Being an avid sports fan, I really look forward to the Fall of the year. I love college football. While most professional sports have become institutes filled with over compensated greedy individuals (owners & players alike), college athletics still has the feel of pure sport.
Editors Note: I know that collegiate athletics have been overshadowed by the recruiting tactics and alumni payments to players for years, but the percentage of hardworking clean cut athletes is much greater than those at any professional level. Many of the college athletes compete for the love of the sport…period. (This topic can actually be debated in a follow-up post)
Today provides a rare opportunity to watch the two top rated teams in the BCS (another three letter acronym that has brought much dispute) battle for supremacy during “primetime”; #1 LSU Tigers vs. #2 Alabama Crimson Tide. It is rare that the top two teams compete this “early” in the year before the championship game at the conclusion of the season in January. It is arguably the biggest college football game since the 1991 Miami / Florida State game. What makes it even more critical is that both teams are part of the SEC Western Division…meaning a loss today would likely end the championship title hunt for that team. I would bet that the winner of this game will go on and become the 2011 NCAA BCS National Champion.
I love the build up and hype before these types of games. The statisticians are working overtime pouring data into a computer that runs constant algorithms trying to predict the outcome. While in reality, one would only need to call up my bookie Vinny in Vegas and he’d have the odds perfected to the point!!
I have no ties to this game, so it will be easy for me to watch for the entertainment value only. It is much more difficult to watch a competition when I have any type of emotional or physical connection over one team from the other.
Prediction…LSU 27 - ‘Bama 24
1 comment:
Ya that wyo vs usu game was a tragedy
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