Following yesterday's post comparing the '08 campaign to this year's college football season, a number of readers wrote in asking about various matchups. Let's be very clear: if you follow my picks, you'll end up in the poor house so fast you won't know what hit you.

That being said, The Express, a Washington Post publication, has some picks of their own. Both sports editor Ian Herbert and columnist Matt Swenson pick Michigan to win the Big Ten. Mitt Romney, we said, would be most like Lloyd Carr's team. Swenson picks the Wolverines to take the national championship.

While Swenson also takes USC (Hillary Clinton) in the PAC-10, Herbert chooses Cal to hit the Rose Bowl. We equated the Golden Bears to former Sen. John Edwards. Herbert messes up our metaphor, though, by picking LSU for the national title.

Could LSU stand for Mike Bloomberg?