Well, Cal apparently didn't beat Southern Miss convincingly enough last night -- which allowed Texas to move up just enough in the BCS rankings to claim the #4 spot that Cal's been holding for weeks -- which means that now Michigan and Texas will be playing in the Rose Bowl, while Berkeley plays Texas Tech (ranked 22nd in the BCS; third-ranked in the Big 12 South!) in the Holiday Bowl on December 30th.
Excuse me? What in the hell just happened there? How did Pittsburgh (8-3; ranked 21st in the BCS) end up in a 'championship' BCS bowl while Cal just got kicked down into the basement? If the BCS "has quickly become a showcase for the sport, matching the best teams at the end of the season", as they say on their home page, then today something went wrong somewhere.
It could be worse, I guess -- we could have ended up in the Tire Bowl, or the MPC Computers Bowl ...
GO MICHIGAN!