Wolverines to the Rose Bowl

Once again, the BCS screws someone out of a spot in the national championship. I personally didn't want to see a rematch, but I don't know how you can tell Michigan they aren't the second best team in the country. At least this gives the Rose Bowl the conference matchup they wanted. Michigan fans have a right to be upset, as does every college football fan, because there is no playoff. At least get the plus one format going, so we only argue about who the fourth best team in the country is. Including the top four and having a playoff will mean the champ is actually decided on the field, instead of in the minds of the voters. Way to go BCS, another year year with a controversial national championship. Last year the matchup was real easy, not so much this time around. We may not even get a consensus champ from this game. If Michigan kills USC and Florida squeaks by OSU in a low scoring game, I wouldn't be surprised to see some AP voters put the Wolverines on top of their ballots.

So with that out of the way, lets take a look at the bowl picture for the Pac-10:

Las Vegas Bowl, Dec. 21 – Oregon vs. Brigham Young

Hawaii Bowl, Dec. 24 – Arizona State vs. Hawaii

Emerald Bowl, Dec. 27 – UCLA vs. Florida State

Holiday Bowl, Dec. 28 – Cal vs. Texas A&M

Sun Bowl, Dec. 29 – Oregon State vs. Missouri

Rose Bowl, Jan. 1 – USC vs. Michigan

Aside from the Emerald Bowl, all these games look like pretty good matchups and we should see lots of points. The Pac-10 probably won't be favored in most of these games (I'm guessing we'll be favored in the Holiday, Emerald and possibly Sun), but there's nothing wrong with being the underdog. Let the month long, 32 game, playoff-less postseason begin!