Now that college football season is back, it's time for me to embrace my love/hate relationship with the game. There isn't a much more exciting time than checking the channel guide on a Saturday morning to find all the games I want to follow for the day. I've evolved over the years to being a fan of the game more than a fan of any one team. Sure, I love to see my alma mater, Bowling Green State University, do well. I was also paid by Michigan State University for a time so it's hard not to enjoy when they do well. But overall, I just enjoy the drama and big time atmospheres that college football can produce. Of course, not all that drama is positive. My biggest problem with college football is that roughly 50 teams have ZERO chance of winning the national championship before the season starts. If you are a member of the Sun Belt, MAC, WAC, Conference USA or Mountain West, you are playing for a conference title and perhaps a better bowl than the normal year. But that's it. No matter what teams from these conferences do, they will not be able to play for a national title. And yes, that applies to Boise State. I can see how this year will turn out already. The Broncos got a very big win over Georgia, in Atlanta, but unless the Bulldogs go on to win the SEC East, it will mean very little. Other than the quarterback, Murray, I didn't see a whole lot from UGA to make me think that's a possibility, so I have little doubt the ESPN pundits are already writing their take aways on how Boise got a weak SEC team from the weaker division. Add on to that the fact TCU lost to Baylor, and beating the Horned Frogs this year won't do anything to truly help Boise State. The Broncos will most likely finish the year undefeated, but a one loss LSU, Alabama, Oklahoma, Wisconsin or one of numerous other teams from the BCS conferences will finish ahead of Boise. The shame of this is that Boise may be the best team in the country. They have the best quarterback and despite the constant questions of their depth, they continually reload every year and continue beating anyone that will play them. So my hope for the season is that Boise finishes with no losses, cause I love to hear the excuses on why they don't belong. Just stop telling the word that college football already has a playoff, and one loss ends your season. The only team already in that situation is Boise, and they keep getting reminded they are lucky to have that chance.
We went 3-2 the first weekend of college football season. It looked like we were on our way to 4-2, but bad weather forced an early end to the WVU-Marshall game. No guarantee we would have gotten the over, but with nearly all the 4th quarter left we only needed one touchdown to secure the push. No matter, 3-2 isn't a bad start and there is one game left tonight. Miami is heading north to play Maryland and are going without 8 players that are suspended for their roles in off the field issues. That has caused the line to move to Maryland -4. All the hype is always around all the talent Miami has and the suspensions won't hurt too much cause of their depth. But the fact is, with that talent they have barely been above average the last few years. The new coach, Al Golden, was to fix that, but he has been a bit distracted. Meanwhile, Maryland has a new coach as well, Randy Edsall, and they also have back a very good quarterback Danny O'Brien. I look for Maryland to get up early, creating a few turnovers, and Miami to not be able to bounce back. Maryland should win comfortably and I'm laying the 4 points. Good luck, and remember, never bet what you cant afford to lose.
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