Moving On

I know many of you are expecting a Barry Bonds post today. I would, but I'm not prepared to yet. As you know, we like to go deep every once in a while about topics. This Bonds thing is going to be a major issue. Marriotti wrote this morning about how Bonds is going to go away forever. I've got news for you, this isn't going away. Not anytime soon. Before I jump to make my point, I want all of you who think that this is going to cure everything to understand that this isn't going to end anything. And from what I understand and just from looking at this, legally, this is going to be a very difficult case to prove against Bonds with all of the factors the defense is going to use.

So now, my dream is over. No Owens has come so close this year to sheer amazingness. We were on the Rockies thing before anyone else. That came up just short, but was still a successful run for us. Now, Dennis Dixon, who No Owens was criticized by our readers for calling him a Heisman favorite after week two, is now out for the season. Sadly, Dixon was going to win the Heisman as ESPN pretty much declared him their favorite.

Dixon is done, and I don't really want to think about who's next in line. Oregon is done and we can talk about the rest of the BCS shake up. So, if everyone wins this week, Kansas will be #2 going into a showdown with potential #4 Mizzou. Assuming OU beats Texas Tech this weekend, and then OKState, you're going to have OU playing the winner of the KU/Mizzou game. So dial this up...the Big XII winner plays in the national title.

Who do they play? I know this is bold, but unless LSU gets their act together, I don't think it's LSU. At least right now. If Ohio State beats Michigan, think about how easy it would be for them to play for the title? West Virginia has the toughest road left of anyone remaining. You don't want to play Pitt on the last week of the season, trust me. Then they have a championship game and UConn. The No Owens prediction of OU/WV is alive, but will WV really go through that schedule without a loss? Will LSU get passed the physical Arkansas team with a beat up defense? Can they beat red hot UT/UGA?

Two terms have come into play more often this year than ever: Control Your Own Destiny and Under the Bus. I don't know why Under the Bus has become so big recently, but I just had to throw it in there because it's been bothering me.

Control Your Own Destiny hasn't been good for most teams this year, see Ohio State, Florida, Oregon, Tennessee, Kentucky, etc. So what does that mean this week? I like Michigan to beat Ohio State, but remember if Ohio State wins, don't be surprised if this crazy season puts them back in title contention. If Ohio State wins, would...Illinois...play in the Rose Bowl? What if Kentucky wins its next two games? You know who they have? Georgia and Tennessee. If they win both games, Florida plays LSU for the SEC Title.

A lot of this is speculation but you know what? Would you have thought Dixon would have bit it and Oregon would have lost in Tucson last night? This is one of the best years of all time in college football. Anything can happen. That's what you want.