Bill Hancock Craps the Bed, Again

As if we, the oppressed college football fans of the United States of America, weren't sick enough of the heinous BCS system and its atrocities, Bill Hancock (the chosen "protector" of the BCS) has opened up a HUGE can of worms and fueled the anti-BCS fire into a blaze of brimstone-like hate for his recent comments. Go ahead and read it for yourself here and draw your own conclusions and ideas from the pile of garbage that it is.

Before I read this, what I perceived as the pageantry and excitement of a bowl game was what made me not want to give up the BCS system. In fact, I absolutely loved it more than any normal person should (read this post and see for yourself). Now I find myself back-peddling faster than a cornerback trying to cover Titus Young. This has made me realize that being able to travel to Mobile, Alabama to see your team play the Ohio Bobcats in the papajohns.com bowl does not make up for them missing out on the chance to prove themselves on the field. Call me a flip-flopper if you want, but a guy is allowed to change his mind when new evidence finds its way to the forefront.

The thing that upsets me the most and is beyond ridiculous is Hancock's tone. "TCU is lucky that they were even able to play in the Rose Bowl" is what he is saying.

If a playoff was in college football, who would be the George Mason? What 12 seed would upset a 5 and find themselves face to face with an Oklahoma or an Auburn? The athletes would tell stories for years and glory in the sack they got on Cam Newton, the interception of a Darron Thomas pass, scoring a TD on LSU, or almost upsetting Ohio State. That is what makes college sports so great. We see it every year in basketball, but not in football. It's not even an arguable point that the BCS is screwing us out of the chance to find a true national champion. But beyond that, it's screwing these players out of chance to make memories and stories that will last in their family lore forever. Miami (OH) vs. Middle Tennessee State does not do it for them like Miami (OH) vs. MIami (FL) would.

The main reason why I like college football better than the NFL is the fact that most of these kids play for the love of the game, for the chance to make the big play, pull the upset, have a chance to compete for something of value and worth, and to have something to enjoy during the stressful college years. Unfortunately, Bill Hancock makes them play his way because he loves money.

The fact that he has to justify himself over and over again in such adamant, condescending ways clearly proves that the system is broken. Our complaints make for a good start, but it's not enough. Eventually the uprising will be too much that not even a few out-of-context and possibly fake quotes from coaches and players that Bill Hancock throws at us will save his money-grubbing system.

It makes me think of Family Guy when during role call at the signing of the Declaration of Independence we learn that John Hancock's name used to be John Footpenis. Thus we see that in fact, Bill Hancock is a giant dick, regardless of the term for male anatomy that is used in his name.

The calm before or after the storm.

Alright, we are past the important part of NBA free agency (Lebron made this year huge and closely followed), and there are only a few not so important players to settle into new contracts. The World Cup is over, MLB is in the middle of the season, so nothing too exciting is happening yet, and football doesn't start for real for another 2 months or so. Depending on how you look at it, we are either on the precipice of getting some exciting sports event going, or we just passed through the eye of the storm and we are winding down now. As for me, I like to think of it as coming up for air before we are face deep in the greatest annual sports season ever, COLLEGE FOOTBALL!
This could be the year that a mid-major makes it to and possibly wins a national championship (Come on Boise State)! The repeat Heisman Trophy winner is back at it, ready to light up some chumps and knock out some fools. How will USC rebound and begin their post season suspension-plagued season? How will the Big 12 get along after all that turmoil and during their last season as we currently know them? There are a lot of questions to be answered and plenty of time left to ponder upon them even further. It seems that every season there is something worth getting excited about and watching as it progresses. Here are my predictions: Boise State will beat Virginia Tech for the season opener in Maryland, go undefeated, only to be left out of the national championship game. They will play Oregon State in the Rose Bowl (a repeat of a regular-season game at Bronco Stadium, Broncos win both). USC has a decent season and goes 9 and 3, still claiming innocence to the NCAA allegations. The Big 12 does fine, just as expected, and then cries itself to sleep, licking it's wounds after the season, trying to think of ways to rebuild their once proud conference. Ryan Mallet of Arkansas wins the Heisman Trophy as that school has a good season and puts up ridiculous offensive numbers. Alabama will play Ohio State and Alabama will repeat as BCS national champions. Virginia Tech will beat Iowa in the Orange Bowl. LSU will beat Penn State in the Sugar Bowl. Oklahoma will beat TCU in the Fiesta Bowl (finally breaking Bob Stoops out of his funk of losing bowl games). From the WAC and other non-AQ schools, Idaho has a 6 and 7 season, and plays some terrible team from the MAC (Toledo, maybe?) in the Humanitarian Bowl (again), Utah beats Fresno State in the New Mexico Bowl, BYU beats Oregon in the Las Vegas Bowl (their like 6th win in a row in that bowl game), Nevada beats Central Florida in the Hawaii, and the rest of the conference sucks really bad (still). UCLA beats Nebraska in the Poinsettia Bowl. The rest of the bowl games aren't all that interesting, but I will watch them anyway because I am a college football gomer. We will see what happens and how accurate I am. I am as giddy as a school girl!