That was quite a night of football. The refs gifted Texas the Big 12 victory, with what I think was in inaccurate ruling of a horse-collar tackle (last I knew, you had to drag the guy down by the horse collar, not just touch it and let go), and a pair of bogus pass interference calls on the previous scoring drive. So TCU is shut out of a chance at the BCS Championship, although Boise stays alive for their likely BCS bowl bid.
Meanwhile, ECU surprised Houston and claimed their second consecutive C-USA championship, and should advance to the Liberty Bowl. Like I said they would have to, but did not think they could, ECU did put up more points (38) than they had against any other quality opponent all year.
Late last night, Wisconsin but all upset doubts to rest and obliterated Hawaii 51-10. So much for emotion and a lot to play for and all that. We’ll see if and how that boosts the Badgers bowl draw, but Hawaii’s season is now over.
Fresno State also went east and beat Illinois 53-52 earlier in the day.
Posting will be a little light this week, but as bowl news comes in today we’ll have it here and on twitter, starting probably around 2 or 3 pm when things really get going. 2009 regular season reviews by conference will start soon thereafter, and bowl previews will pick up once we get a little closer to kickoff. Army/Navy is Saturday, so there’s that too.