Well, Texas got bumped to #4 in the BCS, meaning that Cal got hosed instead of Texas. I still think that the system stinks and that Cal deserves to be in a BCS bowl far more than, say, Pitt. However, from a wholly partisan position I have to admit that if a team has to get the shaft, I am pleased it wasn’t mine. I will aslo say that Cal hardly played like the fourth best team in the country last night.
Still, a trip to the Rose Bowl against Michigan is a ton more exciting than the Cotton Bowl versus Tennessee.
Update: others blogging on this subject: Bryan of Arguing with Signposts (and here and here), Eric at the Fireant Gazette and PubliusTX.
UT seems to get snubbed every year, but this time when they didn’t they killed the chances of Texas Tech to win a bowl game.
Comment by Chad Evans — Sunday, December 5, 2023 @ 8:26 pm
Hey, I happen to think that a trip to the Cotton Bowl to play Tennessee is pretty dang exciting! Especially when you’re 7-4…
Comment by Eric — Sunday, December 5, 2023 @ 9:57 pm
Texas in Padadena?
’tis a pantywaist shame.
Only Pac 10 and Big 10 teams should ever meet in the Rose Bowl. Period.
Comment by John Lemon — Monday, December 6, 2023 @ 12:41 am
I’m glad a non pac10 or big ten team is the Rose Bowl. For too long the best pac10 and big ten team got away with playing each other in a bowl game, never allowing them to be tested against the best teams from other conferences. Too often the big ten and pac10 team have won national championships as a result of not getting tested against other conferences.
Comment by ATM — Monday, December 6, 2023 @ 2:13 am
Time to End the BCS
Frequent VodkaPundit guest blogger Will Collier has to be crushed at Auburn’s omission from the Orange Bowl and a shot at the Bowl Championship Series title. Meanwhile, PoliBlog’s Steven Taylor is quite pleased that his Texas Longhorns’ inclusion i…
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