Confrerence Championship Week and the merciful at Notre Dame

Coming into conference championship week I am feeling a little salty. The better part of me wants Nebraska to upset the Texas Longhorns so a "non-BCS" team like TCU can have a shot at the title but here is the problem; if, in fact, Nebraska does upset Texas I am afraid the BCS will find a way to screw TCU out of an opportunity to play in the title game. For the fear of possible reprehensible actions done by myself if this becomes fact is the reason I will secretly be rooting for Texas to win because we all know that if Texas wins they will most likely play the winner of the SEC for the National Title.

I hear a lot of retarded jargon from SEC faithful about how the SEC is unbeatable and has the best football in the country. Since this is so true, lets just hand the National Championship Trophy to the winner of the SEC. Most people seem to think that it won't matter who the SEC winner plays in the National Title game because no contending team can compete with either possible SEC team and if Texas can't beat either team than you know TCU has absolutely no shot to win. In any case, this will have to be sorted out and rumbles for a playoff are becoming more and more significant. Unfortunately, Nebraska couldn't get the job done and now we will never know.

I can honestly say that I do hope the BCS pollsters get a wild hair up their asses and vote TCU or Cincinnati above Texas because that is what I want to see, however, if that did indeed happen, even I would have to admit that Texas got screwed. Regretfully, I will have to sit in front of the television and watch two teams (Texas & Alabama) I do not even remotely care about. This year will be the first season wher eI am actually more excited about the other BCS bowl games rather than the National Championship.

The Heisman race is as boring as ever. Colt McCoy played like a bag of garbage against Nebraska. He made stupid decisions and showed some flaws in his abilities under duress. Everyone is talking about him winning the award because of his entire career's resume but unfortunately the winner isn't determined by his entire collegiate career but rather the current years performance. Last week against Auburn, Mark Ingram played like shit and followed up with a game ending injury. In my eyes, that cost him the award because Toby Gerhart has more credentials than him at this point. If had at least had an average game versus Auburn than I could not argue with him winning the award. Gerhart has played exceptionally well in all of Stanford's games and the only difference between him and Ingram is that Ingram is playing on a team that is undefeated. Having said that, Alabama's victory over Auburn was without Ingram's help and Gerhart had awesome performances in all of Stanford's 4 losses. My vote (if I had one) goes to Gerhart. Sadly, I think Gerhart's efforts will be forgotten and Ingram will win the award based on the fact that his team is better and nothing else.

Now to my favorite topic; Notre Dame. Athletic Director Jeff Swarbrick finally gave Charlie Wies the left hook needed to put him out of his misery. As much as I like rooting against the Irish and everyone who knows me knows that I hate Notre Dame with an unparalleled passion, I am actually hoping that Jimmy Clausen & Co. decide to stay in college for an extra year for a couple reasons. (1) So the new coach has a solid group of senior leadership to lean on. This will have a long lasting effect on younger players and recruiting talent buying into the direction of the program. For a new coach to walk into a program with as much senior leadership as Notre Dame will have is unheard of. If Clausen & Co. return and I was a coach, I would be salivating at the opportunity to turn that program around. (2) I have watched ALL of Notre Dame's games this year because I love watching them fail. Unfortunately, watching them fail as much as I have has seemed to make me a little empathetic towards the players like Clausen and Golden Tate. These kids were supposed to change the face of Notre Dame forever. They have endured an endless spotlight of subjugation and persecution from heartless Irish haters like myself and after all they have endured in the name of the golden dome, their immediate future is in question. How shitty is that? It is safe to say that I am actually hoping that the boys in South Bend actually catch a break... but only a small one.