Armageddon Loss... don't let it mess everything up.
There's no way it'll happen, but I'll be a lot happier if Boise State plays for the national title than a lot of other teams.
Michigan lost to tOSU on Saturday. It was a pretty harsh loss. Michigan fans everywhere can't believe how some plays were chosen. Michael Hart is on our team---there's no reason to be punting on 4th and 1 when the game is so close on the line. We are supposed to have the best run defense in the country, but for some reason we couldn't stop Pittman from trotting through our line with the ball.
We contained Troy Smith pretty well, and forced tOSU to use their run offense a lot more than they probably wanted, but we still couldn't pull it off.
I'm angry at some plays. Everyone else at the bar was angry at those same play calls. The strange thing, though, was that the game didn't look like anything I was ready for. Where was Manningham's last-second reception in the endzone? Where were the drives that consisted solely of Hart running the ball on every down? Why did we consistently try to pass on first down... time and time again?
Mostly, however, I'm worried about the aftermath. This is college football. This is a sport played over an entire semester, with a bit of breathing room for finals. Anyone else remember what finals are like? For me they were pretty much torture. I didn't play a sport; I had no other responsibilities. I could focus solely on studying and completing those ginormous exams and projects. Still, they pretty much wrecked me, body and soul. My first year, I was so defeated by spring finals that I came down with a terrible fever an hour after finishing my last exam. My girlfriend had to drive me home because I was so ill. Turns out I was having an episode of strep. Although I fought that attack off, I had three subsequent bouts of strep afterwards, the last one assaulting me in the following fall semester. I couldn't seem to shake it out of my system.
If Michigan plays (tOSU again) for the national title, the BCS system is in Jeopardy. People seem to think that although the other teams in college football appear to suck this year (yes, USC, Florida, ND... I'm looking at you) it would be a disaster to pit the two best teams against each other, only because they happened to play their last game of the season against each other. Solution? Add playoffs to the menu.
Shut up. Playoffs are the worst plan ever. Michigan may end it's season in mid november, but plenty of teams wade deep into december (notice they're located in the south). That doesn't leave any time for playoffs while classes are in session. Where will we schedule these so-called playoffs?
January's a horrible idea. Half of the schools are still on break, while others are already in session. School's harsh, football fans. A lot of football players may be majoring in General Studies, but there are a solid number of science and humanities majors. Don't punish them for playing a sport; keep their season limited to one whole semester, please. Already the title game, on January 8th, encroaches on the spring semester (or winter trimester or whatever). I'm not a fan of this newest change. January fourth is already late enough!
The only option left is to have the students play during their finals. That's idiocracy.
Please do not compare this sport to basketball. Basketball finals are played in the middle of the spring term. This may conflict with midterms, but those are both more flexible and easier than finals. Not to mention, these finals are made possible by the ability for human beings to play multiple games in a week. Football playoffs with 8 teams would be decided over 3 weekends, not in a week.
If the BCS really is in jeopardy (and if you read any of these sports opinion sites, it apparently is) then let's do something right now to save it. I'd rather skip the title game and hand tOSU the championship title right now than force the students to prepare for an academically devastating playoffs series every year.
Aside from that, I think everyone should be ready for the event that Michigan and tOSU play again. The way we should really look at this is the following: we have two teams that have risen well above the rest of the field. They played once, and it was close. If it turns out that the other teams are not up to the challenge (Florida and USC will have to win out and win out big to disprove this) then by all means pit the top two against each other, even if it means again. This year does not show flaws in the system, it's just an exceptional year for two well-prepared teams.
This sport is not professional football. Only one team (Boise State does not count... unless they somehow decide to start playing against real teams) has not lost during the regular season---of which the whole thing is the playoffs for this game. Every other team has lost. One of these lost big (ND). One lost a game big teams should not be allowed to (USC). One lost to the only undefeated team. If we've gotta have a title game, put that last team in.
More later, likely... I gotta run to class.
Michigan lost to tOSU on Saturday. It was a pretty harsh loss. Michigan fans everywhere can't believe how some plays were chosen. Michael Hart is on our team---there's no reason to be punting on 4th and 1 when the game is so close on the line. We are supposed to have the best run defense in the country, but for some reason we couldn't stop Pittman from trotting through our line with the ball.
We contained Troy Smith pretty well, and forced tOSU to use their run offense a lot more than they probably wanted, but we still couldn't pull it off.
I'm angry at some plays. Everyone else at the bar was angry at those same play calls. The strange thing, though, was that the game didn't look like anything I was ready for. Where was Manningham's last-second reception in the endzone? Where were the drives that consisted solely of Hart running the ball on every down? Why did we consistently try to pass on first down... time and time again?
Mostly, however, I'm worried about the aftermath. This is college football. This is a sport played over an entire semester, with a bit of breathing room for finals. Anyone else remember what finals are like? For me they were pretty much torture. I didn't play a sport; I had no other responsibilities. I could focus solely on studying and completing those ginormous exams and projects. Still, they pretty much wrecked me, body and soul. My first year, I was so defeated by spring finals that I came down with a terrible fever an hour after finishing my last exam. My girlfriend had to drive me home because I was so ill. Turns out I was having an episode of strep. Although I fought that attack off, I had three subsequent bouts of strep afterwards, the last one assaulting me in the following fall semester. I couldn't seem to shake it out of my system.
If Michigan plays (tOSU again) for the national title, the BCS system is in Jeopardy. People seem to think that although the other teams in college football appear to suck this year (yes, USC, Florida, ND... I'm looking at you) it would be a disaster to pit the two best teams against each other, only because they happened to play their last game of the season against each other. Solution? Add playoffs to the menu.
Shut up. Playoffs are the worst plan ever. Michigan may end it's season in mid november, but plenty of teams wade deep into december (notice they're located in the south). That doesn't leave any time for playoffs while classes are in session. Where will we schedule these so-called playoffs?
January's a horrible idea. Half of the schools are still on break, while others are already in session. School's harsh, football fans. A lot of football players may be majoring in General Studies, but there are a solid number of science and humanities majors. Don't punish them for playing a sport; keep their season limited to one whole semester, please. Already the title game, on January 8th, encroaches on the spring semester (or winter trimester or whatever). I'm not a fan of this newest change. January fourth is already late enough!
The only option left is to have the students play during their finals. That's idiocracy.
Please do not compare this sport to basketball. Basketball finals are played in the middle of the spring term. This may conflict with midterms, but those are both more flexible and easier than finals. Not to mention, these finals are made possible by the ability for human beings to play multiple games in a week. Football playoffs with 8 teams would be decided over 3 weekends, not in a week.
If the BCS really is in jeopardy (and if you read any of these sports opinion sites, it apparently is) then let's do something right now to save it. I'd rather skip the title game and hand tOSU the championship title right now than force the students to prepare for an academically devastating playoffs series every year.
Aside from that, I think everyone should be ready for the event that Michigan and tOSU play again. The way we should really look at this is the following: we have two teams that have risen well above the rest of the field. They played once, and it was close. If it turns out that the other teams are not up to the challenge (Florida and USC will have to win out and win out big to disprove this) then by all means pit the top two against each other, even if it means again. This year does not show flaws in the system, it's just an exceptional year for two well-prepared teams.
This sport is not professional football. Only one team (Boise State does not count... unless they somehow decide to start playing against real teams) has not lost during the regular season---of which the whole thing is the playoffs for this game. Every other team has lost. One of these lost big (ND). One lost a game big teams should not be allowed to (USC). One lost to the only undefeated team. If we've gotta have a title game, put that last team in.
More later, likely... I gotta run to class.
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