MY DEAR

In a stunning development today, the Bowl Championship Series has announced that its computers have reversed their earlier decision and named Lagos State University of Nigeria to play Oklahoma in the Sugar Bowl for the national collegiate football championship.

"Well, we received this e-mail from Mr. Obuju Ngeye, son of the former Nigerian foreign minister, saying that we could receive 10% of a $50 million dollar fortune that the Nigerian government had frozen in a Swiss bank account," said BCS spokeman James Caldwell. "Naturally, we were very interested, so we clicked on an attachment in the e-mail, and the next thing we knew, Lagos State was the No. 1 BCS team."

Officials at the BCS say that there isn't much recourse available to them at this point, since BCS by-laws stipulate that the computer results are final. "It doesn't look right, but hey, what can you do?" asked BCS coordinator Mike Tranghese. "I just hope Lagos has a pretty good pass defense, or it could be a long night."

Mr. Ngeye could not be reached for comment, but someone by the name of Kahdri did promise to respond to the story "soon" after we gave him our checking account number.