| Much of the country is in the midst of the first | | | | 20. 5 teams from the SEC; 3 from the Big-10. |
| real cold snap of the season. But you'd never | | | | How about bowl bids? SEC - 9 bowl bids (most of |
| know it from the hot air coming out of Michigan. | | | | any conference). Big-10 - 7 bowl bids. |
| Lots of upset people blowing a lot of steam over | | | | How about non-conference schedule? The SEC |
| nothing. | | | | was an amazing 41-7 versus non-conference |
| The final computer and human rankings were | | | | opponents in 2006. This .854 winning percentage |
| thrown into the Bowl Championship Series (BCS) | | | | blows away any other conference. (Check out for |
| cauldron and low and behold a live Gator was | | | | more information on SEC football). So, Florida is |
| pulled out. By the way, it was the human voters | | | | the Champion of the toughest conference in the |
| who saved the day because the BCS computers | | | | nation. |
| had the Gators and Wolverines dead even. | | | | Florida had the toughest schedule in the nation |
| I don't know what the computers were thinking, | | | | (opponents winning percentage of .643). The |
| but anyone who saw Florida come from behind to | | | | gators had 4 quality wins over Tennessee, LSU, |
| beat Arkansas 38-28 Saturday night to win the | | | | Georgia, and Arkansas. Michigan only had 2 quality |
| SEC Championship knows what I'm talking about. | | | | wins - Notre Dame and Wisconsin. |
| What a thrilling game? Florida showed its | | | | How boring it would have been to see Ohio State |
| tremendous team speed, talent, and ability to | | | | and Michigan for a second time this season (104th |
| make big plays when it needed to. Talk about | | | | time overall). Instead we have two great |
| going for it? How about that 4th and 10 fake punt | | | | conference champions from different regions of |
| -- from its own 15 yard line while trailing in the 3rd | | | | the country. Florida and Ohio State will be playing |
| quarter? That takes guts! That was the play that | | | | against each other for the first time in history. I |
| earned the Gators a trip to the National | | | | can hardly wait. |
| Championship game to face the Buckeyes on | | | | Certainly the BCS system is flawed. College |
| January 8th in Glendale, Arizona. | | | | football needs a playoff. No doubt. With the |
| Florida is a conference champion with a 12-1 | | | | current system there are always more than two |
| record. Michigan is the runner-up in its conference | | | | teams at the end of the year that can make a |
| with an 11-1 record. It's difficult to understand how | | | | strong case they should be in the National |
| anyone could possibly think a second place team | | | | Championship game. Someone always feels jilted. |
| (with one less victory) should go to the National | | | | But, if you have to pick only two teams to play |
| Championship game over all the other conference | | | | for the National Championship - this year those |
| champions. | | | | teams have to be Ohio State and Florida. The |
| And we are not talking about a dominating | | | | only thing I don't understand is why there is even |
| conference in the Big-10. I mean, nothing against | | | | a controversy. It would have been a disgrace to |
| the Big 10, it's a fine conference. But it is clearly | | | | pick Michigan over Florida. So, at least for this |
| no SEC. Just take a gander at the BCS final top | | | | year, the BCS got it right. It was easy choice. |