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We now have the annual
discussion about college football needing playoffs to crown a
national championship. I will remind you, like every year it will
be discussed for another few days and at that point it won’t be put
on the back burner, it won’t even be on the stove.
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The whole
college sports thing is a full-fledged farce that we all have come
to grips with. We accept and we move on to some other cause that
will also fall on deaf ears.
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I am somewhat
surprised by now that the money-hoarding decision-makers have not
tried the playoff format of some sort. It will have flaws for sure,
but it would create more interest and certainly debate. Aside from
that, there should be even more money made by all
involved.
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Alabama
did us all a
favor in beating LSU. They exposed the system as we know it. I am
not going to say Oklahoma State would have fared batter against
Alabama or LSU. As a matter of fact, I think it may have gotten
ugly. With that said, we would have had a game that would have been
more interesting.
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The Bowl
Championship Series is flawed beyond repair and no one cares
anymore. Oh, they say they do, but what action has really been
taken? The networks continue with business as usual, the writers
won’t grouse too much because they are involved with the most
meaningless poll in the history of the world, and the fans only
care about when their school gets the short end of the stick. Other
than that, it’s all a lot of talk, talk till next year when it
starts all over again.
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The
Tebow thing
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Just when you
thought that the Tim Tebow talk would die down, think again. While
Tebow will not confuse anyone in thinking he is Joe Montana, he
gets the job done. It is not textbook, nor dynamic, but Tim Tebow
is about to change the way the NFL is played. He has now opened the
door for all of the quarterbacks who could not throw like John
Elway but run like Randall Cunningham or Michael Vick.
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The NFL is a
fad league. They follow whatever trend that wins this season. If
you are He
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The run is now
in play because it has had teams play out of their character. Case
in point was the Pittsburgh game where one of the great defensive
minds in Hall of Famer Dick Leabeau, Steeler defensive coordinator,
decided to play Tebow and the Broncos like he would have any
quarterback who he thought could not beat him with a pass. He
supported the run in overtime, and one pass play later the game was
over. Over because they only thought the quarterback could run. He
is the quarterback, which means he has the option to
throw.
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While Tebow is
not overly effective nor efficient, he does just enough to the
point you have to respect him and what he brings to the
field.
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Faith
insecurities
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Many are caught
up in the whole religious thing that Tebow shares with anyone who
asks him. I always wondered for all the guys that pray before
during and after games, what makes you think that God singles guys
and teams out? Does God really have time to look at the point
spread or the coverages that a team is running every
Sunday?
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I could care
less who Tim Tebow prays to. I am only interested in what he does
to help his team win or what he does not do that puts his team in
harm’s way. Anything else is just media and fan hype about their
own faith insecurities. With that said, here endith the
lesson!
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Eddie
George as Julius Caesar
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I noticed that
former Heisman Trophy Winner and NFL running back Eddie George
has
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George is not
the first former player that has tried his hand at acting. Going
back to the days when the first black NFL player,
Wood
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Let’s hope it
works for George like it worked for the great Jim
Brown.
