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After the biggest single day of BCS upheaval in five years, seven teams are still alive for a national championship berth. Isn't that what the commissioners have kept preaching, every week is a playoff?
Sort of, except those same commissioners weren't satisfied with this sort of two-team drama. If the playoff started today, the SEC likely would have three teams in the top four. True, a playoff doesn't start today and one of those teams (Alabama or Georgia) is guaranteed to lose. But aren't you beginning to see why SEC commissioner Mike Slive didn't want to limit the field to conference champs only?
If certain results fall into place, the SEC would be all but assured of clinching -- by next week -- its seventh consecutive title. That's Mr. Dumb Sportswriter projecting...
This was a great weekend for the Sick-of-the-SEC crowd. Texas A&M's stunning 29-24 victory over No. 1 Alabama in Tuscaloosa especially delighted fans of undefeated Oregon, Kansas State and Notre Dame. The real impact for... more »
No college football season in recent memory has gone by without some concern, come early November, that the shaky foundation of the Bowl Championship Series might finally give way. Late in the season each year, there are a... more »
WACO, Texas – It took the nation's worst defense to play its best. It took an Oregon transfer shining on a night Oregon could have used him. It took a huge chunk out of the Heisman leader's candidacy. It took a central... more »
We all know that the BCS college football system, with its computers and polls and bowl series that isn't a series, is incredibly stupid and illogical. We'll all be happy to see it go. But I would again ask the question: Can we... more »
On Sunday morning, Notre Dame’s Brian Kelly pulled out his weekly coaches’ poll ballot and did what few others in college football would. “I voted Notre Dame first,” Kelly said. Kelly was the only one of... more »
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