I think that it’s time to get rid of scholarship restrictions in college football. Parity at the college level is not a good thing. Oregon, Kansas, Missouri, and West Virginia are all ranked ahead of Ohio State, USC, Texas and Michigan. And let’s just forget about that Irish Catholic school in Indiana. College football needs traditional rivalries on a big stage to be at its best. The silver lining however is that this season could provide a simple solution to the debacle that is the BCS. I’m calling on all 3 people reading this to root for LSU to lose and Kansas to fell Missouri and then Oklahoma in the Big 12 Championship Game thus setting up a Kansas v. Oregon National Championship Game. I am certain that such an occurrence (and the non-existent television rating it would receive) would force the NCAA to adopt either an ‘and one’ or playoff format for the championship.
In other news, thank the football gods that the NFL only grants teams one bye week. At least next week we’ll know what’s going to happen in one game, when the Patriots visit Buffalo. Was this the worst weekend of football in NFL history? It’s amazing the things we still don’t know about the NFL. Just six days ago, I was certain that the Colts were the second best team in the NFL. After last night, I’m not sure that they are the best team in the AFC South. They only have a one game lead on Jacksonville and Tennessee and still have to play each of those teams (albeit at home) in the final two weeks of the season.
5 Random Thoughts:
1. We knew that Adam Vinatieri was money in the clutch…until last night that is. What happened there? What’s 29 yards in a drizzle compared to 45 yards in a blizzard? This bears monitoring, I hope that he’s fine and can come back from this even though the better story might be if this were to turn into a Brad Lidge v. Albert Puljos moment for him.
2. I’ve never been less excited for an Ohio State v. Michigan game.
3. Forget the SEC, the Big 12 is the conference to beat. Three teams in the BCS top five! Wow!
4. The Packers are getting scary. All of a sudden they have a running game to complement Favre.
5. I hope Adrian Peterson’s knee is ok. He is awesome to watch when healthy…although if he wants to sit out a few weeks to make me feel better about betting the Vikes to win less than 6.5 games this season, I’d appreciate it.
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