I love college football for the sheer fact that it is very unpredictable. The last couple of years of the BCS games have proven that nothing is for certain when it comes to what team will win.  It’s all about what team wants it more. Last year we saw the likes of 6 teams make it to #2 in the polls only to see them loose the very next week to a much lesser opponent.

So before you count your chickens for the championship, please keep this in mind:

#1 Texas – Strength of schedule: 6^th of 120

•          Remaining schedule: @#8 Texas Tech (8-0), Baylor (3-5),@ #23 Kansas (5-3), Rival Texas A&M (3-5)
  
•          Big 12 championship game against probably #15 Missouri (6-2) or Kansas again.
  

Texas has a very hard schedule and will be lucky to make it to the national championship without a loss. I think even if they finish the season with one loss, they could be ahead of Penn State considering the strength of schedule.

• #2 Alabama – Strength of schedule: 62^nd of 120
• Remaining schedule: Arkansas State (4-3), @#19 LSU (5-2), Miss State (3-5), Auburn (4-4)

-          SEC championship game with probably #7 Georgia or #10 Florida.

This is not an ideal situation for the Championship game. With one loss I can see Penn State leap frog them to #2 in the BCS and go to the title game. This once again puts in to question the validity of the BCS system because the Big 10 not having a championship game.

#3 Penn State – Strength of schedule: 54^th of 120

• Remaining schedule: @Iowa (5-3), Indiana (3-5), #21 Michigan State (7-2)
  
• No championship game
  

Talk about a b-line to the championship game. The only hold up would be Michigan State, and that is a home game. I see Penn State winning out, but will it be enough to make it to the championship even if Texas has one loss and Alabama is undefeated. Time will tell.

I don’t know what will happen in the next month, but I do know what the BCS wants. Texas and Alabama undefeated and in the Championship Game. That would probably put USC and Penn State in the Rose Bowl. Certainty in a very uncertain system.

The Onion

DAWWAS—Cowboys medical personnel confirm that quawterback Tony Womo injured his thwowing hand in last week's 30-24 loss to the Arizona Cardinals and is expected to miss the next month after suffewing a sevewy bwoken wight pinkie-winkie.

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Team doctors originally believed Womo's poor, poor bwoken fingey was merewy spwained, despite the quarterback insisting that his pinkie felt really, really, really ouchie after being hit by wots and wots of big mean mans during the first play of overtime.

The Cowboys are denying rumors that Womo will require weconstwuctive pinkie surgewy, insisting that it is only a bad owie and that Womo will not be placed on injuwed weserve.

"Tony has been very, very bwave through all this and barely cried at all when he heard his widdle fingey was in fact bwoken," coach Wade Phillips said Monday, explaining that Womo was "westing comfiwy" and watching cartoons at home and had thus far managed to keep his pinkie out of his mouth. "I'd say he's week to week, but it's up to the team medics to say when he's completely all-better-now."

The Cowboys originally sensed something was wrong when Womo threw three straight incomplete passes to begin the overtime after being sacked three times and knocked down 19 times during regulation by meanie-bullies who hate him. Their suspicions were confirmed when Womo blubbered to them on the sidelines while holding up his hurted fingey.

Womo was immediately given an orange-flavored St. Joseph aspirin and a wowwypop while a SpongeBob SquarePants Band-Aid was applied to the pinkie. When this proved inadequate, Cowboys head pediatrician Daniel "Doctor Danny" Cooper inspected Womo's pinkie while trainers distracted Womo by making a spoon into an airplane and "flying" chocolate ice cream into the quarterback's mouth.

"This was more than just the normal boo-boo," Cooper told reporters. "Tony has played through boo-boos before, like any team weader and big gwown-up boy has to. But when I saw the quivering chin, the big wet eyes, and the way he was hopping from foot to foot while holding up his widdle bitty widdy fingey, I knew this one was bad."

The NFL said no fine would be given on the hit, as it seemed to be an honest accident and no flag for roughhousing the passer was thrown on the play. It is not known whether Womo will stomp his widdle foot and complain louder to the NFL regarding the decision.

Phillips confirmed that 40-year-old backup quarterback Brad Johnson will start as long as Womo's pinkie is still an ouchie pinkie.

"It's unfortunate for the poor tyke to have to go through something like this," said Johnson, who hasn't started an NFL game since 2006. "But you know, when they're little quarterbacks they sometimes take big spills. This will just make Tony-wony tougher when he grows up. I hope."

In other Cowboys news, Adam "Pacman" Jones is still grounded for the rest of his life, or at least until he learns to stop back-sassing, and receiver Terrell Owens is listed as "probable" for Sunday's game despite suffering a chronic case of turf piggy.

According to the NFL League office, Super Bowl tickets will break the $1,000 threshold for the Club and Suite levels in Tampa. This is an increase of $100. In return 1,000 of the "cheap seats" will lowered to a palpable $500 from $700.

That means they only increase revenue by $6,8000,000 instead of $7,000,000.

The article also shows ticket prices on stub hub go for $4,300 and that 43 years ago tickets were $6, $10, and $12.

Thanks NFL for pitching in to help the little guys!

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/football/nfl/10/16/tickets.ap/?cnn=yes

The Dolphins decided today to use their QB to sell season tickets to fans that have dropped their membership. A recording was used by a telemarketing company that according to the company spokesman were neither creepy nor pathetic.  

Here is the article: http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2008/10/16/ap5566454.html 

Fortunately we were able to obtain records of the test calls:

Ex Dolphin Ticket holder: Hello?

Pennington: Hello Mr. Jones, it looks like you have not seen the dolphins lose 25 of the last 35 games we have played and we are wondering why?

Ex Dolphin Ticket Holder: Well I don't like wasting my money.

Pennington: We lowered the drinks to $10 for a 12 ounce beer and hot dogs are only $6. How does that sound?

Ex Dolphin Ticket Holder: That is really expensive don't you think?

Pennington: Not if you love your 1972 Dolphins.

Ex Dolphin Ticket Holder: Are you kidding me? You guys have been using that to dismiss all the crappy seasons, bad management, and high prices for 36 years. Don't you think it's time to move on?

Pennington: I'll play catch with your son

Ex Dolphin Ticket Holder: My son can catch, I'm afraid you would not know what to do with yourself. 

Pennington: ummm, What are you wearing?

Ex Dolphin Ticket Holder: What? Why did you raise the pitch of your voice? 

Pennington: That sounds hot...

Ex Dolphin Ticket Holder: "click"

Pennington: Not again...

Saturday and Sunday I was driving around to different sports bars in the area trying to find where fans watch their games. I went to several in the area that were packed with various fans and some with a concentration of one team. I also drove down for the Duck - UCLA game Saturday night. 

I must have talked with over 100 people in all my traveling and I noticed one subject never came up: the economy. This was refreshing considering most people saw their savings and retirement cut by 20% in 7 days. The other subject that never came up was the election. The only conversation was sports.

I can't speak for everyone else, but watching sports is a needed distraction for me from the real world. For 3 hours feel the louder I cheer the better my team does. The feeling of impact and raw enthusiasm for the game makes life simple if only for 3-5 hours. 

I don't think the world's, much less America's problems are near solved, but at least I can take comfort in the fact that every Saturday and Sunday I can watch my teams play without a care in the world.