The last two BCS games have caused most of the football-watching world to sleepwalk through the work week, but this last one was worth it. Texas and its inVinceable quarterback Vince Young toppled the Evil Empire last night by the slimmest of margins, as Young put up a 200/200 passing and rushing game and scored the winning touchdown almost untouched from the 9-yard line with 19 seconds to go. A great finish to a great bowl season. Our hats are off toYoung and the entire Texas squad, who came in with none of the hype and few believers, and derailed what could have been one of the best-remembered college football dynasties every to step out on the field.
We at the Offering don't feel bad for Matt Leinart and Reggie Bush. I'm sure that the pain of this loss will be mitigated by focusing the rest of the year on partying, a cakewalk class schedule, and weekly trysts with gorgeous USC and Hollywood co-eds before signing for about $50 million apiece in the 2006 NFL draft. You don't get any sympathy for that.
Other coverage of the Rose Bowl and college football at large: Sports Guy's running diary of the game, a blog explaining why this game doesn't justify wasting a top pick on Vince Young, and "Sneering" Stewart Mandel's top 10 college football teams for 2006.
Personally, I don't think Vince Young should stay in college. His draft status can't get any higher, he's leaving after a perfect game on the ultimate stage, and if he waits around another year, pro scouts will dissect that throwing motion and may reconsider. Plus, he'll be tough for the Hawkeyes to contain when they get to the national title game next year.
Speaking of the Hawkeyes, here's a little mea culpa from the incompetant Conference USA crew that botched the Iowa-Florida bowl game on Monday. Thanks for the apology, guys. Now if you could just head down to Florida and convince all those recruits that we lost on Monday to come to Iowa anyway, we'll be even steven.
And one more Iowa note, the Hawks open up the Big Ten season tonight with a tough roadie at Wisconsin. It's going to be a dogfight in the Big Ten this year, with lots of good teams but nobody that seems dominant yet. And don't worry, Illinois fans: your team will come down to earth soon enough.
And just for fun, here's a gallery of star athletes and their tattoos. My favorite tat these days is the "Lights Out" light switch on Shawn Merriman's forearm.
Have a great Thursday. The weekend's almost here.
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