College Football Corner...bowling for brackets...

Welcome to the NCAA College Football Tournament...kicked off by overall number one seed Oklahoma against Cinderella Buffalo in the Motor City Bowl Friday December 12th followed by seven games over twelve hours on a very lucky December 13th--

Hold on, I'm waking up from my nap...makes me wonder how close we are to a true Division I-A postseason. I'd even be happy with a four-team bracket with games this weekend and a championship on New Years Day. The previous jigsaw system of conference tie-ins wasn't ideal, but at least you had the four or five contenders all playing within 48 hours. Having the BCS title game a full week after January first is akin to eating a bunch of appetizers...but then waiting seven days for your entree.

And I'm not for blowing up the bowl system--the 32 game postseason that allows for 7-5 and 6-6 schools to finish their years on a positive note can continue...but there's no reason to involve the bowls in a playoff skeleton. Would a playoff make the minor bowls obsolete? You could say the BCS makes the major bowls irrelevant.

I do know it would make for an incredible Saturday in December (quadrupleheader on ABC and ESPN family of networks for either a 16 or 8 team tournament...with the games staggered in a manner that would feel like March Madness). Here's the postseason bracket you won't see...with national semifinal games pitting the East-Midwest and South-West regional winners...:

EAST REGION:
Alabama-Virginia Tech winner plays the Texas Tech-Cincinnati winner in the Peach Bowl

MIDWEST REGION:
Oklahoma-Buffalo winner plays the Penn State-TCU winner in the Cotton Bowl

SOUTH REGION:
Florida-Troy winner faces the Utah-Ohio State winner in the Sugar Bowl

WEST REGION:
Texas-East Carolina winner plays the USC-Boise State winner in the Fiesta Bowl


VIRGINIA TECH faces Cincinnati in the Orange Bowl fresh off a 30-12 thumping of Boston College...giving the Hokies their third ACC title in five seasons (VT is 51-15 since leaving the Big East). Hokie Highlights--Darren Evans made fans forget Branden Ore with 114 yards and a touchdown capping off an 1112 yard season...Tyrod Taylor ran for two scores while the defense tallied four takeaways and returned one of them for a touchdown...Hokie Humblings--three giveaways...and a passing attack that averaged under eight yards per completion will give coach Beamer plenty to work on in between now and the New Year.