You know what I’m sick of? The whole “black out” thing. It was impressive the first few times schools did it. But now, everyone who has black anywhere in their school colors is doing it. For instance, Rutgers against West Virginia a few weeks ago. Didn’t work so well, did it? And when has Rutgers every worn black before then? Yesterday Georgia pulled the “blackout” against Auburn. I know Georgia has a little black in their logo, but when have they ever worn black before? “Never” would be the correct answer. This is getting ridiculous, but it shows what a copycat sport this is. 

Speaking of wearing uniforms of all one color especially when that isn’t your team’s prominent color: a note to West Virginia. Never, never, never wear the all-yellow again. Did you wake up Thursday morning, have an identity crisis, and think you are Oregon? I know your colors are old gold and blue, but that, folks, wasn’t gold. That was highlighter yellow. 

You know what’s more impressive than the black out? Penn State’s white out. 

You know what is a terrible rule? The one where a roughing the passer foul negates an interception. When Crable hit Donovan during the Wisconsin-Michigan game, the interception had already been thrown. Crable hitting Donovan after the throw in no way created the interception. It should still be a fifteen-yard penalty but after the interception.

On the same topic, both calls against Crable were good calls. There was nothing unintentional about either hit on the quarterback. You cannot grab someone on either side of the face and push him like that, and you cannot clothesline someone. Crable should have been thrown out of the game after two personal fouls in three plays, especially since both fouls came against the same player. The soccer red-card system is one college football should consider adopting to quell dirty plays.

Speaking of rules college football should adopt, why hasn’t the NCAA adopted some of the NFL’s personal foul rules? For instance, every time I see a horse-collar tackle in a college game, I cringe expecting to see a broken leg, and I wonder why the rule hasn’t been put in place. We need to protect these players as much as possible. We also need to protect quarterbacks who are sliding from getting hit in the head. We don’t want any of these young men to suffer the fate that Trent Green suffered.

Oh, look. South Carolina’s doing the black out too. At least they’ve worn black jerseys before. 

You know what’s creepy? The little girl on those DLP commercials. There’s something about “it’s the mirrors” that always makes me think “redrum.” 

Now that they’ve lost again, can all the Heisman hype around Darren McFadden please stop? Yes, the trophy is supposed to go to the best player in college football, and you can make a convincing argument that McFadden is that player. But at least part of it also has to be an MVP award, and Arkansas has to be relevant to have anything to do with any MVP race. Sure, it’s not McFadden’s fault that his team isn’t winning. But for all his greatness, it isn’t helping Arkansas compete for the SEC title.

And to a lesser extent, the same thing applies to Tim Tebow. Next year, maybe. Not this year.

If the Heisman, as it has in years past, goes to the best player on the best team, and you believe that LSU is the best team this year, then Glenn Dorsey should be the Heisman winner. I know, nothing sexy about a defensive tackle winning the most coveted of all sports awards. And if you think Oregon is the best team in the nation, then Dennis Dixon it is.

Or we can just bring Adrian Peterson back and give it to him.

I was never sold on Ohio State as the best team in the nation. And admit it, neither were you. Now we need some of these one-loss teams to start losing so we can sort all of this out. There’s essentially going to be a mini-playoff in the Big XII to help determine it. Kansas and Missouri still have to play one another, and the winner of that game will likely play Oklahoma in the championship. That should eliminate two of the three from consideration, but whoever comes out on top has to be considered, along with LSU, Oregon, and West Virginia. 

Even if it isn’t for the national championship, I want to see Oregon and West Virginia in a bowl this year. Can you imagine? The two teams are so similar in style and talent. Just as long as they both don’t try to do the all-yellow, because then I’m pretty sure my retinas would have seizures.

This morning, in a segment of Good Call, Bad Call on That Other Network, Kirk Herbstreet was asked if South Florida deserves a spot in the BCS Championship game. Something like 76% of voters in the SportsNation poll voted yes. Herbstreet claimed this is a bad call.

To Kirk Herbstreet, I say: bad call.

Herbstreet claims that if South Florida wins out, they will not be as deserving a shot at the national championship as a one-loss LSU team. I'm sure there are many who share this sentiment. But let's look at the resume, assuming both South Florida and LSU win the rest of their remaining games.

Sure, you can make the argument that LSU will play, and beat, more ranked teams. And sure, if you're one of the many who think there's the SEC on one level, then the rest of the BCS conferences on the second level, and completely ignore the rest of the conferences, you can make the argument that LSU will play a much more difficult slate of games than USF, even ignoring ranked teams.

However, don't forget that this USF team, if it wins out, will have beaten Auburn, a Top-10 West Virginia team, and many other Big East schools that are or were ranked this year, like Rutgers, Cincinnati, and Louisville. Sure, there's no South Carolina or Kentucky on that list, but let's not belittle what the Bulls will have done if they pull it off. Both teams will have beaten several ranked teams.

The difference between them? South Florida will have done everything asked of them and won every game, regardless of opponent or situation. LSU will not.

That's not to say that I'm downplaying the talent of LSU or the fact that they lost in three overtimes or that Kentucky is really good this year. Heck, I don't even dispute the fact that the SEC is probably the strongest conference this year. (I said probably, Big Ten and Pac-10 fans.)

But the fact of the matter is that a true national champion should be a team that consistently proves, on the biggest stages, that it is the best team in the nation. If a team from one BCS conference, despite the strength of its schedule, has not proven that it can beat any team that comes its way, and other BCS schools have proven they can, then there's no reason a one-loss team should jump them.

Last I checked, the idea between having certain conferences designated as "BCS conferences" is saying that these are the strongest conferences in the game, and the national championship should be decided between the two best schools from those conferences. I never heard there were certain programs from certain conferences that were inelligible.

So, at this point, South Florida, Boston College, Arizona State, and Kansas all deserve a shot at the BCS Championship more than LSU or Oklahoma or USC.