B-C-S Is A Mess-Mess-Mess

What a weekend...#1/2 Kansas State is pasted by Baylor and #2/1 Oregon is stunned by #13 Stanford.  But more importantly, remember what I said about Alabama, Georgia, and Florida?  ESPN agreed with me.  Although they took it a step further, I can’t find the hilarious clip to save my neck.  So I’ll have to hit you with the always-entertaining Lee Corso instead.

Here's a summary of what I said vs. what actually happened.

 Air Force 21, Hawaii 7.  Is my prediction spot-on or what????  Cody Getz, check.  No passes, check.  Bowl invite, check...except it's to the Armed Forces Bowl, not the Bell Helicopter Bowl.  Nice sidebar:  Falcons hold 'Bows to just 162 yards of total offense.

Temple 63, Army 32.  Black Knight football fans will not soon forget Montel Harris.  The Owls' senior RB rushes for 351 yards and SEVEN--count 'em--SEVEN touchdowns against a hapless Cadet defense.  Normally, a three-TD, 139-yard performance by Army's Trent Steelman would come on the business end of a game story, but not against a Temple squad which establishes three impressive school records (534 yards and 9.4 yds/ carry as well as 63 points).

Navy 21, Texas State 10.  Really got this bass-ackwards.  RB Noah Copeland has two scores and Mids roll up 407 yds. rushing on 62 carries.  Combined with the Army beatdown at the hands of Temple, this seems to give Navy the early line in the upcoming battle for the Obama Trophy.

San Jose State 20, BYU 14.  No cupcake, no frosting.  Although Cougar QB Riley Nelson has a big day (335 yds. through the air), Spartans prevail on the strength of rubber-band defense that allows 422 total yards yet doesn't give up final TD until last two minutes of the contest.  Good thing BYU finishes regular season with another cupcake.

UCLA 38, USC 28.  This one was too easy to predict, all the signs were there just like I said.  The noteworthy QB isn't Matt Barkley, rather it's Brett Hundley who once again balances 22-for-30 passing with two rushing scores.  Time and again the UCLA defense comes up with huge defensive stops.  Priceless, understated snippet from Bruin coach Jim Mora, Jr.:  "They [USC] did a nice job."

Nevada 31, New Mexico 24.  The story here is Pack QB Cody Fajardo, but not because of his passing, rather his running.  The agile Fajardo notches a game-high 186 yards on 20 carries.  On the other side of the ball, Cole Gautsche manages only two passes, both of which are incomplete, a fete last accomplished in 1964 against Montana.