The shotgun is loaded… This could be the end… Just one minor mistake, and in just a fraction of a second, it will all be over. Minds are calculating — hearts are racing. Who will be standing in the end? Who will live another day? Who will be the one that will ultimately proclaim, "VICTORY!"?
The Captain calls for back-up, as he breathes warm air into his frigid hands. He steps back — surveying the field, as his training and strategies are replaying in his head — like a high-speed slide-show. "Go left?" He ponders. "No, the guard will surely stop us." If only he had one more rocket — one more bomb — if only he could avoid the inevitable blitzkrieg awaiting behind the enemy lines.
Okay, I love college football, and I have long since claimed that it is the most corrupt college sport, by far. In the current system, the Bowl Championship Series (BCS) rates all teams, and selects only two colleges to compete for the BCS National Championship, after the regular season. However, there are more than 30 bowl games in total. In the BCS Championship series (4 games total, with one championship game) each team receives a 17 million-dollar check. The other bowl game checks range from around $1-2 mill.
So, what’s the problem? The problem is that big conferences have ties to most bowls, and “smaller” conferences have virtually no chance to earn the “big” bucks. For example, the NCAA Basketball Tournament is an “equal-opportunity” venture. If you make it in the basketball tournament (65 teams), you get to play for the Championship, and you get paid. In football? Well, not so much. In football, money talks.
First, like I said earlier, only two teams get the opportunity to be Champs. Plus, with all of the “conference-bowl” alliances, smaller schools with good teams often sit at home — or play for "chicken feed" in smaller bowl games. Each bowl game chooses teams primarily on how many tickets they will sell, plus, the ever-lucrative TV contracts. Only about half the time does a team get a “bowl bid” for its accomplishments — it’s usually about its “marketability.”
Okay, so there’s your football lesson. The system definitely needs to be fixed, but should Congress be the instigator? Is this just another stepping stone on our socialistic pathway? Many think that the BCS should police itself, and many, like me, think that our Congress has bigger issues to deal with right now.
It’s not just the significance of the issue, it’s also the appearance. Do we really need to be focusing on football right now? We are dealing with struggling automobile companies, folding banks and job cuts across the board. And, our Congress is investigating football? Gee whiz! I don’t like the BCS system either, but this does not make me feel like my tax dollars are really working for me.
So, I think Congress should “punt,” and try to score this one later in the game — when we don’t have so many “injured” players on the bench (autos, banks, jobs). I think Congress should be focusing on the real battlefields, not the "football" fields.
Excellent , Ron !!!
But, these good guys up yonder way , they be uh-fixin’ up thu whoooooooooooooooooolze cuntry………..football , too.
Better said, think their shiz don’t stink. I’d rather see them fix their own damn mess, stay out of football. What business is it of theirs anyway ? Before it’s over, after they “fix” it, we’ze probumly get sum dem good taxes tacked on.
GREEDY PEOPLE CANNOT GET OTHER GREEDY PEOPLE out of a screwed up mess !!!
Spoken like a true liquored-up football fan, Dave
I never thought about the tax implications…crap…
Dave’s insight:
GREEDY PEOPLE CANNOT GET OTHER GREEDY PEOPLE out of a screwed up mess !!!
Share the sentiments, albeit, “They think they CAN!”
Damn, did it sound liquored-up ? Tried to just be the typical idiot American citizen who is not “smart enough to spend their own money”………heard that one before , ain’t ‘ya ???
Hey, Jordan, just goes to show that some people are on the other page in life…….when it’s our leaders……well, nice to know you.
Hey, they won this election on “big talk” for the “little guy”. Now, it’s their “duty” to sweep the bugs off your front porch? Sorry, keep your politics where they belong….in DC, not in the NCAA. Sure it’s screwed up, but I personally don’t want G-men noses in every aspect of life.
Like listening to O-savior-ama gonna’ stop all this overseas tax-loophole cheating……..then the Dems raising a fuss against their own god………hell, yeah, cutting into their pockets now !!! Politics, at its best. Big talk, but actions speak louder than words and well,……..the “savior” has reneged on way too many “promises” already for anyone to literally take him serious.
Uv cowse, they be uz not zo smot folk.
Exactly the problem, Dave.
The idiots on Capitol and in the W.H. feel they have a “mandate” to butt into every facet of our lives.
I wish someone stopped this train wreck before it reaches the station.
Every day a new piece of crappy legislation, a new shocking premise, another “intervention.”
Dave,
Most Americans are stupid, yes. They watch football, get smashed, and then piss and moan because other people work harder and therefore GET more. So, in your attempt to sound “dumb,” I just assumed that you were one of those “liquored-up” whiners that are taking over the nation.
The only problem is that we’re gonna wake up one day with no guns and have no recourse to our Commie regime.
KILL BABIES! SAVE TREES!
RB.,
I just made a similar point somewhere else on the net. “Killing human embryos, no problem. Get bend out of shape over whales.”
But O-savior-ama said this is not a Christian nation.
I know, how is it that an “animal” life becomes more important than a human life ? Again…….”not a Christian nation”. Just think how much more we can expect from the “good” side , considering we have lost this much faith this fast.
I am sure glad this world don’t matter, except how I conduct my life. Better keep the rest to myself. Hate to ruin the “conservative” forum.
What happened to the “Ghost Hunters” thread ? ……I wish I had that job ????????????
The Ghost Hunters article was accidentally published two days ahead of schedule, while still in draft form. It, and your comment will go up tomorrow.
Dave muttered: “Better keep the rest to myself. Hate to ruin the “conservative” forum.”
C’mon Dave, I hate suspense. Care to elaborate?
Well, just had my comment wiped by the CAPTCHA Code business.
2nd try in brief.
Trog : wipe my comment before your story is re-posted ! Your an Admin, or I need to go to Chad directly ? No offense to you, just feel it fair to start from scratch all ways around the block. I will definitely read the “new” story, and comment if I feel so.
Jordan : such commentary from me is only available via “tug of shirt” and sit down in private quarters. As I am sure that won’t happen, I cannot “thrill” you with such requested elaboration.
10-4, Dave. I’ll erase it right now, although the article didn’t change that much.
Ok, Dave….I am VERY disappointed but I will not crumble, nor will I lay down and die….on no, not I…I will survive.