USC, 2008 NCAA Football Champs
The College football season is over, and we still do not have a national champion. Oh, I am aware that the regular season ended 30-40 days ago, and a whole bunch of bowl games have yet to be played.
For me, the college football season ends on New Year's Day. It used to be the thing to do. Have your hangover remedy of choice close at hand, and watch football games back to back until your pupils took on an oblong, football shape. It was a primer for the pro football playoffs. Then, knowledgeable sportswriters who actually watched lots of college pigskin would cast their vote for the top football team in the nations in respected rankings. Sometimes, it was clear cut and other times, a great debate would ensue. That was part of the fun.
Now, there is a great clamor to abolish this great debate and add a whole other layer of dissatisfaction to the system. "People," who by my observation are primarily sports media people who can't think for themselves, greedy TV execs and fans who like to bet illegally, are pushing for a playoff system that will add more games to the college schedule and supposedly decided once and for all who is king of the hill. These people are totally out of touch with what collegiate athletics are all about, eschewing concern for the benefit of student athletes for sheer economic gain, or ease in filling a two-hour radio show after they've covered the 15 minutes of material that anyone really cares about. One of these "people" is Clamorer-in-Chief Barack Obama (Clamorer-Elect?). It is almost certain the playoff will happen to the detriment of collegiate and "amateur" sports.
BTW, playoffs will never end the debate. It will shift blame to referees and to the so-called experts who select which teams get into the playoffs.
I looked forward to the Rose Bowl matchup between Joe Paterno's Penn State team, which was dominant in nearly every game it played with one slip-up, and Pete Carrol's USC team, which is a virtual machine and annually puts out the best-looking cheerleaders in college or pro sports. USC rolled over Penn State in a brilliant display on national TV New Year's night.
And so, USC is my 2008 NCAA Football Champion, because I have lost interest in anything that happens on the college gridiron until September.
For all you "people" clamoring for college playoffs, get a life.
For me, the college football season ends on New Year's Day. It used to be the thing to do. Have your hangover remedy of choice close at hand, and watch football games back to back until your pupils took on an oblong, football shape. It was a primer for the pro football playoffs. Then, knowledgeable sportswriters who actually watched lots of college pigskin would cast their vote for the top football team in the nations in respected rankings. Sometimes, it was clear cut and other times, a great debate would ensue. That was part of the fun.
Now, there is a great clamor to abolish this great debate and add a whole other layer of dissatisfaction to the system. "People," who by my observation are primarily sports media people who can't think for themselves, greedy TV execs and fans who like to bet illegally, are pushing for a playoff system that will add more games to the college schedule and supposedly decided once and for all who is king of the hill. These people are totally out of touch with what collegiate athletics are all about, eschewing concern for the benefit of student athletes for sheer economic gain, or ease in filling a two-hour radio show after they've covered the 15 minutes of material that anyone really cares about. One of these "people" is Clamorer-in-Chief Barack Obama (Clamorer-Elect?). It is almost certain the playoff will happen to the detriment of collegiate and "amateur" sports.
BTW, playoffs will never end the debate. It will shift blame to referees and to the so-called experts who select which teams get into the playoffs.
I looked forward to the Rose Bowl matchup between Joe Paterno's Penn State team, which was dominant in nearly every game it played with one slip-up, and Pete Carrol's USC team, which is a virtual machine and annually puts out the best-looking cheerleaders in college or pro sports. USC rolled over Penn State in a brilliant display on national TV New Year's night.
And so, USC is my 2008 NCAA Football Champion, because I have lost interest in anything that happens on the college gridiron until September.
For all you "people" clamoring for college playoffs, get a life.
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