The big easy: in a BCS title game left for dead by many poll voters, LSU's devastating defense tore apart high-scoring Oklahoma.(College Football)(Bowl Championship Series)

Yeah, well it doesn't feel insignificant. So the media say one thing, the coaches say another, and polls, bowls and imperfectly attained goals are twisted up so tight, you need silicon (the obvious computer reference) to separate them. The game, steeped in tradition, begins as a jumbled joke on this joyous Louisiana night. Like any of that matters to the boys from the Bayou.

Been 45 years since they last partied like this in Cajun country, since LSU football meant something other than an opportunity to get oiled on Saturday night. Think these guys care what some fish-wrap writer in Wyoming thinks about the national championship? After the Tigers' 21-14 victory ...