BCS bids up for grabs as holidays near

The time is finally here, the time to settle the issue as to who is the best team in the country. If you believe I am jumping the gun when I say that whoever wins this Saturday’s SEC Championship game will be the national champion, then you have been visiting the space station the past three months.

The winner of the Alabama-Florida do-over will be our next national champion of college football. Either one of them would be lights–out better than any other team showing up at the Rose Bowl. It will most likely be Texas, but after watching what Texas A&M did last week against the Longhorns, I have no doubt that either team from the SEC will dominate.

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