THROWING KNIVES: ABOUT AS BAD AS IT CAN GET...

by BD, Staff Writer

College football is nearing the end of arguably it's most shocking, fun to watch, dare-I-say greatest season of my lifetime. Hell, probably ever. Yet, we're likely to be watching a mediocre finish if Oklahoma can repeat what they did a few weeks back and topple Missouri this weekend. That's right folks, Ohio State-West Virginia, which, outside of maybe Hawaii-OSU, is the worst case scenario for this viewer. That's partially due to Ohio State's underwhelming resume. A resume trailing that of Kansas is fraudulence. I'd like to shit all over WVU's resume as well, but with wins over Cincinnati, Rutgers, and UConn it looks a hell of a lot better than OSU's.

If this game happens, and that's only a small if, we could be looking at two scenarios in my eyes. Either WVU's offense overwhelms OSU's defense ala Florida and a shadow of embarrassment is cast over Columbus for the second consecutive year. Or, as the likely underdog, OSU rallies the troops and their defense shuts down Pat White and Co. like South Florida did earlier this season. While the second game would be fun to watch, I'd certainly prefer Mizzou knocked off Oklahoma this weekend, as a WVU-Mizzou game could be a lot of fun to watch. Either scenario looks good for WVU as I think their D would be the difference against the Tigers.

Now I don't think that WVU and Mizzou are the best two teams in college football, but I'm willing to buy them as the most deserving duo if the Tigers can win the Big 12 and avenge their only loss, if for no other reason than the 1 in the the loss column each team sports. But looking back on this season, from App. State to Stanford, it's hard to imagine this is the way we're going to end it, but as long as the BCS is in place, this is how we'll be ending every regular season. With only the teams who survived their season getting an opportunity to end it on top.

Like I said Mizzou-WVU is fine, not a playoff system, but it's fine. OSU-WVU? Not so much. As I'm not sure the Buckeyes could hang with any of the truly top tier teams in the country. So this weekend as you settle in to watch the Big 12 title game, root for Chase Daniel and the Tigers. As a Tiger win is about as close as we're going to get to a legitimate title game this year. It's a sad system people. Especially if your the one strapping on the pads every Saturday while your President is cashing checks.

Yesterday In Sports...

The Pats Looked Human
As they narrowly beat the Eagles 31-28.

USC Basketball Coming Together?
Looks like it as the Trojans throttled #19 So. Illinois 70-45.

The Titans Miss Albert
The Bengals were the latest to slice up their D for a 35-6 W.

They're Still The Cardinals
The worst offense in the league, by far, scored 37. Though it was the Niners D who won it on a Kurt Warner fumble (in the endzone) in OT.

Jags, Garrard, Look Ready For Colts
In blasting Buffalo 36-14.

Weekend Box Office Top 5
1. Enchanted
2. This Christmas
3. Beowulf
4. Hitman
5. Bee Movie

Hitman is the only movie on this list I have any interest in seeing. Though I'm curious to see just how good Beowulf looks.