Red Flags are Swarming - College Football Take Warning!

“Oh what a tangled web we weave when what we first practice is to deceive.” When ESPN Gameday host Chris Fowler raised this specter during the “trick play” segment on Saturday’s broadcast from my hometown in Eugene, it triggered an emotional and philosophical irony I have been struggling with throughout these last four years as I have been pounding away researching and analyzing the rich diversity and bevy of issues behind the BCS Controversy.

For this philosophical statement covers such a wide range of hot button items specific to the controversy - which is currently in hyper-drive right now as parity continues to march onward - I’m not sure where to begin, but you can bet this will most certainly lead to yet another chapter in my book manuscript “The Grass Ain’t Blue in Georgia - The Story Behind The BCS Controversy.”

I have been hyping the parity concept now for several seasons - as a result of the 85 scholarship rule - and I have warned many of you that the red flags are prevalent and ripe with intellectual significance. I have openly warned many of you who follow this blog that this day was fast in coming, but since the BCS began in 1998, have we ever witnessed a weekend like we’ve had in the last 48 hours in college football? Or a season that has given the term “a riddle wrapped up inside an enigma” a whole new meaning?

Although Fowler (ESPN) later chimed in that “we could go decades and not see the kind of results thrown forth on Saturday - six of the Top-10 teams in the nation lost, with five of the losses coming against un-ranked foes,” the networks continue to spew forth forgone conclusions and CFA (College Football Association) favoritism, before the actual games take place, and after the results contradict their own statements and opinions.

As the parity storm clashes with BCS traditions and network favoritism extended to those teams who earned this branded identity in a previous era (non-85 scholarship rule where stock-piling players was the norm), I hope people are finally beginning to recognize that the controversy isn’t going to fade away.

In fact, it is going to compound itself and mushroom into one of the largest firestorms in recent sports history if we don’t begin to actively search for a solution where the current platform (bowl games / 12-game regular season) can be maintained with a head-to-head itinerary for national supremacy.

Instead, we -the fans- receive nothing but accolades in relation to the convoluted system we have in place, while the networks continue to embrace the sacred cow concept behind the “every game is playoff in college football mantra,” which will continue to uphold a CFA alliance which practices discrimination and preaches bias and favoritism on a weekly basis throughout the season. Will anyone stand up and fix the situation?

If you think we have narrowly avoided the controversy in the last couple of years, just wait until the end of this, already, wacky season. How will we distinguish between eight or ten teams with one-loss…and where will we be if Florida upsets LSU and CAL upsets USC?

I thought the tangled web analogy was an incredible statement given the fact that ESPN is obviously paying tribute to Tim Tebow (Florida) and Mike Hart (Michigan), even though these two athletes wouldn’t make my Top-10 list at their given positions in the race for the Heisman. With the networks spending such a gross amount of time honoring a couple of players who likely won’t even be drafted in the first round of the NFL draft, shouldn’t we call a spade-a-spade, and actually change the name of the Heisman to the Hyped-man award?

After placing a quick phone call to my trusted friend Spencer Graham (West Coast Cross-checker for the Royals Organization), we both agreed that if Dennis Dixon wore a Gator Jersey, or the pretty helmet from Ann Arbor, he would be a runaway freight train to the Heisman - along with Kentucky quarterback Andre Woodsen (who just set an NCAA record with 325 pass attempts without an interception) - but neither receives the accolades as compared to Tebow and Hart. So who’s deceiving who here?

Long forgotten is the fact that Dixon torched those same Wolverines in week number two, and Mike Hart was a minor subplot in the game, while Dixon shined. And when comparing Woodsen to Tebow…I’m not even sure that requires a response, after all - considering the NCAA record that now resides in Lexington and the fact that Woodsen out-performed Brian Brohm of Louisville (considered the best quarterback in the nation by the NFL scouting bureau) - the Tebow angle leaves one scratching their head in bewilderment for it is “Exhibit Double Z” in a bevy of biases which are fabricated by the television networks who create such an invalid and ubiquitous environment for the controversy to brew.

The fans - including myself - often get lost in the maze of confusion, but you can be sure that the chosen few will still be rewarded with higher placements in the weekly Top-25 over a team who most likely beat them less than 24 hours before, and the Heisman will be granted to a player who performs for a school who is in the weekly limelight throughout the season.

Shall we narrow the list for you? How about Michigan, Ohio State, Notre Dame, LSU, Florida, Florida State, Texas, Oklahoma, Nebraska, Miami, USC, UCLA, Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama Virginia Tech and Georgia Tech. What do these schools have in common? They are the bell-ringers behind the College Football Association movement and have been granted special attention in the Polls and the Heisman ballots. With that in mind, where do you think that South Florida, Boston College, Oregon, Kansas State, Illinois, Kentucky, Cincinnati, Arizona State or Missouri fit into the equation, especially in this era of parity?

As we wake up on Sunday morning and look at the conference standings we will find nearly all of these (weaker sister) teams I have just mentioned at the top of their conferences, but where will they be in the Top-25, or in the race for the Heisman?

I’m anxious to see Stewart Mandels power poll rankings this week, especially after the last two where he ranked Louisville ahead of Kentucky and Georgia ahead of South Carolina. Given the fact that both Kentucky and South Carolina beat their counterparts, will we see Oregon ahead of California, West Virginia ahead of South Florida, or even Texas ahead of Kansas State?

But lets not pick on Stewart, for he is one of my favorite columnists who writes so passionately regarding college football, because the other members of the media and coaches association will likely do the same. Smitten by their alliances to the College Football Association (CFA), they would surely be scorned, ridiculed and publicly humiliated if they crossed the ethical barrier and unionized alliance of the CFA, and actually voted teams based upon the results on the playing field.

THE WEEK #5 BCSBusters POLL

#1 (5-0)	#2 (4-0)
Mississippi St. (45-0)	Idaho (38-10)
Virginia Tech (48-7)	Nebraska (49-31)
Midd Tenn (44-0)	WSU (47-14)
S. Carolina (28-16)	Washington (27-24)
Tulane (33-9)

As we analyze the evolution of the polls after the results of one of the most bizarre weekends in college football history, LSU remains the top team in the country.

If you question my parity concept, which is traveling at light speed I might add, consider that LSU nearly trailed C-USA member Tulane at halftime, before we begin to bad mouth Florida, West Virginia, Texas, Oklahoma, USC or Clemson. I would, most certainly, have dropped USC out of the Top-5 after Saturday’s struggling performance in Seattle, but as the weekend drew to a close, amid a slew of upsets, how do you move the Trojans behind the remaining legitimate undefeated teams - CAL, Ohio State, Kentucky, South Florida, Boston College, Arizona State, Wisconsin or Missouri?

The first smell of the decaying dead rat (College Football Association alliance, now known as the BCS) can be identified this weekend if the major pollsters haven’t removed the Trojans from the Pole Position for the results on both sides of the ball - after 5 weeks of competitive play I remind you - is that LSU has been superior to all others thus far, and this in spite of the fact that the best team in college football led lowly Tulane by a single point at halftime!

#3 (5-0)	#4 (5-0)
Tennessee (45-31)	Youngstown St (38-6)
Colorado St (34-2	Akron (20-2)
Louisiana Tech (42-12)	Washington (33-14)
Arizona (45-27)	Northwestern (58-7)
Oregon (31-24)	Minnesota (30-7)

Both California and Ohio State benefited from all the upsets, and after the dust has settled from an unrivaled weekend, the Bears sit at #3, while the Buckeye’s are close behind at #4. I would consider CAL’s victories over Tennessee and Oregon to be just a shade above Ohio State’s victory over Washington, with the Huskies close call against USC withstanding. However, if the two teams actually met on the playing field, it would be interesting to see how the Bears would stack up against that formidable Crimson defense, which is vastly superior to Oregon’s in my humble opinion.

#5 (5-0)	#6 (4-0)
E. Kentucky (50-10)	Elon (28-13)
Kent St (56-20)	Auburn (26-23)
Louisville (40-34)	N. Carolina (37-10)
Arkansas (42-29)	West Virginia (21-13)
Florida Atl. (45-17)

Kirk Herbstreit is off-the radar as far as I’m concerned as he announced at the tail end of the Husky-Trojan tilt that Oregon would slide into his #5 slot after what he verbed - “an impressive performance against CAL.”

I vented a bit towards Kirk, who is one of my favorite analysts as he provides as very articulate accounting of the college football happenings from week-to-week, after week #1 when he mentioned some auspicious opinions. I questioned the accuracy behind those statements as he traveled across the country after performing his morning duties in Blacksburg with College Gameday and traveled quickly by plane to the Bay area in order to arrive in time for the CAL-Tennessee game…did he actually get a chance to watch the games?

He essentially did the same thing yesterday as he traveled to Seattle after the morning show in Eugene, which was absolutely outstanding by the way, especially ironic for those in SEC land who claim there is no passion behind PAC-10 Football.

But then comes the Oregon announcement late yesterday evening, after co-host Brent Musberger clued us in that he spends the majority of his time text messaging during the game? How accurate is his poll if he makes a determination before the end of all the games each Saturday, and how much film time does he actually spend watching “all the teams,” given he is so distracted by his traveling and text messaging pursuits?

If you haven’t figured it out by now, the Wildcats and the Bulls are legit. Kentucky, under one of my favorite coaches - Rich Brooks, has a well balanced offense and a defense that understands how to come up with the big stop when the game is on the line. Not to mention their confidence and poise when they fall behind is un-nerving to their opponents.

The Bulls, on the other hand, may have one of the fastest defenses in college football. They are relentless, tireless and fearless - and are hands down the best tackling team in the country. A Bulls - Tigers match-up for the championship would be one of the best defensive match-ups in history. But to place Oregon ahead of either of these teams lends me to believe that Herbie may have been seduced by the Nike-ville influences hovering around Eugene.

Yes, Oregon did play well, but they lost at home - beating themselves - as they should have been ahead at half-time by several scores. Dennis Dixon, who played brilliantly again, may have been a little too amped in the first half as he missed several wide open receivers for certain scores. He has really only thrown one bad ball all season as his second interception was tipped at the line of scrimmage, although he telegraphed his pass by starring down his receiver for several seconds before attempting the pass.

The three top-passers, and the top-three Hyped-Men candidates should be Dixon, Woodson and Matt Ryan of Boston College. I would bet that all three will finish a considerable distance behind other formidable foes who attend schools identified as the media darlings, which are located well within the confines of the CFA consortium.

This also brings up another “tangled web” analogy to Captain Fowler. In the recent history of the BCS controversy, both the PAC-10 and the Big-East have been targeted repeatedly via network smear campaigns. These happenings have been well chronicled in my book manuscript project, and it becomes almost predictable to me when you understand the behind the scenes issues of college football.

Herbstreit first pointed out on national television that the Big-East was the “biggest loser of the day” (”they’ve lost some credibility that they have been so desperately trying hard to get”), after West Virginia, Louisville and Rutgers have all lost in the last two weeks.

Mark May felt the same way “This is bad for the Big-East,” yet Lou Holtz chimed in “this is great for the credibility of the Big-East after all, what’s wrong with having a new kid (bully) on the block?” The announcers detailing the Notre Dame-Purdue tilt stated several times that the Golden Domes past “is a ghost haunted by the present.” An equally hilarious statement considering the Irish are the only remaining BCS program without a win and stand win-less, at 0-5 for the first time in history. Oh the ironies continue to spill forth this season!

This is especially auspicious since these same sentiments and analogies can describe the BCS era, where we the fans get lost in a tangled jungle called the web of deception. As bad as it was for the Big-East, the Mountaineer’s displayed grace and honor in their valiant effort in Tampa. In attempting to overcome the loss of injured stars Pat White and several other key players, as well as their own self-inflicted turnovers and penalties, they only lost by 8.

In a game marred by turnovers, of which many were caused by the intense hitting displayed on the playing field, how exactly does the Big-East lose credibility, given that Texas, Oklahoma, Florida, Oregon and Alabama all lost by similar comparisons? The same issues always creep into the game, and the same biases are always extended to the elite, in spite of their losses, and in a weekend where we should be rejoicing the rich diversity on the playing field, the flagship network of college football (ABC/ESPN) continues to harp on old CFA alliance issues.

“Oh what a tangled web we weave when what we first practice is to deceive,” - this is 100% applicable to the television networks and the media pollsters who try to steer the BCS ship - labeled “Little Miss-Billions.” Any poll that does not have Kentucky and South Florida in the Top-Six should be immediately discredited, scorned and evaluated for there may be some NBA refereeing issues taking place, or possibly some other equally disturbing issues.

And what about the defensive deficiency statement’s that are always spewed forth against the PAC-10 as the Marquee Match-up between Cal and Oregon was described as “whoever can play D - if anyone can,” should win the game.

Lost in the translation (TOMA Marketing) is the fact that the almighty SEC defenses have given up the following points thus far this season:

Arkansas: 42 to Kentucky, 41 to Alabama.

Kentucky: 34 to Louisville, 29 to Arkansas.

Auburn: 26 to South Florida when West Virginia and their much maligned defense gave up only 21 to the same team.

Florida: 31 to Troy.

Tennessee: 45 to CAL, 19 to S. Miss (Boise State gave up less), 59 to Florida and 27 to Arkansas State (Texas gave up less).

Mississippi: 38 to Missou, 31 to Vandy, 30 to Florida and 45 to Georgia.

Mississippi State: 45 to LSU and 38 to South Carolina.

Equally auspicious is the fact that the SEC has lost to three of the conferences they scorn the most - the PAC-10 (CAL), the ACC (Florida State) and the Big-East (S. Florida), and yet with all of this evidence after a great day of upsets - the networks continue to smear the three conferences because they have lost credibility, can’t win or play championship defense.

In my humble opinion there are only four teams who are playing any kind of defense at all resembling the hyped mantra of the SEC, and these include LSU, Georgia, Florida and Auburn. Things that make you go hummmm?

#7 (5-0)	#8 (5-0)
Wake Forest (38-2	SJSU (45-6)
NC State (37-17)	Colorado (33-14)
Georgia Tech (24-10)	SDSU (34-13)
Army (37-17)	Oregon St. (44-32)
UMASS (24-14)	Stanford (34-3)

Boston College, Arizona State, Wisconsin and Missouri round out my Top-10, most likely much to the chagrin of these same national pollsters and SEC Nation supporters.

Yes, its true, I believe Georgia, South Carolina, Florida and even Oregon may be better than the Eagles, Sun-Devils, Badgers and Tigers, but at this point - all four remain unbeaten. If we are truly following the every game is a playoff in college football mantra, how can we rank any of these one-loss teams from the SEC and PAC-10 ahead of the legitimate undefeated teams from list?

During the concluding ESPN Saturday Scoreboard show, Fowler claimed that “there can be no forgone conclusions” and sidekick Desmond Howard claimed “this is why we play the games,” and yet as will soon be displayed as the national polls fly around the internet and newsprint on Sunday and Monday morning, we can conclude that these games are played with a separate list of rules and standard operating procedures which don’t include the actual results on the playing field.

#9 (5-0)	#10 (4-0)
WSU (42-21)	Illinois (40-34)
UNLV (20-13)	Ole’ Miss (38-25)
The Citadel (45-31)	W. Michigan (52-24)
Iowa (17-13)	Illinois St (38-17)
Michigan St (37-34)	Bye

I have been extremely critical of the Badgers as they have been ranked in the Top-10 for most of the season in just about every major poll. Given the competition against the backdrop of their struggling performances, the only thing you can hand to Wisconsin is that it is better to be lucky than good. The bottom line is they keep winning. The difference for me is they finally emerge within the Top-10 of my poll, albeit, due to the fact that so many above them stumbled and fumbled in week #5. And Missouri’s stock has risen in the last couple of weeks because they remain unbeaten due to Illinois and Ole’ Miss, who have performed admirably.

Could these two teams become the next pillars to fall in Week #6? Likely so considering Missouri hosts Nebraska in a key Big-12 North showdown next week, while the Badgers travel to Illinois in a key Big-10 tilt.

#11 (4-1)	#12 (4-1)
Louis-LAF (28-14)	Houston (48-27)
Georgia (16-12)	Michigan (39-7)
S. Carolina St (38-3)	Fresno St (52-21)
LSU (16-2	Stanford (55-31)
Mississippi St (38-21)	California (24-31)

I may have the Gamecocks a little low at this point, especially considering their only crime has been a close loss to LSU - the best team in the country. But the fact remains that it is only Week #5 and the cream will continue to rise and fall so look for the Spurrier Regime to take off in the next few weeks.

Oregon on the other hand falls to about where they should, considering they were 10th in both the Harris and BCSBuster Polls last week. Just exactly how does a team who beat themselves with self-inflicted errors on their own field rise as high as number five in the Herbie Power Poll? I have a theory, and it is spelled Nike.

#13 (4-1)	#14 (4-1)
W. Kentucky (49-3)	Oklahoma St (35-14)
Troy (59-31)	S. Carolina (12-16)
Tennessee (59-20)	W. Carolina (45-16)
Mississippi (30-24)	Alabama (26-23)
Auburn (17-20)	Ole’ Miss (45-17)

Just as I mentioned for South Carolina, the same thing can be applied for Florida and Georgia. I think Desmond Howard hit the nail on the head - This is why we play the game - and at this point in the season, both have one loss to formidable foes and the cream will continue to rise along with the ebbing tides of the 2007 season, which will take another turn next week as Florida and the ESPN Gameday (SEC) bandwagon travels to Baton Rouge, while the Bulldawgs travel to Knoxville.

#15 (5-0)	#16 (4-1)
SE Missou St (59-3)	W. Michigan (62-24)
Oregon St (34-3)	Marshall (48-23)
Miami (OH) (47-10)	Maryland (31-14)
Marshall (40-14)	E. Carolina (48-7)
SDSU (52-23)	S. Florida (13-21)

I think all competent college football fans would agree that the poll system should really be a grouping of schools. Just as there is very little difference between the Top-5, or sixth through Ten, the same can be applied for every grouping of five…11 through 15, 16 through 20 and even 21 through 30, so please don’t take offense, for I think the whole process without head-to-head interaction is completely unreliable. Cincinnati is another program on the rise, much like South Florida is this season, and Louisville has been in the past. Why people continue to ridicule and scorn this conference is beyond me, but the one thing I’ve always noticed is that its those we fear the most, who receive the bulk of our thorns.

It’s kind of like the media with this whole Mike Gundy affair. Did you catch the comment from ABC analyst Doug Flutie? He loved Gundy’s response and was amazed at the media reaction after a rock was thrown squarely through their own window. “Those who throw rocks shouldn’t continue to live in glass houses.”

Cincinnati gets their chance at the big-time when they travel this week to Rutgers, while West Virginia looks to recover from their misfortune in Tampa. Let’s hope they don’t drink from the same orange watering-hole that Louisville exhumed when match-up with Syracuse.

#17 (4-1)	#18 (4-1)
N. Texas (79-10)	UAB (55-1
Miami (Fla) (51-13)	Bowling Green (28-17)
Utah St (54-3)	PITT (17-13)
Tulsa (62-21)	Notre Dame (31-14)
Colorado (24-27)	Wisconsin (34-37)

The problem with the polls is there isn’t enough fluidity within them to rank a team where they should be ranked, especially after falling in a game in which they should have clearly and easily won. I’m sure there will be those who scoff at the Spartans Top-20 ranking in this BCSBuster Poll, but if we are so enamoured with the Badgers and have them (over-ranked) in the Top-10, consider Michigan State went toe-to-toe with such a formidable foe and barely lost. Why would Oregon rise so fast, while Michigan State falls like a rock (most likely scenario with most of the polls after they come out later today)? Oklahoma looks to rebound in the Red-River-Shootout, while Sparty sharpens its sword at home entertaining Northwestern.

#19 (3-2)	#20 (3-1)
Kansas St (23-13)	Auburn (13-23)
S. Florida (23-26)	SJSU (34-14)
Miss. St (14-19)	Missouri St (61-10)
N. Mexico St (55-20)	Texas (41-21)
Florida (20-17)

There is another interesting spectacle sure to come out in the polls. Will much of the nation be influenced by K-States triumph in Austin, or will common sense (Stewart Mandel withstanding) prevail we must remember Auburn beat the Cats in Week #1. So if we are going to rank Kansas State at all, especially considering Texas is vastly over-rated this season, for their blunders on special teams cost them the game and there was nothing fluky about this victory by the Cats as they have now beaten the Horns two seasons in a row, not to mention knocking the holy be-Jesus out of quarterback Colt McCoy, we must rank Auburn ahead of the Cats, especially considering their signature victory over highly rated Florida.

Auburn looks to continue their winning ways as they host Vandy, while K-State takes on their in-state rivals from JayHawk Nation.

#21 (4-1)	#22 (4-1)
Marshall (31-3)	ECU (17-7)
Oklahoma (13-51)	LSU (7-4
Florida Int (23-9)	Ohio (28-7)
Texas A&M (34-17)	William & Mary (44-3)
Duke (24-14)	N. Carolina (17-10)

Finally, in week #5, I face the never ending pollsters battle with hypocrisy, for I am about to rank Florida State (#23) ahead of Clemson (#29) even though the Tigers beat the Seminoles on the playing field in Week #1.

The reasoning behind this is simple. Of all the major upsets yesterday (I had Clemson at #7 in last weeks poll and have been raving about them all season) their loss to the Yellow-Jackets after scoring a mere 3 points was the most galling to me. I was warned by many fans around the country to be aware of a certain Tiger free fall that was about to happen, but I had to stick with my criteria for how valid is a poll for 2007, if we are including the history of the last 10 in college football? Don’t we have to play the games first? The other point in my defense is the fact that this hypocrisy is occurring at the tail end of the Top-25 and I have already alluded to the fact that polls should be groupings of five, for how can we truly tell the significance between the teams?

As such, the free fall - much to their own undoing - has happened. In the wake of their free fall, I have placed Miami and Virginia Tech at #21 and #22 while Florida State and UCLA slide into

#23 (3-1)	#24 (4-1)
Clemson (18-24)	Stanford (45-17)
UAB (34-24)	BYU (27-17)
Colorado (16-6)	Utah (6-44)
Alabama (21-14)	Washington (44-31)
	Oregon State (40-14)

slots #23 and #24. I ranked Florida State ahead of UCLA due to the Bruins very distinguished and unmistakable loss to Utah, while the Seminoles have a marquee triumph over the almighty SEC and are arguably one ugly half away from being undefeated. The defense for the Noles’ is legit, and as the offense continues to awaken and gain confidence under Jimbo Fisher. Bobby Bowden may be headed - finally - in the right direction again. Isn’t confidence and the never ending turnover momentum swings a beautiful, yet dangerously distinguishing and intriguing aspect in college football?

#25 (3-1)	#25 (4-1)
Buffalo (38-3)	Arkansas St (21-13)
Navy (41-24)	TCU (34-13)
Norfolk St (59-0)	C. Florida (35-32)
Maryland (24-34)	Rice (58-14)
	Kansas St (21-41)

Finally, rounding out the Top-25 is Rutgers and Texas, both entering key match-ups again this weekend, while coming off of stinging losses. Where will their confidence by by game time on Saturday, October 1st?

I never understood the hype behind Rutgers sudden rise (I’m talking again about the results on the field) in the polls, although I have a sneaking suspicion it is due to the CFA allianced - results off the field - campaign that I have been harping constantly about for four seasons. Where is the accuracy behind ranking a team high in the polls simply because they are embedded within one of the largest television markets in America? And what has Texas earned on the field this year to catapult themselves up the national flagpole? The CFA saga continues!

Just off the BCSBuster Radar

#26 (4-1)	#27 (3-1)
Missou (34-40)	Weber St (56-7)
W. Illinois (21-0)	Washington (10-24)
Syracuse (41-20)	Wyoming (24-14)
Indiana (27-14)	S. Miss (38-16)
Penn State (27-20)

After early season losses to formidable BCS foes, both of these squads look to be rising swiftly - back up the national rankings.

What a great story for coach Ron Zook, who has been repeatedly ripped by the media, much like coach Cunningham, after high profile firings - yet three years later have taken once struggling programs back to the promise land. I continue to laugh hysterically at the comments from the network pundits who continue to discredit Zook for the job he did in Gatorland. With all the parity and thrilling upsets today, I think we can all conclude in hindsight that Zook had the makings of a champion then, but over zealous fans who thought 7-4 was a travesty created enough of a storm via the firecoachzook.com campaigns that he didn’t have a fair chance in hell of succeeding given most kids today live on the internet and buy into the hype.

#28 (4-1)	#29 (4-1)
Nevada (52-10)	Florida St (24-1
Wake Forest (20-17)	Louisiana-Mon (49-26)
USC (31-49)	Furman (38-10)
Ball State (41-40)	NC State (42-20)
Iowa State (35-17)	Georgia Tech (3-13)

And isn’t it ironic that the next two teams rounding out the Top-30 are currently going through the same bullschitzky?

If we can’t continue to learn from the past, we are destined to repeat our failures in the future?

And isn’t it ironic that the CFA issues of the past continue to color the competitive balance of the game today. For where will we be in the next 10 years if this type of bullschitzky is allowed to continue. In most seasons, the BCS Controversy will continue to iron itself out by the end of the season, but mark my words, we are just beginning to shovel through the controversy, because things will most definitely get out of control by the end of this already crazy college football season. Just remember where you heard this first, for I have been trumpeting this issue now for nearly four seasons!

#30 (5-0)	#30 (4-0)
Toledo (52-24)	C. Michigan (52-7)
E. Illinois (52-6)	SE Louisiana (62-0)
C. Michigan (45-22)	Toledeo (45-13)
Minnesota (45-31)	Florida Int. (55-3)
Notre Dame (33-19)