Week 15: BCS Bowls Commentary

The bowls are set and its time for the annual, month-long ranting about how in the heck so-and-so got pared with so-and-so. See the full bowl schedule here. And the BCS has really outdone its own idiocy this time around...

Outrage

Not only is the BCS refusing to risk TCU or Boise ruining the bowl games of one of their AQ conferences, they pit them against one another when they just played each other a year ago in the Poinsettia Bowl. The conservatism (spinelessness) of the BCS does not bode well with the

risk taking nature of college football. TCU is not excited...you could see it in their faces when the announcement came down. "Manufactured enthusiasm" as a friend said and I must agree. They knew they were not going to get their chance against one of the big guys, and neither would Boise. No chance for either team to be like last years Utah...to show the nation they could stand up with the elite...no chance to pad to the case for the BCS to change its precious formula...no chance to prove themselves. Not if the all-powerful BCS has anything to say about it - and unfortunately they do.

Well Said

Yahoo! Sports columnist Wetzel said it well: "The [BCS] is designed to reward the big brands of the sport. Just as important as what you did this week, or this month, is what you did a decade ago. Perception is everything. The BCS sells this as fair....[The BCS] launched a clown-show website...that claims there can’t be a playoff because college football is incapable of figuring out how one might work. Sure, every other sports entity on the planet can do it, but we somehow can’t decide how many teams would be in it or where they’d play and so on? So stop asking. This is a ploy designed to create gridlock. It’s based on the idea fans lack basic mental competency."

Click here to read the full article.

Week 14: The Rocky III Syndrome

Remember Rocky III? Mick scheduled only powder-puff opponents for Rocky and he whooped them all handily. Meanwhile, Clubber Lang wanted his shot at the champ - but kept getting denied. When he finally got his chance, Lang showed Rocky that fighting only soft opponents makes you soft yourself. That's what we saw Saturday...

Back in August most everyone agreed we'd see Florida and Texas in the NC game. My how close we came to not seeing either. Florida played only two teams currently ranked along with three FCS or mid-major teams. The other SEC-East teams were having a down year. The Big 12 was also having a down year and that hurt Texas. Soft schedules take away the drive, hunger...yes, the eye of the tiger that top teams have.

Florida with Tim Tebow will always be remembered as one of the great eras at Florida. And TT was good for the game being an exceptional role model. But without the 3rd NC in four years they will not be the historic team they hoped for at the start of the season.

Summary

*Texas deserved to win Saturday only because the Nebraska offense didn't make any TD's - all FG's. Hand it to the Texas defense.

*'Bama deserves the #1 ranking more than anyone else...hands down.

*Cincy and TCU will have to settle since we don't have a playoff.

*Congrats to Sark and the Huskies for taking out #19 Cal...I think they got somethin' a brewin' up there in the Cascades.

*And, personally, thanks to Arizona for upsetting USC. For the first time in recent memory USC does not even show in the "Others Receiving Votes" list.

Pitiful Pete: Yes, another slam on my least favorite coach Pete Carroll. Can you believe this guy? Two weeks after complaining about Stanford going for two after the TD he does this...and all with that goofy, cocky smile on his face.

EndZone

Just a couple of funny videos for the week: Click here to see a parody on Max Hall's comments (I hope this is the last we hear of this). Or, click here to see the FSU sleeping offensive lineman.