I hope they keep their work ethic, but I’m tired of seeing the “blue collar” work ethic implicitly considered superior to the “white collar” work ethic. Like white-collar people don’t work, eh? Oh, well, I’m in the Army, I’ve spent a lot of nights sleeping on a humvee hood, but I work in an office on a computer all day now. What color is my collar, and what does it say about my work ethic?

Doesn’t the Big XII only get 6 million for the second BCS participant. And then that is split 12 ways.

if he loses, will jump ship back to NFL! haha

It’ll depend on who’s ranked what in the BCS. If Florida or Alabama is #1, then the Sugar would be the first to lose a representative, and would pick first.

If OU is ranked #1, then the Fiesta would pick first.

At least that’s how I understand it. Even if the Sugar picked first, I’m sure they would take the #2 SEC team anyway.

Fiesta gets first at-large pick, and it’ll likely be between Utah and Ohio State; from what I’m reading, it’s very unlikely that Boise State will get a BCS berth (not predicting fairness; just reality).

That said, it’s likely the Fiesta will take Ohio State because they are a big name, travel well, sell seats, amp up TV ratings, etc. Certainly, as fans of college football, lots of people will want Utah to at least get their chance at a big name school in a big bowl. But Fiesta’s only motivation is $$$. And Ohio State likely is the bigger $ draw.

My personal opinion is that Utah could be a lose/lose game for us (see: Oklahoma v. Boise State); if we win, we were supposed to win against a non-BCS conference opponent (again, just public perception; not necessarily fair); if we lose, it’s a HUGE upset, and Texas looks like an oaf for losing to a second-tier school.

I don’t think Texas would overlook them (even if we’re pissed we’re not playing for it all), that Mack would get them ready, and that — honestly — it could be a helluva game. Utah’s got a great resume this year, and they’ll not lack for motivation.

There is a lot of discussion and collaboration between the different bowl committees in regards to team selection to have the best possible matchups for as many bowls as possible. If the committees thought that Boise-Utah would be a good and profitable matchup then they can make it happen, and have Alabama-Texas in the other bowl. However, given the current economic climate I don’t think that they will perceive Boise as a good choice and will indeed go with tOSU. At that point I don’t think either the Fiesta or Sugar Bowl will agree to a significantly inferior matchup (tSOU-Utah) and we will indeed end up with Alabama and Texas in different bowl games.

To be a true championship game it should be a Texas – UT rematch where both sides of our team should play both sides of the ball. Honestly Colt’s good, but how’s he going to be as a DB? I bet we could get it on primetime.

Not true. As has been said, if USC loses to UCLA, USC won’t go to the Rose Bowl, and would likely be the Fiesta Bowl pick. A USC loss means Oregon State wins the Rose Bowl bid, which would severely piss off the contractually-obligated Rose Bowl that would be forced to feature a rematch of Oregon State and Penn State.