Monday, January 07, 2008

NCAA Football: A sport without a champion III

I'd just like to take a moment now to point out that as Louisiana State University is celebrating their victory tonight over Ohio State in the BCS 'championship' game, that the National Collegiate Athletic Association has still not awarded a championship to any school for the Division I Football Bowl Subdivision. Nor will it. Sorry LSU. Not that you're not worthy (although that is questionable), but the NCAA plaque awarded for every other recognized sport will not be handed out to you or anyone else. Why? Because there's too much money at $take. That's all... So while the confetti is still streaming and the state of Louisiana is reveling in an amazing drunken debauchery to celebrate, just keep in mind that the crystal trophy you cherish so much came from Sears. Oh well.

Hey, at least they're honest about it. They used to lie and call it a schedule issue: too much time, too many games. Then they added Conference Championships, a twelfth regular season game, pre-season kick-off games, and realized that even Forest Gump wasn't buying that crap. Pathetic.