Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Final College FB Rant (Yeah Right)

Well, college football has come to an end just as the NFL playoffs begin. Since my beloved Cowboys aren't in the the playoffs, I guess I will just have to pick a team to cheer for. How about the sub-500 Seattle Seahawks! Anyway that wasn't what I was writing about today, but you can bet I will revisit that one after this weekend.

I am and always have been a "Homer" when it comes to sports. When I lived in Texas I was an A&M fan but always wanted all of the Texas schools to do well against outside opponents and as you know the Cowboys have always had a place in my heart, but wanted all of the Texas pro teams to do well against the outside world. When the Air Force took me to Illinois I became an Illini, Bears, Cubbies and White Sox fan. When I came to Arkansas I became a Razorback fan, but again I want all of the teams in the state to do well. I specifically wanted the Razorbacks, ASU Redwolves, and UCA Bears to do well. UA, mainly because they are the bigger school in a BCS conference. ASU because my son and several young men and ladies whom I love dearly went there. UCA because of the close proximity and the fact that my son and daughter-in-law graduated from there. I have the capacity and ability to rout for more then one team and I do not rout against the other schools in the state when they play someone else because they are not my "favorite" team. I do wish that each of the teams in the state played each other, but they don't and it's not my fault it's business. When Arkansas plays a smaller division in their non-conference games, it cost them and the smaller schools make a mint. I would love to see Arkansas keep that money in the state but they don't and again it's not mine or the players fault. How damaging do you think it would be to "little brother" if "big brother" beat up on "little brother" year after year? How many talented kids would choose to go to "little brother" school if they had the talent to go to "big brother" school? Let's turn it around if "little brother" began beating up on "big brother" all the time how damaging would that be to "big brother's" prospects? It's a no win situation for both schools. Now what I would like to see would be for big brother to play each school on a rotational basis, like they do in Louisiana. LSU rotates playing the D1 schools throughout the state. Maybe someday that will happen, but until then I will just grin and bear it, because I love them, when close friends and family member choose to rout for an out-of-state team merely because they are playing the "big brother" team of the state and it happens to not be their chosen team.