In light of the recent postings by fans saddened that USC has "stolen" the no. 2 spot in the BCS standings over Michigan, I just have a few things to say. Michigan, get over it. The BCS is designed to reflect the two best teams in the nation at seasons end. Sometimes it gets it right, other times well it just doesn't. These teams are to play in the BCS title game. We all know that. Since there is no playoff system, then these so called powerhouse schools need to take into consideration what it takes to be ranked high in the BCS standings. The BCS is not rocket science guys. The one thing about the BCS that schools tend to overlook is this: your team has to play some quality non-conference teams in order to get a good BCS ranking. How many years has this tune been playing? That is, schools being snubbed because of a poor non-conference schedule. Michigan fans especially, quit your whining! Here is Michigan's outstanding resume non-conference. Vanderbilt Central Michigan Notre Dame Ball State So why are you crying that USC got the no. 2 nod over you? Here is USC's non-conference schedule. at Arkansas Nebraska Notre Dame So for the Trojans that's a non-conference schedule featuring two teams playing for the champioinship in their respective conferences. Not even Ohio State can boast of such a schedule. Yes they played at Texas this year, but really how good is Texas. Ohio State has proven their worth on the field. I don't think anyone questions that Ohio State is one of at least the two best teams in the nation. So dry up those tears Michigan fans. The Florida Gators have more of a right to play Ohio State in the BCS title game than you! Florida doesn't have a non-conference schedule to boast about either, but at least they have to prove themselves in a tough Southeastern conference. And although FSU has had a down year, they still have more talent on that team than all four non-conference teams the Wolverines scheduled this year. Until some sort of playoff format is implemented, then this debate will go on and on and on. And until then schools will be crying foul over and over and over. USC had the balls to schedule teams they could lose to, so did Ohio State, so did Florida. Michigan, it scheduled teams that would make their win/loss record look good, and suffice to say, that's not good enough for the BCS.

Simple and to the point: Have 8, yes 8 starter BCS bowl games! If we took the BCS teams as of right now, here's how they would play: THESE MATCHUPS ARE BETWEEN THE TOP 16 BCS TEAMS AS THEY STAND NOW: 1.OSU 5. NOTRE DAME 16. GEORGIA TECH 12. AUBURN 2. MICHIGAN 6. ARKANSAS 15 OKLAHOMA 11. BOISE STATE 3. USC 7. WEST VIRGINIA 14 RUTGERS 10. LSU 4.FLORIDA 8. WISCONSIN 13. TEXAS 9. LOUISVILLE AFTER THIS ROUND, THERE WILL BE 8 TEAMS LEFT....TO MAKE IT SIMPLE LET'S SAY THE TOP SEEDS ALL WIN THE GAMES. REMAINING TEAMS: 1. OSU 2. MICHIGAN 3. USC 4. FLA 5. ND 6. ARK 7. WVU 8. WISCONSIN NOW YOU HAVE 8 TEAMS FOR THE FOUR MAJOR BCS BOWL GAMES. LET'S JUST PLUG THEM IN BY BCS RANK AGAIN WITH THE HIGHEST SEED FOR SIMPLICITY AND NOT WORRY ABOUT THE CONFERENCE TIE INS FOR RIGHT NOW ROSE BOWL: 1. OSU VS. 8. WISCONSIN SUGAR BOWL: 2. MICHIGAN VS. 7. WEST VIRGINIA FIESTA BOWL: 3. USC VS. 6. ARKANSAS ORANGE BOWL: 4. FLORIDA VS. 5. NOTRE DAME NOW YOU ARE LEFT WITH 4 TEAMS FOR 2 MAJOR BCS BOWL GAMES. NOT GOING BY CONFERENCE TIE INS WITH BOWLS RIGHT NOW, JUST FOR SIMPLICITY I'M JUST GOING TO PLUG THEM IN RANDOMLY. THE HIGHEST SEEDED BOWL TEAM WOULD PLAY THE LOWEST SEEDED BOWL TEAM IN THE NEXT BOWL. SO....FOR EXAMPLE ( OF COURSE THERE IS MORE MONEY TO BE MADE HERE AS YOU CAN SEE) BCS "Im Richer Than U R " Bowl PRESENTED BY MARC CUBAN: 1. OSU VS. 4. FLORIDA BCS "Bel-Tones" Bowl PRESENTED BY MIKE TYSON: 2. MICHIGAN VS. 3. USC THE FINAL TWO TEAMS PLAY IN THE BCS NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME So there we go, we can spread them out over a four week period, have college football all the way through the first week of January and then crown a champ! I'd love to see it!

I have posted below the seasons of Southern California, Michigan, Notre Dame, Florida and Arkansas (to date). All five are vying for their shot. Just simply give the name of the team you think is more deserving to play Ohio State in the BCS National Title game. This is not a vote of how you think the BCS computers will rank them, rather based on their season, who you think is more deserving to play in the title game. (Of course ND and USC cannot win out, neither can Florida and Arkansas. So pick the team you think will win and cast your vote accordingly). A. Southern California Trojans (some rankings were at time game was played, notable wins/losses) RECORD 9-1 (records to right are opponent records) 09/02 at Arkansas W 50-14 record 10-1, rank no. 5, still to play no. 9 LSU, no. 4 Florida (SEC champ) 09/16 #19 Nebraska W 28-10 record 8-3, lost to no.5 Texas, won at no. 24 Tx A&M 09/23 at Arizona W 20-3 record 6-5(upset no. 22 California) 09/30 at Wash St W 28-22 record 6-6 10/07 Washington W 26-20 record 5-7 10/14 Arizona St W 28-21 record 6-5 10/28 at Oregon St L 33-31 record 7-4 11/04 at Stanford W 42-0 record 1-10 11/11 #21 Oregon W 35-10 record 7-4 11/18 #17 California W 23-9 record 8-3 11/25 #6 N Dame 8:00 PM record 10-1, currently ranked no. 6 coaches/AP 12/02 at UCLA 4:30 PM record 6-5, lost to every top 25 team they have played this season USC of course still has two games to play, with the huge game against Notre Dame looming. If USC beats ND at home they will have won 5 games against top 25 teams, some teams not ranked above were ranked at time played. B. Notre Dame RECORD 10-1 09/02 at Ga Tech W 14-10 record 9-2, 7-1 ACC, currently ranked no. 16 AP, no. 15 Coaches 09/09 #19 Penn State W 41-17 record 8-4 09/16 #11 Michigan L 47-21 record 11-1, CRUSHED by the Wolverines 09/23 at Mich St W 40-37 record 4-8 09/30 Purdue W 35-21 record 8-4 10/07 Stanford W 31-10 record 1-10 10/21 UCLA W 20-17 record 6-5, still to play USC 10/28 at Navy W 38-14 record 8-3 11/04 UNC W 45-26 record 2-9 11/11 at Air Force W 39-17 record 4-6 11/18 Army W 41-9 record 3-8 11/25 at #3 USC 8:00 PM record 9-1 Notre Dame still has to prove it's worth against no. 3 USC on 11/25. Memorable game LAST YEAR in South Bend. One win against teams that are still ranked (GT). Only 4 teams played with records above .500. C. Michigan Wolverines RECORD 11-1 09/02 Vanderbilt W 27-7 record 4-8, notable win at Georgia 24-22 09/09 C Michigan W 41-17 record 7-4, 6-1 in MAC, possible MAC champion 09/16 at #2 N Dame W 47-21 record 10-1, CRUSHED by Wolverines, most notable win Penn. St.@home 09/23 Wisconsin W 27-13 record 11-1, current ranks AP no. 10, Coaches no. 9 09/30 at Minnesota W 28-14 record 6-6 10/07 Mich St W 31-13 record 4-8 10/14 at Penn State W 17-10 record 8-4 10/21 Iowa W 20-6 record 6-6 10/28 N'western W 17-3 record 4-8 11/04 Ball St W 34-26 record 4-7, 4th in MAC West standings 11/11 at Indiana W 34-3 record 5-7 11/18 at #1 Ohio St L 42-39 record 12-0, Big Ten Champion Michigan has notable wins against Notre Dame, and Wisconsin (notable wins for Wisconsin - Penn State at home, and @ Iowa). Played tough against no.1 Ohio State. D. Florida Gators RECORD 10-1 09/02 So Miss W 34-7 record 7-4, 5-2 C-USA division leader 09/09 C Florida W 42-0 record 3-8 09/16 at #13 Tennessee W 21-20 record 8-3, ranked no.19 AP, no. 21 Coaches 09/23 Kentucky W 26-7 record 7-4 09/30 Alabama W 28-13 record 6-6 10/07 #9 LSU W 23-10 record 9-2, ranked no.9 AP, no.8 Coaches 10/14 at #11 Auburn L 27-17 record 10-2, ranked no.14 AP, no. 13 Coaches 10/28 at Georgia W 21-14 record 7-4, beat then no. 5 Auburn, play at no.16 Ga. Tech. 11/04 at Vanderbilt W 25-19 record 4-8 11/11 S Carolina W 17-16 record 6-5 11/18 W Carolina W 62-0 record 2-9 11/25 at Florida St 12:00 PM record 6-5, only top 25 win was first game @ then no. 12 Miami 12/02 #5 Arkansas 6:00 PM record 10-1, ranked no. 5, SEC Championship game Of course Florida has a tough road ahead of them. About as tough as Notre Dame and USC, because Florida St. is a rivalry game, and Arkansas is not the same team USC plowed over at the beginning of the season (RB McFaddin did not play against USC). Florida has beaten 2 teams currently ranked in the top 15. E. Arkansas Razorbacks RECORD 10-1 09/02 #6 USC L 50-14 record 9-1, crushing loss without RB McFaddin 09/09 Utah St W 20-0 record 1-10 09/16 at Vanderbilt W 21-19 record 4-8 09/23 Alabama W 24-23 record 6-6 10/07 at #2 Auburn W 27-10 record 10-2 10/14 SE Mo St W 63-7 record 4-7 10/21 Ole Miss W 38-3 record 3-8 10/28 at La Monroe W 44-10 record 2-8 11/04 at S Carolina W 26-20 record 6-5 11/11 #13 Tennessee W 31-14 record 8-3 11/18 at Miss St W 28-14 record 3-8 11/24 #9 LSU 2:30 PM record 9-2, to be played 12/02 at #4 Florida 6:00 PM record 10-1, to be played (SEC Championship game) The fact that USC Crushed Arkansas to open the season doesn't help the Razorbacks. They do have impressive wins @ Auburn and against Tennessee. Assuming they can beat no. 9 LSU and no. 4 Florida that would give them 4 wins over teams ranked in the top 15. CURRENT BCS STANDINGS 1 Ohio State 12-0 1 2850 1.000 1 1575 1.000 1.000 1 1.000 2 Michigan 11-1 3 2600 .912 3 1428 .907 .960 2 .926 3 USC 9-1 2 2621 .920 2 1444 .917 .920 3 .919 4 Florida 10-1 4 2531 .888 4 1407 .893 .870 4 .884 5 Notre Dame 10-1 5 2347 .824 6 1285 .816 .820 5 .820 6 Arkansas 10-1 6 2345 .823 5 1302 .827 .770 7 .807 7 West Virginia 9-1 7 2051 .720 7 1151 .731 .700 8 .717 8 Wisconsin 11-1 9 1888 .662 9 1053 .669 .710 9 .680 9 Louisville 9-1 10 1857 .652 11 944 .599 .780 10 .677 10 LSU 9-2 8 1889 .663 8 1081 .686 .580 11 .643 So weigh the options and CAST YOUR VOTE...I'd like to hear from you guys! If you want to write in one, by all means do so for a laugh only!

For the 13 Americans over the age of 18 that did not watch the OSU/UM game. Don't be fooled by the score. OSU lead 28-14 at the half. Michigan cut it to 28-24, but never took the lead. In fact, OSU had a terrible second half. The team gave Michigan the ball in great field position most of the second half. The game was OSUs to lose. And....they didn't even come close. Michigan tacked on a late TD that cut the margin to the final score of 42-39. It was not the climactic finish that America wanted. On the contrary is very anti-climactic. The first turnover, a Troy Smith interception, gave the Woverines the ball in Ohio State territory. Ohio St. handed them the gift three point field goal and exited the field. Of course there were no good replays of the two Wolverines draped over the Ohio State receiver, a blatant no call, as he was attempting to catch the ball. Was the receiver Ginn? Gonzalez? Who will know? There was so much blue on him, one would think he was wearing the enemies jersey. Another turnover gave the ball to Michigan inside the Ohio State 10. Again, a gift wrapped present for a team that could not stop any play the Buckeyes drew up. The Ohio State center whiffed the ball over Smiths head. Seemed as if it bounced off his helmet a few times, well it didn't he was grasping at air. Michigan scored the gimme. In another gaffe play, the center snapped the ball, but it drug in the high turf and didn't even make it to the QB. Ohio State tried really hard to give the game away. But in the end, Michigan just wasn't good enough to win on this day. Michigan over-rated. Nah. Over powered in this game, yes! Chad Henne had a decent day. However, The heralded Wolverine Defense, allowing just 29.9 yards per game...HA! well were overmatched and outcoached. Let's see I think Ohio State rushed for more than that on one play. Yes, the Wolverine D was over-rated. Wells and Pittman both had long TD runs of 52 yards and 56 yards, respectively. And who would have thought the Buckeyes would have outrushed that GREAT Mike Hart. (yes, he is good, and elusive!) And of course there is Troy Smith. Yeah he looked mad when his ball was intercepted, but I would be too if I thought it was pass interference if you have two defenders one on each shoulder of your reciever before the ball got there. But great job MR. HEISMAN TROPHY WINNER! I will end by reiterating this. The game never was in doubt. Michigan couldn't stop anything Ohio State was doing to them, and Ohio State couldn't stop themselves from turning the ball over. Don't be deceived by the final score. Go Buckeyes! Glendale bound!

Hope it's a first, and a last! Not knocking any of the three, all well written and to the point. I agree with Knight's "take no crap" attitude. I even agree with slapping around a few players. Is Knights latest incident the most interesting thing in sports? Guess so... I continue to lose respect for this site.