Hello,
In the mid-80's film "Top Gun", Tom Cruise's character said he felt "The need for speed". I was reminded of that today when I was thinking of the BCS. Their slogan should be The Need for Greed. Why am I comparing "There Will Be Blood" to the BCS? Because both are two of the worst things of the last several years. Although we knew going in that "There Will Be Blood" was fiction.
My alma mater Utah is playing in one of those BCS debacles tonight. The University of Utah will be playing Boise State in the Las Vegas Bowl. (I refuse to include the sponsor's name. There's more than enough greed in college football already.) No, tonight's game isn't a BCS bowl, but a team that should be in a BCS Bowl has been relegated to the Las Vegas Bowl. That team being Boise State. The long and short of it is that BSU is going to destroy the Utes tonight. If Utah keeps the final score within three touchdowns, that would be a great game for Utah.
Could Utah win this game, of course they could. Many times it comes down to motivation in bowl games. Both teams have something to play for, but nothing with national significance. If BSU wins they again will finish in the Top 10. If Utah wins they'll have won 10 straight bowl games. If your wondering, yes they're the current team that has won the most consecutive bowl games. Not bad for a so-called mid-major program. Before you start saying "but who did they play?" line, they played in 2 BCS bowls in their 9 game bowl winning streak. They won both games, including dominating Alabama in the Sugar Bowl. Yes national commentators they won that game, Alabama didn't lose it.
That being said, my prediction is BSU winning 48-14.
How could we make tonight's game more competitive, all we have to do is to swap two teams. Move BSU to play Oklahoma in the Fiesta Bowl, this would be a rematch of probably the greatest college football game ever played. Next move UConn to the Las Vegas Bowl. The 8-4 UConn Huskies vs. the 10-2 Utes would me a much more equal game. Utah would obviously be the favorite. But of course that isn't going to happen. Why, because of BCS greed. The Big East is allegedly one of the top football conferences.
This is how good the Big East was this year:
TEAM CONF OVR
West Virginia 5-2 9-3
Connecticut 5-2 8-4
Pittsburgh 5-2 7-5
Syracuse 4-3 7-5
South Florida 3-4 7-5
Louisville 3-4 6-6
Cincinnati 2-5 4-8
Rutgers 1-6 4-8
Sarcasm alert! Look at all those great records, what a power conference!! I love that UConn doesn't even have the best record in their own conference, but they still get the BCS bid. They get the BCS bid due to tie breakers. You've got to love the BCS! :( Of course this is what happens when the motivation is making money rather than having great football games.
It's time to get a playoff!
So far those Mountain West Conference teams are 1-0 in bowl games. In the New Mexico Bowl BYU put a 28 point beat down on UTEP. BYU and UTEP will have a rematch tomorrow, only on the basketball court. 9-2 UTEP and Randy Culpepper will visit 11-1 BYU and Jimmer Fredette in what should be a much better game than the New Mexico Bowl game.
Other MWC bowl games coming up: Tomorrow night the Poinsettia Bowl should be a great game when SDSU plays Navy. As what a bowl game should be, two seemingly evenly matched teams will be playing. I won't predict a winner, but I'm predicting a high scoring game.
Then on December 27th Air Force will play Georgia Tech in the Independence Bowl. This game will be played in Shreveport, La. Another bowl game where the teams appear to be evenly matched. It should be obvious that the BCS had nothing to do in picking the participants.
Then the last bowl involving a MWC team should be a classic battle. 11-1 Wisconsin will play 12-0 TCU on January 1st in the Fiesta Bowl. This should also be a great game. It's really hard to predict, it could be a high scoring game or a low scoring game. This game could go so many ways. My only prediction about this game is that it will be a memorable game.
I'd like to see the MWC go 3-2 in bowl games this season.
themusicaddict
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