Place a bet on tonight's National title game.

That really is your only chance to end up a winner.  There is no other outcome that I see where we all would win tonight.  Regardless of which team wins tonight, we know that the real National champion wasn't crowned.  You can 't say that LSU and Ohio State are the best teams in the country.  Ohio State played a meatball schedule, while LSU has two losses.  I'm not saying we don't have two good teams playing tonight, but I am saying we don't have the best teams playing, at least not for sure

 

I told you so.

 

While everyone else saw Ohio State as the team to beat, I continuously held my ground that the Buckeyes weren't. 

 

When analysts proclaimed the Big 10 the sixth strongest conference in the nation a few games into the year, only to recant that comment as Ohio State went further along unbeaten, I stayed true.

 

Now, the truth has set us all free.

 

All year long I have been saying Ohio State is not as good as everyone believes.  The defense was excellent, but the offense left something

Now I'm Freeeee!

Free falling,

Yes I'm Freeeeee!

Free falling.

So I turn on the news this morning and I see a story out of Yakima WA . Apparently a skydiving plane crashed with ten people aboard. Seven of the bodies have been recovered and they are still searching for the other three. Now I don't want to sound crass but... Why didn't people on the plane jump?

Next year's slogan: The Chicago Marathon, People Are Dieing to Finish.

Speaking of collapsing: How about them Cubs? That was one of the all time "We're just happy to be

Saturday was an exciting day in college football, chock-full of upsets and text messages saying "did you see that!" The dust has finally settled and what is clear to me is "Shakedown Saturday" didn't really shake up anything. Although Oklahoma, Florida, West Virginia and Texas lost, only the Mountaineers and Longhorns were virtually eliminated from the BCS Title hunt with the Sooners and Gators still very much alive.

Hear me out before you accuse me of being drunk. The fallout from this past Saturday puts California, South Florida, Boston College and Kentucky

A few weeks back I wrote in my 7 in '07 column how the BCS had taken the little man out of the equation.  Well, this past week, the underdog fought back.

Six out of the Top 11 went down.  Except for West Virginia and Oregon, all went down to unranked opponents.  Of course, none came against non-BCS opponents but it is a step in the right direction.  Many will say, "see the BCS conferences are strong." 

I see that many of htese same schools who beat the powerhouses are the same schools who lost to lesser conferences in non-conference games.&

A quick viewing guide for week three of college football with teams either getting ready for or opening up conference play all over the country.  Division 1A/FBS games only (luckily for Michigan and Iowa St.)

Game of the Week:

1a) #22 Tennessee at #5 Florida:  The Tim Tebow show finally goes to prime-time against Erik Ainge and the Vols.

1b) #1 USC at #14 Nebraska:  Sam Kellar finally gets another shot at a top-ranked Trojan team, and the Cornhuskers get a chance to rejoin the elite of college football.

Biggest Blowouts

It's time this week's contenders and pretenders, and in lieu of my new memo, a certain maize and blue will not be mentioned.

 Contenders:

Cal stays on here after another win, and another brilliant performance by Desean Jackson.  

South Carolina/Florida both get on here after winning big games for different reasons.  The Gamecocks solidified their place on the SEC's upper-echelon with a big win against Georgia.   The Bulls get on here for knocking off another SEC team, Auburn.  The Bulls however have plenty more to be excited about

"This is truly one of the nicest things anyone has ever done for us," said freshman special teamer Jason Orbott.  Jason plays for the Ohio State Buckeyes. "We expected a really tough battle this year in the Big 10 and now thanks to the generosity in Ann Arbor, it looks like we just have to worry about Wisconsin now."

 

This has to be the most disastrous fall in the history of sport, barring maybe that "agony of defeat guy" who eats it on the ski jump.  God, that still hurts just thinking about it. Who was that guy? Did he live?

 

 

Get out the 'ol college jersey and strike up the band because its Christmas time...in September. While most "traditionalists" wait until December, I am celebrating three-months early with a full slate of college games. It is time to find out if Notre Dame can rebuild, LSU can reload, Ohio State can recover and if Florida will repeat.

 

The first weekend in September means its time to begin unwrapping 8-months of anticipation, highlighted by the nightcap of Tennessee-Cal. It also means My TIVO is no longer set