Whose idea is it to expose young men - very young men - to a month of near constant scrutiny between their next to last and final games? No wonder the final rush of Bowl games, and in particular this year the Sugar, are always played in such sloppy fashion.

Those who are surprised at the poor showing of Oklahoma might do well to consider just this point. And add that their next to last game was the loss of their Conference Championship. Most athletes (though, I dare say, not all, at all, at all) have a well-drilled sense of fair play. To play for a higher prize when having fallen short of a lower does not seem right to the true sportsman - and most players on any college squad will be nothing more than sportsmen, not at all looking forward to making a career on the gridiron.

And LSU's defense was awesome.