Yes, it's "The Wishbone." Where there's always a "triple option"-- of wacky SEC sports opinions! John's, mine-- and yours.

GROAN.

Okay, sorry. On to business, with my replies to John's points:

1: College football totally outclasses the pros in every regard. One of the great things about college football is that, every year, there are lesser-talented teams that "gel," with leadership and teamwork, while other, "more talented" teams, fall apart. And that's as it should be.

2: Pre-season polls are silly. And the worst part is this: There's no consistency regarding whether predictors are saying "This is how the teams will END the season" or "This is how I see them RIGHT NOW."

My point is, if someone predicts TEAM X will finish at #15 in the country, by losing maybe three tough games on the schedule, that's fine. But then don't drop them from 15 to 20 (or even out of the Top 25 altogether) when they actually lose the games you thought they'd lose!

Later, TEAM X ends up on a winning streak (maybe because they have entered the easy portion of their schedule) and they suddenly are ranked in the Top 10-- for winning games they were expected to win!

This drives me nuts.

Consistency is all I'm asking for. If you rank them #15, and then they lose to a higher-ranked team as you expected them to do, then leave them at 15!

3: Notre Dame is OOOH-ver RAAAY-ted. I doubt they'll lose to the hapless Georgia Tech MellowJackets (Copyright 2006 Van Plexico), but to rank them this high, based on playing USC close.... I mean, look what Fresno State did to Notre Dame's "vaunted" defense. Defense wins championships, boys. The Irish will not be playing on whatever day the BCS Championship is decided. (More on the ridiculousness of the alleged "BCS" later.)