An rational analysis of college football.

Friday, December 14, 2007

HGH - Baseball - College Football

The Mitchell Report just blew the doors off baseball and steroid use...I guess. Though the players and analysts are still calling their lawyers, the report only gave us what the public has recognized for years. Players will go to great lengths to enhance their performance because the contracts in pro sports are so lucrative.

Consider that THE ROCKET was earning $28,000,000 to pitch for half a season. How many of you will earn that in a year? 10 years? Your lifetime? Would you take a growth hormone for that, plus all the fame and recognition that comes with the enhanced performance? And if you get caught? Maybe a suspension for a month? That's too much incentive to take drugs, and too little incentive to prevent it.

My guess is that all big dollar pro sports and college sports are rampant with drug use. Why wouldn't they be?

Friday, December 07, 2007

LSU v The Ohio State University

Due to BCS Madness, The Ohio State University moon-walked into the championship game against LSU, who performed an erotic leapfrog over Georgia, Virginia Tech and Kansas.

Why LSU and The Ohio State University...

This proves two things. First, the poll during the year is mostly arbitrary, but when the final poll came out, the average result indicated some level of reason. Teams who did not lose generally moved up (The Ohio State University). Teams that did not win a conference title were surpassed by teams the did (Kansas and Georgia).

But at this point, that should have left Virginia Tech in the title game. This is were voters stepped in and said, "Even though we voted Tech a place above LSU last week, we just can't rank a Tech team with the same record as LSU, higher than LSU because: LSU plays in a much tougher conference, won that conference, and beat Tech 48-7.

Does that get the BCS off the hook? No. The BCS is no better than the old system. It just pretends to be better. But the argument that there was no rationale behind the final voting is also false.