It was the best of times; it was the worst of times. It was the epoch of school spirit; it was the epoch of disloyalty. It was the season of ‘this is our year;’ it was the season of ‘maybe next year.’ It was the autumn of hope; it was the winter of despair. The teams had everything before them; all but two teams had anything before them. The players were all going to the NFL; the players were all going to the CFL.
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And here we are now, with the year 2005 rapidly approaching, the college football season winding down, the Bowl Games are set, the Heisman has been awarded, yet the system of college football is a complete mockery to the very meaning of sport.
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USC and Oklahoma are playing in the national championship game. I hear so many of the experts talking about how the system worked this year. Worked? There are five undefeated teams, and only two of them are playing for the national championship.
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What are the Lee Corso’#39;s of the world talking about? That’#39;s like saying the movie ‘Alexander’ is doing well in theatres or that the Titanic had a successful voyage.
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It’#39;s like saying all women don’#39;t LOVE the movie Dirty Dancing. It’#39;s completely ridiculous. While we’#39;re at it, let’#39;s say that up is down and happy is sad. But at the end of the day, college football’#39;s system is inherently bad.
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It’#39;s bad because it isn’#39;t truly decided on the field. People say that Oklahoma and USC look like the two best teams. So what? It doesn’#39;t really matter if they look like the two best teams, what matters is who can win on the field, and undefeated Auburn doesn’#39;t even get a chance. They dominated opponents all year, and they passed through the nation’#39;s toughest conference like Hitler through France, yet they don’#39;t get to play for the title. I believe that they have the ability to beat USC or Oklahoma, but we’#39;ll never know. It’#39;s un-American.
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Oklahoma and USC look like the two best teams, and people act like that’#39;s a viable excuse. Why not just have the Eagles and Patriots play in the Super Bowl right now? Each of them is the best team in their respective conferences. Why didn’#39;t Donald Trump just hire Kelly on the apprentice from the beginning? Everyone knows he’#39;s the best. As for the 2008 election, let’#39;s have Rudy Guiliani just start picking out his White House china patterns now.
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Granted, if Auburn does well in their bowl game, they could possibly split the national championship. Simply put though, it’#39;s whack. It could be the second straight year with co-national champions. It shouldn’#39;t happen! Two winners, what is this, one of those movies where two kids are competing against each other tooth and nail at something, only to call it a draw at the end because they’#39;ve forged some sort of bond on the field? No, there needs to be one true champ. The solution is so simple, and it’#39;s so obvious. Playoff system!
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Don’#39;t get me wrong. Obviously I think that USC and Oklahoma are very good teams. After all, they do each have a Heisman trophy winner; USC’#39;s Matt Leinhart and Oklahoma’#39;s Jason White, or as I refer to them, beauty and the beast. I mean, have you ever seen those guys stand next to each other. You’#39;ve got the USC quarterback who looks like he could be the star of the OC, and then the quarterback for Oklahoma looks like the long lost member of Lynard Skynard. It’#39;s just like when I stand near Matt Sussman.