Texas Number 1 - Not!

Colt McCoy put on a good show after getting beat up here and there by completing a pass for a touch down in the last seconds of the game to win. Neither team looked great, no blow outs, just smash mouth football. And once again poor Ohio met its match out of conference resulting in a loss.

So University of Texas number one, sorry, no way. Good, even great but not national champions. Ever since Texas Tech showed that they were beatable, they have had to fight to stay in the game. And Texas Tech got run over by Ole Miss, one of the several beatings administered by SEC teams in post season bowl games. Both Texas Tech and Texas are good teams but not quite to the tippy top. Florida and Oklahoma will settle that issue Thursday night.

I feel sorry for Ohio State, they keep going to big bowls and keep getting beat. Tressel is a great coach but he is not getting the job done. He may suffer the fate of Tommy Tuberville - out before his time. I hope not, since he provides good cannon fodder for the SEC and Big 12.

Looks to me like the SEC did it to their opponents again. Big 10 is certainly not producing the winners like those two conferences. The PAC Ten has flashes ala University of Southern California. Mountain West is coming on strong. Look at what the Utes did to Bama.

AAC is not quite there either as is the Mid America conference. And the independents are slowly aligning with a conference now days. Notre Dame will hold out to the end but they are presently struggling.

Clearly the competition in the SEC is as tough as it gets. Any one SEC team can rise up and beat another. There are no undefeated teams in the SEC.

Next year will be equally good. See that LSU has hired away Tennessee's defensive coach. Now if they get rid of Crowton things will really look up. He's a good coach but a terrible offensive coordinator. Saw where LSU got a new coach for defensive line and for offensive backfield. So Miles has regrouped and looks like he is going for it again next year.

Til then . . . .