Well here I am, excited and ready to see another explosion at Ohio State! I mean, how many years does Ohio State have to be on public display, until it’s finally admitted that it’s one of the most overrated teams in college football? So I admit I’m not a Buckeye fan, not a big 10 fan, and as a fan of a non-BCS conference (WAC), I’m tired of being told over and over again what a great team Ohio State is. and then witnessing that once they get out of their conference and play a good team, they’re exposed. The last 2 bowl games were embarrassing for them and then the beating of USC earlier this season disgusted me and at the same time I was excited that we were going to witness it again last night at the Fiesta Bowl. I watched the game with high expectations of the Texas Longhorns, the team that many said should be No. 1 and play in the national title game on Thursday.

Boy was I disappointed! Texas’ first drive ended with no first downs and a punt and my son, Aaron, says to me, “Dad, it’s normal for a team to start slow,” to which I agreed. Then, late in the first quarter, with Ohio State leading by a field goal (3-0), I was really beginning to wonder where this highly regarded Texas team was at. I mean, this couldn’t be the same team that beat Oklahoma and played in what I consider to be the best game of the season, against Texas Tech, could it? This couldn’t be the same team with Heisman runner-up Colt McCoy!

Then the second quarter goes back and forth and finds them down 3 (6-3) at halftime and I sent an email to one of my friends that said “Sorry to say Texas is getting bombed right now.” What a disappointment! I mean, Ohio State’s Wells was running all over Texas’ vaunted defense and making them look like anything but a #1 caliber team.

Then comes the third quarter and Texas finally comes to life and I started to get excited that they were finally going to beat the Buckeyes! They scored 2 unanswered touchdowns and were up by 11 points (17-6) Yes! But unfortunately, my excitement was short-lived. In the 4th quarter, Ohio State scored an unanswered field goal and 2 touchdowns, the only silver in the lining being that they missed both of their 2-point conversion attempts, so they were only up by 4 (21-17). Then, with 2 minutes left on the clock, Texas comes to life and charges downfield, scoring a controversial 4th down conversion and scoring a touchdown with 16 seconds left, making the final score 24-21. . Although it was an exciting ending to the game, what a disappointment it was! With the exception of the third quarter, Ohio State dominated the entire game and totally battered the Longhorns! This is the same Ohio State that lost to Penn State that lost to USC in the Rose Bowl, in a much more exciting bowl game I might add. My only consolation in all of this is that the Big 10 go 1-6 in bowl games this year. I know the WAC was 1-4, but we’re supposed to be that bad, right? The Big 10 is a BCS conference and therefore top!

Texas, YOU ARE NOT A #1 TEAM! Utah would fuck you! My team the Boise State Broncos would be with you and probably beat you! Florida would destroy you and USC would crush you! After the game, Coach Brown made an astonishing statement, after being prodded over and over again by the reporter. He said that Texas could beat any team in the country. How funny! Now, if Oklahoma beats Florida in the national title game, I’m going to have to reconsider most of what I just said.

Notice I said the majority. I saw the Sugar Bowl last Friday. Utah roughed up the #2 SEC team and beat them on a neutral field, which can realistically be called a home field for Alabama, by a larger margin than Florida beat them at home. So Texas beats Oklahoma, Florida beats Alabama at home, Utah beats Alabama by a larger margin on the road. What does this all mean? It means the BCS is full of shit when they try to tell us that these teams are the best of the best.

Anyone who watches college football knows that any team on any given day (Appalachian State vs. Michigan) can win. I am a fan of bowling and love this time of year but with each game like Utah vs Pitt (2005), Boise State vs Oklahoma (2007), Utah vs Alabama (2009) and finally Texas vs Ohio State (2009) more and more more people are realizing that the BCS is a faulty system and the only real answer is a PLAYOFF. Unfortunately for us, we are not the ones making these decisions.