Which is Worse: BCS or Donor Financing?

BCS rankings are out and lots of discussion. Texas and Alabama control their destiny but with obstacles. Can Texas keep it going against this tough slate? Sure looked like it on Saturday night. Missouri was exposed as a true pretender and while Oklahoma State still looks potent and improved on defense, are they next to get exposed? Are the Big 12 offenses that good or the defenses that bad? Stronger argument for the former with a quality group of QB that has never been rivaled in the league and probably won't for some time. The key is that many of these QBs are running sophisticated spread passing schemes in high school in the south.

All eyes on the highest one loss team since the assumption of more shake-up is the safest bet. Oklahoma is the highest for now but they might suffer the last minute snub by voters that push a one-loss SEC champ past them. Unlike some, I think USC will miss out due to the computer ranking. Their remaining schedule hurts while teams in the Big 12 and SEC have opportunities to enhance their resumes.

I like the BCS. I like the mid-season talk in college football. Already we are anticipating the impact of this week's games. This week's slate of NFL games - yawn. Wake me up when the playoffs begin.....without the Dallas Cowboys.

The economy is going to take a bit out of the arms race in college football. The big news may be what is going on at Oklahoma State, which was building a Dubai of athletic facilities from the $165 million donated by T. Boone Pickens. The money was donated and then reinvested in Pickens' hedge fund which has sustained substantial losses. Secrecy may be the rule but there is lots of smoke coming from Stillwater that Boone's failed gamble on oil prices may put OSU in a nightmare scenario. Oklahoma may lose a few million from Chesapeake exec Aubrey McClendon who had to sell tons of company stock to make a margin call. More articles about Pickens and the relationship between the economy and money collected at fundraisers will be forthcoming.