Some Great College Games Today

Texas A&M looked like they might pull off an upset. Even though my Buckeyes would have been the loser (according to Ivan Maisel's calculations) if they'd pulled it off, I love an underdog win as much as anyone else. Vince Young is probably out of the Heisman running now. Even if you think this performance had nothing to do with the close one, there was plenty of footage of him sitting there on the bench looking cranky. If I were a Heisman voter, I'd want to see someone in that position standing up and trying to keep momentum going on the sidelines, not sulking.

Buffaloed indeed: despite one of the Volokh conspirators' gallant defense before the game, the best thing happened for Colorado was probably when one of the players proposed to his girlfriend on the field at halftime. That was sweet, but it doesn't make up for the utterly lame behavior of the fans in the student section. (And living in Pittsburgh, I know bad fan behavior when I see or hear about it.)

Incidentally, John Guydon is black and his girlfriend is white. Kudos to both of them for not being afraid to get engaged on national television. (Sadly, prejudice against mixed-race couples is not obsolete everywhere.)

Also in Colorado, local reporter Brian Maass has uncovered evidence of an operation trafficking Mexicans into the country illegally, some for purposes of prostitution. Lou Dobbs reported on the trafficking, but not the prostitution aspect. (Probably because CNN is "a family network," as its anchors are fond of saying when skirting a difficult subject.)

Kudos also to Boris Johnson. Mr. Johnson, in addition to being a member of the British Parliament, publishes a newspaper. He's invited anyone in possession of it to leak the "bomb al-Jazeera" memo to him, and indicated his willingness to risk a jail sentence. A number of bloggers (American and Brit, and possibly others) have followed suit. (So to speak!)

It's hard to imagine an American publisher who became a congresscritter having the same chutzpah, particularly in light of the few FOIA requests made by major newspapers. I have some thoughts on what that might mean for American journalism — more on that later.