BCS Thinks they've got it right

The thing I hate the most about traveling is that you never realize how much driving takes out of you...after a busy weekend watching college and pro football, your humble scribe may be draggin a bit but still ready to give you fresh insight on the sporting world. Another team falls from the unbeaten ranks and the BCS is shrill in its cries "See we were right, it works itself out!" Alabama's offense (or lack of it) fianlly caught up to them and LSU beat them in a thrilling OT classic. So now there are two. Texas, who are making sure no one even thinks of dropping them from the second spot that they hold and are more or less whiling the time until they have to get up for a big game. Though it would bode well for any team that is on their slate to not say a word bad about the Longhorns. The win clinched the Southern Division in the Big 12 and gets them to championship game in Houston on Dec. 3, likely against Colorado a team they have already beaten. On the Pro side, the Giants are cruising along and there are whispers of an all-Manning Super Bowl. What happens? The Vikings run a punt, a kickoff and an interception back for scores. The first NFL team to do so and spring a 24-21 upset. The Falcons are an NFC elite team, but they fall victim to the woeful pack 33-25, which means the Packers still have scored more points than they have given up and are 2-7. Some things don't change though, the Colts yawned as the Texans tried to hang close, score on their 1st drive of the second half to close the game to 21-14, but the Colts zipped right back down the field and answered their TD with a "gotcha back" one of their own and won 31-17 they're next opponent will be a lot harder to run off than that.

Power 5

1 USC (10-0Last week 1 beat Cal 35-10, next vs Fresno St)
Cal breaks the streak! The streak of 50 point games that USC had, no one said anything about beating them. The teams get tougher now

2 Texas (10-0 2, Beat Kansas 66-14, next at Texas A&M 11/25) Horns put a frighteningly brutal beating on Kansas in (Vince Young's??) home finale, Aggies get almost two weeks to think about what kind of beating they'll get.

3) Miami (8-1 4, beat Wake Forest 47-17, next vs Ga Tech )
Looked bored in stomping Wake, hurricanes did their brethern no favors as this game is in what should have been a bye week to prep for Virginia,

4) LSU (8-1, NR beat then #3 Alabama 16-13 in OT, next at Ole Miss) Two week layoff from SEC play didn't hurt them, still in line for SEC title game and BCS shot

5) Penn. St (9-1,5 on a bye, next vs Michigan St.) Win here gives them Big 10 title outright and BCS berth

Dropped Out Alabama
(9-1, 3 lost to LSU 16-13 in OT, next at Auburn) Lack of offense caught up to Tide, Yearly grudge match vs archrival still has high stakes

Keep an Eye on
Va Tech (8-1, next vs Virginia) Out of Championship picture but can win out and get to ACC title game)

A-Rod wins the MVP...why? he had great numbers but the Yankees were the same bickering Bronx Zoo that they have been for a while, Papi Ortiz was the thinking mans choice for the MVP, though nowhere near as polished in the media as the glib, media friendly Rodriguez is. The thought that my beloved Twins traded him away annoys me to no end.