The BCS computers have spoken, and it’ll be the Florida Gators facing the Ohio State Buckeyes for the national championship. This’ll be an interesting game to watch personally, since I lived in Westerville, OH when I was a kid. Daddy got transferred there. (We personally think of it as the exile in the wilderness for a number of reasons, flat Midwestern accents, dinner at 5:30 pm, and -40 wind chill being some of them.)

I remember being polled by some boy in my 5th grade class about that year’s Ohio State-Michigan game and telling him “Michigan” just to be difficult (people who know me are not surprised in the least). But there’s no doubt this year about my pick. The Buckeyes may have a great team, but I’m hoping the Gators CHOMP ‘EM.