World Series/BCS Update

First off, I didn't get a chance to weigh in on the World Series yet. I'm going to pick the Tigers in 6, despite last nights deabacle. This was also my pick before the series started. My reasoning behind this pick is pretty simple. The American League is superior, and they've proved it with Interleague play and the All-Star Game. Plus, the Cardinals had the 5th best record in the National League, and can become the team with the worst regular season record to win the World Series by winning 3 more games. Another factor that plays into favor for the AL from a history standpoint is that they have won 15 of the last 22 World Series, going back to 1983. Maybe more interesting in that time period is that the AL is 12-1 when they've had home field advantage, with only the schizo 2003 Yankees blowing the advantage of playing 4 games in New York. Maybe there is more to the DH helping the AL than we thought.....(As an AL fan though, I'm not knocking the DH, I think the NL just fears progress, or maybe they should make more of an effort to get another bat before the trade deadline so they wouldn't have to use a backup catcher to fill the spot in October)

On to the College Football Playoff plan. The BCS was just released, so here we go again...
Conference Leaders (Ties broken by BCS rank)
ACC: Clemson (12)
Big 12: Texas (7)
Big East: West Virginia (4)
Big Ten: Ohio State (1)
C-USA: Tulsa (NR)
MAC: Kent State (NR)
Mountain West: BYU (NR)
PAC-10: USC (3)
SEC: Florida (6) - Auburn is ranked higher, but does not lead division
Sun Belt: Arkansas State (NR)
WAC: Boise State (15)


At-Large Teams: Michigan (2), Auburn (5), Louisville (8), Notre Dame (9), California (10)

First Round Matchups:
#1 Ohio State vs. #16 Arkansas State
#8 Louisville vs. #9 Notre Dame
#4 West Virginia vs. #13 Tulsa
#5 Auburn vs. #12 Boise State
#3 USC vs. #14 BYU
#6 Florida vs. #11 Clemson
#7 Texas vs. #10 California
#2 Michigan vs. #15 Kent State

2nd Round Matchups if Favorites win: Ohio State vs. Louisville, West Virginia vs. Auburn, USC vs. Florida, Texas vs. Michigan

Semi-Finals Matchups if Favorites win: Ohio State vs. West Virginia, USC vs. Michigan

I added those next round matchups just to show that for Ohio State to be crowned National Champs in this system, they'd have to beat 3 teams in a row that are currently undefeated. Those teams will probably have losses by the time January rolls around, but this would truly earn someone the title of national champs while entertaining the fans greatly in the process. We'll see how this Saturday changes things....