Hot Mess

You'd think this morning while reading all the previews for today's games, that there was no way that both number one and number two would lose and would open the door for a cluster to the national title. Well, if you thought that you're wrong and you haven't been paying attention this season.

The trail of 1's and 2's that have lost are lengthy. Four times number ones have lost this season, which is the most I can remember since I've been watching college football. Missouri, Ohio State and LSU (twice!) went down while at the top. And it's not just chaos in the number one spot either.

More number twos have lost than I can count. Kansas, USC, South Florida, Boston College, West Virginia and Oklahoma. Doesn't anyone want to win a national title? Maybe because teams are now forced to hand out the same number of scholarships (85), parody is finally creeping into college football.

So the all important question is who will play for the BCS National Championship? I'm going to go out on a limb and project every BCS Bowl game. This is provided that Hawaii takes care of business tonight against Washington. Right now, the Warriors trail the Huskies 14-0 with only 6:30 minutes off the clock in the first quarter.

Sugar Bowl
Hawaii vs. Arizona State
Like I said, this is provided that Hawaii wins. You may be able to flip flop Kansas and Arizona State if Fiesta Bowl brass doesn't want to see an all Big 12 match-up. However, that is unlikely considering the Fiesta Bowl is the Big 12's automatic bid bowl.

Fiesta Bowl
Kansas vs. Oklahoma
Looks like it will be Big 12 North number two versus the Big 12 Champion. I'd expect OU to tear KU an new one in this game. This one will almost be a bigger snooze fest than the Sugar Bowl.

Rose Bowl
USC vs. Georgia
It will be a bowl of the two hottest teams in college football, allegedly. I watched USC against UCLA today and USC didn't look that impressive. I'd expect this bowl to be a huge letdown given Georgia's ability to put me to sleep.

Orange Bowl
Virginia Tech vs. West Virginia
This game was the easiest to pick because it's already been decided. At least I'll get one right.

BCS National Championship Game
LSU vs. Ohio State
Thanks a bunch Missouri and West Virginia. Now we'll all get to watch the 2006 BCS title game redux. Awesome.

As you can see because of all the upheaval I'm none too pleased about how the season played out. Despite that, I'm hoping this is how it works out every year so we can get a playoff system in place before I die. It doesn't seem likely and the most we can hope for will probably be a +1 format. At least according to Kirk Herbstreit. And after his "Les Miles going to Michigan, for sure" debacle on ESPN Game Day this morning, I guess I wouldn't believe in former Buckeye back-up quarterbacks.

Oh yeah, looks like the curse of Sports Illustrated is still in effect. And unlike former Nebraska quarterback Eric Crouch, Chase Daniel will not win the Heisman.



PS - Washington 21 Hawaii zip. Good God.