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Did you hear that huge wailing and loud cries of No, No, No shortly after Boise State snuck by Virginia Tech, 33-30.  Let me tell you where those cries were coming from.  They were coming from all of the current BCS schools presidents.  Hey guys you had better try some more quick conference realignments or readjust the current BCS formulas so it can favor your guys even more than it does.

This constant crashing or near crashing of your private party by Boise State, TCU and Utah is ugly.  You really should have put the Pac 20 together and the Big 10-50 or whatever they will be called when you had the chance.  I know you guys are all about the student athlete and care only about the fine tradition of college football.  You had this championship thing set up nicely in that only the biggest conferences could play for a National Title.  It was so sweet, all of that extra money and recognition.  You convinced everyone that those weak WAC teams and Mountain West Conference teams could not be on the same field as the real college football teams of the SEC, Pac 10 and Big 10.

Boise State beats mighty Oklahoma and most said it was a great game and Boise was lucky to beat the Sooners.  Utah beats Alabama and the tide apologists say, well, you know, Alabama really did not want to be there because there was a let down after they thought they would be in the championship game.  I cannot wait to hear the pundits crying about what may lie ahead after the Broncos beat the Hokies in their backyard.  They don’t play anyone!  They are not qualified to be in the final game.  No one would watch a game with Boise State playing for the title.  My favorite of course will be, the system is not fair!  Wha, wha, wha and ha, ha, ha.  No need for playoffs and when the system works for your conference, well everything is fine.

Non BCS teams have been on the outside looking in and maybe this year they will strike pay dirt.  Suddenly the system will not be fair.  Keep your ears open this week and listen for the cries!  Speaking of not playing anyone, VA Tech must regroup and play James Madison next week.  I knew they had a basketball team but did not realize they had a football team.

My quick run down of those weak Mountain West and WAC teams this opening weekend.  Utah beat Ptt, Fresno State beat  Cincinnati, BYU beat Pac 10 Washington, TCU beat Pac 10 Oregon State and Boise State finishes off Virginia Tech.  Speaking of the SEC how about Ole Miss getting beat by Jacksonville State.  Show me the hands of those that like me thought Jacksonsville State had to be from Florida.  Turns out they are from Alabama.  They are in the mighty Ohio Valley Conference.  Other Ohio Valley Conference winners were, Austin Peay and Tennessee State.  Southeast Missouri State did not win but they are an Ohio Valley Conference member as well.  How could an Ohio Valley Conference team even dare to step on the field with the so called Big Boys of the SEC.  I am cheering for Boise State, TCU and Fresno State this year.

Finally let me give you the California connection as I like to do in college sports.  There are 37 players on the Boise State roster that are from California.  I think that is a good reason to be a Bronco fan.  Their head coach is Chris Petersen and by all accounts he is a classy person.  He has a 50-4 record so far as the head coach and twice his team has gone undefeated.  Special note, Joe Paterno had five undefeated teams and his Penn State teams were denied three times a title because they were an independent and ” did not play anyone.”   Coach Petersen played quarterback at UC Davis and before that he played quarterback at Sacramento City College.  Austin Pettis from Orange Lutheran scored two touchdowns and Tommy Gallarda from Brea Olinda High School scored a touchdown against the Hokies.  All good reasons to cheer for the Broncos this year.

One last note on the Monday night game.  Was anyone else curious about the final Boise State drive when Pettis was hit out of bounds.  It looked like to me he was out of bounds and then kept running and the late hit came after he had already stepped out of bounds by Tech’s Bruce Taylor.  Can you have a late hit if the guy was out of bounds and the play should have been blown dead?  Just asking because that was a huge 15 yard penalty.  This season may be even better than last season.

I am feeling somewhat blue now that the college football season is over.  No I do not count the various All Star games.  What a let down that Colt McCoy got hurt and missed most of the game.  He deserved better, we all deserved better.  I do not know if Texas would have won the game or not but it would have been fun to see.  Mark Ingram definitely impressed and proved he was a deserving winner of the Heisman Trophy.  It was good to see this Alabama team was motivated to play this year.  Since the BCS likes to play the game on paper I have decided to crown on paper Boise State as Co-National-Champions.  I guess that is what I will have to do for the next four years at least.

Three teams have ever finished the season 14-0.  Two of them were crowned BCS National Champions.  That would be Ohio State when they beat Miami and now this years Alabama team.  One team finished 14-0 and never even had a chance to play for the championship.  Boise State beat the Pac-10 Champs Oregon and then beat TCU.  TCU was favored and ranked higher in the BCS than the Broncos.  Most of the experts thought TCU would win and most thought they could play with the Tide and the Longhorns.  Somehow Boise overcame all of that and finished 14-0.  There was not much outcry because the system wins and most of the public accepts that you can not fight city hall.  So I will have my own individual protest and congradulate the Boise State team on being Co-Champs.  I counted 35 players on their roster from California so that is great representation for the National Champions.

I am not sure if you saw it or not but there is a new BCS executive director named Bill Hancock.  Bill has worked with the BCS for some time and no surprise here, he sees no reason to change.  They have a new four year contract with ESPN and so the playoffs will have to wait.  Bill says they will not go to a playoff system for some of the same great reasons you have heard before.  Come to think of it they are some of the same reasons I have heard from ESPN guys.  Playoffs lead to more injuries; conflicts with final exams; they would kill the bowl system; and it would diminish the importance of the regular season.  I am not sure but I heard that Mark McGwire had a hand in these reasons.  He and Bill both seem to have trouble with coming clean.

Some more quick notes on the season:  How bout my old guys Bobby and Joe coming through in the bowl games.  Guess the head coaches on the other side must have had the game pass them by.  Bowden finishes 7-6 and they run him out of town.  Lane Kiffin goes 7-6 and gets to be the head coach at USC.  Go figure, I guess Lane must be a bright new mind in the game.  Good choice bringing along his old man, Monte.

Back up quarterback Aaron Corp from USC is transferring to Richmond University.  Good luck to the former Orange Lutheran High School standout.

The Pac 10 went 2-5 in bowl games and the mighty SEC went 6-4.  By the way did you know that the mighty SEC Champs, Alabama played powerhouse teams like Florida International, North Texas and Tennessee-Chattanooga?  Here is another fact you won’t care about.  There have been twelve BCS Championship games and eight were decided by 10 or more points.  What incredible drama that is right?  In my opinion there are only two that really are memorable.  Ohio State over Miami and Texas over USC.  I did enjoy the tradition of having the game played on Thursday night.  Why I remember when I was a boy and all of my relatives would come over to celebrate New Year’s day on Thursday January 7th.  I have a tear in my eye right now thinking about how important tradition is in college football.  Thank you BCS supporters.

Let’s end on a positive note.  I suggest that every high school coach record the interview with Colt after the Championship game was over.  That should be shown to every high school and college team across America.  That was as classy as you can get.  The guy was so disappointed and yet he gave credit to his opponent, his team, his backup and said he had given his all.  I do not know if he and Tim Tebow will be great pros or not.  I want to thank them both for being great athletes and for being two great things about college football.