We’re here to update you on some football developments that just don’t seem right, provoking that time-tested response of “Huh?”

–  Ohio State’s Jim Tressel will be coaching in the Rose Bowl for the first time this season.   That can’t be right, can it?  Well, yes it can.  Thanks to the oddities of the BCS system, Tressell has coached the Buckeyes in six BCS games, including three national-championship games, but has not been to the Rose Bowl.

– Two former City College of San Francisco quarterbacks could meet in the Holiday Bowl.   Huh?  Who could that be?  Nebraska is the leading candidate to be the Big 12’s representative in the Holiday Bowl, and the Huskers are led by Zac Lee, who was CCSF’s quarterback after graduating from San Francisco’s St. Ignatius High School.  And if Oregon loses to Oregon State, the Ducks could  play in the Holiday Bowl  with Jeremiah Masoli as its quarterback.  Masoli was CCSF’s quarterback the year after Lee went to Nebraska, and Masaoli is also from the Bay Area, having attended  Serra High School in San Mateo until he got in some trouble with the law and transferred to St. Louis High School in Hawaii.

(Lee is pictured above in photo by Eric Gregory of the Lincoln Journal Star.)

– Michigan looks like it will finish last in the Big Ten.  What?  It seems like yesterday the Wolverines were 4-0 including a victory over then-No. 18 Notre Dame.  That’s true, but they have lost six of seven since then, including a 38-13 loss to a crummy Illinois squad.  If Michigan loses to Ohio Stat in its finale, Rich Rodriguez’s two-year Big Ten record will be 3-13.

– Charlie Weis has the same winning percentage at Notre Dame as both Bob Davie and Tyrone Willingham had when they were fired as the Irish’s head coach.  How’s that again?   I thought Weis was the answer to Notre Dame’s prayers, which is why he got that big contract extension midway through his first season there.   Well, Weis did a lot better with Willingham’s recruits than his own, and after two straight losses the Irish stand at 6-4 this season.

– Stanford is ranked higher than Iowa.  What happened?  Two weeks ago, the Hawkeyes were No. 8, and the Cardinal was not only unranked but was not even one of the 39 teams that receives votes in the Associated Press poll.   Two games later, Stanford is No. 14 and the Hawkeyes are No. 15 in the AP poll.

– Toby Gerhart has entered the Heisman Trophy discussion, but he may not even be the best offensive player on his own team.   You’re kidding.  I thought he was the Stanford offense. Period.  It’s true he represents Stanford’s offensive identity and he is third nationally in rushing, but quarterback Andrew Luck may be just as good, if not better.  Luck leads the Pac-10 in pass efficiency, has thrown just three interceptions and never seems to get sacked.

– Next season could be Andrew Luck’s final season at Stanford.  Huh, I thought Luck figured to be at Stanford three more seasons, with a Heisman Trophy awaiting in 2012.   That may happen, but because he redshirted last season, Luck would be eligible to enter the NFL Draft after next season.   He is exactly what the pros want in a quarterback – a poised, smart, mobile player who can make all the throws from all angles at all distances and never seems to make a mistake.  He can drop back or roll right or roll left and throw accurately from all spots.

– USC is ninth in the Pac-10 in turnover margin, ahead of only Washington State.  Come on.  The Trojans had a turnover margin of +105 over the previous eight seasons and always won that category.   That may be, but the Trojans are a -3 in turnover margin this season