West Virginia at Louisville: Bogus national semifinal

Cheers & jeers: Rookie Vince Young; NCAA's football schedule

Cheers

â€¢ To Vince Young. Four starts as a pro, and the Titans are 2-2, including a 14-13 loss at Indianapolis. Young looks like he'll make it as an NFL quarterback, and there's no ceiling on how good he can be.

â€¢ To the Big 12 South, which once again is dominating the North. The South's six teams are 13-3 in interdivision games, thanks to an Okie sweep of the North's two best teams Saturday. Victories in the final two interdivision matchups â€” Texas at Kansas State, Nebraska at Texas A&M â€” would equal the historic imbalance of 2004, when the South went 15-3.

Jeers

â€¢ To college football's goofy schedule. The Ohio State-Michigan winner will have 50 days off before the Jan. 7 BCS title game.

â€¢ To the new NBA basketballs. All that complaining has some validity. Picked up a ball at a Hornets practice the other day, and they do feel funny.

/> If Notre Dame finishes 11-1, the Irish will have defeated Georgia Tech, Penn State, UCLA and USC.

If Florida finishes 12-1, the Gators will have defeated Tennessee, Georgia, LSU, Florida State and either Auburn, Arkansas or LSU again.

If Auburn finishes 12-1, the Tigers will have defeated Washington State, LSU, Florida, Georgia and either Tennessee or Florida again.

And we're about to put Louisville or West Virginia in the BCS' Big Bowl?

It's time to call for the voters to revolt. The computers already have spoken. West Virginia's computer average is No. 13; Louisville's is No. 9.

But the polls have West Virginia third and Louisville fifth, and the BCS follows suit. The voters must elevate the best one-loss team. Coaches and writers alike must realize that navigating a schedule like USC's or Florida's is much more impressive, even with one loss, than an unbeaten Big East season void of quality non-conference foes.

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