Friday, January 8, 2010

Leftover Bowl

Some things I've learned (or beliefs that were re-affirmed) by watching too many bowl games over the past 3 weeks:
  • While a college football playoff would be nice, the bowl system should remain. No matter whether it was the official national championship game or just the Konica Minolta Gator Bowl, most of these kids seemed to embrace each game as their own championship.
  • Those biceps arm bands make most of the guys wearing them look like they're in some sort of Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka fanclub
  • Marching bands both look and sound better from a blimp
  • Penalties for "excessive celebration" are ridiculous. 'Bama was penalized 15 yards last night basically because the lineman who ran back the turnover for a TD at the end of the first half tossed the ball after he crossed the goal line. Taunting, I can see penalizing. Celebrating, now that's just having fun. If the other team's feelings are hurt- tough. Tell them to score more points.
  • The Rose Bowl parade is amazing to watch, but wouldn't the countless thousands of hours that people put into gluing crushed walnut shells and pansy petals onto a 65-foot wingspan eagle be better used in some kind of national service?
  • Since neither Army or Navy are likely to contend for the national title anymore, the Army-Navy game should be moved to Bowl Week
  • College teams run way more trick plays, fakes, and onsides kicks than the pros, which makes the games fun to watch even if the quality of football is less
  • Bowl games, except maybe the national championship game, should all be the week leading up to and including New Years Day.
Now starts the real fun though- NFL playoffs, and then the biggest bowl of them all- Finkbowl!

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