Utetopia!
By Bob
1/11/2009 11:21:00 PM
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 Congratulations Utah on college football perfection. While Utes have a right to be upset that the corporate title and the total vote from 65 members of the media didn't go their way, they should take pride in an unmatched accomplishment. Tim Tebow has been ESPNelevated to superhuman status, but the Utes did something he and no one else did. Win their games. In retrospect, Utah may have gotten more attention and a higher ranking had they dropped a game to a lesser opponent and then had Quarterback Brian Johnson make a speech promising to play hard from then on. That Tebow has heart!
More and more knowledgeable fans are realizing that while the BCS Championship game winner gets a banner saying so, they're far from being an undisputed title holder. We could have saved a lot of trouble the last two seasons by only allowing the SEC to play football. If losses to less than stellar squads aren't going to be punished because the conference has great PR, there's really no point for others to try. This season saw Florida fall to a four-loss Mississippi squad. While the Rebels had a great season by Oxford standards, losing to Wake Forest, Vanderbilt, South Carolina and Alabama far from makes them a legitimate force. Therefore the Gators lost at home to an average opponent without penalty. They finished in a four-way tie for the second lowest number of losses in major college football and were widely declared as tops. A year earlier LSU won the BCS with a two loss record that included falling to five-loss Kentucky. The Tigers couldn't beat Kentucky, saw two teams finish with better records and a half dozen with the same number of losses, and they were deemed champs.
Something needs to happen and I don't think a playoff is the answer. The Utahs of the world would often get shutout of a playoff because SEC and other major conference teams with a couple losses would be deemed more deserving. What I envision is an easy fix. College football needs to look to the sport of boxing. Multiple widely recognized titles is the answer this year and every year. Right now four teams deserve championships, and no one deserves undisputed status. In years where a clear champ earns it, all belts go to that team.
Therefore, I’m honored to announce the winner of football’s PBS Championship. The inaugural season-ending Papa Bert Standings have Utah as the National Champions. Congratulations! The university should feel free to hang signs and banners declaring so, but just like the television network with the same moniker, you will be asked to pay. Texas won the SS (sippin' seat) National Championship. Southern Cal, congrats on being SDH (sneaky drinking headquarters) National Champs. Players and fans of these three schools may not be as thrilled as if they had the BCS or AP titles, but these initials can have the same power. Just like boxing, it only takes a short time for someone holding a new belt to have others lining up and wanting it. No disrespect to the Gators. They had a great season, but if you hold the title in one boxing organization, you're often ignored by the others. If you think college football being like boxing is ridiculous, realize it's already mainly in the hands of judges (pollsters/computers when no KO occurs) and cancel your ESPN pay per view package.
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