I have been a fan of the Utah Utes for a few years, at least back to the Alex Smith and Urban Meyer days. This program is gritty, and anybody who’s followed them knew they’d at least hang with Alabama.

However, Utah whipped ‘em 31-17.

Now comes word that Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff is considering an anti-trust suit against college football on the basis that the sport is a multi-million-billion-trillion dollar business whose participants are not offered equality of opportunity.

Utah is 13-0, clobbered a team that spent weeks at No. 1 and yet has no shot at a national title. None. For the Boise States, the BYUs, the TCUs of the world, the playing field is uneven, and (not to toot my own horn) I told a colleague less than 48 hours ago that if I was the Utah AG, I’d consider an anti-trust lawsuit against college football.

Am I in this guy’s head or what?

Look, I am an Oklahoma Sooner, and I hope and pray they win Thursday night. However, to deny some level of collusion on the part of major colleges against its smaller brethren is to deny the hand in front of your face.

This is a clear, long-term case of anti-trust, and regardless of who wins Thursday night — if I’m Utah — I push this in court. I sue for a share of the national title. It would be a precent-establishing moment, one that should create a playoff in major college football.

You can tell me the university presidents are “against a playoff” for whatever reason. I am here to tell you a playoff WILL happen, and it will be by MANDATE of the courts. Whether it be next year or in the next 10.

For good or for bad, I suspect we could have Utah to thank.

Feel bad for Ohio State, their third BCS loss in a row. On the other hand, this Texas team had a ton of heart.

Dare I say it, but I’ll bet you a nickel we hear announcers mention Thursday night that in the event of an Oklahoma win over Florida, some reporters might just vote the ‘Horns ahead of OU.

If Oklahoma only wins by 1 or 2 points, why couldn’t that case be made?

Look, I’m as big an OU fan as you’ll find, but if OU beats Florida 48-46, why is an AP voter from Walla Walla, Wash., supposed to vote the Sooners ahead of the Longhorns given that Texas beat OU 45-35.

In the discussion relative to the Big 12 title game, rules were already in place. I didn’t feel sorry for Texas at all. Likewise, however, rules are in place relative to an AP national title vote.

The writers can vote for whomever they please. Them’s the rules.

What will keep a mutiny from happening, thankfully, is Utah. They went 13-0 and smoked Alabama in the Sugar Bowl. The Western contingent would split any reporter pool considering a non-OU vote in the event of a Sooners win.

If Florida wins, there will be no controversy among the writers. Likewise, if OU wins 55-14, there will be no controversy.