This is about college football, not the Breeders Cup or Churchill Downs’ fall meet. But, hey, anything to grab your — the readers’ — attention, right?

Some meandering ruminations:

The annual carping about the BCS can now officially begin. Anybody with any football sense watching Oregon draw and quarter Southern Cal Saturday understands that this is a team of national championship caliber. Of course, that loss to Boise in the opener shall keep them too far down the pecking order to ever make it to the last night of the season.

But, hey, how would you like to be Bama or the Gators or the Horns and have to face the Ducks in a legit national playoff quarter final? That’s right, kiddies, you wouldn’t.

Oh, I can’t go on. You know the BCS is stupid. I know the BCS is stupid. Even Lou Holtz knowsjhjjhh thhhe BSheSSSSS ish sssssshtupppid. But money talks, nobody walks. Period.

That Lane Kiffin might be an arrogant loudmouthed putz. But it seems he can coach. Tennessee’s band is wearing out “Rocky Top,” and a most favorable last season slate has the Vols on a collision course with a New Year’s Day game.

There’s something to be said for slow and steady. It works especially well in the Big 11. Prime example: the undefeated and unflappable Iowa Hawkeyes. The way I see it. The Buckeyes lose to Penn State. Which puts the black and gold on the inside track to Pasadena.

Whatever happened to Rick Neuheisel?

Not sure if it matters, but I saw Jon Gruden at the Bardstown Road Krogers yesterday. Just sayin’.

Of all the dumbfounding teams this season, and there are plenty — Cal, Ole Miss, Miami — Michigan State may be the most confusing. This is a good squad that’s up for a bit, then down. The Spartans are mired in the middle of the Big 11, and I just thought they’d start the late season with a W over Minnesota. But, nope.

Cincy vs. Pitt in a BEast season ender looks to be a reasonably spicy matchup. Assuming neither slip before then, always a proposition in play when Dave Wannstedt is wearing the head set.

Don’t be surprised if Notre Dame sneaks into a BCS bowl.

Duke has won three games in a row. Maybe it’s a good thing for the Cards that the Blue Devils backed out of its U of L contact.

Maybe it means something, maybe it doesn’t. But I saw Tommy Tuberville checking out the Dollar Menu at McDs on Hurstbourne Lane this morning.

Here are some predictions. UK will make it to a bowl game. IU will not. U of L will not. Only one of these three teams will play for the BCS title: Florida, Alabama and Texas.

Last guess, Louisville’s coach next season will be somebody that nobody’s yet mentioned. I could swear that was Nick Saban eating dinner with some Cardinal fat cats last night in the bar of the country club where I was attending a wedding.

– Seedy K