Well, Week 10 has come and gone, and it came with a surprise or two. Did relatively well on predictions (including the Firing of Phil Fullmer), and got both of the two big games of the weekend correct. Texas-Texas Tech was an all-time classic, and any football fan should find the complete game somewhere and watch it from start to finish. A brief comment on the BCS and the current state of the national championship race:
(1) It is extremey unclear which 1-loss team has the inside track on the second BCS title slot. Texas maintains its lead at the moment, but has no tough games remaining on its schedule, which should drop the Longhorns in the computer averages (where they are currently third). Florida seems like the logical squad to me, but Oklahoma is not far behind, and still has games against #2 Texas Tech and #9 Oklahoma State. Then we've got #8 Utah, which still has its most difficult games in front of it (BYU and TCU). Is it possible that an undefeated Utah might get in the mix? Then we've got USC, the bottom of the pack at the moment, but virtually assured to rise as teams above them lose games.
(2) It is becoming likely that we'll see two mid-major conference teams amongst the 10 in the BCS. Boise State and Utah remain undefeated, and TCU isn't far behind. Plus, BYU could still climb back into the discussion.
All for now. We've got a couple great matchups again this week, including TCU-Utah, Alabama-LSU, and Oklahoma State-Texas Tech. Look for predictions on these games and others on Thursday or Friday.
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