Tuesday, December 8, 2009

A Buncha Random Crap That I Had to Get Out In My Last Blog

Ok it’s been a while since I did one of these so I have to get myself back in the blog-zone. Again I’m going to rant about the sports world and why I disagree with generally everything that mainstream sports media broadcasts and represents.
BCS (Bull-Crap Series)
My most recent sports hatred has been the Bowl Championship Series, or the BCS for short. Every time I go onto ESPN.com I am forced to deal with the reality that college football has the WORST post-season awards and games out of all sports. You may find yourself asking, “Does he actually appreciate the organization of the WNBA postseason more than the NCAA Football postseason?” The simplest answer is yes I do. The WNBA has a non-flawed way of producing undisputed champions which is very similar to many other sports. They use a basic playoff bracket, where championships are won by teams who play consistent, and smart, skillful games. However, the NCAA administration has opted out of such a system. They have chosen the BCS instead. The BCS is the most effective way of generating a TON of money through everything from endorsements, to television networks, to merchandise. The BCS is able to get tons of money because of the amount of games played in comparison to the playoff system. The BCS allows for 33 matchups through the month of December and January. A playoff system would only allow for 7 games in an 8 team seeded bracket. This large a discrepancy in games played would decrease profits for the NCAA administration by millions of dollars. However, I am not an advocate of either the current BCS system of 33 games or the suggested playoff system of 8 teams and 7 games. I am a strong supporter of the plus 1 plus system. I believe that if a team goes undefeated they should have a shot at the title, but only by proving that they are worthy of a BCS bid. In the current BCS system there are 5 undefeated teams left after the season has ended; Cincinnati from the Big East, Texas from the Big 12, Alabama from the Southeastern Conference, and TCU and Boise State from non-automatic bowl qualifying conferences in the west. Cincinnati is not playing in the national championship even though they ran the table in an automatic qualifying conference. Texas and Alabama will play for the national championship for the season and Texas Christian and Boise State will battle for the Fiesta bowl a week before. Sadly, TCU, BSU, and Cincinnati are all not playing for the national championship because they were never given a chance. The current BCS system has this problem. In my proposed postseason system this dilemma would be avoided. Each undefeated team would play each other in reverse ranking order. Boise State, being the lowest ranked undefeated team would play against the second lowest ranked team Texas Christian. The winner of this game would then enter a small remaining 4 team playoff with the remaining teams: Texas, Cincinnati, and Alabama. Texas and Cincinnati would play because they are the 2 middle ranked teams, followed by the highest and lowest ranked teams playing, Alabama and Boise State/TCU. The winners of both of these games will then play for the national championship. The other bowl games will still be played and no money will be lost through endorsements, merchandising, or television contracts. Overall I see my system being perfect, flawless, and just what the NCAA administration needs to adopt to get rid of the recent scrutiny that the BCS has faced.

Michael Vick and His Return to the ATL
Michael Vick, member of the Philadelphia Eagles, recently returned to the city that he called home before his jail stint. He rolled into Atlanta for a game against his former team the Falcons. He described as, “a very emotional stage.” He even admitted the he had shed a tear on the bus ride over to the stadium, stating that the trip to the stadium was a bit of “déjà-vu”. Upon his entrance on the turf of the Georgia Dome, Vick was greeted almost unanimously by boos from angered fans. In my opinion Andy Reid, head coach of the Eagles, handled the situation with unbelievable class. He knew that the fact that this was Michael Vick’s first game against the franchise which he took by storm, both by flashing athleticism not known on the gridiron and by single-handedly dismantling what was considered a top tier football team through crime and violence. Reid made Vick a captain for the coin toss to start the game and he allowed him to lead the Eagles onto the field for the first offensive series of the game. Vick was also involved in the Philly offense more than normal on game day. He scored his first rushing touchdown of the year against the Falcons, on a 4 yard quarterback draw play. He also threw 2 passes. His first pass being a deep bomb to the Eagles’ Reggie Brown. His second pass was a fake bootleg, where he threw across his body to tight end Brent Celek. Overall the day was a huge gain for Michael Vick, the Philadelphia Eagles, and the fans of Atlanta. Upon the end of the game Falcon fans were chanting Michael Vick’s name; a site that defined how quickly the favor of a stadium can change over the course of a game.

Things for guys to try to avoid saying on first dates
So how’d you get pregnant?
How do you feel about animals participating in the bedroom?
I’m assuming that you’ve had a few kids by now judging by your shape.
If you play your cards right, you could end up shaving my back tonight.
I’ve got a silo in my pants and it’s ready to launch.
Do you sleep on your stomach? Can I?
You must work at Subway because you just gave me a foot long.
Nice legs what time do they open?



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