1.) It was really nice to watch us come out and take PSU in a pretty workmanlike fashion on Saturday. It was very methodical right up until the end, when it wasn't. I heard Chris L Rucker was the one waving Trenton Robinson out of the end zone. If true, it's exemplary of all the wonderful decisions Rucker has made off the field. Either way, take a knee. Holy shit.
2.) We're Big Ten Champs. That's weird to say because usually we're also some combination of also-rans and complete pretenders. I will say this though, I kind of resent the "Big Ten Champs" moniker, we're Co-Champs which is pretty sweet. I'd really like to see "Big Ten Champs" reserved for the day after we've won the B10 Championship game, whenever that may be in the future.
3.) Speaking of, if there was a big ten title game this year, we'd play Wisconsin for the right to go to the Rose Bowl. Loser would end up going to, you guessed it, the Citrus Bowl. OSU would remain unaffected in the polls because they don't play. In short, should there ever be a three way tie again, in the division with two one-loss teams, the team not going to the conference championship game is most likely going to a BCS bowl. While the team that won that head-to-head matchup is going to have to play for the right to go to the Rose or Citrus bowls. In short, don't expect all things bass ackwards to stop any time soon.
4.) I never thought we might go 11-1 this season and be disappointed with the outcome. This 11-1 team would waste all over our 9-3 2008 team which also went to the citrus bowl. I really hope that we can represent ourselves a bit better than the 2008 team did. 12-1 has a nice ring to it, don't you think? It looks like we'll be playing either LSU or Arkansas. Between the two, I'd rather play LSU. Les Miles is good for a boneheaded coaching decision every now and again and given the choice between the nation's best corner in LSU's Patrick Peterson and the nation's best QB in Arkansas' Ryan Mallett, give me LSU.
5.) Obligatory BCS complaints: How are we ranked behind Wisconsin, we beat them and they beat OSU? Simple, college football rewards early losing unless you're in the SEC. If you're in the SEC you play football at another level than the rest of college football.** We lost last, and honestly in pretty spectacular fashion at that. I'm more resentful of Arkansas' being ranked ahead of us in the BCS with two losses.
** - This is sarcasm. The SEC plays good fast football at a level I believe to be slightly higher than the other conferences. If they're better than other conferences it's because they're pocketbooks are a bit looser.
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