Random BcS

Just some quick updates on the happenings of the past weekend...

While I was pulling for the chance for the Buckeyes to kick the stew out of Pete Carroll and the Trojans, I was more than excited to see UCLA upset the spoiled students at U$C. A great game overall- you could tell that the Trojans were overlooking the Bruins, and had no answer for their QB. For me, there were three highlights:

The ENORMOUS hit on UCLA QB Cowen during the 4th quarter (excuse the crappy video)

The picture perfect tip drill moment to effectively end the game

And, the U$C cheerleader who was too dumb to know when it was appropriate to cheer. You'd think that they would have addressed this after last year.

(HT:MZone)

But I was nowhere near as excited as the folks who bought furniture at HR , who received all of it for FREE due to the Bruins' upset. What a great deal.

Ok, now let's talk about the BcS System. There's a ton that's been said about whether or not Florida or Michigan deserve to be there, so I won't add. You can check EDSBS, ESPN, MZone, MGoBlog for more on that. I will only add this- Michigan is the second best team in the country. They had their chance to play for the National Championship, and lost.

For the record, the "weak" Big T1e1n has three teams in the top 5, with a total of 2 in house losses between them. So, the "SEC is stronger, and they beat up on each other" line just does not hold water, in my mind.

Let's talk a bit about the BcS breakdowns, shall we?

• Championship- tOSU/Florida. Beatdown of epic proportions.
• Rose Bowl- U$C/UM. Best game of the holiday season; but the Trojans do not have a prayer.
• Fiesta- Oklahoma/Boise State. Not even close.
• Orange- Wake Forest/Louisville. This will get worse ratings than whatever is on QVC at the same time.
• Sugar- LSU/Notre Dame. Another hellacious beating.

Actually, I'm looking forward to this last one; Notre Dame has no idea what they are in for, the Weis myth and the Quinn phenomenon will both be exposed as frauds, and the Irish will have yet another bowl loss (which I think will be 6 in a row). Oh, and Weis will still not have beaten a quality opponent.

So, how in the heck did the "not playing anyone" Irish Republican Army end up in the BcS, even though they couldn't sell all of their tickets to last year's Fiesta Bowl? Well, it's like this- One loss, #5 Wisconsin and # 10 Auburn are hosed by the rules that state that there can only be two teams from a conference in the 5 BCS games, in order to allow the smaller conferences a chance to get in. Unless, of course, you're Notre Dame, when you only have to be in the top 12 to qualify. So, we get Boise State instead of Auburn, and the Tigers have the opportunity to play Nebraska. Notre Dame goes to face Bo Pellini, and 11-1 Wisconsin squares off against 10-3 Arkansas.

In the world of karma, though, Miami has the opportunity to travel to Boise for their bowl game. Hurricanes, yes; blizzards, no.

So, what would a (never going to happen) playoff look like? What about this? 8 team playoff

Oh, and if you're wondering how excited to get if your favorite college squadron is going to a bowl? Not too excited: 54% of all Division 1-A schools are doing just that. Yup more than half. But it is still an honor, right? Well, it depends on which bowl you're going to... this site helps: Bowl-a-rama!

Either way, be sure to play along.