WHITTINGHAM SAY HE VOTED FOR THE UTES

Despite a contention by some paper-pusher at the AFCA that the members who cast a ballot in the USA Today coaches poll physically cannot vote for anyone other than the winner of the BcS National Championship game as the No. 1 team in the land, Kyle Whittingham of Utah cracked the code.And voted for his team.Whittingham told Dan Patrick on Friday of his decision to break ranks."We’re the only team in the country that doesn’t have to make excuses for a loss,” Whittingham said.He also said he doesn’t know what will happen in response to his decision to defy those who safeguard the integrity of the procedure for selecting the champions of NCAA football. It would matter only if the procedure for selecting the champions of NCAA football had any integrity.Texas coach Mack Brown also suggested that he’d vote for the Longhorns after they beat Ohio State in the Vandalay Fiesta Bowl. But since Oklahoma, who lost to Texas by 10 points, lost by that same margin to Florida, Mack’s argument that Texas is the best team has considerably less merit than if the Sooners had won last night.