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Wednesday, February 25, 2009
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Stat of the Day: 2/20/09
St. Louis Cardinal great Stan "The Man" Musial finished his Hall of Fame career with 3630 hits. Musial, an incredibly balanced and unnerved batter, totaled 1815 hits at home and 1815 hit on the road.
Re: The BCS is a Mess...
Now, I'm normally a bit of an idealist when it comes to sports. I prefer stances of principle, steadfast rules, and even a hint of could-have/should-have attitude, albeit not necessarily by choice. However, I've taken the realistic route in regard to the BCS. (Pardon the alliteration.) I don't find it overly terrible in the current format, but I have voiced my fandom of the playoff initiative, particularly a four-team tourney that spans two weeks. It's no March Madness, but it's a start. Eight teams may be the goal, but four is a step in the right direction, and one that's more possible at this point. The method in which those teams is chosen is up for debate...
Before it gets forgotten completely, I'd like to revisit last year's results. For starters, I don't understand how an Oklahoma win would have thrown the BCS into more disarray. OU was #1 and UF was #2: no matter who won, they weren't going to get leaped. Either way we'd end up with the same situation, the "three teams with one loss (and one with none!)" scenario was going to be the outcome irregardless of the victor.
What's overlooked is the fact that the humans got it wrong! This fiasco exists as a byproduct of voter arrogance and major-conference machoism. Finally we get handed a college football season in which the BCS had a chance to prove itself -- to be vindicated for past seasons of uncertainty and unfairness -- and the very persons who lobby for the need of a playoff and condemn the system blew it. Utah could have and should have been national champions! (Ok, there's a dash of idealism.) The reality is this: we have a team that played in a conference that statistically measured up to some of the majors, went undefeated, was doubted and denied a chance to prove themselves, was picked by all the experts to get throttled by Alabama, won convincingly, and wasn't named national champion because the writers and coaches refused to admit their mistake.
I'm not claiming the Utes beat Oklahoma or Florida, but you better believe the possibility was there for this mess to unravel an undisputed champ. Shall we take an over/under on how many times this needs to happen before the voters realize the error in their ways? Or maybe Utah just needs to join the Big Ten.
Before it gets forgotten completely, I'd like to revisit last year's results. For starters, I don't understand how an Oklahoma win would have thrown the BCS into more disarray. OU was #1 and UF was #2: no matter who won, they weren't going to get leaped. Either way we'd end up with the same situation, the "three teams with one loss (and one with none!)" scenario was going to be the outcome irregardless of the victor.
What's overlooked is the fact that the humans got it wrong! This fiasco exists as a byproduct of voter arrogance and major-conference machoism. Finally we get handed a college football season in which the BCS had a chance to prove itself -- to be vindicated for past seasons of uncertainty and unfairness -- and the very persons who lobby for the need of a playoff and condemn the system blew it. Utah could have and should have been national champions! (Ok, there's a dash of idealism.) The reality is this: we have a team that played in a conference that statistically measured up to some of the majors, went undefeated, was doubted and denied a chance to prove themselves, was picked by all the experts to get throttled by Alabama, won convincingly, and wasn't named national champion because the writers and coaches refused to admit their mistake.
I'm not claiming the Utes beat Oklahoma or Florida, but you better believe the possibility was there for this mess to unravel an undisputed champ. Shall we take an over/under on how many times this needs to happen before the voters realize the error in their ways? Or maybe Utah just needs to join the Big Ten.
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