FIX IT

Once again, voters’ opinions have thrown the national championship race into turmoil. How it’s possible that Oklahoma is ranked ahead of Texas, who beat them, is beyond me. And again, as I wrote last week, no way does USC deserve to be ranked ahead of Texas Tech.
The NCAA has always been a duplicitous beast. It [...]

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USC Leapfrogs Texas Tech?

AP voters, you’ve really screwed up this time. With USC leapfrogging Tech in the most recent polls, the BCS picture–still not reliable due to its dependence on voters’ opinions–is once again screwed up.
Let’s look at the losses these two teams have suffered. Both have one loss; USC’s to Oregon State, a 7-3 team with a [...]

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To be great, or simply good?

The spotlight is on, and now it’s time to see how the Tide handles pressure. Because from here on out, every game, every playeven, will be a chance at greatness. One slip and suddenly you’re merely good–not great. But if anyone can prepare a team for this moment, it’s Nick Saban.
It might have been better [...]

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Upsets and the Intangibles of Predicting the National Champion

I’ve been watching commentators of college football jumping on the OSU bandwagon for weeks. Virtually everyone was predicting OSU to win, often for no better reason than that LSU was favored. Yes, they were picking OSU because LSU was favored. But by predicting OSU to win, in one way, they made OSU the favorite, thereby [...]

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How to Fix College Football

Talk radio is rife with talk of unfairness and the want of a playoff. As for the unfairness, I say bull. No other team deserved to be in the championship game than the two that were there. There might have been equals, but none more deserving. And as for the playoff: It ain’t gonna happen, [...]

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Bowling

Mark Richt is bitter that Georgia was bypassed by LSU for the National Championship game. Oh well, maybe you shouldn’t have gotten stomped by Tennessee. While we’re on Georgia, however, I believe the bowl committee missed a prime opportunity by not putting Georgia in the Rose Bowl against USC. Those might be the two best [...]

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Bengals and Buckeyes, Oh My

Way back on Oct. 7th, I predicted the possibility of a two-loss national champion. According to today’s USA Today and AP polls, that possibility may come to fruition. If the BCS calculates the rankings as expected, watch for Ohio State to face LSU for the National Championship, and I’ll go ahead and predict LSU to [...]

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College Football Saturday Recap

Overall success with my predictions this weekend: I was 5-1 overall and the only game I missed was the one I couldn’t pick any other way: Bama lost to LSU, despite being ahead by 7 with fewer than 3 minutes to go in the 4th qtr. Final score was 41-34, which was the very personification [...]

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Oh yeah, and there are some other games, too…

Oregon vs. Arizona St
Two teams with one loss between them in a game which could be the deciding factor in who plays for the National Championship. If the Buckeyes lose this weekend and Bama beats LSU, look for the winner of this game to vault to at least number two, if not past BC into #1, [...]

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Lightweights Show Mettle

Arizona St and Boston College showed, for the first time this season, that they’re not pushovers. Yes, they’re both undefeated, but between the two of them they had only played a smattering of worthwhile opponents. That changed somewhat Saturday, with ASU beating Cal and BC beating Virginia Tech–in the final minutes of the game, no [...]

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