It's really almost an embarrassment. Seven home games, only five on the road. The toughest road game is at Illinois, an overrated team from last year that Iowa beat. There's no Michigan, and no Ohio State. Penn State, Purdue, and Wisconsin all have to come to Iowa City.

Surely the non-conference games must be tougher right? There's Maine and Florida International (both in Iowa City) those are both very winnable to say the least, and Iowa State is always a tough rivalry game, but this year it's (you guessed it) in Iowa City. Following the Iowa State game they do have to go to Pittsburg, but it seems like every year Pittsburg is supposed to be greatly improved, but they never are. They're like the Arizona Cardinals of the College ranks.  

Now granted I've already admitted this is my team, so it's a biased opinion, but it is very conceivable for Iowa to finish 10-2 or better, possibly with a share of the Big Ten title, and an invite to a BCS game. So go ahead, send me your hate. SEC fans tell me how much tougher your conference is. Criticize the Hawks for such a cupcake schedule. This year I'll be fine with it, because I'll be in Pasadena while you complain about how your team got screwed by the BCS!

So who's your pick for worst sportscaster or comentator ever?

Tony Kornhieser - I like him on PTI, HATE him on MNF

#### Vitale - Tolerated him in the 80's, now he should go away.

Lee Corso and his stupid mascot heads

Lou Holtz - Great coach, but the guy slurrs his speach and shouldn't be a TV commentator

John Madden - Frank Caliendo would be out of material without him

Bill Walton - NBA's version of John Madden. Dumb as a Brick.

Brant Gumble - aka Kermit the frog. Made the Dallas vs. Green Bay game almost unwatchable.

Tiki Barber - Should've quit whining and kept playing because as a commentator he's horrible.

Jim Rome - Enough all ready. You're mad at people in sports. We get it!

Stephen A. Smith - (See Jim Rome comments) Also doesn't think people should be able to post blogs.

Stewart Scott - aka Carlton Banks from Fresh Prince of Bel Air. "Hater in the house!" 

And finally gone from MNF, but not forgotten. Dennis Miller. I guess SI was wrong with this cover story.

So who am I missing? Who's your vote? In this field of tough compitition, I have to vote for Tony Kornhieser. But then with a contest like this, I think they're all losers. 

I vote for Kevin Smith!!!

Nope, not that Kevin Smith. The guy who ran for 2,448 yards for Central Florida.

Yep. That's the guy. I'll admit I didn't know a whole lot about him during the season other than he was the league leader in rushing. But, if you look at his numbers, and what Central Florida did this year. You gotta give to him, right?

The Heisman trophy is awarded each year to "The Most Outstanding Collegiate Football Player in the U.S." Where does it state that the player has to come from the best team? Or even from a winning team? Or from a BCS conference team? Or for that matter, from a Div I team?

It seemed like every week this year the media selected a new Heisman front-runner, and every week he's from a top 2 team, and the next week they lose. With no real answer of what team deserves to play in the Championship game, I think it also proves that there was no real clear-cut Heisman winner. Why doesn't a guy like Kevin Smith get even a lousy 5th place vote? The guy almost beat Barry Sanders record!!! Then again, Colt Brennan DID beat Ty Detmer's record and he's expected to finish 3rd.

The Heisman and the BCS Championship game have become a popularity contest, and unfortunately, I don't see it changing anytime soon. 

Like most of you, I was watching the Oregon vs. Arizona game last night and saw Dennis Dixon go down with an injury, which basically ended any type of offense the Ducks had the rest of the night. They showed a stat in the 3rd quarter that said before his injury Oregon's offense averaged 9.3 yards per down, after the injury it was 3.0. That brought up a couple questions for me. First, is Dixon really that good? And is Oregon's offense really that bad without him? Maybe he does deserve the Heisman.

While I was thinking about this, ESPN went to commercial, and what are they advertising? It's a ad campaign for Dixon for Heisman. Really?!?! Is that what this award has become? Are the leading candidates going to start mudslinging? Do they have to go out and kiss babies and shake hands with voters? I remember thinking the Times Square ad was in poor taste, but a national television ad? I'm officially off the Dennis Dixon for Heisman campaign, and it has nothing to do with him, his performance, or his injury. It's the University of Oregon's Athletic department for buying the ad and trying to buy the school a Heisman trophy, again.  

Glenn Dorsey for Heisman!! Or whoever else isn't playing for Oregon.

Okay, I've finally heard enough talk about the "need" for a college football playoff system. I couldn't disagree more! Sure the system isn't perfect, that's the beauty of it though! Every single game counts! And the later in the year the game is weighs even heavier. Stick with me. If Oregon lost last week to Cal, and Ohio State had lost to Illinios in Week 6, don't you think the Ohio State would be higher ranked?

Sure there are some teams that get left out of the title game that obviously belong (Auburn of '04), and then there are teams that get let into the game that don't belong (Nebraska of '01).  But overall the system works! Oklahoma went 13-0 in 2000, the only team to do so that year, they beat #2 ranked Florida State. Should they have been forced to play an extra game?

I can see a small-playoff system that would make everyone happy. You take the top 6 teams and place them in a 8 team bracket with the #1 and #2 teams receiving byes, just like the NFL does for each conference. You then have #6 play #3 in the Sugar Bowl, #5 vs. #4 in the Fiesta Bowl, #1 vs. the Sugar Bowl winner in the Rose Bowl, #2 vs the Fiesta Bowl winner in the Orange Bowl, and then the Orange Bowl vs Rose Bowl winner play in the BCS Championship game. The Orange, Rose, Fiesta, and Sugar Bowls would all rotate positions to maintain their "prestige". And only conference champions are allowed, if by some miracle Notre Dame or a Boise State is ranked higher than a BCS Conference Champ, so be it, the lower ranked conference champ is left out. (I still think Notre Dame needs to join the Big Ten, now more than ever!)  

Sure it would make everyone happy. Not me though. Let's start with the obvious. The teams not in the top 6 would complain that they were left out (sound familiar?) The 4 major bowls would all complain about no longer housing the tradition of thier storied past. (again, sound familiar) Also, with this plan, it's a 3 week playoff series, so unless we push the first two games up to Christmas, the BCS game goes even further into January. Maybe it's just me, but I miss the days of January 1st being the last day of college football.

So really by switching to the playoff system solved nothing! Just like addind the BCS Championship game solved nothing! College footbal is what it is, the most highly debated subject in sports, it's always going to stay that way. I don't even mind the pre-BCS years of a split title. If there was no BCS I'd be fine with the split title in '03, but the BCS was in place, LSU won. Get over it USC, you got passed over like Fredo. You won it the following year, but your back-to-back claim is null and void.

Bottom line. College Football is flawed AND perfect the way it is, every year they try and change it, they accomplish nothing. Everyone needs to embrace the imperfections of the game and cheer for your team, regardless of which Bowl game they qualify for!