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See below for some old Big 12 logos      

“Rumors of my death have been greatly exaggerated.” —Mark Twain

“What he said.” —Mack Brown

Last week, DDT predicted that LSU and Stanford would meet for the national crown. Stanford faltered with the loss at Utah, but if they can beat Oregon, UCLA and Notre Dame in upcoming weeks they still might be in the mix.

LSU, if they win out, which would include a win over ‘Bama, is still DDT’s pick. So, DDT’s prediction at this point is LSU and ... and ... (see below).

Forget Ohio State—weak conference, the Big 10. Forget Louisville—weak conference, the American Athletic, and a weak schedule.

Georgia left the hunt with their loss to Mizzou, the ‘Dogs second of the season. Texas A&M, with one loss, remains an outside shot if they sweep the SEC West and win the SEC title game. 

And, this just in! Coming up on the outside are Baylor, Mizzou, Miami and UCLA, all four undefeated. Baylor has a growing profile based on big scores; Mizzou plays in the SEC, the strongest conference in the land; UCLA has a chance to beat both Oregon and Stanford to up their bid; and Miami beat Florida and has one more opportunity for glory in their tilt with Florida State.

Fresno State and Northern Illinois are unbeaten and could remain that way, which will raise the eternal question, should the mids get BCS or even national championship consideration? And that would contingent on having an undefeated season and being one of only two or three teams with a perfect record. Answer: In the first case, BCS consideration, yes, if they appear to be for real. In the latter case, the big game at the summit, no.

Meanwhile Alabama and Oregon have the inside track and, if neither falters, they’ll probably get the nod for the Final Two.

But given the fact that an SEC squad always gets in the game, DDT sez LSU, not ‘Bama, will be that team. Their opponent will be Oregon or the winner of the Florida State/Clemson contest.

So ... who’s on first? All these numbers make no difference. Only one thing counts: Who crosses home plate with big wins against ranked opponents from big conferences in big games.

Just for fun. Some old Big 12 logos. Remember these guys?

Comment:
From: Texas Hill Country Bureau, DDT
The Hill Country Bureau is not a large fan of “Bowling for Bucks” but enjoys the often unique  presentation of college football by the DDT staff.
    The latest DDT caught our eye with the depiction of Yosemite Sam as the Texas Tech mascot, Raider Red. Tech has a long history of mascots starting with The Masked Rider in 1936.  The rider, dressed like Zorro, would show up after a score by the Tech team. In 1954 at the Gator Bowl game, Masked became the official Tech mascot.
    In 1971 animal rights put an end to most appearances of live critters as mascots. Shortly thereafter, Dirk West, a West Texas cartoonist and newspaper man from Lubbock came up with “Raider Red” who bore a strong resemblance to Yosemite Sam.  West is also credited with creating the University of Nebraska “Herbie Husker”, the Baylor Bear and the UT Longhorn.
    Yosemite Sam was the brain child of Friz Freleng and first appeared in the Bugs Bunny cartoon, “Hare Trigger” in 1945.
    Division Four of the National Hot Rod Association, which included: Texas, Oklahoma and Louisiana, also had Yosemite Sam as their mascot. Members of Division Four are known as “The Good Guys”.
    The Hill Country’s favorite quote by Yosemite Sam is, “OK Rabbit …You forced me to use force.”
    The Hill Country Bureau is offering a nice prize to the first DDT reader who can tell us who “Fearless Freep” was. (All entries become the property of DDT).
    Mascots are still around. The local all girl computer school’s mascot is Miss LapTop.