Prediction

I think Kansas will beat Virginia Tech, but the real winner of the Orange Bowl will be John McCain as the merest thought of football reminds voters of his toughness.

Comments

But Ron Paul has already won the (FedEx) Orange Bowl and the BCS National Championship game.

Just ask his supporters.

Posted by SoCalJustice | January 3, 2008 8:16 PM

I am forced to assume that this is a joke.

Posted by gerontion | January 3, 2008 8:16 PM

Actually, Ron Paul is the only one who hasn't sold out to the BCS trans-collegiate athletic union that is co-opting our future under its mantle. Ron Paul will return the goalposts to the front of the end zone where they belong.

Posted by jhupp | January 3, 2008 8:23 PM

Tech will chew up Kansas and spit them out.

And it will be the second game Kansas plays against a real competitor this year. With the same result.

Posted by Davebo | January 3, 2008 8:33 PM

CNN projects Huckabee, which is a huge shock because I had penned in Ron Paul an Iowa victory.

What is wrong with Iowa?

Posted by SoCalJustice | January 3, 2008 8:58 PM

I predict a Kansas victory-- not just because they're currently ahead, but because VA Tech really isn't that good.

I also predict a perfect three-way tie between Obama, Clinton, and Edwards, which means that the BCS computers will select John McCain as the nominee for both parties.

Posted by LaFollette Progressive | January 3, 2008 9:17 PM

Hey, does Diebold own the BCS, or is it the other way around? ;-)

Posted by low-tech cyclist | January 3, 2008 9:51 PM

Go MY! Bring the Howler blogging!

Posted by Chuck | January 3, 2008 11:27 PM

Rock Chalk! Jayhawk!

Posted by Dr Paisley | January 4, 2008 12:22 AM

Hey Davebo, nice call!

Posted by biff debris | January 4, 2008 11:29 AM

Then John Edwards must be the real winner at the Pink Bowl, right?

Posted by No.9 | January 4, 2008 11:51 AM

So, I have to ask...

What exactly is Rock Chalk? And why do Kansans keep chanting about it?

[/asportual male]

Posted by stogoe | January 4, 2008 12:10 PM

I'm not sure what rock chalk is, but Kansans seem to smoke a hell of a lot of it.

Posted by LaFollette Progressive | January 4, 2008 12:54 PM

Ron Paul is Hawaii in this BCS.

Posted by Dave Bowman | January 4, 2008 1:52 PM

KU's world famous Rock Chalk Chant evolved from a cheer that a chemistry professor, E.H.S. Bailey, created for the KU science club in 1886. Bailey's version was "Rah, Rah, Jayhawk, KU" repeated three times. The rahs were later replaced by "Rock Chalk," a transposition of chalk rock, the name for the limestone outcropping found on Mount Oread, site of the Lawrence campus.

From www.ku.edu/about/traditions/chant.shtml

Posted by bb gunn | January 4, 2008 4:45 PM

"KU's world famous Rock Chalk Chant evolved from a cheer that a chemistry professor, E.H.S. Bailey, created for the KU science club in 1886. Bailey's version was "Rah, Rah, Jayhawk, KU" repeated three times. The rahs were later replaced by "Rock Chalk," a transposition of chalk rock, the name for the limestone outcropping found on Mount Oread, site of the Lawrence campus."

You know what, even if this is true, it still doesn't make any fucking sense.

Posted by gerontion | January 5, 2008 9:13 AM