Cal gave Jeff Tedford a five-year contract extension today, a glimmer of sunshine in an otherwise dreary weekend for Cal fans. I was really, really worried the millions of dollars lost because of the BCS debacle were going to cost Cal their new facilities, and ultimately, their head coach. I'd much rather lose the Rose Bowl berth and keep Tedford than to sink back into the inevitable mediocrity we'd suffer if he left. Remember when Steve Mariucci left (both Cal and San Francisco)?
ESPN also has some comments from my boy Aaron Rodgers about Texas coach Mack Brown. It's the #2 most-emailed message on ESPN.com right now, so maybe I'm not the only one uber-pissed about this. Now if we can just Rodgers to stay another year...
Maybe the Niners will get him. (It just occured to me the Raiders could end up with him, and that absolutely sickens me.)
Monday, December 06, 2004
Screw the BCS
Every year the Pac-10 gets screwed by the BCS. First Oregon, then USC, and now Cal. Every. Year.
I'm sick of hearing about how screwed Auburn got because they can't play for the title. Boo hoo. I can't understand why that's the story that dominates ESPN. Oh wait, yeah I can, it's because Auburn is on the East Coast, and we know those are the only sports that matter.
Screw ESPN and the broadcast crew they sent to Southern Miss. Screw their incessant commentary about how Cal did not look like the number four team in the country. And screw those Texas fans who drove to Mississippi (I guess truancy is okay, as long as it's in the name of school spirit!).
Screw the Conference USA officiating crew, who blew a pass interference call in the end zone in the first quarter and called a non-existent clip on the Arrington TD in the fourth. That cost Cal their so-called "decisive margin of victory", which isn't even supposed to factor into the voting.
How do you win six in a row and lose votes in the polls each of the last three weeks? I'm waiting for Texas coach Mack Brown to pull off his mask to reveal himself as Karl Rove.
Screw Texas and their whining. It seems like in America, whining works. Worked for Terrell Owens after he got traded to Baltimore, worked for Mack Brown and Texas. I hope Michigan beats their asses.
Fact is they got their asses handed to them on a platter by #2 Oklahoma on a neutral site, whereas Cal's only loss was at #1 USC in a game they dominated except for four plays at the end of the game.
This is a pretty bitter pill to swallow. I didn't feel like going to work or even leaving the house after the latest BCS punch to the Pac-10's gut. Thanks to Marv and Jess, for having us over yesterday for a few hours to watch football and talk about comics and video games, anything except college football.
I'm sick of hearing about how screwed Auburn got because they can't play for the title. Boo hoo. I can't understand why that's the story that dominates ESPN. Oh wait, yeah I can, it's because Auburn is on the East Coast, and we know those are the only sports that matter.
Screw ESPN and the broadcast crew they sent to Southern Miss. Screw their incessant commentary about how Cal did not look like the number four team in the country. And screw those Texas fans who drove to Mississippi (I guess truancy is okay, as long as it's in the name of school spirit!).
Screw the Conference USA officiating crew, who blew a pass interference call in the end zone in the first quarter and called a non-existent clip on the Arrington TD in the fourth. That cost Cal their so-called "decisive margin of victory", which isn't even supposed to factor into the voting.
How do you win six in a row and lose votes in the polls each of the last three weeks? I'm waiting for Texas coach Mack Brown to pull off his mask to reveal himself as Karl Rove.
Screw Texas and their whining. It seems like in America, whining works. Worked for Terrell Owens after he got traded to Baltimore, worked for Mack Brown and Texas. I hope Michigan beats their asses.
Fact is they got their asses handed to them on a platter by #2 Oklahoma on a neutral site, whereas Cal's only loss was at #1 USC in a game they dominated except for four plays at the end of the game.
This is a pretty bitter pill to swallow. I didn't feel like going to work or even leaving the house after the latest BCS punch to the Pac-10's gut. Thanks to Marv and Jess, for having us over yesterday for a few hours to watch football and talk about comics and video games, anything except college football.
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