It seems like everyone loves to blame the BCS for all of college football's woes. It's the fault of the BCS that this year's regular season ended with five unbeaten teams? In my recent article Alabama-Texas a 1964 Redux, I explained how that bowl season unfolded. What I failed to mention was that there was no public outcry. However, as recently as 2004, when USC, Oklahoma and Auburn all made it through their respective... Read more

The final BCS standings came out on Sunday and few were surprised that Alabama and Texas will meet in Pasadena, California on January 7 for the BCS championship. Alabama was a shoo-in for one slot in this year's BCS title game when the Tide ended Florida's 22-game winning streak with a dominating 32-13 win in the SEC championship game. Conventional wisdom said all the Longhorns needed to join Alabama in the Rose Bowl... Read more

Michael Crabtree and unbeaten Texas Tech are still running toward a BCS berth Texas, No. 1 in all three polls (AP, Harris and Coaches'), was a clear-cut number No.1 in the season's first BCS standings, which were released last Sunday (note: AP poll is not used in the BCS formula). The 7-0 Longhorns were No. 1 in all six computer rankings as well, giving Texas an average of .9979, well ahead of Alabama (.9487), No. 2 in... Read more