Open letter to Alabama,
During the Saban years, you have built an enviable program. Stars abound at every skill position and giant, hulking lineman protect them and dismember your opposition. It sucks for you that you happen to be in the same division in your conference as LSU, since LSU is dominating like no other team has since, well your 2009 squad. It's too bad you won't get the chance to play them to see who's best. Oh wait. You DID get that chance. And you lost.
Yet somehow, you've been anointed. It's unquestioned that you belong in the title game and the likely opponent will be none other than the same LSU Tigers that beat you in your own house. Many are saying this will be true even if the Tigers get beat by Georgia in the SEC Title game (in which you are not playing). Yes, the SEC could get three teams in the BCS because it would be very likely that LSU would fall no farther than 2 in the standings. Sham you say? They beat you and for that they get the privilege in playing in one more game. You lost to them and you get to sit back and watch. Reverse those rolls and see how you feel about it.
Obviously, you want another crack at the Tigers, but what will that mean for the rest of the NCAA football world. We will learn one of two things:
1) If you lose the rematch: that you are worse than LSU. We all ready knew that.
2) If you win: That you beat LSU on a neutral field while they beat you at home. What does that tell us?
And what happens if LSU suffers a key injury during the SEC title game? Yes, I know, that's football but still. I don't expect you to do anything about it but you should know - you are stinking this whole thing up.
Sincerely,
Ultimate
Open letter to Oklahoma State,
Iowa State?!?!? Really. All you had to do was beat Iowa State. Granted, you need to beat Oklahoma next week but all you had to do was BEAT FREAKIN IOWA STATE!
Sincerely,
Ultimate
Open letter to the Big East,
Your likely conference champion, Louisville, lost to Marshall and counts among its seven wins victories over Murray State and FIU. Please turn in your BCS slot immediately.
Sincerely,
Ultimate
Open letter to Florida,
I don't know if it would be possible to fire Muschamp after one season but if it is, consider the fact that there is simply no excuse for a team as loaded as the Gators to be so bad. And they are bad, real bad.
Sincerely,
Ultimate
Open letter to UVA,
It's cute how you try every year.
Sincerely,
Ultimate
Open letter to Clemson,
Why must you always be you?
Sincerely,
Ultimate
Open letter to Penn State (my most serious one,
Your team is made of of young men who had nothing to do with the scandal that has rocked your university. These young men showed great character in representing Penn State through three more widely publicized contests after the news broke and you fired Joe Paterno. That said, look at the Wisconsin game...the wheels came way off. Truthfully, if I was a betting man I'd venture that Jim Delaney wanted nothing more than a Wisconsin victory to ensure the Badgers, and not you, would be in the inaugural title game. This brings me to the point of my letter.
Again, we know the boys on your team had nothing to do with the alleged abuse. We know you've done a lot by making some quick and authoritative decisions regarding JoePa and the President of the university. Understanding all that, and understanding that it may not be fair to those young men on the team, my plea to you is to bag the post season. You need to close this chapter quickly and start anew. Sticking with the post game plan will only bring 5 to 6 more weeks of unnecessary attention to the program that is increasingly becoming a very ugly sister in this whole mess. Heck, Miami made the same call very early in the season. It's the least you can do.
Sincerely,
Ultimate
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