The irony that is spit in the face of college football athletes and fans every year has splattered extremely wide this season.

First and probably the worst of all is that Nebraska finally has a season with a loss and is out of the running for a third national championship, and everyone is happy but Cornhusker fans.

But what happens?

The big foot of irony walks up and kicks everyone who was ready for a new champion right between the legs.

It seemed so perfect for a while. We had Florida , Florida State, Ohio State, and of course everyone’s favorite underdog… Arizona State.

Yes, it was inevitable that one of the Florida teams lose since they play each other, and Arizona State was never a real threat with Ohio State on its rampage through the Big Ten.

Ohio State was bound to beat Arizona State in the Rose Bowl and take home the crown, even if Nebraska beat whichever Florida team it faced in the Sugar Bowl. It was almost for sure we would have a new champion, right?

Wrong! The window of opportunity for Ohio State was busted with a yellow-and-navy-colored brick launched all the way from Ann Arbor, Mich. Now we have an angry Ohio State team who will face an overconfident Arizona State team in the Rose Bowl, and both teams will come away with one loss.

Next, Nebraska proved last year that the speed of the run and gun Florida teams were no match for the power and precision of those corn-fed monsters, and in turn will reiterate that point again in the Sugar Bowl this year.

So if everyone has a loss and Nebraska beats the top-ranked team, they will once again be champions.

The other big dose of irony being swallowed has hit right here in the heart of Iowa State University.

Troy Davis, the leading rusher in the nation two years in a row, the only running back to ever rush for over 2,000 yards in consecutive seasons, the same back who gained over 100 yards in every game of the second toughest schedule in college football, is not the leading candidate for the Heisman Trophy.

It was not that hard to understand with candidates like Peyton Manning and Danny Wuerrfel, but Manning fell out early against Wuerrfel, and now that Wuerrfel had a bad game it seems obvious who should get the trophy.

The Heisman should go to the only one of the candidates who played consistently well. The athlete who by anyone’s standards has not only had a great year but had a tremendous, record-setting college career.

If the voters have any shred of common sense and integrity, Davis will bring home the Heisman and cap off his spectacular college campaign in the only way that would live up to his achievements and expectations. I’m not getting my hopes up.

Irony sucks!

Brandon Belisle is a sophomore in journalism and mass communication from Plainfield, Illinois.