Caller 1: I was reading Brett
’s column and didn’t understand what he meant by Cal having to
sell tickets to the Holiday Bowl. Is this a possibility? I’ll admit
I don’t follow college football much, but I’ve caught this team a
few times on TV and think they’re pretty fun to watch. So anyway,
just wanted to make sure
they’re still going to the Rose Bowl. I thought that was pretty
much a done deal. Thanks.
Caller 1: I was reading Brett’s column and didn’t understand what he meant by Cal having to sell tickets to the Holiday Bowl. Is this a possibility? I’ll admit I don’t follow college football much, but I’ve caught this team a few times on TV and think they’re pretty fun to watch. So anyway, just wanted to make sure they’re still going to the Rose Bowl. I thought that was pretty much a done deal. Thanks.
Green Phone: No done deal, unfortunately. Not by a long shot. At the time, Cal figured it was helped by the Texas win over Texas A&M last week. A Texas loss might have given Boise State a chance to sneak into the top 6, thus assuring them a spot in the BCS and knocking the Bears out. Now, looking back, maybe that Longhorn win wasn’t such a good thing after all. Even with a Texas loss, Boise (currently No. 8 in the BCS) probably wouldn’t have moved into the top 6. And one thing is for sure … the ‘Horns (who lead the Bears in the computer rankings) most definitely wouldn’t have been within .0013 of No. 4 Cal in the overall BCS rankings, which they are right now. Texas is done in the regular season, but if the Bears show the smallest bit of vulnerablity at Southern Miss Saturday? Well, Cal would be in danger of falling even farther behind the Longhorns in the computer rankings than they already are. And, once the various polls come out and the BCS Standings are tabulated, that might be enough to push Texas into that automatic spot at No. 4 and push the lovable Bears down to San Diego for a scintillating matchup with … Texas A&M. Welcome to the wonderful world of College Football rankings, an exact science if ever there was one.
