(editors note: part two: I didn’t even realize I hadn’t updated this baby since March until my mother pointed it out. Stalk much?)
(editors note: part three: I wrote this at the beginning of the month and since it was written earlier some of the facts are no longer facts… you’ll see what I mean)
We have missed a lot in the past 10 months: the entire 2011 Major League Baseball season, 12 weeks of the National Football League (see editors note: part three), and 0 2011-2012 NBA games (again, this was written prior to December 25th, and at the time that had a nice ring to it, and since I’m the boss here: I’m leaving it).
A lot has happened in the past ten months: scandals and tragedies, wins and loses, heartbreaks and hangovers. But that’s what we get everyday with sports, every week, every season. Sports bring you down and bring you right back up.
I am going to write about Tim Tebow because I get so upset that everytime I turn on ESPN there is nothing about Tim Tebow. I want to talk about Tebow Time, and how he is the comeback master, and how he has overcame the odds. Tim Tebow is so under-appreciated in the NFL.
Did you guys see that? A whole paragraph of sarcasm… you’ve missed me right?
Anyway, I’m not writing about Tim, but I am writing about something that just as many people have talked about… and guess what? I don’t care, because I have been thinking a lot about something, a lot about something that is flawed, and a tad upsetting.
I'm talking about that Bull Crap System that everyone knows is screwed up yet no one is willing to change. That Bull Crap System, or BCS, that lets computers, people who don’t play the game, and worse: people who personally, and financially benefit from the game (like coaches), pick who gets to play in the National Championship (and all those other brand name bowls).
On January 9th, 2012 LSU will play Alabama for the National Championship (I don’t know why, but I have the weirdest feeling about this game, maybe de ja vue?).
Are these the two best teams in the country? Probably.
Can either team win? Yes.
But guess what? So could Oklahoma State or Stanford or Boise State. Maybe Wisconsin or Baylor? Or how about a handful of other teams? And we’re not even going to give them a chance.
I know, this sounds like a broken record player. Playing a song over and over again, but this is a good song so listen closely (I mean, really good, like Whitney Houston- I Wanna Dance with Somebody, good, or maybe TLC- No Scrubs, good). But maybe we should listen to this broken record player, listen to the hoards of sports writers and the collection of college coaches who see the flawed system and want something done about it.
So, at this point you can call me a waaaambulance and order me a burger and some cries, to go with all my whining and complaining… But wait, I have an idea. A revolutionary idea…
College football needs a playoff system. This is the first you’ve heard of that right? Oh wait… no it’s not, NCAA basketball does it, the NFL does it, Major League Baseball? Yeah…they do it too. What about international soccer? Oh yeah, that World Cup thing. So this playoff thing seems to be a pretty good idea.
Take out a few non-conference games (yeah, Michigan that Appalachian State game you love… that’s out), and add a playoff at the end.
Personally, I like an eight-team playoff, but ten doesn’t bother me either. Let these 8-10 teams battle to play in the national championship.
Give everyone a shot. Don’t let men in plushy chairs and home offices decide where these athletes play. (Note: I tried to put a sweet bracket graphic of what this years 8-team, single elimination, bracket would look like in my world…but clip art, or word art, or whatever that crap is…isn’t my forte, someone else would have to be in charge of making that image in the BCS future).
How can you oppose this? Do you hate fairness? Does legitimate competition scare you? Does watching more college football make you want to punch yourself in the face? That’s what I thought.
Would the result be the same? Maybe. But after the last whistle is blown, when the season is done, the teams that deserve to be in the national championship will be. And the teams that thought they could be in the national championship… they got their shot too. Everyone got a chance to go to the big dance.
So when that clock strikes upon the hour and the sun begins to fade… there is still enough time to figure out how to chase my blues away1
1Please refer to the above hyperlink if you do not understand this last reference. And then thank me for changing your life.
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