Anything more than a 4 team playoff would be lame. Does anyone ranked 5 and lower really deserve the shot? If your team's schedule is too weak to get you in the top 4 with a single loss, then you don't deserve a shot. Having one loss after playing a tough schedule does deserve the shot, especially if one of your losses was to one of the other 3 teams in the top 4. The 4 team version would likely leave a team or 2 on the outside looking in once in a while, such as this year with maybe a Utah, USC, or Penn St given the shaft. There may also be those years when a team not so deserving of a shot manages enough votes and loses early in the season, and eeks into #4 or even #3. However, on average, at least there would be the right 4 teams playing in most years.

Btw, just because there is a playoff system, doesn't mean there still can't be extra BCS games where the ACC and Big East champs can play each other and get their payday.

Also, there'd need to be some rules established on how the 4 teams were matched up. Ie. 2 conference teams can't matchup in the semifinal round, or if 2 teams just played each other their last game, they can't rematch in the semifinal round...a la Florida vs Alabama. Otherwise, #1 vs #4, and #2 vs #3.

Here's how the BCS would've turned out the past few years grabbing the top 4 from each year, and my personal projection:

2008 - #1 Oklahoma vs #4 Alabama, #3 Texas vs #2 Florida - OKLAHOMA vs FLORIDA - NC Champ: FLORIDA
2007 - #1 Ohio St. vs #4 Oklahoma, #2 LSU vs #3 Virginia Tech - OKLAHOMA vs LSU - NC CHAMP: LSU
2006 - #1 Ohio St. vs #4 LSU, #2 Florida vs #3 Michigan - LSU vs FLORIDA - NC CHAMP: LSU
2005 - #1 USC vs #4 Ohio St., #2 Texas vs #3 Penn St. - USC vs TEXAS - NC CHAMP: TEXAS
2004 - #1 USC vs #4 Texas, #2 Oklahoma vs #3 Auburn - USC vs AUBURN - NC CHAMP: USC
2003 - #1 Oklahoma vs #4 Michigan, #2 LSU vs #3 USC - OKLAHOMA vs USC - NC CHAMP: USC
2002 - #1 Miami vs #4 USC, #2 Ohio St. vs #3 Georgia - MIAMI vs OSU - NC CHAMP:  OSU
2001 - #1 Miami vs #3 Colorado, #2 Nebraska vs #4 Oregon - MIAMI vs NEBRASKA - NC CHAMP:  MIAMI
2000 - #1 Oklahoma vs #4 Washington, #2 Florida St. vs #3 Miami - OKLAHOMA vs FLORIDA ST. - NC CHAMP:  OKLAHOMA
1999 - #1 Florida St. vs #4 Alabama, #2 Virginia Tech vs #3 Nebraska - FLORIDA ST. vs NEBRASKA - NC CHAMP:  NEBRASKA
1998 - #1 Tenn vs #4 Ohio St., #2 Florida St vs #3 Kansas St. (Note: Kansas St. did not play a BCS game by virtue of losing to Texas A&M in Big 12 CC game. Final BCS rankings came out before CC games.) - TENNESSEE vs FLORIDA ST. - NC CHAMP:  TENNESSEE.

Only a couple of NC results would've been changed, but it's nice to see the top teams get a shot at it. Who knows how those matchups would really work out, and how much more money could be made for all conferences.  Most of all, the CFB fan would be placated to 3 excellent games.

If you can remember how good some of these teams were, these playoffs would be monsters and awesomely great!

A funny thing happened this week... half of the remaining Undefeateds lost, and now we're down to the final two teams, after a remarkable regular season.

Congratulations to Utah and Boise St. for running the tables and staying perfect through your regular slate of games.  Now it's on to post-season play.  Utah was rewarded for a great season with an automatic bid into a BCS bowl game, the Sugar Bowl, versus SEC runner-up, Alabama.  Boise St. was left on the outside looking in.  Due to Utah being ranked above Boise St. in the final BCS rankings, Utah was granted the lone automatic bid for non-BCS schools achieving a ranking above #14.  Boise St.'s booby prize is the Poinsettia Bowl in San Diego, CA, the second best bowl game to be held there, behind the Holiday Bowl.  Their opponent will be another worth non-BCS program on the outside looking in, TCU Horned Frogs.  This should be a lesson to the non-BCS conferences and schools....pay up or shut up.  The BCS is about money, and you have to buy your way into it.  However, more importantly, you have to establish a decade or more track record of success that gets you noticed by the media, where they can deem you worthy of BCS invites and a shot at the NC.  Alas that time has not come yet.  If BYU, Boise St., Utah, and TCU keep up a track record of success, maybe there will be incentive for them to combine into their own conferences with a few select others, and be better than the Big East or ACC.   Anyway, I'm rambling now.  Congrats to Utah and Boise St., and good luck in the bowls!

Now for the bad news:  Alabama and Ball St.

What could have been and should have been, respectively.  Alabama controlled their own destiny to the BCS NC game, and could have remained the #1 team around with a defeat of Florida in the SEC Championship Game.  However, Florida proved to be the better team, and it was a decent performance by two really good teams.

Ball St. on the other hand.... Buffalo?!?!  Who?!?! Did anyone even know BSU was playing a conference championship game?  What happened?!?  Well, it was a great season while it lasted, and Ball St. still finds themselves invited to the GMAC Bowl in balmy Mobile, AL Jan 6, against a game Tulsa Golden Hurricane squad.  This isn't quite the big game Ball St. was hoping for.  However, their defeator, Buffalo, plays in the International Bowl, across the waterfall in Toronto, Canada.  Nice trip and vacation.  Might Ball St. have seen a much bigger bowl should they have remained undefeated?  We'll never know now.  Great season anyway.

A Look Back:  Ranking the Biggest Upsets of Undefeateds:

Despite the chaos of the BCS this year, there were relatively few upsets this year that rattled college football landscape, and several of the upsets ended up not having a major impact, as they should have, which points to flaws in the BCS system.

8)  Alabama loses to Florida - OK, this isn't an upset, as Florida was favored, but it was still a #1 team falling, and unfortunately for Bama, it cost them their shot at the NC.  This Crimson Tide squad had a great season, and big early season wins against Clemson and Georgia were thought to lead the way to a perfect season.  Bama took a lot of cheap shots from the media and non-fans for running the tables against a down SEC schedule, and were ultimately found out by an equally tough Florida Gator squad.  Better to lose early than late, otherwise you could climb from that #4 BCS position pretty quickly.  Bama goes on to play an undefeated and #6 Utah squad in the Sugar Bowl.

7)  Texas Tech loses to Oklahoma - Another not so big upset.  OU was heavily favored against the #2 and undefeated Red Raiders, as they commensed battled in Norman.  It was not even close, as OU dropped a 60 spot on the #2 team in the nation.  That would be upsetting, and it certainly was for TT, who fell off of the national rader despite a single loss season.  From BCS NC Game to Cotton Bowl.  Life just isn't fair...see: Texas Longhorns.

6)  Oklahoma loses to Texas - Though both teams were undefeated and ranked in the top 5 going into this annual rivalry battle, Oklahoma was a big favorite, and one of the top contenders for NC hope in the early season.  Texas' perseverance, constant scoring, and battling gave them a surprise 10 pt victory, that launched them into a month-long gauntlet of Top 11 terrors and defense of their new #1 status.  This loss was apparently early enough in the season for OU to overcome and even leapfrog a 1-loss Texas team in the final rankings, earning OU a spot in the BCS NC game.  Once again, lose early, not late.

5)  Ball St. loses to Buffalo - Ball St. was living a Cinderella life all the way up to midnight, when in their conference championship game, they were usurped by Buffalo.  Buffalo was on no one's radar, and played up that underestimation fully to victory.  Not only did this loss cost BSU their shot at a higher bowl game, but perhaps cost the Cardinals a shot at a prestigious final top 10 ranking that could have worked wonders for recruiting.

4)  Texas loses to Texas Tech - The loss itself is not a surprise, but the way it happened was.  Undefeated and #1 Texas limped out to a first half 19pt deficit to the #7Red Raiders, on the road  in Lubbock, but fought back to take the lead with a 1.5 minutes left.  On a last second near-hail-mary, and man's-man muscle, WR Michael Crabtree snagged a QB Graham Harrell pass from the 4 yard line and dragged 2 UT defenders into the end-zone for the TD and win.  Texas' path to an undefeated season would have been much easier following this game, and they proved it was, going 11-1 to complete the season.  However, this big loss cost Texas its shot at the BCS NC game, beaing leapfrogged late in the season by a surging OU squad.  Tech was able to win several big games following this, as they garned a #2 ranking, but were subsequental stomped by OU.  See. #7 above.  Once again, it was better if Texas had lost sooner than later, as their late schedule could not boost them enough with the late season loss to Tech.

3)  Florida loses to Ole Miss - This was a massive upset at the time, and one got the feeling Florida and QB Tim Tebow may have been grossly overrated at the time.  Who was Ole Miss, a perrenial SEC bottom-feeder, to jump up and upset an annual national title contender?  Especially in the Swamp?  Florida lost by a point, a blocked extra point to be exact.  With under 4 minutes left, Florida scored a TD, and could have tied the game with the XP.  However, a block and 4 mins later, the game was over, and the Gators had fallen.  Fortunately for Florida, this loss happened early in the season, and they were able to put together a string a strong performances, culimnating with a defeat of #1 Alabama in the SEC CC game, that catapulted them into the BCS NC game.  It's still amazing to consider that this Florida squad lost to that Ole Miss team, which just goes to show the parity in college football.  Anywhere anytime.  Come to play, and don't look ahead.  Florida you majorly dodged this one.

2)  USC losses to Oregon St. - Wasn't this USC squad supposed to be the end-all, be-all of CFB giants?  Greater than even their previous teams this decade?  Wasn't this the team that put a 35-3 beat down upon Ohio St.?  The Trojans must've been hungover after their grand week 2 victory, because the very next week, the #1 Trojans were thumped 27-21 at Oregon St.  We later saw that this underrated Oregon St. squad was a competitor, who fought through to the last week of the season for a shot at the conference title and Rose Bowl.  It was not to be for them however, in the end.  USC's middle and late season weak schedule could never help them climb higher than #5 in the final BCS rankings.  Despite giving up only 87pts all season, and giving up more than 10 pts in a game twice, USC could never gain the pollsters' respect after falling to a usually woeful OSU squad.  They still earned a spot in the Rose Bowl for winning the PAC 10, and face another sad story 1-loss program in Penn St.....

1)  Penn St. loses to Iowa - This loss changed the college football landscape.  Penn St. a big time BCS program with a weak schedule.  They had already knocked off their most difficult opponent in Ohio St., and were now primed to coast to an undefeated season and a spot in the BCS NC game.  The Nittany Lions were already written into most people's NC games, and the biggest questions were who amongst the other undefeated BCS programs would match-up against them.  This was a supposed to be a storied year for the old and ailing Jo Paterno, who'd taken a lot of flack the past few years, and was being asked to step-down/retire by many fans and media.  What greater way to go out than to bring your storied program back to the NC game?  However, this did not happen.  After their Ohio St. victory in late October, the Lions had a week off to celebrate and think too much about the future.  Unfortunately, they weren't thinking about their next game at Iowa.  The Hawkeyes upset the Lions on a last second field goal to seal their fate.  Despite only 1-loss, they only had 2 remaining games against lesser opponents, and they do not have a conference championship game to boost their rankings.  Bottoming out at #8 in the final BCS rankings, PSU still finds itself champion of a weakened Big 10, and its representative to the Rose Bowl, against a USC squad licking its chops for another beat down of a Big 10 opponent.

In the final picture, PSU did the BCS a giant favor.  Despite the BCS still being a giant cluster this year, it would have been even bigger should PSU remained undefeated, having played a much weaker schedule than teams like Bama, Florida, Texas, USC, and Oklahoma.  Those 5 teams would be battling it out for rights to fill the final remaining BCS NC game spot.  As it turned out, there are 2 worthy teams amongst a pool playing for the title, but those scenario is just one of many that shows ultimately the BCS needs to move to playoff system.  One loss should not torpedo a season, and late season polling and numbers crunching should not determine the final outcome.  Let the best be settled on the field by letting the best play the best.

Final Note:  The last edition of the Undefeateds will run after the bowl season, and we'll see if Utah and Boise St. can claim a Cygnus Award for a perfect season.  I'll also give my thoughts on who we might see undefeated next season.

As a Texas Longhorn, every year around Thanksgiving time I like to  think about all of the serious rites, rituals, and traditions that our Texas brethren, the Texas A&M Aggies, bring to the table in preparation for the big UT-A&M rivalry game (yet unsponsored name like Texas-OU ATT Red River Rivalry).  Let's once again examine our "special" siblings in College Station.  All in good fun.

1)  College Station, TX - I have to assume that "College Station", the name of the town, came after the college was established there.  You would think with an institution of higher learning, that they'd come up with something a little more creative.

2)  Reveille - A&M mascot miniature collie - Of all of the breeds of dogs you could have chosen as a mascot, you managed to choose the least intimidating.  You chose Baby Lassie!  It's not even like you decided upon a full-sized collie, you went miniature!  Why didn't you go for a tough breed like a mastiff or bulldog like UGA?  And, what's up with that little maroon drape or skirt it has to wear?  I'm sure that will strike the fear into opponents.  Finally, some Aggie friends let me in on this one.... apparently, when Reveille's handler attends classes with the dog, if the dog barks, then the class is let out early.  Two points on this: 1) If I'm that handler, I'd have that dog barking like it's a Vick family reunion. 2) Don't you feel you've not gotten your money's worth from that class if it lets out early every day?  No wonder Aggies seem like an uneducated lot.  BTW, Reveille is female and a 5-star cadet General.  Hmmmm.

3) Kissing your GF after a score - speaking of dogs...j/k... every time the Ags score they kiss their girlfriends.  It's not a bad ritual, which should be looked into at every other university.  It's still silly and pointless as far as football goes, but I guess it gets the crowd riled up after those long periods of not scoring at all.  A score for a score.  Good concept.

4)  The Gig'Em Thumb - Many universities have hand signals like gang signs to denote their school allegiance.  Ie. the hook'em horns devils horns at UT, the four-fingered bear paw at Baylor, the two-fingered peace symbol in southern cal, and finally the middle-finger salute at most Notre Dame games.  They must really love their head coach since they're always showing their fingers at the end of each ND game.  However, I digress.... the Ags use their thumb.  Yes, just a thumb.  Not fingers.  A thumb.  Like their mascot dog, it's not very intimidating.  It's like they're frowning at you, but giving you the "A-OK" sign.  Like "Gig'em! We hate your guts, but it's A-OK!".  Ags take credit for having the first hand signal in the Southwest Conference.  Funny how trendsetters could end up being so far behind the times now.

5)  Push-ups for Points - Much like the kissing your GF after a score, the Aggie male cheerleaders and maybe some cadets do push-ups.  This has a distinct homo-erotic connection with it.  Straight guys in the stands kiss their GFs after a score.  The cadets and male cheerleaders do push-ups.  I dunno.

6)  "Whoop!" and "Gig'Em!" - These are the traditional yells that Aggies make to support their team.  I'm not exactly sure what "Whoop!" means, other than being an annoying noise.  Maybe they're just trying to annoy their competition into submission.  Aggies are very successful in that venture.  "Gig'Em!" comes from a game many moons ago when the Aggies were going to play the TCU Horned Frogs in an old Southwest Conference battle.  Apparently a gig is a type of spear or stabbing-device used when hunting frogs in swamps, so that makes since.  However, the tradition has carried over to other teams not named Horned Frogs.  I'm not sure a gig would do much to a longhorn, other than piss it off to the point of mauling you with its horns.  Finally, when "Gig'em!" is yelled, it's usually accompanied with the thumb.

7)  12th Man - The fans are generally considered to be an extra player, ready to jump in the game at a moment's notice if needed.  This once was a literal 12th man named E. King Gill, who was a basketball player at A&M, asked to be available to play football on the injury-shortened lineup of A&M.  He was never used, but stood on the sidelines the whole game ready to go in.  Fans carry on this tradition today by standing for the whole game.  It's a cute and honorable concept, except that A&M took it to an extreme under Jackie Sherill and fielded a whole kickoff squad full of student, non-players.  They were actually good at it for a while, until it came under scrutiny that maybe some scholarship atheletes should take the blame when a kickoff is returned for a TD.  At least they've haven't tried to field 12 men on the field at the same time.  The refs wouldn't like that.

8)  Kyle Field - I've had the (mis)opportunity to attend an A&M game at Kyle Field before.  I can tell you that there is no more raucus place for a football game.  The Aggie faithful stand the whole game (leg and back killers), and at some point lock arms and start swaying back in forth together.  The whole stadium starts swaying nauseously, and I can see why there is an intimidation factor for visiting teams.  Kyle Field is technically a War Memorial Stadium, and is thus treated as sacred ground.  Members of the Aggie corp of cadets vigilantly surround the playing field, protecting it from intruders and people who shouldn't be there....namely, anyone not an Aggie.  On several occassions in the past, unruly visiting fans attempted to storm or run out on the field, and ended up in fights with the defending corp.  Unfortunately, on more than one occassion, the jarheads took the tradition and honor a little too far, and pulled their sabres on undefended visitors.  Classy.

9)  Midnight Yell Practice - Every night before a home game, the Ags gather to practice yelling.  I thought yelling was a natural human action like crying, farting, sleeping, eating, etc.  Since when do you have to practice it?  I know, I know, there are specific things that everyone has to chant cult-style.  However, I thought there was a 3 day Fish Camp that all freshman go to to learn that stuff.  Not 1 hour, not a half day, not an evening, but 3 whole days to learn how to cheer.  I guess something as important as chanting or yelling needs constant practice.

10)  Bonfire - Yes, I know, I better be careful with this one.  Tonight, the Ags will gather at their 55ft bonfire, to symbolize their burning desire to beat "TU".  About 10 years ago, the bonfire stack, being built, collapsed and killed and maimed a multitude of student-builders.  It was a tragedy for sure, and I'm glad how UT and A&M came together during that time to support each other and show it's not all hatred about beating one another.  Today the engineering project is more closely inspected by engineers, and the students are directed more on how to build it, thus making a safer tradition.  However, I have to come to the point..... which is, what is the point?!?! It's just a fire?  Go get some scrub wood, and roast some marshmellows and smores.  They turn this into a several month venture of engineering prowess.  For what?  A stack that will burn down.  They've killed some trees.  Put lives at risk.  Polluted the environment.  And still lose the football game!

I should note that the Ags have won the last 2 games against the Longhorns, despite being relatively much worse than UT going into them.  This shows that it doesn't matter how good or bad the teams are during a rivalry.  Anyone can win any year.  A&M has stopped UT dreams before, and vice versa.  This year's game takes place in Austin, and Texas is as much as a 36pt favorite.  Texas has everything to lose in this game, while trying to win stylishly to keep the Big 12 and BCS hopes alive.  A&M is just playing out their schedule in a losing year.  A 1-11 season is a success for A&M as long as they beat UT.

Good luck Horns and Ags.  It's always fun!  Hook'em and Gag'em!

Well, our Undefeateds got a little shake-up and some closure this week.  With Texas Tech finally falling horribly to Oklahoma, and Utah closing out a gem of a regular season against BYU, there only remains 3 games in the regular season to complete our Undefeateds list for the year.  We'll follow up this week's games next week with an examination of who remains undefeated going into post-season play, and then a final report in January following the play of bowl games.

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1. Alabama (11-0)
Chance of staying undefeated through the season:  50%
Key Wins: @LSU, @Georgia.  Near Misses: Kentucky, LSU.
Remaining Toughies:  Auburn, SEC CC.
BCS Breakdown:   Still #1 in the BCS standings, and the only remaining undefeated BCS conference school, the Crimson Tide's destiny is in their own hands.  Win out, and you're in.  They've already sewn up a spot in the SEC Championship Game, to be paired with the #4 Florida Gators, which should be one of the better games of the season, and instant classic.  A loss to Auburn or Florida this late in the season would likely nix their chance at a spot in the Top 2.
Comments: The Tide had a week off, and will play Auburn in the Iron Bowl this weekend.  Like any rivalry game, this one should not be taken lightly.  Auburn would love nothing more than to ruin the dream season and resurgence of the Tide to national champion level.  Though Auburn will no doubt bring an intense game, the Bama defense will be too dominating for a Tiger offense that's looked poor even against the worst of opponents.  If Bama gets some defensive or special teams scores, then this will be a huge blowout.  Otherwise, this will likely be modest shutout for the Tide.  I'm saying 21-0 Bama.

2. Utah (12-0)
Chance of staying undefeated through the season:  Already achieved perfect regular season.
Key Wins: BYU, TCU, @Michigan, Oregon St.  Near Misses: Plenty. 
BCS Breakdown:  #6.  The Utes moved up a spot this week, and have now locked themselves into a virtual automatic BCS bowl bid, by virtue of completing their regular season undefeated.
Comments:  Utah thrashed BYU 48-24 at home this weekend to complete their second undefeated regular season in the past 4 years and win the MWC.  Utah now just needs to sit back and wait to see who they'll be paired with in a BCS bowl.  Likely to be the Fiesta Bowl against a Big 12 representative, which should be an interesting game.  The worst possible bowl would be for them to go to the Orange Bowl against a weak ACC rep that won't give us a true indication of just how good this Ute team is this year.  Utah is building themselves into a program that's to be given Top 10 respect every year.  With BYU and TCU making strong national showings each season, the MWC needs to be considered as a new BCS conference, to replace the weak Big East.

3. Boise State (11-0)
Chance of staying undefeated through the season:  99%
Key Wins:  @Oregon.  Near Misses:  @Oregon. 
Remaining Toughies:  Fresno St. 
BCS Breakdown:  #9.  Held their BCS position despite winning and some shake-up above them.  They virutally have no chance at a BCS at-large spot, as Utah at #6 punched their ticket to a BCS bowl for a team from a non-BCS conference.  They could still get an at-large invite, but are not guaranteed it.  Especially with other, much bigger 1-loss BCS programs looming for an invite.
Comments:  The Broncos were within 28 seconds of entering overtime with Nevada this weekend, but held on to win and stay undefeated.  The Navada Wolfpack brought their best game at home, and heaved a late pass to the end-zone that was knocked away by Boise St.  The Broncos finish out the regular season this weekend on the Blue Field against Fresno St.  Having already clinched the WAC title, Boise St. will be playing to stay perfect and to earn as high of a bowl invite as possible.  Don't be suprised if this team decides to save some money and stay home for their bowl game, and play before their own adoring fans to seal up their undefeated season.

4. Ball State (11-0)
Chance of staying undefeated through the season:  90%
Key Wins:  @Indiana (relatively speaking).  Near Misses:  None. 
Remaining Toughies:  LOL, they play a bunch of directional teams from here out.
BCS Breakdown:  #15.  The Cardinals climbed back up 2 spots this week after winning a tough road game against Central Michigan.  They have no shot at a BCS invite with undefeated Utah and Boist St. still ahead of them in the BCS rankings.
Comments:  In what could have been the doom to their Cinderella season, the Cardinals beat off a tough Central Michigan squad this past weekend, to complete the first half of their Michigan Directionals Double Dipper.  They get Western Michigan this Tuesday at home to close out their regular season.  Like Central Michigan this past week, Western Michigan will not be a pushover.  Sitting at 9-2, and fighting for a piece of the MAC title, the Broncos of Western Michigan would love nothing more than to end Ball St's dream run.  However, playing in front of the friendlies of Muncie, IN, the Cardinals hope to continue to bring in a perfect regular season for the first time in school history.  A conference championship game and bowl game are still to follow.

WHO'S GOING DOWN THIS WEEK?

None one - As I see it, aside from a upset against Ball St., the remaining Undefeateds will stay that way for the regular season.  However, conference championship games and bowl games are a whole other story.  Stay tuned!

In Memorium:

Texas Tech - What a fine season the Red Raiders have put together.  Even with such a nasty 65-21 loss on their record, this is a program that can still hold its head up, and feel that they belong amongst the elite in the Big 12 and nationally.  Will TT be able to maintain a great season into possibly a conference championship and bowl win?  Will Mike Leach stay around Lubbock rather than taking off for greener grid-irons in the BCS?  With the coming losses of senior QB Graham Harrell and almost certain loss of sophomore WE Michael Crabtree to the NFL, will this program be able to replace, maintain, and make the next step up?  Lots of question marks for the fledgling power.  Was this a flash in the pan, or are the Red Raiders here to stay?

Stay Tuned!

As I mentioned above, next week we'll close out the regular season version of The Undefeateds, reviewing the highlights of this regular season.  There should likely be a follow-up version of The Defeateds covering conference championship results and bowl match-ups, and then a final version after post-season to give the 1st Annual Cygnus Undefeateds Award to a remaining undefeated program.

Ciao!

I figured there weren't enough articles or POVs regarding PacMan in these blogs.

Remember PacMan fever from the 80s?  They even had a disco song celebrating the little yellow guy.  Then they've gave him a mate and saturday morning TV show.  He was the sheeeznik in the 80s.