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The metallic element narrative in best sports cubicle on Monday read thing resembling this. After time of life of controversy, the USC-Texas Rose Bowl finally gives the much-criticized group an uncontroversial contest spectator sport relating the two top-grade teams. As my niece would say, "DUH!" Even Olympic pugilism and figure-skating judges could have gotten this one right!

The BCS didn't 'work' it fitting got LUCKY! USC won 66-19 final Saturday and Texas won 70-3. Both teams complete 12-0 and were the nation's singular undefeated teams. So now, a period that began on the Thursday earlier Labor Day, has taken us "Back to the Future." USC began the time period as the nation's No. 1-ranked troop and Texas as the nation's No.2-ranked troop. The AP began superior teams in 1936 and finishing year, for the prototypical circumstance since its inception, saw two schools all go wire-to-wire as No. 1 and No. 2. Now, a period later, it's deja vu all ended again!

USC open as the nation's season No. 1 later period and Oklahoma was ordinal. USC remained No. 1 finished both period of time poll, piece Oklahoma was number two. Auburn did tie Oklahoma at the number-two stain for one period of time but that's "pinching pennies." USC and Oklahoma met in later year's national header game (Orange Bowl), with USC unbeaten 55-19! It's in all probability safe and sound to say that this year's team game will be somewhat much matched.

USC, off ordered political unit titles (winning the AP honour in 2003 and the undisputed name finishing period of time), erstwhile once again open as the nation's preseason No. 1. Texas was hierarchal No. 2 and in respectively ballot this year, the school's positions haven't transformed. USC owns a 34-game winning streak (tied for fourth-best since 1900) spell Texas has won 19 undiluted games (second-longest live run). USC has been hierarchal atop the AP public opinion poll for a text 33 succeeding polls, drawn-out ago superior the prior transcription of 22, control by Miami-Florida (from 2001-02 ).

USC was hierarchic primary and Texas ordinal in this year's first-year BCS standings (released on October 17). Texas leapfrogged USC the later hebdomad but USC returned to the number-one topographic point the subsequent time period and remained at hand finished Sunday's eventual standings. Of note, never before have the teams hierarchal one and two in the BCS' first rankings of the year, gone on to touch in that year's honour game, so USC and Texas are freehanded us a prototypal.

Another bowl-first, is that both teams come in into this spectator sport averaging in good health than 50 PPG. That's ne'er occurred in any abovementioned bowl pairing.The Longhorns standard 50.9 PPG, time Trojans middle an even 50. USC averages 580.3 YPG near Texas averaging 508.4. Texas' middling margin of accomplishment was 36.3 PPG, while USC's mean win came by 28.7 PPG. That inequality truly comes into pirouette once noting the teams' ATS records. While Texas is an stupefying 10-2, USC tiered seats at lately 6-6

MORE BCS LUCK

Although it just seems spot on that a four-loss squad should be in one of the 4 BCS Bowls, the BCS's 'played lucky' once it was able to lighter Penn State in opposition Florida State in the Orange Bowl. The Seminoles entered Saturday's first-ever ACC Championship Game at 7-4 and on a three-game losing streak, having been outscored 89-36. However, FSU utilised a 24-point ordinal fourth to nervy Va Tech (a two-TD favorite), by the ranking of 27-22. Despite a final BCS top-ranking of vindicatory 22, the Seminoles profess the ACC's impulsive bid.

The Orange Bowl now gets Bobby Bowden, the NCCA's uncomparable winningest instructor next to 359 wins hostile Joe Paterno, who ranks second with 353 occupation wins. Paterno had been wide criticized in new eld and next to satisfactory plea. The BCS has been in beingness since 1998 but yet this is Penn State' first-ever BCS Bowl. Penn State, the 7th-winningest Division I-A institution in history, had been to a moment ago one bowl game since 2000 (Citrus Bowl in 2002) and entered the 2005 time period beside a 26-33 five-year transcript.

It was large fun on Sunday to watch and perceive all the "talking heads" laud the Florida State/Penn State matchup, as okay as Bowden and Paterno. These are the same empire who gave FSU NO CHANCE antagonistic Va Tech on Saturday and who had Penn State picked for the middle-of-the-pack in the Big-10, at the emergence of the period.

Sometimes (not often) I aspiration I had their jobs. It essential be fun, after the fact, to report each one what happened and why. As a handicapper, I'm needful to "show my hand" preceding to the activity and past 'live' or 'die' beside the consequence. Clearly, their job is MUCH easier!

CLOSING THOUGHTS

For the second expressionless year, a Pac-10 team the end 5th in the last BCS standings, yet has-been to get a BCS bid. Last year it was Cal and this yr it's Oregon. The 10-1 Ducks gone individual to No. 1 USC, yet nowhere to be found out to two, two-loss teams. Ohio State (No. 4) and Notre Dame (No. 6) some fattened 9-2 but according to BCS bylaws, both eligible as general teams. Pac-10 and Oregon fans must consider how a Notre Dame unit that slaughter meet 3 teams with a prizewinning transcription this twelvemonth plus vanished to a 5-6 Michigan State team, is more worth than the Ducks. Please don't cue them that Notre Dame is likewise the chesty owners of a seven-game vessel losing run (1-6 ATS), having been outscored by an mean of 34.4-to-17.6 PPG!

LSU can't be jovial beside its Peach Bowl bid, considering the reality that Alabama, Florida and Auburn (all teams it all in) all get to skip on January 2!

Arkansas State (New Orleans Bowl) and Akron (Motor City Bowl) are both playing in a Division I-A vessel activity for the initial event. Rutgers makes vindicatory its second-ever vessel appearance, returning to postseason let down your hair for the basic instance since the 1978 Garden State Bowl. Proving it has a suffer of history, bowl officials transmitted the Scarlet Knights to the Insight Bowl, where on earth they'll pirouette Arizona State, the said university that hammer them stern in 1978 (34-18)!

Akron was the one and only Division I-A squad finishing yr to be bowl-eligible and not go to a bowl hobby (Clemson and South Carolina were on voluntary sanctions). This period of time however, SEVEN schools suffered that casualty. The MAC was hit hardest, as the seminar has v bowl-eligible schools staying home. While Miami-Ohio, Northern Illinois and Western Michigan all won seven games, FOUR 6-5 MWC schools and THREE 6-5 C-USA schools are all going 'bowling!'