College football 2018 championship week thread

It's a huge clusterfuck down there, for sure. I'm not sure anyone really knows what's going to happen. They way that Gus played this out seems very strange to me.

Like I said - Clark would be smart to stay away, but they could triple his money, so... Other side of that coin is that he lost two years of his career to power dealings by a Board of Trustees, and frankly, AU's is far more unsettled than 'Bama's.

 

And the NCAA will still screech about the purity of amateur athletics.

 

Insert comment here about "sanctity of the bowls," whatever the hell that means.

 

It occurs to me that I will be out of the country visiting my daughter in France for the entirety of bowl/playoff season except for the national "title" game. There are US sports on French TV sometimes, but college football ain't one of 'em. It also occurs to me I won't miss the whole shebang that much. I'll just get the scores and commentary online.

 

It's just content filler and background noise for holiday drinking. I'll watch Virginia Tech's game (hopefully) and the semifinals and probably the Rose Bowl, but that's about it. It's not appointment viewing, for sure.

 

Seriously, would we miss any of the Bowls if they killed them all and went to a 16-team playoff? I know old white People from Peoria would cry over the Rose Bowl, but beyond that does anyone care? Anyone really gonna be upset that they don’t have the Bad Boy Mowers Bowl or Pinstripe Bowl to watch? For me it’ll just mean I start caring about college basketball a couple of weeks sooner. And, as a fan of a P5 school that occasionally even pretends to care about its football program, Bowls are a pain in the ass. I'd much rather treat this weekend's ACC championship, a game that actually means something to both teams, as my bowl trip. No one is dying to hop on a plane on three weeks notice and fly to El Paso or Orlando last minute to watch an 8-4 team play another 8-4 team. These things were concocted a hundred years ago to promote tourism. That’s it. We don’t need to promote tourism in Miami or Pasadena anymore. People already know the shits nice without a college football game.

 

The biggest draw to having all these bowls is 40 or so teams (and coaches) get to end the season with a win. For that reason, I don't see it changing.

 

You're lucky if you get two 8-4 teams.

 

If ESPN finds something on which it can make more money in December, the number of bowls will drop dramatically, if they don't disappear altogether.

 

This news clip might be an example of one of the most Oklahoma things, ever.

Legend Barry Switzer: ‘Horns down’ gesture comes with the territory of OU-Texas

 

Not to mention the 20something days of extra practice time these coaches covet.