More Change in Store for the BCS; Notre Dame Should be No. 1 For First Time Since '93

For about 30 minutes I tried to come up with some way to wax poetic about the college football games that were played tonight. Two of the night games especially were something else. After watching them and now trying to write about them I feel like I need to do something special here; I need to introduce them in a fashion that befits the quality of the battles that were waged.

Then again, sometimes the best way to do excellence justice is not to try to go all Shakespearean, but to let it  speak for itself. With that in mind:

How about those Baylor Bears and Stanford Cardinals?!?!?!

In case you missed these games tonight, the Baylor Bears didn't just beat the former No. 1 team in the nation; they destroyed the Kansas State Wildcats. Nick Florence was on target, the running game was incredible, and the defense made Optimus Klein look more like--shoot, they killed Optimus.

Final score: 52-24, Baylor. Needless to say, the Baylor fans were just a little happy:


I kind of feel sorry for the K-State boys here. It almost looks like they were stuck in that mess.

Oregon was exposed for exactly what they are--a group of small speed demons that win by flash and lack substance. USC showed us that a solid defense and a good offense could take this guys down, and Stanford did just that. The Cardinals defense made the Ducks offense mortal throughout the game holding them to just 14 points in regualtion.

In the end the Ducks dropped the ball in OT, and the Cardinals booted a field goal through for a 17-14 win.


For the first time in decades we have the No. 1 and 2 teams in the nation losing on the same weekend!

So what does that mean you ask?

Notre Dame whipped Wake Forest (as expected, 38-0) and will move up to the No. 1 spot. SEC fans will likely get to celebrate since they are right back in the driver's seat for a trip to the BCS title game with Alabama moving up to No. 2.

K-State will fall to No. 3 and the Ducks No. 4 with Georgia staying put at No. 5 (they don't deserve to move up after playing Georgia Southern).

If I was talking to you about this I would be saying "wow" a lot. I think I'm still in shock that it actually happened.

For years I missed a lot of college games because I was busy playing rugby on Saturdays and then we had the social afterwards that often ran into the next morning.  Age, weight, and kids took me away from the game and opened my Saturdays back up for football. All I can say is that if the action I missed all those years playing rugby was anything like the stuff I saw today...

Well, I'd still be playing rugby, but I'm sure glad I'm not playing now.