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Top Reasons Bowl Games Suck

January 4, 2009

So I have pretty much watched every single bowl game so far.  In fact I even took the effort to go to the Alamo Bowl which will probably go down as one of the best bowl games of this season.  The problem I have is the number of bowl games is rediculous.  More than half the teams in Division 1 make a bowl game.   As of this season, there are only 119 schools that are in the Division 1 FBS league.  There are 34 bowl games with 68 schools participating.   This does not make sense to me only because I thought bowl games we supposed to mean something.  If you make it to a bowl game these days, it just meant that you had above a .500 record.  I mean seriously?  Is that what this world has come to?  Do we really have to deal with this?  I want to know how many of these bowl games were sold out because the Alamo Bowl (which is supposed to be a second tier bowl to the actual BCS games) was most definately sold out and I paid 19 dollars for a ticket 34 rows up…not a bad deal eh?

Too bad I was wearing a yellow shirt in a sea of purple.  I was given pretty dirty looks the whole time.  I just couldnt believe the game was not sold out.  Especially since it went into overtime (even though people couldnt possibly know that) it was probably the best game so far in the Bowl series.  I thought Utah and Alabama would be a better game but Utah took care of that.  The problem I have is now they are asking the question whether or not Utah deserves a share of the national championship.  Thats not the worst part though.  The worst part is that 65 percent of the United States belives that they should.  Come on people, they dont play near the schedule any other team does.  Yes, they went undefeated and I congradulate them on that great accomplishment, and maybe they deserve to be in the top 5, but they most certainly do not deserve the number 1 spot.  To even be considered is rediculous.  The sad part is that the AP poll will more than likely give them a share if Florida loses to Oklahoma.   The point is that the Texas Longhorns got screwed out of a national championship.  Oklahoma has a chance to redeem that for the Big 12.  The problem is that I doubt Oklahoma is going to be able to play with Florida and if they can, then great I am excited for them, but if they cant…the Big 12 loses all respect because Texas Tech just lost to Ole Miss.  Good luck to all those still in this thing.

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Texas Tech Red Raiders offically suck!

January 3, 2009

I am tired of watching the Big 12 lose.  I am tired of watching the SEC win.  Ole Miss is a great team, they have a great quarterback in Jevan Snead (last years Texas Longhorn backup) but I still do not think they compare to half the Big 12 teams.  What I watched today was so pathetic I stopped enjoying football for about 3 hours today.  I feel like its 3 hours of my life that I will never get back.   Graham Harrell played like complete dog doodoo.  I cannot believe I seriously went 0-3 today for bowl games.  Today was a low day for me.  Alabama is going to lose to Utah 31-17 ??? What is this world coming to?   I dont know whether to stop watching college football all together or start pushing for a playoff.  Obviously Texas Tech is not effective enough to even participate in the Cotton Bowl.  I have stood up to the SEC A-holes long enough and listened to them whine about how the BIg 12 is so overrated and they have no defense.

On top of everything else that has happened today, now I have to ask the question, “Is Utah the best team in the nation?”  Why am I asking this question?  Because Utah not only beat Alabama tonight, they walloped them.  Which just goes to show you that the SEC is not as strong as one would have you believe.  OOOO, low blow right?  Well the Big 12 isnt looking so hot either.   To be honest with you I think that Texas Tech and Alabama were both heavily disappointed in where they ended up.  I think that the total lack of preperation proves that point.  Neither team won and Alabama started the game down 21-3.  Texas Tech went up 14-0 and still lost.  Graham Harrell was most definately to blame for most of the Texas Tech woes today with 2 interceptions.  He had just thrown 7 all season coming into the game.  The moral of this story is don’t put all your trust into a team soley based on a passing offense.

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