Sideline: Week No. 8

Has the BCS Met Its Match?
By Chris Nierman

The Chinese College Football Calander must be "The Year of the Upset"

It started Week 1 with Appalachian State, and since then, all the teams in the Preseason Top Ten have at least one loss. In the past 3 weeks USC was shocked by Stanford, LSU lost to Kentucky, Cal dropped a close one to the Beavers and preseason darlings West Virginia, Wisconsin, Florida, Texas and Oklahoma have all fallen from grace and a team called "South Florida" currently holds the #2 spot.

That's to say nothing about where Louisville, Penn State, Rutgers Arkansas and Michigan have gone.

Who could've seen that coming? Raise your hand if you thought Cincinnati, Arizona State, Illinois or Kentucky would be players in the BCS this year. Go cut yourself if you're actually raising your hand still, cause you're lying.

The fact is, the field is finally being leveled in college football thanks to the 85 scholarship limitations, tougher restrictions on walk-ons, and the success of Boise State last year has even the smallest mid-major shooting for the stars. No one is safe and with all the upsets that have happened this season and the certainty of more upsets to come, the question is: Has the BCS met its match this year? This season could be the most controversial year yet for the computers.

What happens if a dozen teams have one loss? Or another dozen have 2 losses? Or if South Florida runs the table? Would anyone in their right mind put the Bulls in the Title Game over a one-loss LSU or Oklahoma? Would the computers?

All these questions should make for a wild second half of the college football season and in the year of the upset, no fan should hang up their hopes on their team just yet. Hold on to your seats everyone ; I get a feeling this is only the beginning.