Thursday, November 18, 2004
Equating Humor About Religion With Racism???
Isn't it interesting how it's perfectly fine to put an effigy of Jesus in a jar and urinate on it, and get paid for it, by the government, because you label it art, but God help you if you say something about a camel making your dress slacks all hairy... "YOU RACIST SCUM BAG FUCKER!!!"
So I made a funny and said something about a program called "Touched By An Allah", this was also mininterpreted, because some ignorant shithead equated humor about religion to my being insensitive to muslims, and therefore I'm a racist. "EAT SHIT" I say. Of course, that's being racist to manure, so SORRY!!! YES, I AM SORRY!! Shit in one hand, put the sincerity of my apology in the other, see what fills up first, BYE!
Monday, November 15, 2004
Championship Game For A Championship Game
With the BCS system in place, NCAA football conferences that have a conference title game are at a distinct disadvantage over those conferences that do not have a title game. Why you may ask? It’s really simple, that extra game continues to knock teams out of the national title contention, while conferences such as the Big 10 and the Pac 10 end up at times not even having to play the best competition within their OWN conference, because of the lack of a conference title game.
I believe that in order to get into the national title game, your conference should have to have a title game, because so many weird things can happen in the title games. Take a look at the following examples:
1996 Texas 37 Nebraska 27
In the inaugural 1996 Big 12 Championship game at St. Louis, Nebraska was a heavy favorite to beat the Longhorns and play for a third straight national title. But Texas had other ideas, rallying from a 27-23 fourth-quarter deficit to win 37-27, ending the Huskers' 31-game winning streak against conference opponents, and ending the Husker’s hopes of a national title three-peat.
1998 Texas A&M 36 Kansas St. 33 (Double O.T)
The top ranked Kansas State Wildcats entered this game looking for what most thought would be an easy win over the Texas A&M Aggies, a win that would put them into the Fiesta Bowl for the national title game. Kansas State fans were tossing tortilla shells onto the field at the end of the third quarter when their beloved Wildcats took a seemingly insurmountable 27-12 lead. But the Aggies stormed back in the 4th quarter, forcing overtime. In double overtime, A&M kicked the game winning field goal, knocking Kansas State from the title game.
2001 Colorado 39 Texas 37
With a win in this game, Texas would have gained a birth in the Rose Bowl for a national title game with Miami. Unfortunately for them, Colorado, undoubtedly the hottest team in the nation after beating up undefeated and second ranked Nebraska the previous week, was up to the challenge, and in a wild scoring affair, defeated Texas. This Colorado win, strangely enough sent Nebraska back into the title game.
2003 Kansas State 35 Oklahoma 7
Oklahoma rolled thru the 2003 season like a terror, blasting opponents off the field. Some claimed the Sooners were ‘the best team ever’ leading up to the Big 12 title game. Kansas State had other ideas, dominating Oklahoma in devastating fashion, running up and down the field on a Sooner defense that looked totally in disarray. The Sooners ended up with a title shot anyway, getting defeated by LSU in the Sugar Bowl.
So, as you can see, out of 8 Big 12 title games up till 2003, 4 times the game has ended with unexpected upsets, 3 of the 4 times knocking the favorite out of the title game, and the one time the team got in (Oklahoma in 2003) the loss in the Big 12 game seemed to shake their confidence going into the national title game, where they ended up losing.
Conferences without a title game have an unfair advantage over those who do have this game, they can basically have a team just waltz right into a national championship game at times without even playing the best competition from their own conference. The NCAA would do themselves better by forcing all conferences to have a title game to insure fair play across the board.
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