 93.5% to 6.5%
USC Divisional Victory over BYU 100% to 0%
USC Conference Championship Victory 50% to 50% via executive decision.
USC Key Wins: Arizona St., Oregon St.
USC Bad Losses: Stanford

WVU Wildcard Victory over Kansas 63.3% to 36.7%
WVU Divisional Victory over Hawaii 75.0% to 25.0%
WVU Conference Championship Victory of OSU 77.8% to 22.2%
West Virginia Key Wins: Uconn, Miss St., Cincy, Rutgers
West Virginia Bad Losses: Pitt

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