**updated in 2nd quarter

Nothing like doing a pick 30 minutes before a game kicks off! But I’ve been with very spotty internet for a few days so forgive me.

So here’s the breakdown of the college football national championship ’09–10.

First let me explain that the BCS Championship is a “national championship” with an emphasis on the quotation marks. It’s really referred to as the “mythical national championship.” Why? Because college football does not have a playoff round to lead up to the championship. The two teams in the championship game are “randomly” picked to go. Okay…. so yes, they are the No. 1 and No. 2 ranked teams in the country that go but those ranking are very subjective and fluctuate constantly. I’m not going to get into all that now because it makes my head hurt.

So, in any case the Texas Longhorns and the Alabama Crimson Tide were ranked No. 1 and No. 2 in the country after the conference championships in December so they are in the BCS Championship Game.

The Matchup

These teams are so evenly matched up it’s almost disgusting. If you don’t have a personal fave, good luck picking between the two based just on the number stats

• Texas has 2009 Heisman Trophy Nominee Colt McCoy (They have two total winners in school history)
• Alabama has 2009 Heisman Trophy Winner Mark Ingram (He is the one and only winner in school history)
• Texas has 845 all time wins
• Alabama has 812 all time wins
• Texas has 25 Bowl Wins
• Alabama has 31 Wins
• Texas has 4 National Championships
• Alabama has 7 National Championships.
• Both teams are undefeated
• Texas QB Colt McCoy has gone on to quarterback more victories than any other player in major college football history.
• Alabama QB Greg McElroy hasn’t lost a game as a starter. Ever. In college or high school

However, there is the Heisman Trophy Curse to contend with. Since 2000 when the Heisman winner went on to play in the BCS game, they have gone 1-6. The only Heisman winner to win in the BCS since 2000 was my lovey Matt Leinart (who is now backup QB on the Cardinals to my other lovey Kurt Warner). So that does not bode well for Alabama

my Pick:

I’ve never been an Alabama fan. Goes way back to when I first starting loving NCAA March Madness. They’ve grown on me a little bit, like a fungus, over the last decade or so but I still don’t have a soft spot for them. And when they horribly beat down Florida in the SEC Championship in December, it renewed my hatred for them. That kicked Florida out of the running for this game. Would love to be watching Tebow tonight, not Ingram or McElroy. (Cuz in the Bowl Game they had  a Tebow game online where you could just watch all Tebow all the time. It was awesome. But I digress.)

Anyway, You can’t like two teams in the SEC and this year I was definitely a Gator  Girl.

I also think Colt McCoy is a really sexy name. And I have this insane desire to go to Texas and get me a cowboy for a night. Yes, I’m serious.

So…..

GO TEXAS!

***errrr…. I’d like to change my pick due to the fact that Colt McCoy was injured like 2 minutes into the game. Okay maybe not 2 minutes but really soon into the game he went down with a major shoulder injury and now a freshman QB has taken his place which has just destroyed the whole team.

Really made this a sucky championship game.

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