Wednesday, August 30, 2006

San Jose Mercury:Corso's kooky but he has a point ...

By Jay Hart

Was Lee Corso just trying to stir the pot Saturday on ESPN's College Gameday Preview when he picked California to win college football's national championship? Maybe not. Believe it or not, Corso, who's nuttier than an Almond Joy, made the most astute observation of the show. With co-analysts Kirk Herbstreit and Mark May in agreement that this college football season is one of the most wide open in recent memory - six teams received No. 1 votes in the AP poll - Corso pointed out this is an advantage for the Big Ten, Pac 10 and Big East. Why? Because they don't play a conference tournament, meaning they don't have to beat up on each other twice.  For this reason, Corso picked California (Pac 10) versus West Virginia (Big East) in the national championship game, with Cal winning it all. May went with Texas over West Virginia, while Herbstreit took Miami over Notre Dame.

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