I love how college football proponents tell us all the time how their sport doesn't need a playoff because every week is a playoff in and of itself. "Every game means something!" is the mantra... and while it makes for a great T-Shirt logo it doesn't ring true this December. Conference championship weekend has #1 LSU virtually assured of reaching the BCS Title Game-- win or lose-- with #2 Alabama unlikely to be leapfrogged by #3 Oklahoma State or #5 Virginia Tech. So what are we playing for, exactly?
Under one of my many proposed playoff formats ... these conference championship games would determine automatic berths. Instead they set up the 35 bowls. 35! There aren't 50 teams that deserve to play in Division I-A... let alone the 70 needed. It's like watching air come out of the tire of a tense 13-week journey. Whatever. Bring on basketball.
Alma Mater Update-- Syracuse remains in postseason contention despite a four game losing streak--and having gone from paper tiger to paperweight to waste paper over the course of the season. So if they beat Pitt... they get to play again? Don't SU fans deserve not to see any more football than absolutely necessary?
#5 Virginia Tech can avenge its only loss of the season as the Hokies face Clemson in the ACC Championship game. VT had a rude awakening that afternoon in Blacksburg-- and since then Logan Thomas has tossed 14 touchdown passes while running for nine more scores. Clemson has done their part to take whatever excitement was in this rematch by losing two straight games by 20+ points. Two teams moving in opposite directions continue the trend. Hokies cough up the customary first quarter touchdown en route to a rout, 36-13.
Last Week: 2-0 (nobody cleans up Thanksgiving leftovers better than Presto's Picks!)
Season: 64-29.
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