That's right. Apparently the powers-that-be think we need to see a reply of the least-exciting OT game in football history. And they expect us to watch it.
Actual shot of a Nielsen family watching LSU-Alabama
Their tears have been Photoshopped out
And we will watch it. We have to. I wish we didn't, but we do. We sports fans have to watch, or at least have it on in the background while we work/read/masturbate/do our taxes. It is an addiction.
Division 1 football (or whatever the fuck they call it now) does not have a playoff. Why? The reason they keep shoving down our nacho-holes is they don't want to weaken the regular season. They think that not having a playoff makes every week of the regular season a playoff. You lose, you're out.
And yet we get a rerun for the "national championship."
Quick reminder - these folks work in higher education. At least nominally.
If the regular season means so goddamned much then Alabama shouldn't be able to play in this game. They've already lost to this team. At home. Without getting a TD. And, without being able to beat a team that couldn't score a TD.
The BCS has, from time to time, made the exact right call for the title game. They have the no-question #1 and #2 teams playing each other.
And every year this happens, its because there are two, and only two, undefeated teams.
How great is this system? The only time it works is when there are only two undefeated teams. What fourth grader COULDN'T come up with that system?!?
"Hey, Billy, that team, and that team, haven't lost. Whaddya' think?"I want a playoff. And it will be very simple. And it will work.
"They should play each other - winner is the best."
"BRILLIANT!!!!!!!"
Here's how it works. 8 teams. The 6 winners from the 6 BCS conferences (or however many are left after the latest restructuring that has already given us 10 teams in the Big 12, 12 teams in the Big 10, and Boise State and San Diego State in the BIG EAST. Again, remember, these folks are working in HIGHER EDUCATION), plus two other teams. These two other teams CANNOT be from the 6 BCS conferences - you only get one team per conference (hence the regular season still means everything!). AND, if a major team is undefeated, they MUST be included. Three weeks of playoffs, one champion, life is good. Happy Shaggy!
I think that puts the system up to the junior high level.
You still keep the bowls, letting East-West Kentucky A&M State play St.Lady Gaga of Wisconsin in the Fleshlight C Battery Bowl, getting a TV audience of 0.25 and a live crowd of 75. And their alums could enjoy the trip to Sheboygan. And then get the hell out of the way as the winners play each other.
In the meantime, enjoy the game tonight. You might need 7 Red Bulls to stay up for it, and 7 Wild Turkeys to enjoy it. And, if you have those, do you really need the game?!?
Roll Tide!
