We’re probably like you, we’d already made plans for tonight (snooker tournament) when we realized that the excitement and pageantry of the BCS Championship game was tonight in New Orleans. We can hardly wait for that bright, cheery light of broadcasting, Thom Brennaman, to illuminate us on the latest offensive innovations from Tressel & Co.

Those of you who say that the BCS is a complete debacle that has somehow rendered the big bowl games meaningless, probably said the same thing about NASCAR’s innovative “Chase For the Cup”, and we all know how huge that’s been for the sport of auto racing.