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Alright, I know I tend to focus on politics here, but no non-sports topic can get me as riled up as the god-damn BCS.

Maybe it’s cause during my first year at USC, we were ranked #1 in both polls. And #3 in the BCS.

This year, USC is just sitting on the outside. Instead, you have the top four teams being Alabama, Texas, Oklahoma, and Florida. Conveniently, they’ve played or will play each other in a perfect 1 vs. 4, 2 vs. 3 playoff. To top it off, the games were played at neutral sites so there is no home field advantage arguments. Let’s look at the results.

SEC Championship Game, #1 Alabama vs. #4 Florida. Rightfully (barring any rivalry week upsets) the winner of this game will go to the BCS championship. Though I still hate that Florida is in even though they lost to a lesser ranked team AT HOME than USC, I’m willing to turn the eye.

The other game already happened.

Red River Rivalry, Texas 45, Oklahoma 35. Decisive victory for the Longhorns.

So obviously the title game matchup should be – Alabama/Florida vs….Oklahoma?!

…

Yes, that makes perfect sense.

One more stat – let’s look how those two teams did the last time they made the BCS title game, against yours truly USC Trojans.

2004 – USC 55, Oklahoma 19

2005 – Texas 41, USC 38

Here’s to chaos (Auburn over Alabama, OSU over Oklahoma, Mizzou over Texas, and FSU over Florida). And a playoff.

Basically, this is it. The last four years of my life have led up to this day.

From the depression after Bush’s reelection.

From the journey and experiences during my trip around the world.

To the long political organizing of the past year, from Iraq Summer, to Obama, to Sierra Club, all leading up to this day.

Our moment is now. What happens today will define my life, whether the next four years will spent in the wilderness, or we can finally work to fix the problems in today’s world and make progress, rather than trying to merely trying to defend what we have.

Yes we can.

Things have been busy on my front – the main reason that I’ve lately really sucked at making posts and have, generally, been slacking on this site is that I’ve worked every single day for the last three weeks, often 9-10 hours a day, here in Cleveland, Ohio.

I’ll have photos and posts about my experiences here with GOTV and other activities. This morning I went to see Sarah Palin speak at a rally, which wasn’t even full. The attempts at enthusiasm seemed really trite, the crowd looked drained, and Sarah never really seemed to be speaking directly to us (thought I will admit, she does look better in person than on camera).

Oh yeah. VOTE. And while you’re at it, volunteer. Check out this cool widget!