SECTION C, PAGE 4 COLLEGE FOOTBALL THE BLADE: TOLEDO, OHIO t TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2004 BCS standings Fox gets AP USA/ESPN Computer BCS Holtz gets the last laugh Rk Pts Pct Rk Pts Pct Rk Pts Pct Avg Pv 1. Southern Cal 1 1603 .9865 1 1510 .9902 2 96 .960 .9789 1 2. Oklahoma 2 1541 .9483 2 1440 .9443 1 100 1.000 .9642 2 3. Auburn 3 1536 .9452 3 1436 .9416 3 92 .920 .9356 3 4. California 4 1413 .8695 4 1299 .8518 5 83 .830 .8504 4 Spurrier to be rights to 5. Texas 6 1323 .8142 5 1260 .8262 4 85 .850 .8301 5 6. Utah 5 1340 .8246 6 1246 .8170 6 81 .810 .8172 6 7. Boise St. 10 920 .5662 10 887 .5816 7 76 .760 .6359 9 8. Georgia 8 1093 .6726 7 1092 .7161 t12 50 .500 .6296 11 introduced as his 9. Miami 9 1030 .6338 9 950 .6230 10 62 .620 .6256 12 10. Louisville 7 1166 .7175 8 1021 .6695 t15 45 .450 .6123 10 5-game 11. Iowa 12 878 .5403 14 704 .4616 9 63 .630 .5440 18 replacement today 12. Michigan 13 863 .5311 13 813 .5331 14 47 .470 .5114 7 13. LSU 14 839 .5163 12 841 .5515 t15 45 .450 .5059 16 14. Virginia Tech 11 884 .5440 11 849 .5567 17 37 .370 .4902 15 15. Tennessee 15 786 .4837 15 684 .4485 t12 50 .500 .4774 17 ASSOCIATED PRESS 16. Arizona St. 18 535 .3292 20 421 .2761 8 74 .740 .4484 14 COLUMBIA, S.C. — As South BCS deal 17. Virginia 16 594 .3655 16 569 .3731 18 36 .360 .3662 19 18. Florida St. 19 523 .3218 17 562 .3685 21 21 .210 .3001 8 Carolina coach Lou Holtz left 19. Texas A&M 22 289 .1778 22 274 .1797 11 53 .530 .2958 20 ASSOCIATED PRESS 20. Wisconsin 20 509 .3132 18 507 .3325 20 23 .230 .2919 13 the game he’s cherished for 21. Boston College 17 548 .3372 19 478 .3134 t23 6 .060 .2369 21 33 seasons, he couldn’t resist NEW YORK — Fox is adding 22. Oklahoma St. 23 224 .1378 23 230 .1508 19 28 .280 .1896 22 23. West Virginia 21 319 .1963 21 405 .2656 NR 1 .010 .1573 23 poor-mouthing himself one the Bowl Championship Series 24. UTEP 24 163 .1003 25 104 .0682 22 18 .180 .1162 24 last time. to its high-priced sports lineup. 25. Bowling Green 26 41 .0252 24 141 .0925 NR 0 .000 .0392 25 AH RB CM KM JS PW “What am I qualifi ed to do? The network and the BCS an- 1. Southern Cal 24 23 24 25 24 24 I don’t know, maybe carry the nounced a four-year deal worth 2. Oklahoma 25 25 25 24 25 25 3. Auburn 23 24 23 23 23 23 cord” of the coach’s headset, he $320 million yesterday that gives 4. California 21 17 19 22 22 21 Fox the broadcast rights to the 5. Texas 20 22 22 18 21 22 joked yesterday. 6. Utah 22 20 20 21 20 20 Holtz, who could make play- Fiesta, Orange and Sugar bowls 7. Boise St. 19 21 18 19 19 19 8. Georgia 11 18 13 13 10 13 ing Navy sound tougher than from 2007-10 and the national 9. Miami 16 15 16 17 15 15 title game from 2007-09. 10. Louisville 9 7 10 9 17 17 playing the Dallas Cowboys, 11. Iowa 17 14 17 16 14 16 stepped into retirement and In scooping up the BCS, Fox is 12. Michigan 15 19 15 7 6 10 13. LSU 10 16 11 11 11 12 cleared the way for the Game- sticking with a strategy of bank- 14. Virginia Tech 5 11 5 15 13 8 cocks to introduce Steve Spur- ing on big-time sporting events 15. Tennessee 14 13 14 12 9 11 16. Arizona St. 18 12 21 20 18 18 rier as his replacement today. that started when it landed the 17. Virginia 12 10 9 10 7 5 18. Florida St. 8 0 8 6 3 4 The 67-year-old Holtz goes out NFL 11 years ago. 19. Texas A&M 13 1 12 14 16 14 with 249 victories, eighth most in ABC has held the broadcast 20. Wisconsin 7 9 6 2 4 6 21. Boston College 0 8 3 0 0 3 Division I-A, and a reputation rights to the BCS since college 22. Oklahoma St. 6 4 7 8 12 7 for turning stumbling programs 23. West Virginia 0 3 1 0 0 0 football’s major conferences im- 24. UTEP 2 0 4 4 8 9 into winners. At each of his six plemented the system to crown 25. Bowling Green 0 5 0 0 0 0 Explanation Key schools — William & Mary, North a national champion in 1998. Team percentages are derived by dividing a team’s actual voting points by a maximum Carolina State, Arkansas, Minne- 1625 possible points in the AP Poll and 1525 possible points in the USA Today/ESPN ABC withdrew from the bid- Coaches Poll. sota, Notre Dame and the Game- ding last week. Network offi cials Six computer rankings calculated in inverse points order (25 for No. 1, 24 for No. 2, etc.) are used to determine the overall computer component. The best and worst ranking for cocks — Holtz went to bowl said they were unhappy with the each team is dropped, and the remaining four are added and divided by 100 (the maximum games by his second season. ASSOCIATED PRESS new BCS structure, which added possible points) to produce a Computer Rankings Percentage. The six computer ranking His greatest accomplishment providers are Anderson & Hester, Richard Billingsley, Colley Matrix, Kenneth Massey, Jeff South Carolina was the sixth college coaching job for Lou a fi fth game. Starting with the Sagarin, and Peter Wolfe. Each computer ranking accounts for schedule strength in its came in 1988, when he led 2006 season, the national title formula. Holtz, who led Notre Dame to the national title in 1988. The BCS Average is calculated by averaging the percent totals of the Associated Press, Notre Dame to the national title game will be played at the site of USA Today/ESPN Coaches and Computer polls. only three seasons after the di- either the Fiesta, Orange, Sugar sastrous Gerry Faust era ended. proven winner . that I play from Minnesota in 1986. or Rose Bowls the week after The Trojans’ .9789 grade is their “Lou Holtz has been one of golf with.” He spent 11 season at Notre those games. USC, Oklahoma remain the great coaches in college Holtz worried that his reputa- Dame, compiling a 100-30-2 lowest of the season. Their lead “I think we were concerned 1-2 in BCS standings on Oklahoma is down to .0147. football history.” said Florida tion would be damaged by his record and making the Fight- as we went into the process Southern California and Okla- USC was idle last week while State coach Bobby Bowden, the last game, a 29-7 loss to Clem- ing Irish perennial national title whether there would be market homa held the top two spots in Oklahoma was shutting out winningest coach in Division son that included an ugly brawl , contenders in the late 1980s support for the extra game,” BCS the Bowl Championship Series Baylor 35-0 on Saturday. Auburn I. “He has brought a lot to the which Holtz was in the middle and early ’90s. coordinator and Big 12 commis- standings yesterday, leaving trailed at the half before beating game and has coached some of trying to restore order. sioner Kevin Weiberg said. “We No bowl games for little doubt that the Trojans and Alabama 21-13. great teams. ” “Isn’t it a heck of a note, Lou were pleased to fi nd that we had Sooners are in control of their California is in fourth place and His latest reconstruction Holtz is going to be remem- South Carolina, Clemson good interest on the part of mul- project at South Carolina was bered along with Woody Hayes national title hopes. Texas is fi fth, with Utah sixth. Clemson and South Caro- tiple networks.” remarkable. He came out of for having a fi ght at the Clem- Unbeaten Auburn is stuck The Utes (11-0) fi nished their lina will not accept bowl bids, The deal with Fox cements retirement in 1998 at 61 to son game,” Holtz said. in third-place behind the fi rst- season on Saturday with a 52-21 punishment for players who the new setup, which increases rebuild the Gamecocks. After Hayes’ career ended after place Trojans and second-place win over Mountain West Confer- brawled toward the end of Sat- the number of teams in the BCS going 0-11 his fi rst season in punching Clemson linebacker Sooners. The Tigers look like ence rival BYU, all but ensuring urday’s game. Both are 6-5. from eight to 10. Columbia, Holtz brought South Charlie Bauman at the Gator they’ll be the team left out of the themselves of being the fi rst South Carolina athletic direc- The BCS considered making Carolina to its best two-year Bowl in 1978. Orange Bowl no matter how they team from a non-BCS confer- tor Mike McGee said yesterday the fi fth game a championship mark in history (17-7) and won It’s more likely Holtz will be do in the Southeastern Confer- ence to play in a BCS game.