Monday, November 21, 2005
PSU worthy of title game?
Surprisingly, Big Ten co-champion Penn State has an outside shot of landing a spot in college football's national championship game. Thanks, in part, to Miami's loss to Georgia Tech last Saturday, PSU is now No. 3 in the Bowl Championship Series rankings. USC and Texas are the top two, and if either one loses, PSU could be in prime position to slide into the Rose Bowl.
Sliding is the correct verb to use here. PSU can only move into the title game by attrition. All the Nittany Lions can do is watch USC and Texas on television, hoping for either team to screw up its season. It's another thing completely -- and much more legitimate -- to win your last game of the season, knowing a Rose Bowl berth is at stake.
To its credit, PSU has a few quality wins: fellow Big Ten co-champion Ohio State, Wisconsin, and Minnesota (the Gophers had been ranked).
My wife and I both work in Pennsylvania, so I guess our taxes are partially funding PSU's efforts. But, I still think a spot in the title game should be actively, not passively, earned.
Sliding is the correct verb to use here. PSU can only move into the title game by attrition. All the Nittany Lions can do is watch USC and Texas on television, hoping for either team to screw up its season. It's another thing completely -- and much more legitimate -- to win your last game of the season, knowing a Rose Bowl berth is at stake.
To its credit, PSU has a few quality wins: fellow Big Ten co-champion Ohio State, Wisconsin, and Minnesota (the Gophers had been ranked).
My wife and I both work in Pennsylvania, so I guess our taxes are partially funding PSU's efforts. But, I still think a spot in the title game should be actively, not passively, earned.
# posted by Steve Seepersaud : 8:36 PM
