Sugar Bowl bound

I said before that I didn't think Texas would get in the College Football Playoffs, and as I'm sure anybody who  pays attention to college football knows already, I was entirely wrong. I didn't think a last minute jump from #7 to number #4 (much less 3) was possible, even though UT won pretty decisively. If I were a Florida State alum, I would be very pissed off. (In fact I saw Joe Scarborough, who is a Florida State alum, go off about it early this morning.) Apparently that's how the rules are set up - I guess the idea is that having a good bowl-game is more important than rewarding being undefeated? which is kind of weird but practical, if you're the person who's in charge of the ratings. (Florida State's quarterback got hurt badly enough that he won't be playing again this year, if you're wondering what I'm talking about. I guess they didn't think it'd be the same caliber of team without him.)

So we did in fact jump from #7 to #3, and we (Texas, that is, University of) are going to the Sugar Bowl. I got an e-mail from the Co-op trying to sell me Sugar Bowl t-shirts before I knew we were in the Sugar Bowl, too, so that's two days in a row I got spoiled. (The Co-op is a marketing juggernaut, let me tell you.)