In theory. . .

. . .this Saturday would be a good day for an up and coming, UK and SEC based blogger to run a daylong diary of the day's college football action. Saturday starts, essentially, with the #13 Georgia Bulldogs visiting the bowl eligible, 6-3 Kentucky Wildcats. Despite long standing futility against Tennessee and Florida, the Cats tend to play the Bulldogs well. The over/under on Raycom declaring the game an "upset in the making" is 5.

For a B game during that time slot, the theoretical running diary blogger could check out another upset special/toe stub tilt, Ohio State and #24 Northwestern. How NW could be in the Top 25, having lost to Indiana two weeks ago, is anyone's guess. But hey, there it is. What will we be missing during that hour? Arkansas trying to keep it's bowl chances alive by upsetting South Carolina. You want more? There is also Tennessee testing its fight or flight response with what was intended to be a guarantee game at home against Wyoming. These games, alas, are not on television. Seriously, ESPNU could not have picked up the Ark-USC game?

Of course, 3:30 brings the CBS- SEC game of the week, Alabama at LSU. I had this game circled from day one in the SEC season, thinking that LSU would have the leg up in the West because it got to play this game at home. Of course, Alabama is still undefeated, and LSU now has two losses, including at home to Georgia a mere two weeks ago. So this didn't work out the way I planned. Still, this game has huge SEC and National Championship implications. If Alabama wins out, it will be in the BCS Championship game. A loss here would put it on the bubble, almost completely out of the picture. Win or lose, chances are Bama is playing Florida in the SEC Championship game. Should Alabama lose this Saturday, it would not only constrict its own chances of playing for a national title, but conceivably Florida's as well. In the human polls, an 12-1 Florida team might need the push of having beaten a #1 to get to the promise land, especially if Penn State wins out and Texas does the same, culminating with a win in the Big-12 Championship game. LSU could sink the whole ship at 3:30.

For a 3:30 B game, how about a match between UK's last 2 Music City Bowl opponents, both of whom could be back in there against us this year? Florida State ostensibly has a full compliment of players back, not cheating on Internet tests, and is 6-2. Clemson is a disappointing 4-4, but like several marginal ACC teams, could get bowl eligible and more with this game, Duke and South Carolina at home, and a trip to UVa still on the slate.

Of course, the second most important game of the day involves UCLA hosting Oregon State on Fox Sports Pacific (I get this on Insight, do you?) at 6pm est. If my 3-5 Bruins can pull this one off, a bowl is within reach. I'll spare you southeasterners the further details.

To tide a blogger over at 7 is a Big East contest with Cincinnati heading to West Virginia. The Big East is interesting. Barely a major conference, its eight members get to play 5 non-conference games. By this time in the season, when most conference races are crystallizing, the Big East remains a free for all. Half the teams have only played three in-conference games. Cinci had a huge home win against then #23 South Florida last week. Things will get tougher against the Big East's only undefeated in conference team in Morgantown.

The marquis game of the day pits #9 Oklahoma State at #2, and newly anointed flavor of the week, Texas Tech on ABC at 8. We'll see how Texas Tech does as a frontrunner and how good of a team T. Boone Pickens has bought himself at OSU. Needless to say, this is the first in a series of Big 12 games that have big implications for the National Championship and of course, the SEC chances of getting a team into it.

If this game gets boring (Texas Tech might run them out of the yard) I'd check on the Vandy at Florida joint on the Deuce. Watching Vandy get spanked might give me some good vibes for next week. If you are Catholic, or just like shitty football, I suppose you could check out Notre Dame at Boston College on ESPN during this time slot. But if you didn't go to one of these schools, and still choose to watch this, I reserve the right to ride you unmercifully.

A running diary for 12 hours of football is an ambitious thing. It would take an absolute warrior to pull it off.