This is always a difficult time of year for me: college hoops is underway but there are still a lot of meaningful football games left. I will occasionally write about hoops the next few weeks, but until the bowl games have been announced, I'll maintain my entire focus on football.
A few tidbits for the weekend:
Pac 10 reigns supreme. The only really meaningful games (from a national perspective) this weekend come from the Pac 10. And USC has a bye. What happened?
The bowl situation mostly settles this weekend for the MWC. SDSU is facing elimination from bowl eligibility, as they face Utah and UNLV, needing to win both games. Wyoming is standing on the precipice of that cliff as well, facing off against TCU followed by Colorado State, needing only one win. Air Force can put itself in contention for a bigger-than-normal bowl game with a win over BYU on the road. Utah and BYU can both earn their titles of being part of "the Big 3" with wins this weekend, essentially making their game on November 28th a Vegas Bowl play-in game. TCU could wrap-up their BCS game appearance by winning at Wyoming (they finish the season at home against winless New Mexico).
On a side note, Colorado State and New Mexico battle it out for last place, as both stand at 0-6 with two games left: the winner, at worst, ties for 8th/last, where the loser, at best, ties for last.
How about that Big 12 North? Kansas State, with a win against Nebraska would clinch the Big 12 North and head off to the Big 12 Championship. With a loss, they are not even eligible for a bowl game. That's jacked up: one win separates them from a chance at a BCS game and not even going to a bowl game. Either way: they will still receive as much money from the BCS as an undefeated TCU or Boise State would. That's jacked up too!
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