Yesterday I predicted Iowa State would beat Oklahoma and Air Force would beat Notre Dame. All those years as a Hokie has given me a soft spot for underdogs. That partially explains why I get so apprehensive about Virginia Tech being favored in most of their games.

Ok, so Iowa State didn't quite pan out, but Air Force has a legitimate shot at beating ND. The strange thing, as CNNSI points out, is that Notre Dame could actually benefit from a loss at Air Force tonight.

You see Notre Dame is the only team in the NCAA with a special BCS rule. The rule basically says that if an at-large team goes a BCS bowl, so does Notre Dame, as long as they have at least nine wins or end up in the Top Ten. If Air Force were to beat Notre Dame and then run the table, they'd probably qualify for a BCS at-large bid. That means if Notre Dame won just 3 more games the rest of the season to give them nine wins, they automatically go, regardless of who is ahead of them. It would be a sort of package deal.

So, if Notre Dame is going to lose a game, this is the one to do it. It would actually be more favorable to ND for them to lose to Air Force, simply because they are an at-large team capable of throwing a monkey wrench into the BCS, rather than losing to say Florida State or USC later in the season.

Personally, I think they need to throw the whole system out the window and go back to strictly using the AP and Coaches polls. Either that, or have a playoff, but we know that will never happen.