The REAL National Champion
Hello again readers. I hope all is well with you.
The subject of today's post concerns college football's real national champion.
I just finished watching the University of Florida kick the crap out of Ohio State. As soon as the game was over, Florida was proclaimed and ordained National Champions by the all mighty folks at Fox (as we all know, Fox only broadcasts the greatest sporting matches of all time...at least according to Fox. Ergo, this 41-14 blowout was the greatest college football game of all time because Fox broadcast it, and, thus, Florida had to be immediately proclaimed National Champion lest Fox lose its status.) However, despite the proclamations of greatness by second rate sportscasters covering an over hyped blowout, Florida should NOT be the National Champions. True, Florida was ranked #2 and they did beat the number 1 team in the country. But all Florida did was eliminate one of the two division 1-A unbeaten teams. Ohio State was ranked #1 simply because they had gone undefeated until tonight. Florida, with one loss, should never have been ranked number 2, but they were. Granted, Florida did beat the number 1 team, but if the logic for ranking that team (Ohio State) number 1 was the fact that they were undefeated, then the only other undefeated team in the country should now be ranked number 1, not Florida. The only other undefeated team in Division 1-A football is the Boise State University Broncos. Boise State is currently 13-0 after defeating Oklahoma in the Fiesta Bowl. It may have taken overtime for the Broncos to defeat the Sooners, and BSU may have only won the game by one point, but they are still the only 13-0 team in the country. And since any team that has been defeated at least once cannot logically claim to be better than a team that has not been defeated, Boise State should be the National Champions, not Florida. Boise State has a damn good case for being National Champions. However, until Division 1-A institutes a playoff system, smaller universities like Boise State will continue to get screwed over by pollsters who are more interested in promoting the "old boys", paying back favors, and setting up good tv matchups (ratings wise) in the bowls, rather than seeking out and promoting the nation's best college football teams.
Thus, I have decided that if Fox can proclaim Florida as the National Champion, I can proclaim Boise State as the TRUE National Champion based upon the fact that they are the only undefeated Division 1-A football team. Say what you will, but playing in an over hyped bowl game, wishful thinking, and public proclamations still doesn't change the fact that Florida has one thing that Boise State doesn't...a loss.
I am Chuck, and unfortunately I don't have a vote in the football polls.
The subject of today's post concerns college football's real national champion.
I just finished watching the University of Florida kick the crap out of Ohio State. As soon as the game was over, Florida was proclaimed and ordained National Champions by the all mighty folks at Fox (as we all know, Fox only broadcasts the greatest sporting matches of all time...at least according to Fox. Ergo, this 41-14 blowout was the greatest college football game of all time because Fox broadcast it, and, thus, Florida had to be immediately proclaimed National Champion lest Fox lose its status.) However, despite the proclamations of greatness by second rate sportscasters covering an over hyped blowout, Florida should NOT be the National Champions. True, Florida was ranked #2 and they did beat the number 1 team in the country. But all Florida did was eliminate one of the two division 1-A unbeaten teams. Ohio State was ranked #1 simply because they had gone undefeated until tonight. Florida, with one loss, should never have been ranked number 2, but they were. Granted, Florida did beat the number 1 team, but if the logic for ranking that team (Ohio State) number 1 was the fact that they were undefeated, then the only other undefeated team in the country should now be ranked number 1, not Florida. The only other undefeated team in Division 1-A football is the Boise State University Broncos. Boise State is currently 13-0 after defeating Oklahoma in the Fiesta Bowl. It may have taken overtime for the Broncos to defeat the Sooners, and BSU may have only won the game by one point, but they are still the only 13-0 team in the country. And since any team that has been defeated at least once cannot logically claim to be better than a team that has not been defeated, Boise State should be the National Champions, not Florida. Boise State has a damn good case for being National Champions. However, until Division 1-A institutes a playoff system, smaller universities like Boise State will continue to get screwed over by pollsters who are more interested in promoting the "old boys", paying back favors, and setting up good tv matchups (ratings wise) in the bowls, rather than seeking out and promoting the nation's best college football teams.
Thus, I have decided that if Fox can proclaim Florida as the National Champion, I can proclaim Boise State as the TRUE National Champion based upon the fact that they are the only undefeated Division 1-A football team. Say what you will, but playing in an over hyped bowl game, wishful thinking, and public proclamations still doesn't change the fact that Florida has one thing that Boise State doesn't...a loss.
I am Chuck, and unfortunately I don't have a vote in the football polls.
posted by Chuck | 01:18
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