Another season without a BCS Champion 2010-2011

The Point

I’m going to keep this short and sweet and to the point. Auburn’s victory in last night’s BCS championship is a catastrophe for college football. We will now have another season, just like 2004, in which there will be no National Champion. As you know, USC was forced to vacate the 2004 title due to the Reggie Bush case.

The same damn thing is going to happen—in a few years—to Auburn. In a few months, when all the Television payout checks have cleared the banks, the NCAA infractions committee will certainly begin a real Cam Newton investigation in earnest. In two or three years, they will re-discover what the original fact-finding mission already published: Cam Newton’s dad made a point-blank demand for payola at Mississippi State. He didn’t get the payola, so Cam went to Auburn.

You know and I know what the rule says: Cam is now ineligible. This means an ineligible player quarterbacked Auburn t victory in the BCS championship game. You know what that means? Auburn must vacate the title. Therefore we will have another season (2010-2011) without a BCS Champion. They won’t go back and award it to Oregon or to TCU.

What a disaster.

BCS Bowl Picture

For the record, the 2010 Bowl picture looks like this:

• The BCS Championship Game Texas vs Alabama
• The Fiesta Bowl: Boise State vs. TCU
• The Orange Bowl: Georgia Tech vs. Iowa
• The Sugar Bowl: Florida vs. Cincinnati
• The Rose Bowl: Oregon vs. Ohio State
• The Capital One Bowl: Penn State vs. LSU
  
• The Cotton Bowl: Ole Miss vs. Oklahoma State
• The Holiday Bowl: Nebraska vs. Arizona
• The Emerald Bowl: USC vs. Boston College
• The Gator Bowl: Florida State vs. West Virginia

That covers most of the good ones. Of all these, I suspect that the Cotton Bowl will be the surprise thriller of the bunch. You have two very good offenses, and two very under-rated football teams there.

Georgia Tech vs. Iowa will be the ugliest game on the board. Expect lots of mishaps, and a lopsided final in favor of Georgia Tech. Iowa has been served up to Georgia on a platter.

Florida vs. Cincinnati will be the most intriguing match up on the board, period. The defending national champs have a danger match ahead of them. It would be easy for such a prestigeous firm to overlook the little-respected Bearcats. Tim Tebow and company need to come in with their heads firmly screwed on right. This is Tim's swan-song and he wants go out on the right side of the score. Florida can still finish #2 in the rankings, I think.

I suspect Alabama and Texas will have a brutal contest. That will be smash mouth to the ultimate degree. Expect a 1990-1991 NFC championship game there. Absolutely crushing defense on both teams. I expect a very low scoring affair. The over-under should be at 20. I'll take under with a 10-9 final score.