The South Florida dilemma

by Oops Pow Surprise on Oct 14, 2007 7:37 PM CDT in News Comment 2 comments

This, of course, has no bearing on the story below, but it's such an awesome picture that you bet your ass I'm putting it up.

No doubt, SMQ will cover this in much greater detail, but today's iteration of Top 25 Apocalypse forces a startling question:

Could South Florida play for the national championship?

It seems wildly absurd that the Bulls, barely on the right side of the "BCS" nomenclature, should be so close to contention for the title this year. But with the losses on the part of LSU and California, USF has risen to #2 in the nation behind Ohio State. And with their 64-12 romp against UCF, the Jim Leavitt-led Bulls look like they're only now hitting their stride.

Leavitt (who, as we will always gleefully point out, is a Hayden Fry disciple) and the Bulls will certainly have their chance to defend their top ranking. Their immediate upcoming schedule includes trips to New Jersey to face Rutgers next week and a spot at a well-coached Connecticut team. Still, neither team is ranked, and the only "real" test they've got left is a home date against Louisville.

But still, as the country asks itself, "are we ready for a female president," as if there were preparations one could undertake, an equally relevant question is, "are we ready for a South Florida champion?"

Rather than engage in idle hand-wringing, though, let's just go ahead and point out that if the Bulls keep winning, you sure as shit had better be "ready," because they'll be in the Tostitos Fritos Super Duper Cheetos Championship game on January 7th. And while it may seem jarring that a team that didn't even exist 12 years ago may be winning the title, it won't have any relevance to the legitimacy of the crown.

Of course, there's no telling who your January 7 contenders will be at this point. The way this season has progressed, anything can happen. Not in a "upset by Michigan State" kind of way, either; rather, it wouldn't be surprising if Jim Leavitt and Sweater Vest die in a "Dear Sister" type firefight before Week 10.

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This will be one of those bad years....

...when every really GOOD team loses a close one allowing marginal teams to play for NC's.

USF is good, but I truly doubt they're LSU-good, or OSU-good, or even Florida or OU or USC/Cal-good.

Their like the only girl left a the bar at closing time. All the hot ones left early, and now there's only Barbara with the cat-eye glasses and beer-gut.

OSU will look like contenders until they lose their erection unexpectedly against Michigan, to the disgust of all. Wish they wouldn't, but they will.

Then we may have a BC-USF match-up that's as exciting as Totie Fields in her undies (look her up--I'm talking post-amputation Totie, too).

We'll wait and see. Still possible for USF to croak and allow the 'real' teams like LSU, OU, and Cal to get back into this thing with one loss.

At least it's interesting! Hell, could be worse.

If it's not too much trouble, search your soul--and then ask yourself if maybe I might have a point.

by The Director on Oct 14, 2007 8:46 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

It never gets to be easy

We might as well start the hand wringing over the state of the BCS right now, all of a sudden the distinct possibility of a less than impressive matchup is hitting everyone right between the eyes.
Well, guess what folks, this is the system we have. It's not perfect, but it's not that bad either. The regular season is the playoff, and the top three seeds have already lost. They can come back in if they play well (we'll call it the losers bracket for lack of a better term), and at this point we don't know how strength of schedule is going to affect Ohio State, BC or USF down the road.
As for me, I can't buy the reasoning that these teams don't deserve it. At this point, undefeated is undefeated, and we're seeing just how hard that is to do on a weekly basis. Maybe the networks don't want a smaller team to make BCS bids, but I enjoy the unpredictability of it all. I enjoy the parity. And just because a program is new doesn't seem like any reason to look down at them.
Hang on for the roller coaster. It just may be a bumpy ride!

by chitownhawkeye on Oct 14, 2007 9:46 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs