It's Election Day in these United States and everyone has a huge choice in front of them. Do you vote for an experienced leader, a quirky guy that nobody takes seriously, or an excellent motivator with a checkered past? No matter who you vote for make sure you vote early and vote often.

I will not get into a political discussion here but college football pollsters will likely take into account points that resonate in this presidential election and that is just wrong. Voters should only consider a team's on-the-field performance but these idiots are human and will let emotion and connections get involved.

First, you have the elder statesmen, Joe Paterno. Joe Pa has the experience, has been nothing but a positive for his school and college football in general, and "deserves" another shot at a national title. Sure, he is a little senile and is known for having a temper. Just remember, he was a maverick getting State Penn to join the Big Eleven.
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Second, you have the quirky Mike Leach. Leach has accomplished great things in an unconventional matter and is always under the radar when it comes to national attention. Nobody wants him to win because his style is way to anti-establishment for the current football powers.

I could spend all day watching videos with Mike Leach. The guy is absolutely hilarious.

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Finally, you have the enthusiastic motivator Nick Saban. He may be a great speaker and have some pretty good plans but his past gives you pause in supporting him. His word is worth about as much that AIG stock.

Sure, he says he loves 'Bama but his agent did contact WVU when we had an opening. Will he even be the coach once the championship rolls around? Hell, he could leave for the Arena Football League this time.

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I urge the pollsters to make the right decision and don't consider who is coaching the team. Watch the games and make a decision based what you see on the field. Reward the players, not the coaches. If the game were played tomorrow it should be 'Bama v. Texas Tech.

Of course, this could all be for not if 'Bama, State Penn, or Texas Tech lose before the final poll. My hope is that all three blast through their remaining games to cause a huge BCS clusterfuck. It will take a State Penn or 'Bama caliber team being left out of a title game to cause the BCS to move toward a playoff.

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Two convincing wins in a row and we are back in the Top 25, bitches. We sit at 20th in the AP, 22nd in the Harris, and 25th in the BCS because the computers absolutely HATE us. All we have to do is continue to win and we will be back in the Top 15. (Just call me Captain Obvious)

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Anyone can live blog the National Championship. Most will try, too. But it takes a true cynic, however, to do it as snarkily (note: may or may not be a word) as I plan on doing it. Trust me, I sincerely promise to sarcastically hate on everything and everyone. Things might get a little uncomfortable, even, but believe me when I say that will not stop me. The snark shall continue.

So, this is your heads up. Be sure to tune in around game time as I crack open my first beer and let all my pent up frustration out on two totally undeserving teams, a terrible officiating crew, and THom Brennaman. See, it's started already.

7:15 -- When I actually start it, this is where all the snarky comments will go. Check back in an hour.

8:10 -- The anthem is in the books. And the male singer is obviously homosexual. Who saw that coming? Nobody?

8:15 -- Keys to the Game: Eddie George -- don't peak too early, like my career. Jimmy Johnson -- hair gel. Urban Meyer -- Tim Tebow. Hardy har har.

8: 18 -- Is it just me, or does the Ohio State band leader remind you of The Wiz from Seinfeld? I'm the Wiz! Nobody beats me!

8:21 -- Eat Shit Pitt! Eat Shit Pitt!

8:25 -- What do you think Thom is short for? Douchebag?

Kickoff. Let the Les Miles bat-shit craziness begin.

8:27 -- Touchdown Ohio State. 7-0 Buckeyes. They scored way, way too quickly. The curse of Ted Ginn lives on.

8:30 -- Just know that I am on productivity-enhancers. They include Miller Lite and pure Afghan opium.

8:35 -- It's a good thing I don't have money on LSU. Seriously, I don't. No, I'm telling you the truth.

8:37 -- As if you couldn't make the OSU band any gayer, they're wearing berets. Yes, let's try and look MORE French.

8:40 -- Charles Davis is functionally retarded. So far, he's only convinced me that he knows football exists and sweater vests are deceiving.

8:42 -- 10-0 Buckeyes. If you're scoring at home, LSU is now another Ohio State touchdown from being completely fucked.

8:45 -- Dear LSU,

This is what happens when you have a white running back. Recruit the black player.

Sincerely,

Fisher DeBerry.

8:50 -- Interdisciplinary Studies. That's Jacob Hester's major. Sounds like basket-weaving and date rape to me.

8:54 -- Note: Matt Flynn's major is also Interdisciplinary Studies. Tandem date rape? If Ryan Perriloux is there too, it's officially a gang bang.

9:00 -- 10-3 Buckeyes. Whoopty fucking do.

9:05 -- I would just like to assume the following girls are in the crowd:

9:10 -- Ryan Perriloux is in the game. He has LSU -3.5 and the over parlayed for 10 Gs. Don't worry, he's good for it.

9:12 -- Touchdown LSU. 10-10. I have no joke, this is just for reference.

9:17 -- That dude who just got stiff-armed by Beanie Wells? His penis fell off.

9:27 -- Holliday from LSU (hint: the midget) would make a great grease-man in Ocean's 14.

9:30 -- Touchdown LSU. 17-10.

9:35 -- Escape from the fucking prison already! Damnit!

9:40 -- Interception LSU. Time to celebrate. Partial nudity!

9:45 -- TD LSU. 24-10. I'm pretty sure they just gave Hester a pity touchdown for being white. Good job buddy, everybody gets a trophy.

9:50 -- Hey, did you hear Bo Pelini is an Ohio State grad? No shit. Amazing. It's really cool when FOX subtly drops little tidbits like that into its telecasts.

10:00 -- Flipped over to ESPN and heard Corso describe Matt Flynn as "Peyton Manning and Tom Brady wrapped into one." Holy erection Batman. It's the perfect QB. All the women could swoon over Brady and Manning could swoon over all the men.

10:05 -- I would rather watch 300 lb. graduates of each school run a relay for the general scholarship fund. Wouldn't that be much more fun than watching a metrosexual and a 40 year old pedophile?

10:10 -- Remember, even if they lose the national championship, Ohio State athletes have had success in similar situations:

10:15 -- JaMarcus Russell just defined "new money."

10:20 -- Well, we won the FedEx Air & Ground award with almost 75% of the vote. Apparently, 58% is damn near 75%. Nice work Chris Rose.

10:30 -- Holliday might be faster than Devine, but it's clear Devine is much, much stronger. They are both legally midgets, though, so I think both teams get some diversity credits or something.

10:35 -- With all the fans either at the game or watching the game at parties, how many homes in New Orleans/Baton Rouge are being burglarized right now? The over-under is 85%.

10:40 -- Nice tackle. 31-10 LSU.

10:45 -- Todd Boeckman is good at football. Except not.

10:50 -- If Ohio State continues stinking up the joint, I'm going to have to resort to just posting porn. Oh well, we'll stay with the softcore stuff.

11:00 -- I was actually hoping LSU would keep going with the blowout so I could masturbate and go to sleep. Oh well, more live blog.

11:05 -- Too much information?

11:10 -- Message boards are reporting that Doc Holliday might either 1) become offensive coordinator 2) recruiting coordinator or 3) pope. My money is on the papacy.

11:20 -- Well, it's pretty much all over except the shouting, which will be done in an unintelligible Cajun accent.

11:30 -- You can tell I'm fading. This game isn't even worth doing a ton of coke to keep myself awake. I'm going to stick it out though. And remember kids, I meant Coca-Cola, not cocaine. To the adults, I meant C-O-C-A-I-N-E. If you spell it out, they won't know what you're talking about.

11:40 -- TD LSU. 38-17. This one is over. I might stick around for a second, but I'll probably just add my random thoughts in the comments.

Goodnight all.

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Stewart Mandel has a reasonably good look at the current BCS picture, also known as the Great Clusterfuck of 2007.

So long, Oklahoma. Welcome back, West Virginia.In the latest wrinkle to this year's ever-changing national title race, the 9-1 Mountaineers not only got a much-needed road win at Cincinnati on Saturday night but benefited greatly from the Sooners' 34-27 loss at Texas Tech. Now, West Virginia, which figures to move up to No. 4 in the new BCS Standings following its 28-23 win at Cincinnati, needs those same Sooners to turn around and win the Big 12 championship.

Obviously, the Oklahoma loss was just about the best we could have hoped for on Saturday. Assuming Sooner QB Sam Bradford is OK and they go on to beat Oklahoma State next weekend, Oklahoma should be favored against either Missouri or Kansas. That game will be played in San Antonio, meaning Oklahoma will have a decided home-field advantage (say, as opposed to the 2006 edition which was held in Kansas City).

That just gets us started. Though there shouldn't be any surprises, we'll back back later this evening with a full recap of both the game and the newly released BCS standings.

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You'll get the full rundown later this morning, but for now, I have just one thing on my mind...

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Yesterday, Mississippi State furthered it's #1 goal of improving WVU's strength of schedule by beating #22 Alabama. Stewart Mandel of SI.com took notice:

With a 17-12 win over Alabama in which its defense absolutely stifled Crimson Tide QB John Parker Wilson, Mississippi State (6-4) has now beaten three ranked SEC foes: Auburn, Kentucky and Alabama. These same Bulldogs, however, got crushed just a few weeks ago by West Virginia. Not exactly a ringing endorsement for the SEC, but a tremendous achievement for Sylvester Croom’s team, which, after enduring three years as the conference whipping boy, is likely headed to a bowl game.

Somehow, someway, this fact will inevitably be lost by others in the mainstream media. Either way, the Mississippi State win will continue to help us immensely in the computer polls. In a weekend where Ohio State relinquished its #1 position, anything helps.

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Let me just start off by saying that I want nothing more than to play in the BCS National Championship game. However, Woody Paige always says, "You guys have to look at the schedule." After looking at the schedule it does not look good for WVU. I did not include Kansas in this scenario because they are not that good and will get beat by seasons end.

OSU (10-2)
W Wisconsin – If this were at Camp Randall maybe but not shot at the Horseshoe
L Illinois – The fighting Zooker’s come in and shock OSU as they are looking ahead to next week’s match-up at the Big House.
L @ Michigan – The Wolverine’s earn a spot in the Rose Bowl by winning the Big Ten.

BC (11-2) The New England magic ends with the Eagles. I hope this team gets the Clap.
W FSU
W @ Maryland
L @ Clemson
W Miami
L (ACC Championship v. Va. Tech)

LSU (12-1) The trek to their bowl game will be a short drive down I-10 to New Orleans.
W @ Bama – This will be a close game and if Les Miles gambles too much down the stretch he could get burnt.
W La Tech
W @ Ole Miss
W Arkansas
W (SEC Championship v. It doesn’t matter)

Arizona St. (10-2)
L @ Oregon – You don’t go into Autzen and leave with a W, unless you’re Cal.
W @ UCLA
L USC
W Arizona

Oregon (11-1) A longer drive to New Orleans but they will meet LSU for the BCS Championship.
W Arizona St.
W @ Arizona
W @ UCLA - This is the Ducks toughest remaining game but they will walk out of LA with a W.
W Oregon St. – The Civil War is a rivalry game so you never know what could happen.

Oklahoma (12-1) Most likely going to the Rose Bowl to face Michigan.
W Baylor
W @ Texas Tech
W Oklahoma St.
W (Big 12 Championship v. Missouri)

WVU (11-1)
W Louisville – This game still worries me. Brohm is a great passer but I think our secondary holds strong.
W @ Cincy
W UConn
W Shit – I can’t wait to chant EAT SHIT PITT over and over again.

If this scenario works out we will end up 4th in the BCS poll and will likely be picked first by the Orange Bowl to play the Chokies.

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The BCS is garbage.

Even when it works, someone has a problem. Usually legitimate. At least in college basketball, the problems happen during the selection process, a full month before the national championship game. With the BCS, problems begin the first day the rankings are released and continue until about the middle of the 3rd quarter of the MNC game.

No one points out one of the biggest deficiencies of the BCS better than this piece by Wendell Barnhouse -- who's name frankly sounds made-up -- in the Dallas/Ft. Worth Star-Telegram:

Two of the most popular exhibits in the BCS' Hall of Shame are the 2001 and 2003 seasons. In both cases (Nebraska in '01 and Oklahoma in '03), a team reached the BCS title game without winning its conference championship.

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Should West Virginia win out, it will be 11-1 and atop the Big East standings. If South Florida wins its remaining games, the Bulls and the Mountaineers would be the only Big East teams with one loss.

South Florida, based on its head-to-head victory over West Virginia, would be Big East champions. The Bulls, 12th in the coaches' and Harris polls and 10th in the BCS standings, are long shots to reach the BCS title game.

While it would require more upsets -- and based on what's transpired, that's not exactly a reach -- it's not out of the question that West Virginia could wind up ranked No. 2 in the final BCS standings.

Yep, that's right. West Virginia could play in the BCS title game and not be the top team in its conference. At least the Mountaineers could claim to be "co-champions," which is something Nebraska and Oklahoma couldn't do.

Obviously, this is the scenario we as Mountaineer fans want to have play out this season. But, in the interest of college football, there needs to be a rule change.

Simply amending the BCS qualification rules to require winning your own conference's championship (along with any tiebreakers) would help shore up a faulty BCS process. Reason suggests that if you're not the best team in your conference of 8-12 teams, then how can you compete for the title of best team in America?

Hopefully -- soon -- you won't be able to.

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