While working for the print media, I had the opportunity to talk to some of the 'sports writers' who go into the AP poll.    Basically, you combine typical message board intellegence with people who think they're the worlds most informed/intellegent experts while maintaining a doctrine that allows for biases such as "Team A will not beat Team B because the temperature of the field is less than 60 degrees and they're wearing blue uniforms.  Yes.  Keep a straight face.

These bozos are the same people who will be eating corn chips tonight and writing stories that essentially say the following:

"Great game played by Auburn, but it was clear by the color of their uniforms and the constant temperature of the Super Dome that they would not have had a chance to beat Oklahoma.  Oklahoma, after all, enjoys a substantial 0.045% winning percentage on Wednesdays versus the spread.  Auburn could only dream of these numbers.  USC also has a picture of a yellow mascot on their helmet.  The Bowls are great.  They add a sense of excitment to America that is just super duper.  USC played in the Pac-10 who also has UCLA.  No question they deserved to be in this bowl over Auburn.  Their conference has just played tremendous nickle coverage versus running teams this season.  This has been well-documented by local papers.  Mark Daily is an excellent kick-off specialist that was gleaned from the State of Texas where, as we know, every football player is 6'7" and runs the 40-yard-dash in 4.2 seconds.  Make no mistake America, the two best teams in the nation are going to play for the national title, I will be here to lick the comb-over hair cut from the box reporter after the game.  I'm smart.  I graduated from University of California - San Fransisco Tech Bay.  Listen to my fat go bloope when I type on this authentic 1950 Winger Typewriter."

Aubrn got jobbed.