BCS needs to go!

I watched in disbelief as Isiah Lewis ran into the Wisconsin punter and the MSU dream (ours too) of going to the Rose Bowl came crashing down.  It was a phenomenal game that was definitely championship worthy.  We can only hope that the national championship is half the game this one was.  Judging by the last time LSU and Alabama played, it will be a boring defensive struggle.

After the smoke cleared, MSU was left out. 2 seasons in a row they have been left out.  Wisconsin goes to the Rose bowl once again.  If you think about it, Wisconsin only had to beat MSU once to go to 2 Rose Bowls and MSU would have had to beat Wisconsin twice to go to 1 Rose Bowl.  Makes sense doesn't it?  Michigan State is going to play Georgia in a lesser bowl while Michigan got the invite to play Virginia Tech in the Sugar Bowl. This doesn't make sense for many reasons.  First of all, Michigan got the invite to a BCS game having not played in the Big Ten Championship.  They got to sit at home and watch as 2 heavyweights slugged it out.  Michigan State beat Michigan badly this year when they played head to head.  Next, Virginia Tech got annihilated in the ACC Championship by Clemson and was selected over 1 loss Boise State.  So basically what the BCS is saying is that none of the the championship games last weekend mattered and none of Boise States games this season mattered.  Oklahoma State hammers their biggest rival and what does that get them?  A BCS ranking of 3 and on the outside looking in.  Oklahoma State got screwed too.  How can a team that can't win their own conference (didn't even play in the conference championship game) be given an opportunity to play for a national championship?  Money talks and the BCS proves it.

I will not be watching any of the BCS games due to the ridiculousness that it is.  Good luck to all the schools and I hope that LSU throttles Alabama.

It's Tebow time

I will admit it, I have not been a fan of Tim Tebow.  I have mocked his celebrations and the apparent cult following that he has.  I have said that he isn't a good quarterback (still believe that).  I have made fun of his mechanics and his speech at Florida that now has it's own plaque.  I laughed hysterically when the Denver Broncos took him in the first round.  How could John Elway, one of the greatest quarterbacks of all time, take Tebow so high?  Being a former QB, you would think that he could judge the talent of future QB prospects.

One thing I will say is that the guy is a winner and just gets it done.  He looks terrible for 55 minutes and then takes over the last 5 minutes and wins the game.  How does he do it?  He has that never say die attitude.  He works harder than anyone else out there and at the end of the day, feels good about the work he has put in.  It is a team game and the Broncos defense has a lot to do with them winning games as well.  Without the D playing at a high level, they would be too far behind for Tebow to create the magic.  As a Detroit Lions fan, I watched the Lions go into Mile High and absolutely embarrass Tebow and the Broncos.  I thought to myself, how bad is this team?  4 games later, the Denver Tebow's haven't lost and are trying to make the playoffs.  He continues to defy the odds and win games.  It isn't pretty by any means but it doesn't have to be.

I wouldn't call myself a born again Tebow fan, but I will no longer root against him.  Heck I may even root for him.  Why not root for a good guy?  The NFL is full of thugs who wind up in the news for all the wrong reasons.  Some of them are terrible role models and yet, we, as a nation, continue to root for them.  Maybe it's time to change that.