Undefeated After Week 11

There's not a chance anymore.  Despite my presence at Memorial Stadium, the Hoosiers did what they do best:  get killed by Wisconsin.  In the last 3 seasons, IU has given up 204 points to Wisconsin.  As such, the Hoosiers will have to put off that Rose Bowl appearance until next year, and will need wins at Penn State and at Purdue in their last two weeks to become bowl-eligible.  Seems easy enough, right?  At least the Hoosiers' basketball team got a big commitment from the #7 recruit in next year's class, Noah Vonleh.  That at least eased some of the pain of a 62-14 loss.  

By the way, did you know they serve alcohol in Bloomington, Indiana?  I paid a man named Nick to drink some of it out of a lined wine bucket.  I'll be honest, I kind of like the taste of this "beer."

Despite the fact that there was not a friar among us, Robin of Locksley briefly joined us to play darts at Upstairs Pub.  At least that's my only explanation for this, given the sizable blue drinks we were all ingesting at this point.

But there was an even bigger story on Saturday than a fictional syphilitic arrow-slinging criminal from medieval England making an appearance in modern-day southern Indiana to throw one dart and then disappear forever, as Alabama lost at home to Texas A&M, knocking the Tide from their perch at #1 and likely (hopefully, please God) ending their BCS title hopes.  Also, Louisville shit the bed at Syracuse, ending their undefeated season and crushing what little chance they had of playing in the BCS championship game. 

Meanwhile, Oregon beat up on Cal, Kansas State (with Colin Klein) won at TCU, and Notre Dame beat a horrible Boston College team in a game that was for some reason on primetime.  At least it looks like if K State and Oregon win out, they will prevent Notre Dame from playing in the BCS title game.  Dear God, please let that happen.  That said, each team has games remaining against top 20 opponents, so nothing is set in stone just yet.

Here is a breakdown of the undefeated teams and each team's remaining games (rankings are BCS rankings):

#1 Kansas State (10-0)

11/17 – at Baylor (4-5)

12/1 - #15 Texas (8-2)

Remaining opponents' combined record:  12-7 (.632)

#2 Oregon (10-0)

11/17 – #13 Stanford (8-2)

11/24 – at #16 Oregon State (7-2)

11/30 – Pac-12 championship game - TBD

Remaining opponents' combined record:  15-4 (.789)

#3 Notre Dame (10-0)

11/17 – Wake Forest (5-5)

11/24 – at #18 USC (7-3)

Remaining opponents' combined record:  12-8 (.600)