Texas won the Tortilla Chip Bowl minutes ago, and all Michigan fans smiled, because we know it means one thing: the Big (11) Ten is officially in the crapper, poised for an epic Michigan return to stomp on the Big 12 and Pac-10.
As the VPs and Marketing people of the faceless sponsoring corporations presented trophies to Texas, I recall how I read a damning article on how much of a sham the college bowls have become (the seemingly incorruptable Rose Bowl included). Yahoo News has the article, and it's very insightful into what our beloved sport is becoming: centered around money, perks, and elimination of the presence of the NCAA altogether (note that the NCAA has nothing to do with the national championship anymore...it's basically a fledgling organization that receives money from big sponsors to have big-time schools compete for a lot of money, and is awarded a completely arbitrary championship that more times than not has been open for debate). We all praise Michigan for not caving to corporate sponsors for Michigan stadium -- the tradeoff was forcing Bill Martin to build the damn skyboxes to get athletic department revenue instead of having a few signs on the scoreboard -- but the parts of college football that we want to see fixed go unchecked in the name of dollar signs. FOX has the BCS until 2010, then ESPN takes over, and even then, they have structured their contract so that a playoff system cannot be instituted. It has to take the mutual might of the universities, the NCAA, and even Barack Obama, to cleanse the best darn sport in the land !
P.S. Does anyone know what the hell 'G' is ???
P.P.S. Stephen Ross is buying the Miami Dolphins. Amazing!
P.P.P.S. There was an epic mullet spotted on the Texas sidelines. Picture coming.
2 comments:
I contest that Ohio State embarrassed themselves. They did no worse than Northwestern and my official word on Northwestern is: "they acquitted themselves well." What is important is that the Big 10+1 has sunk down low, but not low enough that a revitalized Michigan won't be able to surge forward to victory.
Interesting fact about money and college football: TV revenues for BCS bowl games is a little under $200 million; TV revenues for NCAA basketball tourney is over $500 million. Food for thought...
I venture the guess that "G" is a new type of Gatorade made specifically for mimes. I'll wait for a more educated guess for Benn.
Concerning "G"...
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