Willyumyum

It was indeed a disgrace. Our President's action has salvaged a modicum of honor and I am grateful for that. It'sonly 284 days until kickoff!! Now ... I have lots of time to keep up with other schools ... you guys beat Colorado.

Few people can completely explain the ACC bowl selection system but basically it goes like this ... 1st the BCS gets it's team ... 2nd is the Gator Bowl ... 3rd is the Peach Bowl ... 4th is the Tangerine Bowl ... 5th is the Charlotte Bowl ... 6th is the Boise Bowl. BUT ... Bowls #2 thru #6 can choose any bowl eligible team they wish ... not necessarily the next in line. So ... with that in mind ... my projection (this week) is: BCS - Miami (6-2) winning out means having beaten FSU, UVa and VPI Gator - Florida State (6-2) will be 9-2 with a win vs Florida Peach - Virginia (6-2) after winning @ GaTech & @ VPI Tangerine - Clemson (4-4) but must beat So. Car. to be bowl eligible Charlotte - North Carolina (5-3) after closing with a win over Duke Boise - Va. Tech (5-3) after losing the last two games to UVa and Miami Las Vegas - Georgia Tech (4-4) after losing to UVa A 7th ACC will probably go to the Las Vegas Bowl since the PAC Ten will have two BCS teams and will then be unable to fill it's other obligations. Next week this will probably look very different.

If my Tigers and Nebraska both win Saturday I would choose a Tangerine Bowl date rematch of the 1JAN82 Orange Bowl game. Part of my choice is based on not wanting another Blue Turf Bowl in Boise ... if I have a choice. Is it not very possible that a 6-5 Husker team could go to the Tangerine Bowl?

This is my 1st post on this website and I wanted it to be memorable ... so ... Relative to the annual Sportsman of the Year award given by Sports Illustrated, let us start a groundswell for the ultimate sportsman, the ultimate team player, the guy who actually gave his life for the good of the team (our country). Rather than list all the reasons to select Pat Tillman, reasons that most of you know, I will tell my reasons that others in contention can/should be eliminated - or at least relegated to second tier. Emeka Okafor - Clearly special as both an academic and on-court all american as well as leading his team to the NCAA title. With an olympic gold medal the SOTY honor could be his, but it was not to be. Larry Brown - The man who led/created a team in these times of individuality makes the SOTY short list. Alas, the bronze medal at Athens also puts him back a notch. Curt Schilling - As inspiring as he was/is, he plays only every 5th day. Plus he alienated about half of America by taking sides in the big race. Bill Belichek - Like Brown, an assembler of a team ... and what a team it is, compiling the longest winning streak in NFL history. I put him on the second tier on a feeling only ... a feeling that Pat Tillman stands higher as a representative of/from football. Barry Bonds - playing through and past the drug cloud, he showed that he is the real thing with a 7th MVP award. But as an individual in the year of the team, he is second tier. Lance Armstrong - yet another yellow shirt is extraordinary ... but he already has an SOTY honor. These SOTY's aren't Heismans ... there is no such thing as SOTY bookends ... is there? But also his sport is individual - see Bonds above. Michael Phelps - His Olympic performance was wonderful and his gesture toward a teammate was worthy of SOTY. Other than that he is still alive, I have no reason not to select him. Hey groundswellers - a little help here! VJ Singh - "Mr. hard work" is on top, but while Tiger is competitive (like until 2025) no other golfer will be selected as SOTY. I don't know about tennis, track, hockey, NASCAR, skiing or Xgames. If there is a candidate there that stands out more than Pat Tillman, let us know.