College Football Update

While Clark tackles the pressing political dilemmas of our nation with candor and something akin to logic, I will attempt to make sense of the more pressing and controversial issue America currently faces, the race for the BCS championship.

After Texas's close win over undefeated Oklahoma St Saturday, the Longhorns clearly control their own destiny to the title game. Their biggest hurdle left may be this weekend in Lubbock as they face undefeated Texas Tech and their unstoppable offense, in what is likely the biggest game ever on Texas Tech's campus. The winner of this game will take control of the Big 12 South, though Texas still has to play Kansas and Tech still has to tangle with Oklahoma and Oklahoma State. Methinks the Longhorns will win another shootout, this time on the road as their defense will do just enough to stop Graham Harrell and the Red Raiders 44-37. This will pave the way for Texas to win out, beat Missouri in a Big 12 title game rematch from a few weeks ago and play for the national championship in the Orange Bowl against............Florida.

The Gators have their game of the year this Saturday against Georgia and will seek revenge for UGA's end zone stomping celebration a year ago. Other than last year Florida has owned this rivalry of late and a win here coupled with a win over Alabama in the SEC title game (we're calling them to make it with a 2 game lead after LSU's loss) will vault Florida up the board to #2. Alabama will have their shot but will fall either to LSU or in the SEC title game, still a great season for the Tide. Penn State (after eliminating Ohio State from contention) will get upset at Iowa in 2 weeks looking ahead and, USC will get left out with 1 loss despite an impressive win over Notre Dame on national tv to end the year. Sorry, if you're in the Pac-10 you gotta go undefeated despite how much ESPN wants you to make it. Of course now that we have predicted these finishes, everything will go the opposite way and we will see you back here next week predicting a whole new list of challengers. Make sure your DVR is on and the remote control batteries are fresh for Saturday... oh and make sure you get and out vote next week as well.