Awfulness comes in threes.

Ohio State not above losing big games, dignity.

The "O" also signifies "overrated."

Got a big, nationally  televised football game that you really need to lose?  Call Jim Tressel and his team from Columbus.  On the national stage, no team will under perform quite like Ohio State, who spent the last two National Championship games picking their teeth up off the field.  The games were not even close, let alone watchable, and left many people wondering why they where selected to play in the game, or why they even fielded a team.  Then, this past September 13th, fresh off pounding national powerhouse Ohio University 26-14 the week before, they traveled to Los Angeles to take on USC.  End result? USC 35, OSU 3.  Just the showing Ohio State needed to let the fans know that losing big games is still official team policy.  Now, the Buckeyes are poised to go 0-4 on the national stage .  Losing the Fiesta Bowl, whether by blowout or not, will earn Ohio State the distinction of being the Buffalo Bills of college football.  If you don’t understand that last sentence, look up “Buffalo Bills Super Bowls XXV-XXVIII” and see what comes up.  What this team is doing in a BCS game defies logic and threatens numerous state and federal decency laws as they pertain to television viewing laws.  Both Texas Tech (7) and Boise State (9) finished higher  than Ohio State (10) in the final BCS rankings, yet find themselves in non-BCS games, while Ohio State gets the opportunity to stink up the Fiesta Bowl for the second time in three years.   Spmething just doesn’t add up.  A BCS game shouldn’t be the prize for losing your two most important games of the year.  That prize used to be the Outback Bowl.  Who do we have to blame for the Buckeyes again being on national TV? Our near and dear friends from the BCS…..

BCS decides it best to decide championships off the field

Your team hates you.

Another year, another national championship controversy, and still no playoff.  And there appears to be no playoff for the FBS division in the near future, and why would there be? All it would do is make perfect sense for all parties involved.  As mentioned in the previous paragraph, Ohio State has no business being in a BCS game over a team like Texas Tech (and if you don’t want to see a Texas Tech – Utah game in the BCS, you’re not a football fan).  As fun as debating endlessly over who should go to the BCS and who shouldn’t is, I have a feeling that it would be much more enjoyable if  the scenarios were played out in actually in the form of a playoff.  And yes, I just said the P-word, and yes, I’m know the horse is dead, but I’m going to beat it some more.  Playoff scenarios have been circulating the internet for years.  Some are better than others, but the underlying principle is the same: let it be decided on the field.  This years Oklahoma- Florida match up is good, and features two talented, deserving teams, but that doesn’t mean they were the only teams deserving of a national championship birth.  The last two college football seasons have been proof enough that a playoff would be a more than acceptable replacement to the current system, which is rumored to be powered by Magic 8 Balls and picking names out of a hat, and still seems to end in confusion.  Borrowing a page from the NCAA basketball tournament, why not have a Final Four or Elite Eight in college football?  All other bowl games wouldn’t be affected, and could proceed as normal.  The sad part is, a playoff is little more than wishful thinking.  Instituting a playoff would require reason, logic, hints of fairness, and a dash of common sense.  Sadly, the powers that be refuse to possess any of these qualities, or even consider their existence. Oh look! The Texas Bowl is on……..

Rediscover the Mute button.

Commentators, one would assume, possess both a high level of football knowledge, and proficient use of the English language.  Lately, however, some coomentators have been out to defy logic or the generally agreed upon rules of the English language.  The hiring practices of some of these networks need to be called into question, or maybe they should just institute IQ scanning for potential applicants.  Horrible commentary is present at all points of the game.  Take, for instance, the last five minutes of the recent 49er-Dolphin game.  The 49ers were in possession of the ball, trailing 13-9 with time running out in the fourth quarter, when the commentator, whoever he was, hypothesized a seemingly unimaginable situation: “They need to start going down the field right here.”  Oh really?  Well, where else would they go? Sideways? Has Shaun Hill been punting the ball backwards and flipping off the crowd for the better part of four quarters?  But wait, it gets better.  A play or two after, our man in the booth manages to top himself with this salute to the obvious: “I think they need to score right here.”  Hmmm.  Trailing in the fourth quarter, they need to score?  I don’t buy it.  Send your theory to MIT so we can be sure.  Saying “they need to score” is about as obvious as saying “Hey, my face would feel alot better if you stop punching it.”