I know it’s been awhile since my last post, but I was really waiting for something passionate to blog about. I haven’t seen No Country For Old Men yet and Gone Baby Gone is slowly departing theatres (if you haven’t seen it yet, step to it!) so I was sort of in a transition period. Thankfully, the BCS standings for college football were released this past week and once again, I find myself full of emotion and eager to vent. This time though, it’s more frustration than excitement.
Hawaii is 11-0. They’re perfect. They haven’t lost a single game they’ve played this season. And they’re number 12…yes 12 in the country. This past weekend, Hawaii QB Colt Brennan led the Warriors to a 39-27 victory over (at the time) number 19 Boise State. And yet, USC, who is 9-2, sits at number 8 and Missouri, at 11-1, sit atop the standings (get this: Missouri is a 3 point UNDERDOG in their upcoming game against ninth ranked Oklahoma!). How is this possible? Why does college football remain the only collegiate sport without a playoff system. The kicker to all of this is that Hawaii, the undefeated team from the WAC, may not even get a bowl game invite, let alone have a shot to play for the national championship! To paint an even more absurd picture, this would be like the Jacksonville Jaguars going 16-0, but being told by the NFL that there just wasn’t room in the championship game for a small market team with little following and that the Indianapolis Colts, despite being 12-4, were going to play for the all the marbles. It’s unreal!
What REALLY grinds my gears is that fact that Colt Brennan, the all time leader in passing touchdowns, is never mentioned as a Heisman candidate. Everyone seems to love McFadden (who finally showed up against LSU) and Chase Daniel from Missouri but neither of them play for a PERFECT team. Colt will probably finish with over 4000 passing yards and about a 70% completion rate. He has also missed 4 games this year due to injury. But oh yeah, I forgot. He plays in the WAC so he’s ignored (just as Boise State was last year when they went undefeated but did not play for the national title). C’mon! It’s not some I-AA team here. They’re D-I!
One final note of frustration. Tim Tebow, QB for Florida, with 7 more rushing TDs than McFadden, is only a sophomore. Voters hate sophomores. Glad to see that the award for most outstanding college football player in the country is reserved for the best junior, senior or super senior who doesn’t play in the WAC and is marketable. Way to just let these kids play.
