Topsey-Turvey Weekend

Exciting weekend in NCAA Football! Here are the highlights of my weekend, let me know if I miss anything.

• It all started on Thursday night (again) when Rutgers pulled off the huge win over previously undefeated Louisville. That set off a chain reaction that had everyone in the country fast-forwarding to next weekend trying to figure out which one-loss team will face Ohio State in the national championship.
  
  
• Georgia came up with a HUGE win over bitter rival Auburn. Not sure if anyone saw that one coming. It wasn’t even close.
  
  
• Many experts choice for the best one-loss team, defending national champion Texas, took a loss at the hands of Kansas State.
  
  
• California, another sheik pick to get back in the hunt, was chopped down by up-and-coming Arizona in what could prove to be a program-making win.
  
  
• Florida needed three blocked kicks and a delay of game penalty to hold off a familiar face in the swamp but the Gators were able to keep themselves in the game beating South Carolina.
  
  
• Not in the national championship picture but one of the more jaw-dropping games was Wake Forest’s handling of Florida State, in Tallahassee. The most amazing thing about that game, besides the 30-point beat down, is that it was the first time Bobby Bowden has ever been shut out at home. That’s unreal.
  
  
• Two teams held the course and kept hope alive for at least one matchup of number one and number two this year. Michigan and Ohio State did not get caught looking ahead and handled their business, convincingly. I am looking forward to this game more now than ever because in all of these arguments about what is the best one loss team, Michigan is always included.
  
  I’m sure Lloyd Carr has his boys taking note that they’re already being counted out in the rivalry game.

But the BCS system is once again showing its fault this year because even if Rutgers could knock off West Virginia in a few weeks, the Scarlet Knights will not play for the national title. How messed up is that? Is Rutgers the best team in the nation? Not even close.

They have followed to rules that are set forth of everyone. And the current format will not allow them to gain entry. It’s great because there is always something to talk about but I think we could all have a great time discussing a playoff too.