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Posted by: Bradley McDonald
It's finally starting to feel like football weather down here in the south. I always look forward to the first Saturday of the year where I can sit in Tiger Stadium and actually feel a cool breeze. Too bad it didn't happen until the second-to-last game of the season this year. It just doesn't feel like football season when you're sitting in the stands sweating.
College Football
Well, it looks like we may go down to the computers again to decide the National Championship game in college football. Auburn dominated 5th ranked Georgia Saturday for a 24-6 victory. The Bulldogs have looked unbelievably good at times (against LSU, unfortunately), but other times they have looked simply mediocre. Auburn's play against a strong schedule, coupled with Oklahoma's recent trend of barely getting by, has some voters taking notice. If neither team loses down the stretch, then it will probably come down to the computer calculations again, even though more emphasis is on the polls this year. And, of course, there will be controversy and people will blame the computers for doing exactly what they were told to do. Hey...how about that new concept called a playoff system? It seems to work in EVERY other major sport out there. I still haven't heard a valid argument as to why it won't work for college football. Let me know if you have one.
NFL
After week 10 in the NFL, there are three teams that stand out at the top. Pittsburgh, New England and Philadelphia. All three teams have only one loss and all three have great defenses. Memo to Indianapolis and Kansas City: It takes a defense to win a championship. Peyton Manning may throw five touchdown passes a game, but if the defense doesn’t step up, he'll be sitting at home come the end of January.
It's finally starting to feel like football weather down here in the south. I always look forward to the first Saturday of the year where I can sit in Tiger Stadium and actually feel a cool breeze. Too bad it didn't happen until the second-to-last game of the season this year. It just doesn't feel like football season when you're sitting in the stands sweating.
College Football
Well, it looks like we may go down to the computers again to decide the National Championship game in college football. Auburn dominated 5th ranked Georgia Saturday for a 24-6 victory. The Bulldogs have looked unbelievably good at times (against LSU, unfortunately), but other times they have looked simply mediocre. Auburn's play against a strong schedule, coupled with Oklahoma's recent trend of barely getting by, has some voters taking notice. If neither team loses down the stretch, then it will probably come down to the computer calculations again, even though more emphasis is on the polls this year. And, of course, there will be controversy and people will blame the computers for doing exactly what they were told to do. Hey...how about that new concept called a playoff system? It seems to work in EVERY other major sport out there. I still haven't heard a valid argument as to why it won't work for college football. Let me know if you have one.
NFL
After week 10 in the NFL, there are three teams that stand out at the top. Pittsburgh, New England and Philadelphia. All three teams have only one loss and all three have great defenses. Memo to Indianapolis and Kansas City: It takes a defense to win a championship. Peyton Manning may throw five touchdown passes a game, but if the defense doesn’t step up, he'll be sitting at home come the end of January.
