The local angle here is that Notre Dame and Northwestern, the closest BCS teams to Chicago, are both going to bowls despite having 7-5 records. Both their opponents went 7-5 as well. Those games are on my must-miss list <g>.

I hate everthing about Notre Dame. When I hear that jerk Lou Holtz on ESPN, I'd love to send him a concentrated tube of PolyGrip for his dentures. He makes me cringe.