Like every weekend so far this semester, I have spent pretty much all of it watching football and doing lots of homework. I fortunately have almost all of my homework done for this weekend, with only the rest of my immunology lab to go. I night try to squeeze soem extra getting ahead juice in this weekend, if possible. I'm not sure that it is though. The only thing I can do is start goign through my sources for Spanish final paper. Everything that is post-Thanksgiving is basically on the back burner.

Actually, I have almost nothing left, come to think of it.

I got another cross stitch today. It has pretty dolphins on it. It's hot.

So, I have a few football thoughts from this weekend:

#1 The ideal BCS championship game in my opinion is Oregon vs. whoever wins out in the Big XII (Kansas, Missouri, or Oklahoma). I frankly can't stand the SEC teams and their arrogance. Hint: arrogant teams piss Ray off.

#2 Speaking of which, Notre Dame really is bad. I thought it might have been their schedule in a time of transition, but looking at the Navy and Air Force games, it has dawned on me that they actually suck this year. REALLY BADLY. Like, as bad as Minnesota. Hint to NFL: if you want Miami to get a win this year, have them play Notre Dame. If I was a student there, I would start demanding Weis's head. To have such recruiting and such a bad team, that demonstrates a real lack of coaching. To have finally figured out who your quarterback is going to be, 10 weeks into the season is equally as apalling.

#3. Kansas is legit people. Remember how last week Oklahoma State took it to Texas hard and fast early in the game? Not the case with Kansas, which was aggressive and defensive throughout most of the game. Except for that period with the two OSU touchdowns in a row, Kansas looked hot. I think the Border Wars game may bust apart viewing.

#4. Ohio State was overrated, as I thought. Keep in mind that they lost to the same Illinois team that Missouri basically dismantled. I don't know if they'll win against Michigan next week or not. If Henne and Hart cannot get healthy, then they can win.

#5. Speaking of which. What if Michigan wins next week? At best they will be ranked #16 in the BCS, as winner of the Big Ten. This opens the door VERY nicely for Hawaii or Boise State, whoever wins between the two. Whoever wins there will certainly be above 16th place in the polls and be guaranteed a BCS berth, because they finished higher than Michigan. One of these two, unless Hawaii wins against Boise and loses to Washington, will be in the BCS.

#6. Profootball this weekend is kinda lame. No really good games, that I got to see anyways. Who would want to see lame NFC West teams slug it out when Pittsburg and Cleveland played tooth and nail today?

#7. I don't think the Patriots will go undefeated this year, because it doesn't help them to get all of their good players injured trying to rack up wins. I don't think they'll play very hard against Pittsburg because they'll probably end up playing them in the playoffs, and it would be better for New England to save their big stuff for then, rather than allowing Pittsburg to develop a good, strong defense and offense. If they beat Pitt, they still have to face a New York Giants team that will probably be playing for its playoff life in week 17. Not worth it to go undefeated these days, I think. Not with all the playoff advantaged wrapped up.

#8. The college polls? Totally biased. LSU is number one how? Kansas, Oregon, Oklahoma, and Missouri have not had to play so closely as LSU. They really should be like 6-6 right now.

#9. Colorado will not get a bowl invitation. Losing to Iowa State kinda loses your credibility, especially when ahead by 21-0.

#10. Current BCS predictions:
Championship: Oregon vs. Oklahoma
Sugar Bowl: LSU vs. West Virginia
Fiesta Bowl: Kansas vs. Hawaii
Orange Bowl: Virginia Tech vs. Georgia
Rose Bowl: Ohio State vs. Arizona State