"I'm also praying two out of the following three lose at some point this season: Texas, USC, Miami"
I'm a big Cane fan stuck here in USC land, so I'm hoping the Canes can play off the thrashing they gave the Hokies and somehow sneak into the BCS game...but thats a long shot.
Not to hard to do if ALa, and Texas or Texas and USC or USC and Ala. lose. Texas has the easiest rode, but SC and Ala both have a tough schedule left.
I'd give Miami a 1 in 3 shot of making the Rose Bowl. USC still has three challenging games ahead of it, and Texas might always drop the Big12 Championship game to Colorado. As a Penn State fan, it's Miami that I just don't see losing. That defense is suffocating. And the only (semi) legitimate opponent is FSU - and the Seminoles are overrated even at their current ranking.