I’ll try not to be depressed about yesterday long enough to talk about this. Onward:

• Still no idea who really has a shot for that at-large spot in the Poinsettia Bowl. Only two of the Pac-10’s 4 win teams will probably finish with 6, which means they can’t fill it. I doubt they’d pick a small conference East Coast team to fill the slot, so I went with San Jose St.
• Question marks by Indiana and Kentucky because I think they have a shot at finishing with 6 wins, and because I have no idea who will take those spots if they don’t.
• FSU-Washington in the Emerald Bowl, or, “teams that were really good in the 90’s bowl”
• The ACC is still pretty much very muddy. You’ll note Boston College is in the Orange Bowl – this is because they have the inside track to the title game (they need to lose again for Clemson to go). Despite the performance yesterday, beating Miami Saturday leaves Georgia Tech in the Coastal driver’s seat. Everything after Clemson on there is pretty much just a guess.
• The SEC has an extremely good chance at putting two teams in the BCS, provided Auburn and Florida win out. The ACC could also do it if Clemson wins out, but this is unlikely, since the Big East champion still has to go somewhere, the Rose will happily take Michigan and Cal if Ohio State and USC win out, and Notre Dame will be eligible so someone will take them.
• Speaking of OSU and USC, I’m keeping them there until I’m convinced someone will actually beat them. USC is obviously more vulnerable, but if they take care business and whip Oregon State and Stanford the next two weeks it will be impossible for anyone to knock them off unless they lose.

There may be errors on the page, in fact, I just spotted a new misspelling. Oh well. The link is on the right, and you can comment below and tell me how dumb I am.

Later.

Just nothing to say. Embarassing…in the words of Jim Mora, Sr.: “We couldn’t do diddly-poo offensively, we couldn’t run the ball….”

Sigh.

Normally, this would be my listing of games that would be broadcast where I am and my opinion on them.

However, I’m going to be busy today. Also, looking over the slate, I don’t know what’s worth watching outside of GT-Clemson, anyway. I’ll leave you with this:

Clemson is a redneck school, doo-dah, doo-dah
Clemson is a redneck school, dah-doo-dah-day
Gonna moo all night
Gonna moo all day
Clemson is a redneck school, dah-doo-dah-day

Hey folks. I want to let everyone know about the computerized college football prediction system I run. You can track my progress over the season at http://tito.asimweb.org/cfp. Click on “Week 8” on the left of your screen to check out this week’s picks. (I start making predictions midway through the season, for reasons explained on the site.)

This week, the CFP (College Football Predictor) picked Vanderbilt to beat South Carolina, which would be a big win for the Commodores following their October 14 upset of Georgia. 4-3 Washington State has a slight edge on 6-1 Oregon, but only because of the home-field advantage. Also, undefeated Louisville is not very heavily favored on the road against Syracuse. LSU, Auburn, Northern Illinois, Ohio, and Ohio State essentially have bye-weeks; the CFP has never mispredicted a game with the ratings margin that these teams will enjoy on Saturday.

Obviously these predictions aren’t guaranteed, but you can find my rate of success within certain rating margin ranges on the left of the CFP site. Here’s hoping the 2006 system’s inaugural run is a success!

I’d like to welcome a Tech friend of mine, Will, to the site.