I'm really hoping for LSU vs Michigan in the Rose Bowl. That game will tell the story about how weak the Big 10 is this year. Michigan and Ohio State have managed to hide in their Big 10 shell for just about the whole year. The ABC/ESPN anouncers can play up Michigan all they want (and they certainly do it a lot), but you know what will be funny? When the "real" college football experts put down an opening line on that game.

I agree that if USC loses and Florida wins, the Gators will leap over Michigan. But the reason will be that most everyone outside of Ann Arbor does not want to see a rematch in a championship game. I wonder what will happen if USC barely wins in a lackluster effort and Florida blows out Arkansas. Not likely? Just remember K-State taking Oklahoma to the woodshed a few years ago.

This high school popularity test called the "BCS" is an awful way to find the best team in college football. I'm tired of hearing anyone trying to defend it. I am unaware of any other sport determining a champ by voting. The AP poll is bad enough, but the BCS polls using celebrities and techno-geek written computer programs is really a laugh.

Why isn't an undefeated Boise State even MENTIONED in anyone's national championship debate? Maybe they are in a 'weaker' conference, but they did win out, which is more than most of the rest of us can say of our teams.

Arkansas, in the past ten years, has been medicore at best. Hence, when USC shecduled them for the 2006 season, they scheduled a relatively weak non-conference opponent not much different then Michigan's scheduing of Vanderbilt. On top of that, Arkansas might wind up out of the top ten this year - well below the Notre Dame, Wisconsin, and Ohio State teams on Michigan's schedule. As a result, Michigan played Notre Dame - ranked #2 at the time - this season away and beat them, in every statistical category - by more then a USC team that played Notre Dame at home when they were ranked # 5. Simply put, no matter how you look at it, Michigan has wins over higher ranked oppenents, both non-conference and conference, at the time of the initial game and at season's conclusion: (Michigan: beat at the time #2 and now #10 Notre Dame and beat at the time unranked and now # 6 Wisconsin - as compared to - USC: beat at the time unranked and now # 8 Arkansas and beat at the time #5 and now # 10 Notre Dame). Consequently, Michigan's strength of schedule contains games agaisnt 3 top ten opponents at this season's conclusion, whereas USC's strength of schedule contains games agaisnt only 2 top ten opponents - both of which are ranked the same and or lower in the top ten then Michagan's opponents, Wisconsin, Notre Dame, and Ohio State. How can advocates of a USC berth in the national championship use an early season Arkansas game - and at the time un-impressive victory - as reason to have a higher strength of schedule and be ranked higer at season's end, then a one loss Michigan team. Moreover, Michigan loss came agaisnt a more impressive opponent - #1 Ohio State, then USC's loss did - a unranked Oregon State team. That fact, if it doesn't automatically justify a Michigan berth over USC in the National Championship game, should at the very least offset the fact that USC played 3 more .500 bowl bound teams his year. Michigan should then, fairly and logicaly, be moved into the number 2 spot on the basis of their indisputable great performances - 2 being on the road - agaisnt 3 teams in the top ten. In which, they beat two by multiple scores and lost by three to the other. Explain, how you can justifably and objectively and or empirically disagree with Michigan being ranked number 2 at season's conclusion?

"big 10 shell"? When did Notre Dame and Texas join the Big 10?

Michigan will be favored by 10 over LSU. And they'll probably win by at least that amount.

All right Stewart, for the sake of college football let's hope that you are right. Michigan in no way belongs in the national title game. Unlike Michigan, Florida has earned a spot. Louisville is also more deserving than Little Blue.

Hey Stuart - How do you like your Crow? Well done or Medium? You may not have seen it coming, but then again, "Gator haters" never do.

How do you like it... Florida Gators, 2006 SEC Champions!!

We like it just fine, thank you very much.
GO GATORS!!

Let's hope Mandel is not all wrong on these two predictions, or the BCS championship will only be the Big 10 mulligan.

At this point, at least we don't have to worry about Michigan playing LSU.

Michigan will either play USC, in the Rose Bowl (if Florida is bumped up), or Ohio State in the championship game.

"I don’t see Florida beating Arkansas."

One of those comments that you look back on and go oooops!

After tonights SEC title game performance by Percy Harvin the nation should be saying Reggie who?

GO GATORS!
Percy Harvin 2007 Heisman

Vegas Odds Stew...

Michigan would be 6pt favorites over Florida if they played.

Ohio State would be 2.5pt favorites over Michigan in a rematch.

Ohio State would be 8pt favorites over Florida.

That's all there is to say, it's a rematch!!