Bowl Thoughts

Well, with the dawn of the New Year came the traditional slew of college bowl games, a few of which merit some comment:

• So I guess WVU owns the state of Georgia now, right? We knocked off UGA in last year's Sugar Bowl and came back from 18 points down to knock of Georgia Tech in yesterday's Gator Bowl. Said stunning comeback all took place while I was in the car and listening on the radio, of course - once I got home, it was just run-the-clock-out time. But that's for the best, probably - WVU always seems to play worse when I'm actually watching the game. Maybe they nervous when famous (ha!) alums are watching? :P

• Remember when the final BCS rankings came out and lots of Michigan fans (yours truly not included) bitched and moaned about how they were really the second best team in the country and if only they'd played Ohio State on a neutral field they would have won that game? Well, let's those folks have choked down their crow today, after the Wolverines got smacked around by 2-loss USC in the Rose Bowl Yesterday. Michigan's argument, it seemed to me, always proceeded from a potentially faulty assumption that OSU is the best team in the country in the first place,

• As the final BCS games play out, whither Boise State? Those of you who stayed up past midnight last night to watch the Broncos beat Oklahoma in OT in the Fiesta Bowl know what I'm talking about. At least one I-A program will end the season undefeated. If the Gators trip up OSU next Monday, does Boise State have any claim to somebody's national title (the coaches are required to anoint the winner of Florida-OSU as champs)?

Or we could just have a playoff - but where's the fun in that?