College football elitists are pretty happy right about now. Boise State just choked at Nevada, losing 34-31 in overtime, thanks to two missed chip shots by its kicker - a 26-yarder at the end of regulation, and a 29-yarder in overtime.
The Broncos loss knocks them out of any BCS talk, and with Auburn and Oregon both winning earlier Friday night, a matchup between the Pac-10 champion and soon-to-be SEC champ in the national title game is all but assured.
Clowns like the previously mentioned Ohio State president will laud this as good news for the game, but it's anything but. Now those who hope for a playoff someday in college football, like me, must rest their hopes on Texas Christian to crash the BCS party and upset the status quo. Then again, even if TCU does end up in the Rose Bowl, even a win wouldn't mean much, since the Horned Frogs will get no shot at one of the other unbeatens.
Give credit to Nevada on a huge win for the program. But on Friday night in Reno, the Wolf Pack dealt a blow to the argument that small-conference teams can compete with the big boys, because now Boise State won't get a sniff of a BCS conference foe for quite some time.
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