Posted on 08/29/2013 1:45:29 PM PDT by mojito
This is it, everyone. This is the last year of college football shooting itself in the foot with a shi**y, underwhelming BCS national title game. Come next season, the sport will institute a playoff, and with that, a whole new era of college football shall begin. With better games! And even crazier fans! And more embarrassing losses by Notre Dame! And even more obscene amounts of TV cash that will only used to pad coaching salaries and build shiny new practice facilities that have &lory h*les in every study carrel! It'll be a giant leap forward in the crass commercial exploitation of emotionally vulnerable athletes. I couldn't be more excited.
But that also means we've come to the end of college football's provincial era....weird rivalry trophies, coaches voting for the best team, everyone turning a blind eye to boosters in cowboy hats paying Johnny Football six g's under the table, Steve Spurrier walking around shirtless, etc. The massive influx of television money has wiped out the charming, old-school corruption of CFB and replaced it with a more modern, soulless, corporate suit-wearing kind of corruption. And that makes me sad.
Kind of.
Not really. Everyone in this sport is a fu!!ing scumbag.
Anyway, to commemorate the end of the BCS era, this year's Hater's Guide to the Top 25 will take you on a tour of the single most hateable thing about each of the schools/teams/states ranked herein. Because at such an exciting point in the sport's history it helps to remind you that, even as we segue into the playoff era of college football, it is HATE and BLIND IGNORANCE that will always be the common thread, the one part of the sport that shall remain forever unchanged
(Excerpt) Read more at deadspin.com ...
This comment made the article worthwhile:
20. TCU. Fort Worth. Fort Worth is Dallas’s trash can.
Truth.
“That field makes Boise State home games unwatchable.”
Have you ever seen Eastern Washington University’s field? They play in Division I - so you’re not likely to see them unless you live in the area or catch the Division I play-offs.
Their field is red. it’s not a garish red like Boise State’s is a garish blue. But it’s still painful on the eyes.
Click on this link to get a good view of it:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roos_Field
Love the Nick Satan and Ohio State blurbs! Oh, and Notre Shame...it’s all funny, ‘cause it’s true!
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.