After the games ended yesterday and before the matchups were released, I was hoping for the following (knowing that Texas vs. Alabama was a shoe-in):
That TCU would get to play Florida.
That Boise State would get to play Cincinnati
I wanted those matchups because I'm sure people still think that Florida is a great team and they only lost to the best team in the country and would beat anyone else. I see a TCU team that would be able to match up physically on defense against Florida and it would be fun to watch a so called "mid major" chase Tebow around all day and knock the rest of that team into the dirt. Essentially, I view TCU as a team that has not only the best chance to beat Florida, but to shame them. I wanted to see Boise State play Cincy because the two teams could possibly provide enough electricity to power an entire third world country for a year and would play in what would have been the most exciting bowl game of the year.
Instead, we're getting what we're getting and the powers that be in college football have figured out a way to screw up what should not be screw-up-able.
So here are the matchups (all rankings BCS)
Citi National Championship GameJanuary 7, 2010 at 5:30 p.m. PTPasadena, California
No. 2 Texas (13-0) vs. No. 1 Alabama (13-0)
Hooray. Have you ever seen an elephant eat a longhorn before? Well, we're going to witness that crime against nature on January 7. This will not be an exciting game. This will be a beating. There are enough cooking shows on TV now that we've all seen a professional chef expertly dice up onions. He's precise and lightning fast. Alabama is the chef in this analogy and Texas is the onion, except instead of using a knife, Alabama is going to use a mallet. I just see them bashing Texas into oblivion. Whatever the under is, bet that, and whatever the spread is, bet on Alabama. Trust me. They're going to kill Texas.
Allstate Sugar BowlJanuary 1, 2010 at 5:30 p.m. PTNew Orleans, Louisiana
No. 3 Cincinnati (12-0) vs. No. 5 Florida (12-1)
As we saw in the final BCS rankings, Cincy came in third with a BCS % of .888 (Alabama .998; Texas .943; Cincy .888; TCU 884; Florida .864; Boise State .811), which narrowly edged them over TCU, so if Texas would have lost, Cincy would have played Alabama in the title game, but just barely (by 2 one hundredths). And freakin' Florida is still ranked higher than Boise State. As much as I love college football I hate it as well. It's corrupt and ridiculous. It looks like the Harris Poll and the Coaches Poll liked TCU better, but the computers put Cincy and Florida over TCU. What? I like Cincy's chances to score on Florida because they have the athletes that can get up and down the field, plus they're playing in a dome and they've got enough speed to do some damage. Also do not underestimate how massively disappointed that Florida is because they are not playing in the big show. I give Cincy a great chance in this game, even if they give up points like they've bet the over.
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