'Seal clubbing' the BCS
For the best-written, over-the-top column, so far, on the Ute-BCS mess read ESPN's Rick Reilly. Some exerpts:Some gifts people give are pointless: Styling mousse to Dick Vitale. An all-you-can-eat card to Kate Moss. The BCS Championship given to Oklahoma or Florida.
It means nothing because the BCS has no credibility. Florida? Oklahoma? Who cares? Utah is the national champion.
The End. Roll credits.
. . . [Utah] Went to the Deep South and seal-clubbed Alabama in the Sugar Bowl.And Reilly, on a roll, just gets better and better.
. . . If you're Florida and you beat Alabama, you get a seat in the title game. If you're Utah, you get a seat on your sofa.
. . . Which is why the title game just doesn't matter anymore. It's like being named Miss Ogallala. Or Best Amish Electrician.
Meanwhile, BCS coordinator John Swofford says the the group can fend off any legal challenges, including anti-trust suits generated by Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff.
4 Comments:
Reilly is right, of course, absolutely right. The BCS title game, so-called, not only is an injustice to Utah kids who did what they had to do and with grace and style and dignity, but with execution and professionalism.
They're not being in the title game is an insult. A perfect season - the only one in college football - and after defeating some of the very top-rated teams.
Shame on the BCS for this national disgrace. It is an ugly, ugly mortal sin.
Oklahoma alum declares Utah national champions.
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The only thing worse than the BCS is the outrage of using the innocent death of thousands of baby seals as a metaphor for sports domination. It's cruel and insensitive of Reilly, and he should be severely punished.
If Utah was using the baby seal clubs on ALabama, then at least they couldn't be used on baby seals. So there.
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