I can’t decide which is the bigger outrage…the fact that the Buckeyes lost two games they should have won this year, or the fact that the BCS is such a ridiculous way to decide a national champion.

This debate over BCS vs. playoffs is not one I pay much attention to. But right about this time of year, the complete insanity of having some formula decide rankings of football teams really starts to grate. As of this weekend, the only team to really challenge Texas was the Buckeyes. Who wouldn’t want to see a rematch in a playoff? It would probably be the most watched game in the last 30 years. Instead…some guy is doing data entry right now, another guy is packing up the Texas road uniforms for Pasadena, and another guy is counting how much money goes to both teams. That’s how we decide the national champion?

There are 12 minutes left in the OSU game as of the moment I press the “publish” button on this post, and the score is 40-2, Buckeyes. The BCS takes almost every ounce of air out of such a victory.

ESPN has a good story on how Ronnie Belliard went from just some guy to getting his $4 million option picked up for next season.

The Indians didn’t expect Belliard to develop into one of the league’s premier middle infielders when they signed the chunky free agent in December 2003. They figured he was a temporary fix at the position while Brandon Phillips developed in the minors or until they found someone else.

Does anyone care about Brandon Phillips anymore? Where is he? Does anyone think we’ll see him play next year?

Advantage Lebron.

Remember when the Browns brightest spot on the roster was punter Chris Gardocki? How every time he stepped on the field we were reminded that he’s never had a punt blocked, and what a great stat that was? When your team stinks as much as the Browns have for the past, umm…forever…you cling to stats like those of the punter.

Which is why this news that the Browns bring a new punter into camp makes it to ClevelandScores. What else am I supposed to write about? Reuben Droughns DUI again? Another quote from Trent Dilfer about how tough this league is, how bad his last game was, or how he can relate to Ryan Leaf? Punter stories….that’s the state of Browns football in Cleveland.