Brief And Random College Football Musings
Southern Cal fans, quit yer whining. You finished the year with one loss. Oklahoma finished the year with one loss. LSU finished the year with one loss. They're playing for the National Championship, and you aren't. Why? For starters, you played one fewer game than either the Sooners or the Bayou Bengals, meaning your winning percentage isn't as good as theirs. And who did you lose to? Crappy Cal, that's who. And who did they play? Only one team USC faced all season (Washington State) finished the year in the top-25. Oklahoma lost to a top-15 team, and played three top-25 squads. LSU played three top-ranked teams (and beat Georgia Twice), only losing to Florida, who was in the top-25 most of the season. So, USC Fans, deal with it: Southern Cal gets to play in a classic Rose Bowl matchup... plus they got to be part of one of the best sports headlines this year.
Oh, and everyone else: Stop bitching about the BCS poll. It did its job. The only thing the BCS is supposed to do is pick the two best teams in football so that they can play each other for a real national championship game, so we don't have any more of those Michigan/Nebraska fiascos which seemed to rear their ugly heads nearly every other year. And let's face it... there's never going to be a playoff system in Division One Football. First, because there's far too much money invested in the current bowl system, and second, because small schools would never get to go to a bowl game again.
If you want to bitch about something, let's all get together and bitch about this instead: Phillip Rivers isn't a Heisman Finalist. And yet, Eli Manning is. Now granted, Eli's a heck of a quarterback, and of course, he's football royalty... no name has produced more elite quarterbacks than the Manning bloodline. But come on... Philip Rivers is amazing. Just take a look at the numbers:
Touchdowns: Rivers 29, Manning 27
Completed Passes: Rivers 311, Manning 253
Completion Percentage: Rivers 71, Manning 61.71
Interceptions Thrown: Rivers 7, Manning 9
Quarterback Rating: Rivers 166.7 (2nd in Nation), Manning 147.5 (20th in Nation)
I'm not saying that Eli isn't a great QB. I'm just saying that if he's a finalist, Rivers certainly should be, too.
Southern Cal fans, quit yer whining. You finished the year with one loss. Oklahoma finished the year with one loss. LSU finished the year with one loss. They're playing for the National Championship, and you aren't. Why? For starters, you played one fewer game than either the Sooners or the Bayou Bengals, meaning your winning percentage isn't as good as theirs. And who did you lose to? Crappy Cal, that's who. And who did they play? Only one team USC faced all season (Washington State) finished the year in the top-25. Oklahoma lost to a top-15 team, and played three top-25 squads. LSU played three top-ranked teams (and beat Georgia Twice), only losing to Florida, who was in the top-25 most of the season. So, USC Fans, deal with it: Southern Cal gets to play in a classic Rose Bowl matchup... plus they got to be part of one of the best sports headlines this year.
Oh, and everyone else: Stop bitching about the BCS poll. It did its job. The only thing the BCS is supposed to do is pick the two best teams in football so that they can play each other for a real national championship game, so we don't have any more of those Michigan/Nebraska fiascos which seemed to rear their ugly heads nearly every other year. And let's face it... there's never going to be a playoff system in Division One Football. First, because there's far too much money invested in the current bowl system, and second, because small schools would never get to go to a bowl game again.
If you want to bitch about something, let's all get together and bitch about this instead: Phillip Rivers isn't a Heisman Finalist. And yet, Eli Manning is. Now granted, Eli's a heck of a quarterback, and of course, he's football royalty... no name has produced more elite quarterbacks than the Manning bloodline. But come on... Philip Rivers is amazing. Just take a look at the numbers:
Touchdowns: Rivers 29, Manning 27
Completed Passes: Rivers 311, Manning 253
Completion Percentage: Rivers 71, Manning 61.71
Interceptions Thrown: Rivers 7, Manning 9
Quarterback Rating: Rivers 166.7 (2nd in Nation), Manning 147.5 (20th in Nation)
I'm not saying that Eli isn't a great QB. I'm just saying that if he's a finalist, Rivers certainly should be, too.
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