re: Assuming Arky wins tonight...

BCS bowls don't mean a thing, other than the NC Game.

Until the creation of the BCS, the Cotton Bowl was far older and far more prestegious than the Fiesta Bowl AND Orange Bowl. The only reason that the Cotton Bowl was not selected as one of the original BCS games was because of the old Cottton Bowl Stadium in downtown Dallas. It had seating capacity of about 35,000. Now that it's played in Jerryville, it will get the better teams year after year.

I guarantee that more National Championships followed the winners of the Cotton Bowl than the Fiesta Bowl.

If you're criticising the New Orleans Bowl, The Military Bowl, The Liberty Bowl, or even the Gator Bowl (which is another old prestegious one), then you might have a point.

But rating a win at the Cotton Bowl that features a two 10-2 Big 12 Team against a 10-2 SEC team with a Fiesta Bowl loss against a 10-3 Big East Clemson and a 9-3 ACC West Virginia is a show of real genius.