Some CFB thoughts

Yes, its a busy day on this blog.

Before I post my picks for Saturday's CFB games, I wanted to talk about several things in CFB.

(1) Saturday will see the 101st game in the Apple Cup series.

Washington Huskies (0-10) will be at Washington State Cougars (1-10).

WSU's win came over Div 1-AA Portland St.

So, between the 2 teams, they have yet to secure a Div 1-A (otherwise known as the Bowl Championship Division or some crap like this) win.

It's a very sad state of affairs for these Washington schools.

Neither of them have their original starting QBs.

One of them will not have a coach after this weekend.

On the bright side, one of them will have a Div 1-A win after this weekend.

And if you don't believe that that is inspiration enough, read this article by SI.com.

As a Oregon fan, I couldn't be happier that these 2 schools from the state of WA are in complete disarray.

However, as a semi-decent human being... what the hell... I still couldn't be happier that these 2 schools from the state of WA are in a complete disarray.

But, seriously, I think the positive to take away from this is... like stated in the article, the ability to motivate oneself even when you are at the lowest point. I think that's incredible. Not everyone is able to do that. When you are 0-10, there is no light at the end of the tunnel... many will say, why keep looking? It's inspiring to see 18-20 yr olds with this kind of motivation.

(2) Really, who wants to see Alabama in the championship game. Well, unless you are a Tide fan and/or alum, I don't think anyone else is really interested. Bama could possibly be the most boring team playing for the national title in the last 10 years. I really don't remember a more boring team. They have scored an average of 18.9pts which puts them at 107th. And they allow 16.4pts which is ranked 12th. So, their defense is winning them games but their defense is not as dominating as a USC or Penn St defense. I don't know. I would rather watch Florida if there had to be a SEC team in the championship game.

(3) Which leads me to... Texas Tech, Texas and Oklahoma.

What happens if Oklahoma beats TT this weekend? 

Who should be the highest ranked team then, since Oklahoma beats TT, and TT beat Texas and Texas beat Oklahoma? 

Should it be decided by the point differencial in each of the wins? 

I don't know, but I believe the team who is going to get the stick shaft is TT. If they beat Oklahoma this weekend, there is nothing more to be said... they should be either the #1 or #2 team in the land. However, if they were to lose, the Longhorns and Sooners, will surely jump ahead of them just by the nature of the unfairness of who all these schools are. Forget about bias between conferences. The bias within conferences is just as bad and the Red Raiders are going to suffer the short end of the stick in the Big 12 bias. There will be some who will come back out to say that the loss nearer to the end of the season matters the most. I disagree. The end of the season is also the portion where injury and fatigue set in and shouldn't that be taken into account as well?

By far, the 3 most exciting teams in the country, I would still rank them, in terms of excitement and definitely skill (but mostly offensive skills, since these teams have barely any defense) (1) TT, (2) Oklahoma and (3) Texas.

I would love to see a rematch or TT-Texas as the national championship game, but you know that's not gonna happen.

So, my next choice is actually TT-USC and that's not due to my Pac-10 bias. I would love to see how the Raider's offense is going to match up with the super dominant Trojan defense.

But, I think it's gonna be a TT-Florida/Alabama national championship. I definitely prefer TT-Florida though... so, go Gators (against the Tide on Dec 6).