Could be.  I assumed that there was a final standing at the end of the year to crown the BCS winner, but still LSU was not up there, so must be a cut and paste error.

This is final BCS standings, after bowl games.  Bama was in the top 4 in 2008 going into the bowl games and would have made that playoff.

I agree about CSS.  USCe is a hard place to consistently win.  The State of SC only puts out so many quality players a year, and USCe has to compete with Clemson for in-state talent, plus Georgia to the south.  There is a reason USCe was terrible until Holtz got the program heading in the right direction.

I'm not so sure I would place Petrino third.  He definitely had the potential, and maybe was on the verge of a breakthrough.  But I think he needed another year or two to show what he could do.  And while his offense was perhaps the best in the SEC, his defense needed work.

I don't know how much that game helped Bear Bryant in recruiting African American athletes, something he was going to do anyway, but it may have made his job easier -- no one was going to second guess him, and he wasn't going to hear about it.

It really depends on what the word "none" is referring to.  Since this sentence refers to a plural, "finalists," either form of the verb is considered acceptable.  Initially, "none" was considered by some to be a contraction of "not one," which is always singular.  However, these days either singular or plural is considered OK if the context is a plural.

Interesting that this Utah kid is considering mostly SEC schools. 

This is true at Bama much more so than many other schools.  Saban follows an NFL approach of getting the right personnel into the game for the situation.  While other schools may also do this, I don't think they have the quality depth that Bama has, with only a handfull of teams even coming close.

One thing Bryant has over Saban is longevity.  Let's hope Saban continues to work on that aspect of his legacy.

Last year, Bama was helped by LSU's whopping of Oregon early in the season.  Had LSU not played Oregon, I think Oregon makes it to the BCS Title game.  This year, SEC teams have softer non-conference schedules.  The Michigan v. Bama game is probably the most important.  Other notable non-conference games are Ole Miss v. Texas, and the usual ACC games, Florida v. Florida State, Georgia v. Georgia Tech, South Carolina and Auburn both play Clemson, and Vandy v. Wake Forest.  It will be harder for a second SEC team to make the title game this year for that reason -- no decent PAC12 opponents (LSU plays Washington), only Michigan from the Big10, and only Texas (v. Ole Piss) from the Big12.  It would take a miracle for an SEC only championship.  (Michigan, Texas, Washington and maybe Clemson or Florida State going undefeated in conference play but being blown out by their SEC opponents).

This is my favorite quote from the article:

True... but it's your link!

Funny stuff!   

Absolutely.  More $.  Also, with larger conferences, the SEC (and Big10 now 12) should have more bowl eligible teams.

I had a friend who did this ride.  In addition to Bo, several other professional athletes participated, including Scotty Pippen and Picaboo Street.  Pippen trained exactly one day for the ride and was hurting. 

My friend said Picaboo was the most interesting to watch.