Back when the BCS started the WAC was splitting into two conferences due to over expansion and there was great uncertainty over the future of each. This left C-USA as the most stable and competitive conference without an automatic qualification.

The loss of Louisville, Cincinnati and South Florida in 2005 to the Big East put a significant dent in C-USA's elite teams. TCU, who had been a member since 2001, left in 2005 for the MWC and C-USA then picked up UCF, Marshall, Rice, SMU, UTEP and Tulsa to form the conference that exists today.

The MWC has emerged as a serious contender for an eventual BCS automatic qualification but even the WAC has sent two teams to the BCS. Will C-USA get their turn at the BCS tables? What chance does C-USA have of making a BCS bowl this year?

The conference championship game is not included in conference rankings by C-USA.
Unless specified a team will likely need to go undefeated ...

The Birmingham News must have a ton of interns scouring team press releases and scanning every beat writer. That's the only think I can think of to explain how they were able to compile spring game attendance statistics for 2009.

Some highlights:

- Ohio State "won" the annual spring game attendance battle. Although there is a growing tendency towards hyped & inflated numbers, there's little doubt that the Buckeyes had a huge turnout. The Ohio State University announced the crowd as 95,722.

- The SEC averaged 37,936 per game. TBN notes that is "more than 55 Division I-A schools averaged in 2008 regular-season attendance." Damn.

- Despite big numbers by tOSU and Penn State, the Big10 only managed second in average attendance (30,117), followed by the Big 12 (20,449), ACC (14,715), Big East ...

Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff confirmed last week that he has yet to file a case, but still intends to proceed with a lawsuit against the BCS.

Shurtleff told KUTV that the case would cost millions to pursue, but he is hopeful that the federal government and other states will join the case to reduce the burden to Utah's taxpayers.

"The next step is to talk to the Department of Justice, and see if they will lead on this suit," Shurtleff said.

But... as fate would have it... Shurtleff's announcement on the case comes just days before he is expected to announce his candidacy for higher political office... and just days following a $300-per-plate ...

Here is the list of NCAA football teams who will start the 2009 college football season with a different head coach than in 2008, including the school, new coach, and former coach.

SCHOOL	FORMER COACH	NEW COACH
Auburn	Tommy Tuberville	Gene Chizik
Army	Stan Brock	Rich Ellerson
Ball State	Brady Hoke	Stan Parrish
Boston College	Jeff Jagodzinski	Frank Spaziani
Bowling Green	Gregg Brandon	Dave Clawson
Clemson	Tommy Bowden	Dabo Swinney
Eastern Michigan	Jeff Genyk	Ron English
Iowa State	Gene Chizik	Paul Rhodes
Kansas State	Ron Prince	Bill Snyder
Miami ... Congressional hearings on BCS prove to be a joke On the day after Congress held hearings on swine flu, a House subcommittee set out to investigate the Bowl Championship Series. The results? Congressional leaders proved they know very little about college football, and even less about the BCS. The House Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection hosted the hearings. Of the twenty-nine House members on the committee, three showed up to participate The hearing leader, Rep. Bobby Rush (D-Ill.), introduced the key guest, BCS coordinator John Swofford, as the commissioner of the Athletic Coast Conference. Rep. Rush, I pretty sure it's the Atlantic Coast Conference, although they do play athletics, so I guess we'll give you partial credit, Congressman. Craig Thompson was introduced as the commissioner of the West Mountain. Seriously? The West Mountain? Is Thompson the chief ski ...