SEC links for Thursday:
- In the Orlando Sentinel, Mike Bianchi writes that the BCS title game is huge.
- At Yahoo Sports, Dan Wetzel writes that an imperfect BCS system will produce a worthy champion.
- In the Miami Herald, Linda Robertson writes that the game is a win-win.
- At SportsIllustrated.com, Stewart Mandel writes on the Florida ground attack.
- Kyle Veazey writes in the Clarion-Ledger that once new Mississippi State coach Dan Mullen is finished in Miami, it will be see you later Gator.
- Chip Towers writes in the AJC that Georgia quarterback Matt Stafford had made up his mind by the bowl game to go pro.
- AJC columnist Mark Bradley writes that Georgia loses its glamor in Stafford, but may gain some grit in new quarterback.
- Bryan Mullen of the Tennessean writes about the Vols’ loss to Gonzaga in overtime.
- In the Knoxville News-Sentinel, Drew Edwards writes about UT’s homecourt winning streak stopping at 37.
- News-Sentinel columnist Mike Strange writes that UT fans aren’t used to leaving home floor unhappy.
- Seth Emerson of The State writes that SEC hoops is suffering a down year.
Not that it matters- but your “summary” of Dan Wetzel’s column is a little misleading. He doesn’t say the winner of the BCS National Championship will produce a “worthy champion.” In fact, I can’t find those words or even that sentiment anywhere in his article.
Quite the contrary, he simply states that the rules are the rules, and the winner of Thursday Night’s game is the National Champion. He spends the rest of the article making a very credible argument that the BCS is a joke. However, he acknowledges those who would complain, mainly Texas and USC, have no one to blame but the commissioners of their conference who voted against a plus one playoff. Utah, of course, is another story.
No biggie, but I’m a big fan of Mr. Wetzel’s take on the absurdness of the BCS, so I was surprised he would ever suggest the winner of the BCS would be a “worthy champion.” A champion yes, but “worthy” is your word.
I am a proponent of the plus one format and have yet to see an argument against it in terms of it being a better system to decide a national champion.