College: Iowa is Insight Bowl bound once again- this time to face Oklahoma. I'm not sure whether to be frightened or excited. But our season seemed to settle into a pattern of crap one week and amazing the next so given the fact we kind of took a dump, offensively speaking against Nebraska (Better than the 42-7 pounding the last time we played them, but 20-7 was not what I was hoping for) then by rights we should be playing up for Oklahoma. Hopefully. We better be.
The BCS was also announced last night and we've got the following:
BCS National Championship: LSU versus Alabama. A perfect argument for a playoff. I'm not happy about it- because really, if 'Bama wanted a rematch, they should have earned it on the field. They pipped Oklahoma State by something like .009 percent in the final BCS standings which is enough to trigger an automatic recount in pretty much all 50 states yet the voters in their perceived wisdom favor a top-heavy SEC to give 'Bama the rematch which, in my mind, having lost their division and their conference, they didn't really earn. (I tend to measure conferences by their strength and consistency top-to-bottom and the SEC is way overrated in my book. For sure, they play DAMN good football and LSU will probably and deservedly win the national title but the problem with the SEC is that the good teams are very good and the bad teams are very bad and there's not much in the way of a middle. (Florida, South Carolina.) Conferences like the Big 12 and the Big 10 tend to be better top to bottom and provide more balance than the SEC does. Though the Big 10 does get rightfully slapped for their weak non-conference slate.)
Rose Bowl: Wisconsin versus Oregon. Wisconsin and Michigan State played a damn good Big 10 title game which Wisconsin won- I think they should give Oregon a better run for their money than Sparty would- but the way Sparty was playing, I gotta wonder if either team would have done the job. Can Wisconsin beat Oregon? I think so... but Oregon is very fast so this should be interesting to watch.
Fiesta Bowl: This one I've got circled- Oklahoma State versus Stanford. This to me has the potential to be the marquee match-up of the BCS slate. Should be kick-ass...
Sugar Bowl: Michigan versus Virgina Tech. Also could be interesting- I didn't twig to it right away, but there's rightful grumbling in some quarters that Boise State and TCU were passed over for a team that lost and lost badly to ACC Champion Clemson.
Orange Bowl: Clemson versus West Virgina. The Big East was a disaster area this year but the right team got in and although part of me wants to go... blaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah to this match-up, it too has the potential to be interesting.
In fact, pretty much every other BCS Bowl seems more interesting than the boring-ass national title rematch. Seriously- Santa, can we have an 8 team playoff to avoid all the tiresome crap once and for all. Settle it on the field!
Professional: Minnesota lost to Denver yesterday. 'Nuff said.
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