SPORTS
provided by Steven Young, Schuylkill Plus! Sportsd
Bowls, bowls, bowls… you get bowled over by the time January 7th rolls around.
So who really is the number one team in the land?
Who really should be playing for a national football collegiate championship?
And what does it really matter?
A lot!
Once again the NCAA has infringed upon the millions (or is billions?) of football fans who holler, scream bloody-murder that we need a National Football Championship game.
The other college divisions play it on the field, why not D-I? Too much vested interest in the bowl process, that’s why.
Which brings us to the BCS – Bad Census System – pitting Alabama and Texas in the Granddaddy of them all bowl, where Roses are paraded around on New Year’s Day?
It seems from this side of the fence here at Schuylkill Plus that there are a number of deserving teams to play in the championship game.
Some like the way TCU can romp with the best; ditto for Cincinnati. Those teams went unbeaten throughout the year, and deserve a shot.
A year ago the BCS crowned Florida, but by no means it were the best in the land. Southern Cal could have very well stolen some thunder.
By the time we’ve got to print, the New Year’s Day bowl mania is now worn off.
All eyes are on Texas and ‘Bama, the Tide could roll, but for some sneaky suspicion this may not be as much a gimmie as the odds makers think.
Bama is 5-point favorite heading into the last week of December. And to think this program had never won a Heisman Trophy until this season with Mark Ingram, makes you wonder.
Alabama has looked the more impressive of these two teams, but if Colt McCoy can find his rhythm, watch out. Yet it usually comes down to defenses.
Both Texas and Alabama can play without the ball.
The bet from this side finds Texas pulling a shocking upset, if you want to call it that. Try 21-17.
This one will not be as exciting as it was when Vince Young led the Longhorns to the NC a few years back.
Oh, by the way, it was played in the Rose Bowl.
