Ah sweet sweet anarchy. While you've been pressed out of most walks of society you maintain your iron grip over the bowl selection process. And I have embraced it. Like Slim Pickens riding the bomb you might as stop worrying and learn to love the lunacy that is the institutional morass of the Bowls. There's no escaping that Lou Holtz selecting pickled eggs has about as much order as the mass of coaches and super intelligent chimps err Harris Poll voters randomly spinning the wheel o' what the hell they feel like. But honestly I enjoy it. A single game outcome is a fairly random process to begin so why not go all the way.
BCS Bowl Game: OSU v. LSU
Did they get it right? I dunno. Depends what you mean by right and get and they. The congealed conventional wisdom is that LSU is from the best conference and until someone stomps on the crotch of the South we're just going to have to live with it. OSU lost less games than any other conference champion so sure why not. They're SOS wasn't any worse than Oklahoma. And Todd Boekman was named to the US Olympic Yodeling Squad. This has nothing to do with football but every advantage helps.....
Rose Bowl: USC v. Illinois
The Grand Daddy of all bowl games. Technically the Rose Bowl isn't even a part of the BCS system. They just kinda hang out and show up when they feel like it. Their kingdom of patronage must stay flowing no matter what so of course they'll payoff their benefactors of the Pac 10 and Big 10. I'm often curious what conferences do with all that money. I wonder if the Big 10 Commissioner lives in some sort of floating fortress in the South Seas where he dines on nearly extinct animals. As for the Pac 10 Commissioner he has invented a Champagne Room for the Song Girls where there is more than Champagne.
Other BCS Bowls
Sugar - Hawai'i v. Georgia. Come on little guys. Yes the little school that could has once again ended up in the BCS system. Last year the Fighting Smurfs of Boise State landed ontop of OU. This year The Rainbow Warriors and their aptly blond highlighted QB are off to the Big Easy to face the vaunted (insert SEC team name).
Orange - Kansas v. V-Tech. This is only one of the bowls that sticks in my craw (whatever that is) was Kansas being picked over Mizzou. Umm Mizzou beat them and only lost to #3 OU. It's not like KU is more of a traditional powerhouse and guaranteed to bring in huge numbers of fans. So why KU? Mangzilla threatened to smash the Orange Bowl if his needs weren't met.
Fiesta- Umm two teams that choked at various points (OU v. Colorado, West Virginia against the Wanstache). Could be very high scoring.....
Other Random Bowls that may be Mildly Interesting (now with reasons)
Here's at least a preliminary list.....
Big 10 v. SEC - Capital One (Michigan v. Florida) Outback (Wisconsin v. Tennessee). Die Southern Speed Die. Umm and Carr's Last Stand
Holiday Bowl - Arizona State v. Texas. Both were thiiis close to BCS bids. Now they have to play on Dec 27th. While wearing scuba masks.
Cotton Bowl - Mizzou v. Arkansas. As close as your going to get to comparing the Big 12 and SEC
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