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Ole BB is on his usual hobby horse....

Cheering that there might not be a BCS Buster and have a match up like NIU vs OK State in the Fiesta.....

I guess that would put UCF in the Fiesta?

I would have picked BG over NIU. They may well do it. And I think Utah State will beat Fresno which will really devalue that run. I hope BG wins..because I have them in Cane's Bolshevik Fantasy League.

That touchdown may have sealed the deal.....Mr. Billybud once again reigns...no BCS Buster....

To me, this is like cheering against Florida Gulf Coast in the NCAA tournament. I don't care if there might be a mismatch along the way, but usually America cheers for the Cinderella. This applies for anything and everything except collegiate football, for some reason. Even if you think they bump a "deserving" team out of the picture, that "deserving" team would likely get matched up in another bowl game of importance, kind of like LSU and Clemson in the Chick-fil-a.

I can't say I was enthusiastically cheering for NIU, but Bowling Green did cost the MAC $8 million tonight and a fifth team in the bowl picture. The MAC has an alternate tie-in with the Poinsettia and they will surely fill that for a fourth bid, but they were on track for a fifth bid. Now I would guess the Sun Belt probably slides in somewhere for a third bid.

I was thinking that, regardless of the outcome of this game, why would the Orange Bowl pass up on Oregon for Clemson? I know Clemson would likely travel better, but it's not like their fan base is jacked up coming off of what I believe is their fifth defeat in a row against South Carolina. America has been waiting for an Oregon/Bama matchup for the last five years and this is the biggest chance to get it. I haven't seen any serious bowl projectors put these teams in the Orange so maybe it doesn't have a lot of traction, but just going off of my armchair prognostication, that would seem to be the most attractive matchup available.

I think that the Orange might pass on Clemson...Bama will be a prize to go somewhere...and they would kill Clemson.