Left Coast Sports Babe

It’s not been a good year for the BCS.   Barack Obama threatened to put the power of the presidency behind a playoff system, and a number of one loss teams all had legitimate claims to being in the National Championship game.

But at least the only undefeated team in a BCS game was the Utah Utes, from the lowly Mountain West conference.  Since they were matched against Alabama, from the powerful SEC,  a team that was number one until their loss to Florida, this figured to be a no-brainer.    Oops.   Utah won this game 31-17 and is 13-0…..

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Btw, the answer to the question, what is a “Ute?”  is  – one of a band of American Indians for whom the state of Utah was named.      Although there are apparently yearly protests on campus, the Utes have been spared some of the national controveries that the Redskins, Indians, Braves and Seminoles, for example, have faced.  Not that Americans are less sensitive to the Utes – they just don’t know what they are.

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Utah, along with USC – which had a strong season with only one loss – are both claiming that BCS unfairly weighs reputations and past history in choosing winners.     On the other hand, Hillary Clinton has asked that the BCS computers be used in future Democratic primaries.

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President Bush told Barack Obama that Blair House  the president-elect’s traditional residence starting January 15, was unavailable earlier due to prior commitments.  But the girls needed to start school Monday.

Fortunately, the Obamas were able to find rooms  at the Hay Adams hotel.   Many Republicans are just relieved the accommodations don’t include a manger.

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Tacky joke alert…
A child was born on a Northwest flight between Amsterdam and Boston last week.  Big deal . On Jet Blue, a woman boarded a plane after unprotected sex the night before; by the time they took off she was in her second trimester.

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Tags: Barack Obama, BCS, Blair House, Hillary Clinton, Utah, Utes