If the Big 12 is Richard Nixon, then I'm John Dean

No conference loyalty here, my friend. I (and most everyone I know) hope Nebraska and Oklahoma lose every time they take the field. I was crushed when the Maine Blackbears' upset bid fell short in Lincoln. I don't believe in this trickle-down theory that the mediocre and sorry teams in the conference are somehow lifted up by the success of the conference powers, or that because the mediocre team from "my" conference beat the mediocre team from "their" conference, that tells you something about the conferences. So Tennessee blew out Cal in Knoxville? Big deal. Georgia is behind all day, at home, and needs a touchdown with less than a minute to go to beat the worst Colorado team in 20 years? Eh. These events don't mean much. The athletes in the BCS conferences are all at about the same level (don't start!), and the coaches are equally competent. I stand by the old way, the way that says "My favorite team is [favorite team] and whoever is playing [rival] that week." The fact that a 'Bama fan will shelve that when Auburn is playing "a bunch of surfers" in a non-conference game is pathetic. I mean really, if you're a Florida fan, do you really want to see Georgia go 12-1 (with a loss to Florida), and win a BCS bowl game over a non-conference opponent every year? I want my rivals to have crappy seasons, so their recruiting gets crappy, hopefully making them vulnerable to losses admistered by my favorite team. If non-conference opponents assist in achieving that goal, then by all means. Raul is right about the hype around the UM-OSU game, though.