The perfect weekend for this kind of season.

What a weekend eh?

Of course first and foremost, we got a new national champion out of the deal. Arkansas now takes over the throne, defeating LSU to become the new Heavyweight Football National Champion.

And of course, the whole BCS game qualifiers got tossed around some more. Personally, I think it's an awesome college football season. I was pretty sure LSU would get beat either this week or in the SEC game, they've just let too many teams get too close. I know i've made it clear how already how i've felt about the Punditry of College Football declaring them the best team in the country. I won't argue that they have a great team, but such an 'anointed' team shouldn't have the close calls that they've had against the kinds of teams they've had them with.

I think in the end, the SEC has been exposed as not being the superconference everyone has claimed they are. They are a conference with a lot of good teams, but with a lot of parity. Parity and superiority as a conference are not the same thing. Now if they were dominant against good teams outside their conference, then maybe that would say something. But when they can barely be .500 against other BCS conference schools (of which they play far too few of) and some of their marquee teams lose out of conference in the manner they have, then it's pretty clear they're not really superior to other conferences.

Now, a question: Was Kansas exposed? Yes and no. Kansas did a great job coming back against Missouri and kept it interesting down to to the last few seconds. It was a good game overall, and I have to admit to being far more impressed by Missouri than I expected to be. I really expected Mizzou to screw up somewhere along the line. But, as to the question of whether Kansas was thus overrated as many claim them to be, no, I don't think they are. Frankly, I find it interesting that no one squawks about Ohio State's schedule when you talk about them being in contention for the championship game, but it really wasn't any tougher than Kansas' was.

Here's what I think about Kansas. I think they suffered from the same problem that Kansas State used to have in Bill Snyder's glory days. I think they may actually have the best team right now, just like I think there were years that KSU maybe had some better teams than they were given credit for. But the problem is in their schedule. it's not that they are any less good because they have a weaker schedule, but i think it's because the lack of tough competition early on does not prepare them for the big games that come at the end of the year. the manner in which Kansas rolled over their schedule is a good indication they were indeed an excellent team, but the lack of a real test left them ill prepared for the big game. You could see it too because you could tell they weren't ready for what hit them. I don't think you can be ready without having any challenges before hand.

So now what happens? West Virgina's not a lock. They have Pitt, a team that could surprise them. Missouri's already lost to Oklahoma, so we know that's a possibility. Ohio State has a good chance of getting back in. So, if West Virginia and Missouri both lose, who gets in? It could be Georgia, (and i wonder if as many will howl about a team getting in after not winning their conference as did when Nebraska got in a few years back) or maybe even LSU. Although at this point if all that happens maybe Hawaii should get a shot. I mean, if everyone else is trying so hard NOT to get in, weak schedule or not they took care of business. Especially winning on the road at that ugly blue field in Boise.