11.5.07

What a Saturday…

Picked a great Saturday to have one of those hangovers where you’re not really feeling awful, but just have no desire to do much of anything the entire day. Because of that, I felt no guilt in watching:
Kansas throttle Nebraska.
Michigan hold off Michigan State.
UConn dominate Rutgers.
LSU fight off Alabama in a classic.
Arizona knock of Tricky Rick’s next team.
Oregon dominate Arizona State.
Washington win an horrendous game against Stanford.
USC control Oregon State.
Florida State crush the hopes of Boston College.
Cal (my one-time crush) barely beat a WSU team that looks like it is going to kill UW.

Hell of a day.

That said, my thoughts on who is number one are even more convoluted than they have been all year.

I’m reducing to 15 teams because if you’re past 15 right now, you have ZERO chance…and if you’re past 6, you don’t have much more hope—but are worth mentioning. Here goes—in reverse order. (BCS Ranking in parenthesis).

15. Florida (15). Just too young to play that difficult a schedule. Probably more raw-talent than anyone in the country—will be SCARY next year…and are scary enough this year.
14. Hawaii (16). They’re not dead…yet…but 16 in the BCS at this point probably won’t be enough to get them into the top ten at season’s end—and we know they won’t get in if their ranking doesn’t force the selection committee’s hand. (And to be frank—they don’t deserve it.)
13. USC (17). Looked good against Oregon State in the bits and pieces that I saw. Cal and UCLA are still (barely) legitimate—and Arizona State is VERY good. Three wins and they’re probably in the BCS.
12. UConn (13). They HANDLED Rutgers. I’m going to predict they beat West Virginia—so if they can avoid a stupid loss, they’re undefeated in their conference and have an auto-bid to the BCS…fun team to watch.
11. Michigan (12). Some will argue that they struggled to beat a Michigan State team that has been up and down this year. But it was a rivalry game where they fell behind and battled—all the more reason I think they’re going to beat Ohio State. (Or that is my public stance—right now I have very little faith in that theory…)
10. Georgia (10). They keep winning—but no way they get through unscathed. I think this is the team in the top 15 with the LEAST chance of making the BCS.
9. Boston College (8). Probably a more-comfortable ranking for them. I still think a) they’re pretty good b) they’ll win the ACC and c) they’ll play the worst BCS team in the Orange Bowl which will be pretty entertaining.
8. West Virginia (7). I just don’t see them getting through without a loss. If they do, they’ll be the least-impressive, non-Notre Dame, BCS team ever.
7. Arizona State (9). They didn’t look bad against Oregon despite being dominated. I think it said more about their talent than any game they’ve played this year. UCLA, USC and Arizona to finish…unless Oregon is in the National Title game, enjoy the Holiday Bowl.
4 (t). Missouri, Oklahoma and Kansas (6, 5 and 4 respectively.) I actually think that Kansas belongs in the following group…but these three rely on each other.
OKAY…here goes…
AT LEAST two of them will have another loss—so only one Big 12 team is getting into the BCS—and from the looks of it, if nobody in the top five loses, KANSAS is the only one that has a claim to the title game. If they run the table, beating Missouri and Oklahoma in their last two games, how can you really leave them out? They’re ¼ step behind…
1 (t). Oregon, LSU and Ohio State (3, 2 and 1 respectively.)

Ohio State wins out, and they’re in. If they lose a game, they may get in, but are NOWHERE NEAR the discussion for the top two.
LSU has the toughest road (because of the SEC title game) and will likely get in if they win out because the computers felate the SEC.
Oregon has been the most-impressive team in the country this year (with their only loss coming on a fluky play to a Cal team that—at the time—was playing as well as anyone in the country.)

The NCAA’s dream scenario? LSU vs. Ohio State.

My dream scenario? Oregon vs. Kansas. (Only by entertainment value—I really don’t like Oregon.)

What do I think will happen? LSU vs. Oregon—which will match the two best teams…Ohio State probably beats Michigan, but standing by my pick, I can’t put them here…

Today's Song...

I was admittedly a pretty big Nirvana fan in their time and have occasionally found myself enjoying their "Unplugged in New York" album in years since.

It really is pretty amazing however that a band that played three chords and wrote complete nonsensical lyrics could be that uber-successful...here is an example.

Heart-shaped Box
By Nirvana


She eyes me like a pisces when I am weak (Interesting--she asked me like a pisces what time dinner was...)
I've been buried inside your Heart Shaped box, for weeks
I've been drawn into your magnet tar pit trap
I wish I could leech your cancer when turn black. (Think Cobain did any drugs?)

Hey!
Wait!
I've got a new complaint
Forever in debt to your priceless advice (Okay--is he mad that he's in debt for the person's priceless advice, or are these separate thoughts and he was upset, and now he's fine because of the priceless advice...could someone get him on the phone? Oh...)
hey
wait
I've got a new complaint
Forever in debt to your priceless advice
Hey!
Wait!
I've got a new complaint
Forever in debt to your priceless advice (Okay...now I'm three times as confused...)

...your advice

Meat-eating orchids forgive no one just yet
Cut myself on Angel Hair and baby's breath (Always liked that lyric...then I read it.)
Broken hymen of your highness I'm left black (Lovely imagery Curt...)
Throw down your umbilical noose so I can climb right back (Is it strange that whenever I hear this lyric I think of the line from the preview of Look Who's Talking! where Bruce Willis is screaming, "PUT ME BACK IN!"?)

Hey!
Wait!
I've got a new complaint
Forever in debt to your priceless advice
hey!
Wait!
I've got a new complaint
Forever in debt to your priceless advice
Hey!
Wait!
I've got a new complaint
Forever in debt to your priceless advice
...Your advice

*guitar solo*

She eyes me like a pisces when I am weak
I've been locked inside your Heart-Shaped box for weeks
I've been drawn into your magnet tar pit trap
I wish I could leech your cancer when you took mine (I guess I never realized how repetitive this song was...I did however realize that it is particularly disturbing that Courtney Love looks worse than Curt Cobain does right now...)

Hey!
Wait!
I've got a new complaint
Forever in debt to your priceless advice
hey!
wait!
I've got a new complaint
Forever in debt to your priceless advice
Hey!
Wait!
I've got a new complaint
Forever in debt to your priceless advice
Your advice
Your advice
Your advice



(Okay--so you're probably saying--"DUDE! You only made like two comments." And yeah--I did...but I am also going to leave you the comments of someone who made comments on the lyrics-site where I found this song. It pretty much explains precisely why I loathe all humans...here it is...)

These beautifully constructed and poetically macabre lyrics are not correct on this site...I tried like 3 times to input the corrections and was shut DOWN. But anyway LONG LIVE KURT and his insightful lyricism he was a true poet and what he wanted was for people to listen and gain their own understanding of the meaning of his songs; these would be the true fans of his and Nirvana. FIND NIRVANA IN THEIR MUSIC. That's what I've done as of late...I've only recently started deconstructing and deciphering the meaning of their music and they were gods of rock. My faves.



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