From the “Al Davis Studios,” here we go…
LSU running back Terrence Magee (14) rushes against Mississippi in the fourth quarter of an NCAA college football game in Oxford, Miss., on Saturday, Nov. 19, 2011. LSU won 52-3. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)College football Monday morning quarterback
– The SEC rules. You knew this, the 5-at-10 knew this, now the rest of the country knows this and there’s not a dadgum thing they can do about it. LSU, Alabama and Arkansas are 1-2-3 in every poll that matters this side of the North Pole. We knew the LSU-Alabama game was billed as one BCS semifinal, we didn’t know that LSU-Arkansas was going to be the other one. Unless of course Arkansas puts a whipping on LSU, then there’s mass hysteria, and in that case the nation’s top-three-ranked teams will each have a loss to each other. And let’s not forget that if Georgia had not given one away to South Carolina in Week 2, there’s a real chance the SEC would have the top 4 teams in the country. Read that again. Everyone who is dying for a playoff needs to realize we have one – it’s called the SEC regular season.
Alabama running back Trent Richardson (3) leaps over the tackle of Georgia Southern safety Deion Stanley (29) during the first half of an NCAA college football game at Bryant-Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa, Ala., Saturday, Nov. 19, 2011. At right is Alabama wide receiver Kevin Norwood (83). (AP Photo/Dave Martin)-Hey, you know the 5-at-10 thinks you should have to win your conference to play for the national championship, but clearly no one other than Arkansas and Alabama want to play LSU, otherwise they would handle their BID-ness. Yes we are talking to you Oregon, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State and any other formerly high-ranked O-school that left their fans screaming “O-No” all weekend. There is not a team anywhere in the country that has done anything to make an argument that the SEC does not deserve both spots in the BCS title game, whatever rematch appears to be best in a week. That said, expect the anti-SEC sentiments to pick up steam this week and the following week, especially if Oklahoma State wins out to win the Big 12. (Although there’s a 93-percent chance that there’s a Federal law that any team that loses to Iowa State can’t play for the BCS title. Jefe, you’re an attorney, look that up.)
– Is there a Heisman front-runners. Not really. Stanford quarterback Andrew Luck is going to be the best pro. Alabama running back Trent Richardson has been the best bell cow. Houston quarterback Case Keenum will have the best numbers. That said, the 5-at-10 is on the RG III bandwagon