Boycott

"Its been a long time. Lotta jobs."
- Nice Guy Eddie, Resorvoir Dogs

Its been a long time since I last posted but I'm back with a vengeance today beyotch. I woke up early this morning just for this. Okay I woke up early this morning and simultaneously couldn't fall back asleep nor could I think of anything better to do. Anyway so its a beautiful Saturday morning (aka freezing and overcast) but its Saturday so what better to do than sit around and watch college football. Wait, what do you mean the season is over? Did they publish the tournament brackets yet? Oh yeah, that.

This has been the best college football season I can remember. People usually say that about the season when their team won a championship, and I am no exception. Baseball should have shut down after 1986 because there is no way that season could ever be topped. 93-94 was the peak of hockey, its a good thing they did shut down operations permanently after that year. This year the Hurricanes were absolutely embarassed a number of times, quit on the season, arguably the best alum was just killed, and it doesn't seem like things are looking up soon. So for me to call this my favorite season ever isn't just attaching the "favorite" tag to a great season by my team, I am basing it on pure entertainment value. Every week there were multiple holy shit scores flashing across the ticker, starting with Appalachian State. Some (idiot) writers knock it, saying "there was no one great team this year". This is because writers like easy storylines and definitive statements. If USC wins every game by 30 it makes their life easy, they can just write a story that says "USC undefeated. Are they the greatest ever? Maybe. We'll never know." Writers want predictability. Fans want the opposite. I hate watching foregone conclusion games. Wouldn't you rather see a game where you have no clue who wins and it comes down to the wire?

Its been impossible to do that this year. Part of it is due to the ridiculous overtime system. People laughed at Les Miles but I knew exactly what he meant. Losing in this overtime system shouldn't even count. It is the equivalent of baseball moving the batter's box to second base for extra innings. It is completely retarded. Almost as stupid as...............

The bowl system. What an anti-climactic end to the greatest season ever. If THE OSU beats LSU (a distinct opportunity since Tressel plays chess and Miles plays checkers) will ANYONE really believe the Fuckeyes are deserving of the title of champions? They lost to the one decent team they played. How is it that there are teams that literally have zero chance of winning their national championship regardless of what they do during the season? Magical season guys, congrats you get to go to a BCS bowl. And if you win that you'll be.......the proud winner of a BCS bowl. But not champions. The +1 scenario is dumber than people saying the regular season is the playoffs. +1 only works in very specific situations.

So what to do? I urge any player who is either graduating (hahahahahahaha) or leaving early for the draft to boycott these games unless you are in the title game. All that can happen is injury. Ask Ted Ginn Jr. Or a plummet to your draft stock. Ask Brady Quinn. Sit it out, the games are meaningless anyway. Ditto for fans. Don't bother, these games mean absolutely nothing. Besides, they'll end past your bedtime anyway.......but that's a fight for another day.........