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OK, BCS is out and here it is!
1 FSU 2 Ohio State, 3 Auburn, 4 Alabama, 5 Missouri, 6 Oklahoma State, 7 Stanford (highest ranked 2 loss team), 8 South Carolina, 9 Baylor and 10 Michigan State.
Come on folks…no real surprise here. As long as their is a “0” in the loss column, you are going to be ranked ahead of a one loss team. Now everyone is already wanting to debate, should Auburn be no. 2? Should Auburn play in the National Title game if they beat Missouri in the SEC Championship game (and believe me people, that is going to be one heck of a ball game in Atlanta) and Ohio State beats Michigan State but is not “impressive”. Should Auburn move into the title game at no. 2? What happens if 1FSU should fall to 20 Duke in the ACC Championship game? Sounds highly unlikely, but crazier things have happened. At the end of the day, if there are two undefeated teams in this BCS system, they deserve to play in the National Championship game. This problem gets resolved next year when we move to a playoff system with the top four teams. Think how awesome that would be, just based on the current rankings!! Alabama vs. FSU, Ohio State vs. Auburn. Alas, we are not there yet and we have one more week of CFB to play. Sure wish Oregon and/or Stanford were one of those one loss teams in the debate, but they are not, they are two loss teams. Stanford will play Arizona State (#11) in the Pac 12 Championship game this Saturday for the right to play in the Rose Bowl.
In other CFB news, Washington head coach Steve Sarkisian has been named the new head coach at USC. He is essentially coming home..he was a student at USC and was an assistant coach there for seven years. A very good hire! He took a Washington program that was basically awful and made it relevant. Ed Orgeron, current interim head coach after the firing of Lane Kiffin was so irate that he was not offered the position, he resigned. Really a shame. AD Pat Hayden offered him the position of Assistant Head Coach and a bunch of $$$$, but Orgeron was not interested. Also, Al Grobe has resigned at Wake Forest. He was the head coach for thirteen years and a complete class act.
In NFL action yesterday, Peyton Manning and the Denver Broncos solidified their hold on their division with an exciting win over the Chiefs in Kansas City, 35 – 28. Manning threw four TD passes and the Broncos are now 10-2 with the best record in the AFC.
Pop Culture news…Go see Dallas Buyers Club! This is a great movie, sad, but tremendous performances by both Matthew McConaughey and Jared Leto. This is not the McConaughey we are used to (“alright, alright, alright”). Still, he brings a bit of levity to a very serious and important true story. Can you say Oscar nomination?
Very sad news about the untimely death of Paul Walker…another one gone way too soon.
