Last week, I presented a theory of how the BCS championship game could feature Ohio State vs. Georgia.  While purists scoffed and intellectuals wrung their hangs, the theory can be a valid one.  Last night, one of the smaller cosmic tumblers aligned to further the cause.

One of two BCS frauds, Arizona State (the other being Kansas) was waylayed last night by USC 44-24.  ASU now packs its' gear and heads to the back of the BCS line.  That means the Sun Devils at six yield to the Bulldogs at seven. 

For Georgia and Ohio State to get to the big game, they will need some help and the key team in this whole mess are the Tigers of Missouri.  Missouri pretty much controls the fate of four teams: Kansas, Ohio State, Georgia and West Virginia.  For any of those four teams to have a shot at the title game, the road travels through Columbia.  Here's why.

If Missouri beats Kansas tomorrow, Kansas goes to the back of the line.  And, if on the following Saturday, in the Big Twelve title game, Oklahoma or Texas takes out Missouri, West Virginia moves up to the two spot with Ohio State number three and Georgia number four.  But wait, there's more.

For Georgia to get in, they need a lot of help.  If Tennessee beats Kentucky tomorrow, Georgia is eliminated from BCS championship game contention.  In fact, the only way Georgia can get in is with a Kentucky win, a West Virginia loss to UCONN (because I have no faith in Pittsburgh) and the above scenario featuring Missouri.  If all that happens AND Georgia beats LSU in the SEC title game (which can't happen unless Tennessee loses to Kentucky) Georgia is in.

LSU, Kansas and Missouri are the three teams that control their own destiny.  Even though West Virginia is currently third, Kansas and Missouri will upgrade their strength of schedule components over the next two weeks.  A Missouri win over a previously undefeated and second rank team should slide them ahead of West Virginia, setting the cosmic tumblers in place for a fantastic finish.  Most likely, it will be LSU in the big game, but I think at the end of the day, there is enough possibilities to think at very least Ohio State can get back in it.

One smaller note, watch another BCS fraud get their lunch handed to them as Boise State meets Hawaii tonight.  This should end all discussion of Hawaii being included in the national championship discussion.

Lightning Round

• Instead of whining about not getting Torii Hunter this morning, I thought I'd let other people do it for me.  Jay Mariotti is particularly harsh. My objection to what he wrote is that he tries to root everything to The Chairman.  As much as I have jabbed The Chairman over the years, Hunter to the Angels came down to a whole bunch of factors besides money.  If money had been the only aspect of it, surely Hunter's agent would have asked Kenny (and perhaps Jon Daniels in Texas) to raise the stakes, which Kenny probably would have been allowed to do.  So, Mariotti's assertion that Hunter was low balled isn't really valid and his going out of his way to take shots at The Chairman isn't really valid.  Torii Hunter made his decision based on two factors: Money and where he could win the quickest.  And let's face it: The Angels have a much better chance of winning in 2008 than the Sox do at this point in time. Holy crap, I just defended Jerry Reinsdorf.  Please mark down the date and time.  Sorry Jay, but paying Torii Hunter $20 million a year would be asinine.
  
•  Phil Rogers thinks Kenny Williams needs to get creative, like using that $15 million a year  that they would have used to sign Torii Hunter to attract multiple players to fill a wide variety of leaks.  I'm with you on that, Phil.
• There's nothing wrong with the Colts that a game against the Falcons couldn't fix.
• The national love affair with Brett Favre has officially morphed into obsession which has morphed into delusion.  Big time, you have no freakin' clue what you are talking about delusion.  There are only three teams in the entire NFL that could hang with New England right now: The Colts, the Steelers (on a good day) and the Cowboys (on a good day).  Other than that, everyone else, including the Fudge Packers, are pissing in the wind.  And I don't care if Jesus H. Christ is playing quarterback for the Fudge Packers, which according to many media outlets he is.
  
• Here come the Hawks, the mighty Blackhawks.  Take the attack, yeah, it's real fast you Blackhawks.  You're flying high now so, let's wrap it up.  What a killer theme song, although it sounds way too much like the theme to Love American Style.
• Jerry Jones, please STFU.  How much AT&T stock do you own anyway?  Besides, I live in Wisconsin so I get the game on cable whether I want to or not.  Oh boy, Bryant Gumble, Rich Eisen and Brett Favre.  That would be my version of the continuous loop they show in hell.
• What is Britain's favorite word?  Not "Queen" or "fag" (it means cigarette over there, kids) but Nincompoop.
• I'm afraid I found this out prior to October: In this country, you won't get the gig if you don't fit the profile.  I hope this lady cleans up.