What is wrong with a rematch?

Can someone please explain what exactly the problem is with a rematch in the BCS title game?  Why should the two best teams be prohibited from playing in the title game simply because they played each other in the regular season?  The goal of any championship game is to have the two best teams play each other for the championship, yet many in the college football media are acting like this is a meaningless game simply because they played each other earlier this year.  While LSU won the previous matchup in Tuscaloosa, it wasn’t exactly a blowout and it could’ve easily gone either way.  We should cherish the opportunity to see two very elite teams play each other, no matter if they previously played in the regular season.

Shut Down Penn State Football

The unparalleled atrocities uncovered at Penn State this week require unprecedented reaction. It is disgusting to even fathom that a football team and football coach’s reputation can be thought of as more important than the safety, health and well-being of innocent children. Everyone within the program and university who has lost their job over this has, hopefully, only begun to face the consequences that they have certainly earned. They should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law, no matter their status in State College. The roster of knowledgeable parties includes the President of the university, the Athletic Director, one of the most revered Head Coaches in the sport’s history, who knows how many assistant coaches, and who knows how many other people within the community.  Considering the fact that all of those people did not act appropriately in the defense of innocent children in order to protect a football program, the football program needs to be shut down completely.

The BCS is not causing conference realignment

The landscape of college football is continuing to morph right before our eyes. Right before this season we learned of Texas A&M's desire for SEC football and West Virginia and TCU have recently joined the Big 12. Just today we learn of the Big East trying to stay intact by inviting 6 teams to play football in their conference. Typically, the media blames the BCS for this because they need someone to blame and many already dislike the BCS. However, the BCS has not caused conference realignment. Conferences have always been trying to expand, long before the BCS existed, and the primary reason is television money.

September Recap

September Recap

Three teams tower above the rest after an exciting first month of the 2011 college football season. LSU and Alabama are the clear-cut best teams, and Oklahoma comes in just behind those SEC teams. Many other teams have the potential for greatness but have lacked the schedule strength to accurately judge their quality. Schedule strength is a familiar demon for Boise State, but Wisconsin is about to begin their conference schedule after beating up on some lesser opponents to help new star Russell Wilson get used to his new team. Oklahoma State and Stanford have begun conference play with a bang and should be contenders but still have some questions to answer before they can be considered among the nation's elite. LSU, Alabama and Oklahoma have already answered the call and seem to be poised and ready to take on the brunt of their conference schedule.

Sic 'em Bears!

Riding the high off of an exciting victory against TCU, Baylor is proving to be the deafening voice of the little guy in the never-ending conference realignment saga. In an interesting turn of events, Baylor has threatened legal action against Texas A&M if the Aggies leave the Big 12 and has brought conference realignment to a halt, at least temporarily. Hats off to the Bears for resisting the seemingly inevitable flow of teams switching conferences. The band in Waco need to stand their ground because they have nothing to lose, and hopefully this will slow the potential march towards the much-ballyhooed “super-conferences.”