1. I'm tired of trying to guesstimate here, so how's about a link to the whys and wherefores behind this stupid system?

    Here ya go:

    http://www.collegebcs.com/bcsfaq.html

    If someone can sort through this mess and figure out how LSU wins out, USC wins out, Ohio State loses, we go to #2 in both polls and Washington State wins out AND we go to the Sugar Bowl, I swear to you I'll dance at your wedding (or, at least, buy you a beer the night before the Sugar Bowl somewhere on Bourbon Street).