“Big 10 football is having a very down year, and they’re living in the past to gain respect today.”
I’ve officially been accused of being a pompous Northerner despite growing up in the West. But that’s for another day.
There has been numerous accusations about the Big …

In an interview on ESPN concerning the BCS, James Carville (a political pundit and a LSU grad) had this to say:
“But the reason that we’re watching Southern Cal and Illinois, a game which no one wants to see as opposed to Southern Cal and Georgia …

Legend has it, when the Texas A&M crowd sways to Aggie Hymn, visiting quarterbacks are known to get nauseous and even puke at the sight. How can you not be impressed.

Or even more so by this. I thought convincing the white hairs to don white …

“Mirror, mirror on the wall, who’s the fairest of them all?”

School
Number 1
Number 2
Voted his own school

Frank Beamer
Virginia Tech
LSU
Virginia Tech
2 / 5

Mike Bellotti
Oregon
Ohio State
LSU
25 / NR

Bret Bielema
Wisconsin
Ohio State
Oklahoma
13 / 15

Larry Blakeney
Troy
Ohio State
LSU
– / NR

Bobby Bowden
Florida State
LSU
Ohio State
- / NR

Tommy Bowden
Clemson
Ohio State
LSU
14 / 16

Jeff Bower
S. …

The Big Ten will have their work cut out for them:

Big Ten team
Conf. Record (Conf. standing)
Opponent
Conf. Record (Conf. standing)

National Championship
#1 Ohio State
7-1 (#1)
#2 LSU
6-2 (#1 SEC West)

Rose Bowl
#13 Illinois
6-2 (#2)
#7 USC
7-2 (#1 Pac 10)

Capital One Bowl
Michigan
6-2 (#3)
#12 Florida
5-3 (#2 SEC East)

Outback Bowl
#18 Wisconsin
5-3 (#4)
#16 …

ACC
Big 12
Big East
Big Ten
Pac 10
SEC
other

ACC

-

2

1

1

1

2

1

Big 12

2

-

1

2

1

2

Big East

1

1

-

0

1

2

Big Ten

1

2

0

-

1

3

1

Pac 10

1

1

1

1

-

2

SEC

2

2

3

0

-

2

other

1

2

1

2

2

6

8

8

5

8

6

9

14

Anyone remember the Big East’s perfect bowl record last year? Well they play no games against the Big Ten and none against the SEC. With only 5 bowl games, 2 of which are against non-BCS competition, its …

And the selections are officially in:

Home
Away

National Championship
Ohio State
LSU

Rose Bowl
Illinois
USC

Sugar Bowl
Hawaii
Georgia

Fiesta Bowl
Oklahoma
West Virginia

Orange Bowl
Virginia Tech
Kansas

No real surprise with the national championship game. Say what you want about LSU or Ohio State, but the fact of the matter is, they knew how the system worked and did …