I love me some flip flopping

So I originally wrote a column a couple weeks ago Power of SEC in which I extolled how awesome the SEC is and also incorrectly picked Virginia Tech to win the ACC Championship and then make the jump and play in the title game. So I was wrong, really really wrong. Then I wrote that their should not be a rematch for the national championship regardless of how close the Bama vs LSU game was. Then after watching another couple of weeks of my favorite sport I flip flopped, as evidenced here BCS. At this current point I feel like some kind of weird cross between John Kerry and Mitt Romney, as I am ready to flip again and give this rematch championship the beating it deserves.
In 2003 Nick Saban was quoted saying something along the lines of "if you can't win your conference you don't have any business playing for the National Championship." Then on Sunday night when it was announced that his team, which didn't even get into it's conference championship game Saban remarked how the "system we have" got it right. Well guess what, it's time to say FUCK the system. I know I'm not a professional writer or media personality, but I am just as much an "expert" as the trolls they roll out on ESPN to talk about College Football. With that said, the thing that changed my mind was watching Virginia Tech knowing it needed a big time performance for a shot at the BCS title game and they went out and shit all over themselves and the field against Clemson. Meanwhile, Oklahoma State who was playing a tough Oklahoma team in a fierce rivalry game did what Va Tech could only dream of. They beat the high holy shit out of Oklahoma. It was such a fantastic rebound performance from the loss against Iowa State, that I forgot who they lost to. I seriously just had to go look it up. So basically any voter that put Alabama over Oklahoma State is saying a home loss is better than a road loss on the very day that 4 members of your schools athletic department died in a plane crash. Not a chance BCS boneheads. So here are my two main ideas to come out after this debacle. LSU is the National Champion, and we are awarding it to them RIGHT NOW. A game 40 days after the fact really shouldn't mean shit anyway. The second thing is that if this gets us to a "plus one" format then good, that's the least that needs to happen. In reality what is needed is an 8 team playoff that runs through December and into the first couple weeks of January. The main thing we need to figure out for the 8 team idea is 'how do we pick the 8 teams'? I admit, I flip flopped on my thinking more than the two gentleman depicted at the bottom of this column. I had a whole "selection committee idea" but then realized that would lead to almost as much chaos as possible with members of the committee inevitably having their own agendas about who should make the 'Great Eight' (awesome name, I made that up no one is allowed to steal it, fuckers). So the only fair way I can think of is to use the current formula for the BCS and the top 8 teams get in and that's how they will be seeded. That way you don't have bowl games like the Sugar Bowl picking two teams because their fans "travel well". Seriously Va Tech vs Michigan in a major bowl? Did they replace the sugar with cocaine? What are you dipshits fucking on? How does Boise not get an invite, they would wipe the turf with either of those teams. So there is my flip flopping and pointed anger (especially about the sugar bowl) but also my idea to fix the system and make it the greatest sporting tournament in the world. How do we eliminate travel expenditures for the fans? Easy! The first round game is held at the home field of the team with the higher seed, you ought to get something for being ranked #1 as opposed to 8. Then we are only left with 4 teams, play that round at the site of two of the big time bowl games. Then after a week off the championship would be held at another one of the big time bowl sites. See we are still using the big bowls and their still making their money which is all they give three shits about anyway. Allrighty then, this is Fred the flip flopper signing off for now.

Behold the Power of SEC

It should come as no surprise when I say  that the best conference in college football (CFB) is the SEC.









I can hear what you are thinking, "no kidding dipshit, everyone knows that". What you may not have realized is that the top three teams in the BCS are all members of not just the SEC, but of just the SEC West. They boast one of the nations two remaining undefeated in LSU (Houston being the other) and the next two teams are one loss Alabama and Arkansas. A quick rundown of SEC teams and their records this year:Right now their are seven bowl eligible teams in the SEC, while Vanderbilt, Tennessee, and Mississippi State still have a chance as long as they win their last game.Now here is where it gets really interesting, this Friday the day after Thanksgiving LSU and Arkansas take on one another in a battle of #1 vs #3.
There is much more on the line than just winning the West, if the winner of the West prevails in the the conference Championship game they have a free ticket punched to the BCS game in January. But if the winner of the East (lets say Georgia) wins the SEC championship it will throw the BCS into upheaval and fans of every conference into a tizzy.
It'll be like an internet holy war on ESPN message boards. You'll hear arguments that if a team doesn't win it's conference it shouldn't be allowed to play for the BCSNC (poppycock). The SEC fans will fire back that of course they deserve a representative in the title game as the only teams capable of beating their beloved speed demon teams are yet other SEC speed demon teams.This is where I come in. I can settle the argument that Oklahoma State caused by crapping all over the field last Friday night when they played Iowa State. To me it's fairly obvious that if LSU makes the SEC Championship and loses, they still deserve a shot over Alabama (who they beat) and Arkansas (who we are predicting they beat).
Their are other teams that may in fact believe they deserve a shot, but they would be foolish and incorrect. Oklahoma St. is out of the picture regardless of whether they beat Oklahoma or not, losing to Iowa St. is just too terrible of a loss to have on your resume and still play for the whole enchilada. Stanford's loss to Oregon was probably too much to overcome considering Oregon lost to one of the three SEC teams (LSU).
Which leaves us with only one real option, Virginia Tech. Provided they win out, and end up winning the ACC championship game against what will probably be a dangerous but ultimately beatable Clemson squad. So there you have it the BCS Championship game this year will be Virginia Tech vs one of the top three SEC teams. I think LSU will beat Arkansas this Friday and then win in the SEC championship game. Which would pit them against Virginia Tech, in a game I would suspect LSU would win somewhere in the vicinity of a thousand to nothing. Which is really the whole point of this article, any of those three SEC teams would hand whoever they played in the Championship game a world class beating. The only team that might be able to pull off losing is Arkansas, but even their odds of failure are slim at best.