Elite fraternity membership is decreasing rapidly

Although the exclusive ‘members only’ frat “Phi Beta Unbeaten” is seeing its membership dwindling, and it’s looking like their may not be any remaining members come December, no member were expelled last weekend. However the one member that will be talked about for the rest of the year, particularly if they do remain unbeaten, are the LSU Tigers as they were the benefactors of perhaps the worst arbitrary call in the history of college football. The “excessive celebration” call that set up LSU’s winning score inside a minute was truly a travesty of justice. In the heat of an SEC battle with the loser on the outside looking in, if the call was not made, there wouldn’t have been one person complaining, but you have outrage that the call was made and the in a world where one loss could mean the difference between a BCS bid and the obscurity bowl, they will be talking about this for a while.

In the marquis game of the week with old school feel, the Canes’ and Sooners locked up and since Bosworth and Kosar were on opposite sides of the ball was there that much attention paid to the matchup. Miami was kicked out of the frat the previous week after a bad loss to Va. Tech but is back in the good graces of the pollsters after a another victory over a top 5 school in Oklahoma. After 4 consecutive games against ranked opponents it gets a much easier for the Canes’ and they get an opportunity to pad the w column as well as their stats and by the time the pumpkins have all been carved, Miami should be sitting a BCS position. Meanwhile the word on Bradford is that surgery is still on the table which means he isn’t coming back anytime soon and that spells doom to OK’s bowl hopes with two losses already.

Whatever excitement last weeks schedule lacked it is more than made up for this week as there are several huge matchups beginning with #4 Florida traveling to Baton Rouge to take on #4 LSU. The implications of this game are huge, and Tebow’s cracked bonnet only adds to the drama, however the truth is that both teams know that even if they lose they’re not out of the running the way things are shaping up this year. Firstly, they have a good chance of catchin’ up with each other again in the SEC Championship game, it would be better to lose NOW then later on in the year where voters would not want to see an immediate rematch of the SEC Champ Game in the BCS title game. So although it may seem like do or die on Saturday, it will be far from over.

We begin our upset watch games in the same conference with a huge matchup as #3 Bama travels to #20 Ole Miss. The Rebels and their faithful felt the sentenced they received for a tough SEC loss was way too severe and now must climb the Mt. Everest (AP Poll) for the second time this season. The home crowd, which makes Miss tough to beat at home (handed the Gators their only loss in 08) will be waiting for the ‘Tide come Saturday and Bama had better be ready or they will be the next to ask to leave the frat house. Also on upset watch are #15 Oklahoma State who travel to A & M to take on the Aggies with the infamous 12th man. No on really knows how good the Aggies are which makes this game a tough one to call. The last school that needs to mind it’s P’s & Qs are the #12 Hawkeyes even though they’re at home, the Michigan spread my cause problems for them if they can hit a couple of big plays and get up early. Who do you think will come out on top in the two SEC battles? Will any of the upset watch teams lose? Who should be on upset watch? Let us know here and in the other NCAA Football quick links.